Jeremiah 13
1 [One day] Yahweh said to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth. Put it on, but do not wash it.”
| כה אמר יהוה אלי הלוך וקנית לך אזור פשתים ושמתו על מתניך ובמים לא תבאהו |
2 So I bought a [very nice] waistcloth, which is what Yahweh told me to do, and I put it on.
| ואקנה את האזור כדבר יהוה ואשם על מתני |
3 Then [later] Yahweh gave me another message.
| ויהי דבר יהוה אלי שנית לאמר |
4 He said, “Go to the small Perath Stream [near Jerusalem] and hide your waistcloth in a crevice/hole in the rocks.”
| קח את האזור אשר קנית אשר על מתניך וקום לך פרתה וטמנהו שם בנקיק הסלע |
5 So I went to the stream and did what Yahweh told me to do.
| ואלך ואטמנהו בפרת כאשר צוה יהוה אותי |
6 A long time later, Yahweh said to me, “Go [back] to that stream and get the waistcloth that I told you to hide there.”
| ויהי מקץ ימים רבים ויאמר יהוה אלי קום לך פרתה וקח משם את האזור אשר צויתיך לטמנו שם |
7 So I went to the Perath Stream and dug out the waistcloth from the crevice/hole in which I had hidden it. But it was ruined, and useless.
| ואלך פרתה--ואחפר ואקח את האזור מן המקום אשר טמנתיו שמה והנה נשחת האזור לא יצלח לכל |
8 Then Yahweh gave me this message:
| ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר |
9 “[What happened to your waistcloth] shows that I will destroy the things that [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah are very proud of.
| כה אמר יהוה ככה אשחית את גאון יהודה ואת גאון ירושלם--הרב |
10 Those wicked people refuse to pay attention to what I say. They stubbornly do just what they desire to do; they worship other gods. Therefore, they will become completely useless, like your waistcloth.
| העם הזה הרע המאנים לשמוע את דברי ההלכים בשררות לבם וילכו אחרי אלהים אחרים לעבדם ולהשתחות להם ויהי כאזור הזה אשר לא יצלח לכל |
11 Just like a waistcloth clings closely/tightly to a man’s waist, I wanted the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah to cling closely to me. I wanted them to be my people, people who would praise me and honor me. But they would not pay attention [to me]. “
| כי כאשר ידבק האזור אל מתני איש כן הדבקתי אלי את כל בית ישראל ואת כל בית יהודה נאם יהוה להיות לי לעם ולשם ולתהלה ולתפארת ולא שמעו |
12 “[So], tell this to them: ‘Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli [people worship], says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And [when you tell that to them], they will reply, ‘(Of course/Certainly) we know [RHQ] that all wineskins should be filled with wine!’
| ואמרת אליהם את הדבר הזה כה אמר יהוה אלהי ישראל כל נבל ימלא יין ואמרו אליך--הידע לא נדע כי כל נבל ימלא יין |
13 And then you must tell them, ‘No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. [That will include all of you]—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.’
| ואמרת אליהם כה אמר יהוה הנני ממלא את כל ישבי הארץ הזאת ואת המלכים הישבים לדוד על כסאו ואת הכהנים ואת הנבאים ואת כל ישבי ירושלם--שכרון |
14 [He is saying], ‘I will cause you to bash each other. [Even] parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’”
| ונפצתים איש אל אחיו והאבות והבנים יחדו--נאם יהוה לא אחמול ולא אחוס ולא ארחם מהשחיתם |
15 [You people of Judah], pay very careful attention [DOU]. Do not be proud, because Yahweh has spoken to you.
| שמעו והאזינו אל תגבהו כי יהוה דבר |
16 [It is as though] he is ready to bring darkness on you and to cause you to stumble and fall [as you walk] on the hills when it is becoming dark. [So] praise/honor Yahweh your God before that happens. If you do not do that, you will look for light, but all you will see is darkness and gloom.
| תנו ליהוה אלהיכם כבוד בטרם יחשך ובטרם יתנגפו רגליכם על הרי נשף וקויתם לאור ושמה לצלמות ישית (ושית) לערפל |
17 And if you [still] refuse to heed what he says, [what will happen to you because of] your being proud will cause me to cry when I am alone. My eyes will be filled with tears because [you], Yahweh’s people, [whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of] [MET] his flock, will [all] be [captured by your enemies and] taken to other countries.
| ואם לא תשמעוה במסתרים תבכה נפשי מפני גוה ודמע תדמע ותרד עיני דמעה כי נשבה עדר יהוה |
18 [You people of Judah], say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and [humbly] sit in the dust, because [your enemies] will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.”
| אמר למלך ולגבירה השפילו שבו כי ירד מראשותיכם עטרת תפארתכם |
19 The towns in the southern part of Judah will be surrounded by your enemies, and no one will be able to get through their lines [to rescue the people in those towns]. [You people of] Judah will be captured and taken away; you will all be (exiled/taken [to foreign countries)].
| ערי הנגב סגרו ואין פתח הגלת יהודה כלה הגלת שלומים |
20 [You leaders of Jerusalem], open your eyes and look: [The enemy armies are ready to] march down from the north. [When that happens], what will happen to [RHQ] the [people of Judah who are like] a beautiful flock of sheep, people that he gave to you to take care of?
| שאי (שאו) עיניכם וראי (וראו) הבאים מצפון איה העדר נתן לך--צאן תפארתך |
21 What will you say [RHQ] when Yahweh appoints people from other countries to rule over you, people who you [mistakenly] thought were your friends? You will [RHQ] suffer very much pain, like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.
| מה תאמרי כי יפקד עליך ואת למדת אתם עליך אלפים לראש הלוא חבלים יאחזוך כמו אשת לדה |
22 You will ask yourselves, “Why is this happening to us?” [I will reply that] it is because of your many sins. That is why [soldiers of the invading armies] will lift up the skirts [of your women] and rape them.
| וכי תאמרי בלבבך מדוע קראני אלה ברב עונך נגלו שוליך נחמסו עקביך |
23 A man from Ethiopia certainly cannot [RHQ] change the color of his [black] skin, and a leopard certainly cannot [RHQ] change its spots. Similarly, you cannot start doing what is good, because you have always done what is evil.
| היהפך כושי עורו ונמר חברברתיו גם אתם תוכלו להיטיב למדי הרע |
24 [Yahweh says], “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the wind from the desert.
| ואפיצם כקש עובר לרוח מדבר |
25 That is what is certainly going to happen to you; the things that I have determined will happen to you, because you have forgotten me, and you are trusting in false [gods].
| זה גורלך מנת מדיך מאתי נאם יהוה אשר שכחת אותי ותבטחי בשקר |
26 [It is as though] I myself will pull your skirts up over your faces and cause you to be very ashamed because everyone will be able to see your sex organs.
| וגם אני חשפתי שוליך על פניך ונראה קלונך |
27 I have seen that you [act like men who are eager to commit adultery]; you are like male horses that whinny when they desire [to have sex with] a female horse. I have seen that you worship disgusting idols in the fields and on the hills. [You people of] Jerusalem, terrible things will happen to you! How long will it be [RHQ] until you are acceptable to me [again]?”
| נאפיך ומצהלותיך זמת זנותך על גבעות בשדה ראיתי שקוציך אוי לך ירושלם--לא תטהרי אחרי מתי עד |
