Jeremiah 35

1 [the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD in/on/with day Jehoiakim son: child Josiah king Judah to/for to say

[Several years earlier, ] when Jehoiakim was the King of Judah, Yahweh gave me this message:

2 to go: went to(wards) house: household [the] Rechabite and to speak: speak [obj] them and to come (in): bring them house: temple LORD to(wards) one [the] chamber and to water: drink [obj] them wine

“Go to the place where families of the Rechab clan live. Invite them to my temple. [When they arrive, ] take them into one of the inside rooms and offer them [some] wine.”

3 and to take: take [obj] Jaazaniah son: child Jeremiah son: child Habazziniah and [obj] brother: male-sibling his and [obj] all son: child his and [obj] all house: household [the] Rechabite

So I went to see Jaazaniah and all his brothers and sons who represented the Rechab clan. Jaazaniah was the son of [another man named] Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah.

4 and to come (in): bring [obj] them house: temple LORD to(wards) chamber son: child Hanan son: child Igdaliah man [the] God which beside chamber [the] ruler which from above to/for chamber Maaseiah son: child Shallum to keep: guard [the] threshold

I took them to the temple, [and we went] into the room where the sons of Igdaliah’s son Hanan, who was a prophet, stayed. That room was next to the room that was used by the men who were in charge of the entrances to the temple. It was above the room that belonged to Maaseiah, who was the temple gatekeeper and the son of Shallum.

5 and to give: put to/for face: before son: descendant/people house: household [the] Rechabite cup full wine and cup and to say to(wards) them to drink wine

I set jugs of wine in front of them and urged them to drink some,

6 and to say not to drink wine for Jonadab son: child Rechab father our to command upon us to/for to say not to drink wine you(m. p.) and son: child your till forever: enduring

but they refused. They said, “We do not drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, commanded us, saying ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.

7 and house: household not to build and seed not to sow and vineyard not to plant and not to be to/for you for in/on/with tent to dwell all day your because to live day many upon face: surface [the] land: soil which you(m. p.) to sojourn there

And you must not build houses or plant vineyards or [other] crops. Instead, you must always live in tents. If you obey those commands, you all will live for many years in this land.’

8 and to hear: obey in/on/with voice Jonadab son: child Rechab father our to/for all which to command us to/for lest to drink wine all day our we woman: wife our son: child our and daughter our

[So] we have obeyed him in all those matters. We have never drunk wine. Our wives and our sons and our daughters [have also never drunk wine].

9 and to/for lest to build house: home to/for to dwell us and vineyard and land: country and seed not to be to/for us

We have not built houses or planted vineyards or [other] crops or [worked in] fields.

10 and to dwell in/on/with tent and to hear: obey and to make: do like/as all which to command us Jonadab father our

We have lived in tents. We have obeyed all the commands that Jehonadab, our ancestor, gave us.

11 and to be in/on/with to ascend: rise Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon to(wards) [the] land: country/planet and to say to come (in): come and to come (in): come Jerusalem from face: because strength: soldiers [the] Chaldea and from face: before strength: soldiers Syria and to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem

But when [the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar attacked this country, we said, ‘We must go to Jerusalem to escape from the armies of Babylonia and Syria.’ So, [we came] to Jerusalem and we are living [here].”

12 and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah to/for to say

Then Yahweh gave this message to me: “This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli [people say that they belong to], say:

13 thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel to go: went and to say to/for man Judah and to/for to dwell Jerusalem not to take: recieve discipline: instruction to/for to hear: obey to(wards) word my utterance LORD

'Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah: “Why do you not [RHQ] listen to me or learn something about how to obey me?

14 to arise: establish [obj] word Jonadab son: child Rechab which to command [obj] son: child his to/for lest to drink wine and not to drink till [the] day: today [the] this for to hear: obey [obj] commandment father their and I to speak: speak to(wards) you to rise and to speak: speak and not to hear: hear to(wards) me

The Rechab clan still do not drink wine, because their ancestor Jehonadab told them to not do that. [In contrast], I have spoken to you many times, but you refuse to obey me.

15 and to send: depart to(wards) you [obj] all servant/slave my [the] prophet to rise and to send: depart to/for to say to return: repent please man: anyone from way: conduct his [the] bad: evil and be good deed your and not to go: follow after God another to/for to serve: minister them and to dwell to(wards) [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for you and to/for father your and not to stretch [obj] ear your and not to hear: hear to(wards) me

Many times I sent prophets to you. They told you, 'Turn away from your wicked behavior, and do things that you should do. Stop worshiping other gods, in order that you will be able to live [peacefully] in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.' But you would not pay attention to what I said or obey me.

16 for to arise: establish son: child Jonadab son: child Rechab [obj] commandment father their which to command them and [the] people [the] this not to hear: obey to(wards) me

The descendants of Jehonadab have obeyed their ancestor, but you have refused to pay attention to what I told you.

17 to/for so thus to say LORD God Hosts God Israel look! I to come (in): bring to(wards) Judah and to(wards) all to dwell Jerusalem [obj] all [the] distress: harm which to speak: promise upon them because to speak: speak to(wards) them and not to hear: hear and to call: call to to/for them and not to answer

Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israeli people [say you belong to], say: 'You have refused to listen to me and you did not answer when I called you. Therefore, I will cause the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to experience all the disasters that I said that I would cause to happen.'” '”

18 and to/for house: household [the] Rechabite to say Jeremiah thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel because which to hear: obey upon commandment Jonadab father your and to keep: obey [obj] all commandment his and to make: do like/as all which to command [obj] you

Then I turned to the Rechab clan and said, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [say we belong to], says: ‘You have obeyed what your ancestor Jehonadab told you. You have obeyed all his instructions.

19 to/for so thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel not to cut: lack man to/for Jonadab son: child Rechab to stand: stand to/for face: before my all [the] day: always

Therefore, this is what I say: “There will always be descendants of Jehonadab who will do work for me.”’”