< Jeremiah 42 >

1 and to approach: approach all ruler [the] strength: soldiers and Johanan son: child Kareah and Jezaniah son: child Hoshaiah and all [the] people from small and till great: large
Then Johanan and Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the [other] leaders of the [Israeli] soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia], and many [HYP] [other] people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came
2 and to say to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet to fall: presenting please supplication our to/for face: before your and to pray about/through/for us to(wards) LORD God your about/through/for all [the] remnant [the] this for to remain little from to multiply like/as as which eye your to see: see [obj] us
to me. They said, “Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a huge number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people [who have survived].
3 and to tell to/for us LORD God your [obj] [the] way: conduct which to go: went in/on/with her and [obj] [the] word: thing which to make: do
[Pray] that Yahweh our God will show us what we should do and where we should go.”
4 and to say to(wards) them Jeremiah [the] prophet to hear: hear look! I to pray to(wards) LORD God your like/as word: speaking your and to be all [the] word: thing which to answer LORD [obj] you to tell to/for you not to withhold from you word: thing
I replied, “Okay, I will pray to Yahweh our God, like you have requested, and I will tell you what he says. I will (tell you everything/not hide anything from you).”
5 and they(masc.) to say to(wards) Jeremiah to be LORD in/on/with us to/for witness truth: true and be faithful if not like/as all [the] word which to send: depart you LORD God your to(wards) us so to make: do
They replied to me, “We hope/wish that Yahweh our God will be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to do everything that he tells us to do.
6 if good and if bad: evil in/on/with voice LORD God our which (we *Q(K)*) to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) him to hear: obey because which be good to/for us for to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God our
We are requesting you to ask Yahweh our God what we should do. [When he replies], we will obey him, whether we like what he says or not. We will do that because [we know that] things will go well for us if we obey him.”
7 and to be from end ten day and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah
[So I prayed] to Yahweh, and ten days later he gave me his reply.
8 and to call: call to to(wards) Johanan son: child Kareah and to(wards) all ruler [the] strength: soldiers which with him and to/for all [the] people to/for from small and till great: large
So I summoned Johanan and all his [other] soldiers and all the [other] people, including those who were important and those who were not important.
9 and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD God Israel which to send: depart [obj] me to(wards) him to/for to fall: presenting supplication your to/for face: before his
I said to them, “You told me to tell Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], what you were requesting. This is what he replied:
10 if to return: again to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this and to build [obj] you and not to overthrow and to plant [obj] you and not to uproot for to be sorry: relent to(wards) [the] distress: harm which to make: do to/for you
‘You [should] stay here in this land. If you do that, I will cause your [nation] to be strong and not be weak. I will cause you to prosper and not be exiled [again]. I am sorry about the disasters that I [was forced to] cause you to experience.
11 not to fear from face of king Babylon which you(m. p.) afraid from face of his not to fear from him utterance LORD for with you I to/for to save [obj] you and to/for to rescue [obj] you from hand: power his
But do not be afraid of the king of Babylon [any more], because I will (be with/help) you. I will rescue you [DOU] from his power [MTY].
12 and to give: give to/for you compassion and to have compassion [obj] you and to return: rescue [obj] you to(wards) land: soil your
I will be merciful to you by causing him to act kindly toward you. So as a result, he will allow you to stay here in your land.’
13 and if to say you(m. p.) not to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this to/for lest to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your
But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say ‘We will not stay here;
14 to/for to say not for land: country/planet Egypt to come (in): come which not to see: see battle and voice: sound trumpet not to hear: hear and to/for food: bread not be hungry and there to dwell
instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience [any] wars, we will not hear trumpets [signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles], and we will not be hungry,’
15 and now to/for so to hear: hear word LORD remnant Judah thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel if you(m. p.) to set: put to set: make [emph?] face your to/for to come (in): come Egypt and to come (in): come to/for to sojourn there
then listen to what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt, and you go and live there,
16 and to be [the] sword which you(m. p.) afraid from her there to overtake [obj] you in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and [the] famine which you(m. p.) be anxious from him there to cleave after you Egypt and there to die
you will experience those wars and famines that you are afraid of, and you will [all] die there.
17 and to be all [the] human which to set: make [obj] face their to/for to come (in): come Egypt to/for to sojourn there to die in/on/with sword in/on/with famine and in/on/with pestilence and not to be to/for them survivor and survivor from face: before [the] distress: harm which I to come (in): bring upon them
That is what will happen to all you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. [Some of you] will be killed by the swords [of your enemies, and others of you will die] from famines and from diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.’
18 for thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel like/as as which to pour face: anger my and rage my upon to dwell Jerusalem so to pour rage my upon you in/on/with to come (in): come you Egypt and to be to/for oath and to/for horror: appalled and to/for curse and to/for reproach and not to see: see still [obj] [the] place [the] this
And the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], also says this: ‘Because I was very angry, I severely punished [MTY] [all] the people of Jerusalem. I will do the same things to you when you go to Egypt. [The result will be that] people will curse you. They will be horrified about [what has happened to] you. They will make fun of you, and you will never see this land again.’
19 to speak: speak LORD upon you remnant Judah not to come (in): come Egypt to know to know for to testify in/on/with you [the] day
You little group of people of Judah who are still alive, [listen to me]: Yahweh has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ [So] do not forget what I have warned you today.
20 for (to go astray *Q(K)*) in/on/with soul: life your for you(m. p.) to send: depart [obj] me to(wards) LORD God your to/for to say to pray about/through/for us to(wards) LORD God our and like/as all which to say LORD God our so to tell to/for us and to make: do
I know that you were lying when you requested me to pray to Yahweh our God.
21 and to tell to/for you [the] day: today and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your and to/for all which to send: depart me to(wards) you
And today I have told you exactly what he said, but [I know that] you will not obey Yahweh our God now, just as you have not obeyed him previously.
22 and now to know to know for in/on/with sword in/on/with famine and in/on/with pestilence to die in/on/with place which to delight in to/for to come (in): come to/for to sojourn there
You want to go to Egypt and live there. So now, you can be sure of this: [All of] you will die there. [Some of you will be killed] by the swords [of your enemies and others will die] from famines or from diseases.”

< Jeremiah 42 >