1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee . Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: 22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24 ¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremija tiek ieslodzīts ūdenstvertnē
1 Un Šefatja, Matāna dēls, un Gedaljāhu, Pašhūra dēls, un Jehūhals, Šelemjas dēls, un Pašhūrs, Malkijas dēls, dzirdēja vārdus, ko Jeremija teica visai tautai:
2 “Tā saka Kungs: kas paliks šai pilsētā, tas mirs no zobena, bada un mēra, bet, kas ies pie kaldiešiem, tas dzīvos, un viņa dzīvība būs viņa laupījums!
3 Tā saka Kungs: šī pilsēta tiks atdot atdota Bābeles ķēniņa karaspēka rokās, un viņš to ieņems!” 4 Un augstmaņi teica ķēniņam: “Lai jel šo vīru nonāvē, jo viņš padara mīkstas to karavīru rokas, kuri ir palikuši šai pilsētā, un visas tautas rokas, runādams uz tiem šādus vārdus, šis vīrs nemeklē tautai labu, bet ļaunu!” 5 Un ķēniņš Cedekija teica: “Redzi, viņš ir jūsu rokās, jo ķēniņš neko nevar darīt pret jums!” 6 Un tie paņēma Jeremiju un iemeta viņu akā, kas piederēja ķēniņa dēlam Malkijam, tā atradās cietuma pagalmā. Viņi nolaida Jeremiju lejā ar virvēm, bet akā nebija ūdens, tikai mēsli, un Jeremija mirka mēslos.
7 Un kūšietis Ebed-Melehs, einuhs, kas bija ķēniņa pilī, padzirdēja, ka Jeremiju iemetuši akā. Bet ķēniņš sēdēja Benjāmina vārtos. 8 Un Ebed-Melehs izgāja no ķēniņa nama un runāja ar ķēniņu: 9 “Mans kungs, ķēniņ, šie vīri izturējušies pret Jeremiju ļauni – iemetuši viņu akā, un tur apakšā viņš nomirs badā, jo pilsētā vairs nav maizes!” 10 Un ķēniņš pavēlēja kūšietim Ebed-Meleham: “Ņem trīsdesmit vīru un izvelc pravieti Jeremiju no akas, pirms viņš mirst!” 11 Ebed-Melehs paņēma sev līdzi vīrus, aizgāja uz ķēniņa namu, uz mantnīcu, paņēma no turienes skrandas un lupatas un ar virvēm tās nolaida Jeremijam. 12 Un kūšietis Ebed-Melehs teica Jeremijam: “Liec sev padusēs skrandas un lupatas zem virvēm!” – un Jeremija tā darīja. 13 Un viņi izvilka Jeremiju ar virvēm un izcēla viņu no cietuma akas, tā Jeremija tika cietuma pagalmā.
Cedekija atkal slepus iztaujā Jeremiju
14 Un ķēniņš Cedekija sūtīja pēc Jeremijas un pieņēma viņu pie trešās ieejas Kunga namā, un ķēniņš Jeremijam teica: “Es tev ko jautāšu, neslēp no manis neko!” 15 Jeremija teica Cedekijam: “Ja es tev ko sacīšu, vai tu mani nenonāvēsi? Ja es tev došu padomu, tu manī neklausīsies!” 16 Bet ķēniņš Cedekija slepeni zvērēja Jeremijam, sacīdams: “Dzīvs Kungs, kas mums radīja dvēseli! Es tevi nenonāvēšu un neatdošu to vīru rokā, kuri lūko pēc tavas dzīvības!”
17 Un Jeremija teica Cedekijam: “Tā saka Kungs, Pulku Dievs un Israēla Dievs: ja ietin iesi pie Bābeles ķēniņa augstmaņiem, tad tu paliksi dzīvs un šī pilsēta netiks nodedzināta ar uguni, un dzīvs būsi tu un tavs nams! 18 Bet, ja tu neiesi pie Bābeles ķēniņa augstmaņiem, tad šī pilsēta tiks atdota kaldiešu rokās un tie to nodedzinās ar uguni, un tu neizglābsies no viņu rokas!”
19 Un ķēniņš Cedekija teica Jeremijam: “Es bīstos no tiem jūdiem, kuri ir aizbēguši pie kaldiešiem, ka viņi mani neatdod to rokās un tie man ko nenodara.”
20 Jeremija teica: “Viņi neatdos! Klausi jel Kunga balsi, ko es runāju uz tevi, un tev būs labi un tu būsi dzīvs! 21 Bet, ja tu liegsies iet, redzi, ko man Kungs parādīja: 22 redzi, visas sievietes, kas bija palikušas Jūdas ķēniņa namā, tika aizvestas pie Bābeles ķēniņa augstmaņiem, un viņas teiks:
pievīluši un pārspējuši tevi
tavi ļaudis,
kad tavas kājas grimst sūdos,
tie tevi pametuši! –
23 Visas tavas sievas un tavus dēlus aizvedīs pie kaldiešiem, un tu neizglābsies no viņu rokas, jo tu būsi sakampts Bābeles ķēniņa rokā un šī pilsēta tiks nodedzināta ar uguni!”
24 Un Cedekija teica Jeremijam: “Lai neviens neuzzina par šiem vārdiem, un tu nemirsi! 25 Ja augstmaņi padzirdēs, ka es esmu runājis ar tevi, tad tie nāks pie tevis un teiks tev: stāsti jel mums, ko tu sacīji ķēniņam, neslēp no mums neko, un mēs tevi nenonāvēsim! Un ko tev sacīja ķēniņš? – 26 Bet tu tiem saki: es nācu pie ķēniņa ar savu lūgumu, lai viņš man neliek iet atpakaļ uz Jonatāna namu, ka es tur nenomirstu.”
27 Un visi augstmaņi nāca pie Jeremijas un jautāja viņam, un viņš pastāstīja viņiem to, ko bija vēlējis teikt ķēniņš, un viņi vairs nerunāja ar viņu, jo nebija nekā, ko dzirdēt.
28 Un Jeremija palika cietuma pagalmā līdz tai dienai, kad ieņēma Jeruzālemi.
Un Jeruzāleme tika ieņemta.
