Jeremiah 26
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, this word came from Yahweh, saying,
In principio regni Ioakim filii Iosiæ regis Iuda, factum est verbum istud a Domino, dicens:
2 “Yahweh says this: Stand in the courtyard of my house and speak about all the cities of Judah who come to worship at my house. Proclaim all the words that I have commanded you to say to them. Do not cut short any word!
Hæc dicit Dominus: Sta in atrio domus Domini, et loqueris ad omnes civitates Iuda, de quibus veniunt ut adorent in domo Domini, universos sermones, quos ego mandavi tibi ut loquaris ad eos: noli subtrahere verbum,
3 It may be that they will listen, that each man will turn from his wicked ways, so I will relent concerning the disaster that I am planning to bring on them because of the wickedness of their practices.
si forte audiant et convertantur unusquisque a via sua mala: et pœniteat me mali quod cogito facere eis propter malitiam studiorum eorum.
4 So you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this: If you do not listen to me so as to walk in my law that I have placed before you—
Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: Si non audieritis me ut ambuletis in lege mea, quam dedi vobis
5 if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I am persistently sending to you—but you have not listened!—
ut audiatis sermones servorum meorum prophetarum, quos ego misi ad vos de nocte consurgens, et dirigens, et non audistis:
6 then I will make this house like Shiloh; I will turn this city into a curse in the sight of all the nations on earth.'”
Dabo domum istam sicut Silo, et urbem hanc dabo in maledictionem cunctis gentibus terræ.
7 The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah announcing these words in Yahweh's house.
Et audierunt sacerdotes, et prophetæ, et omnis populus Ieremiam loquentem verba hæc in domo Domini.
8 So it happened that when Jeremiah had finished announcing all that Yahweh commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, prophets, and all the people seized him and said, “You will certainly die!
Cumque complesset Ieremias loquens omnia, quæ præceperat ei Dominus ut loqueretur ad universum populum, apprehenderunt eum sacerdotes, et prophetæ, et omnis populus, dicens: Morte moriatur.
9 Why have you prophesied in Yahweh's name and said that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will become desolate, with no inhabitant?” For all the people had formed a mob against Jeremiah in Yahweh's house.
Quare prophetavit in nomine Domini, dicens: Sicut Silo erit domus hæc: et urbs ista desolabitur, eo quod non sit habitator? Et congregatus est omnis populus adversus Ieremiam in domo Domini.
10 Then the officials of Judah heard these words and went up from the king's house to Yahweh's house. They sat in the gateway at the New Gate of Yahweh's house.
Et audierunt principes Iuda verba hæc: et ascenderunt de domo regis in domum Domini, et sederunt in introitu portæ domus Domini novæ.
11 The priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people. They said, “It is right for this man to die, for he prophesied against this city, just as you heard with your own ears!”
Et locuti sunt sacerdotes et prophetæ ad principes, et ad omnem populum, dicentes: Iudicium mortis est viro huic: quia prophetavit adversus civitatem istam, sicut audistis auribus vestris.
12 So Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people and said, “Yahweh has sent me out to prophesy against this house and this city, to say all the words that you have heard.
Et ait Ieremias ad omnes principes, et ad universum populum, dicens: Dominus misit me ut prophetarem ad domum istam, et ad civitatem hanc omnia verba quæ audistis.
13 So now, improve your ways and your practices, and listen to the voice of Yahweh your God so that he will relent concerning the disaster that he has proclaimed against you.
Nunc ergo bonas facite vias vestras, et studia vestra, et audite vocem Domini Dei vestri: et pœnitebit Dominum mali, quod locutus est adversum vos.
14 I myself—look at me!—am in your hand. Do to me what is good and right in your eyes.
Ego autem ecce in manibus vestris sum: facite mihi quod bonum et rectum est in oculis vestris:
15 But you must surely know that if you kill me, then you are bringing innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and its inhabitants, for Yahweh has truly sent me to you to proclaim all these words for your ears.”
Verumtamen scitote et cognoscite quod si occideritis me, sanguinem innocentem tradetis contra vosmetipsos, et contra civitatem istam, et habitatores eius. In veritate enim misit me Dominus ad vos, ut loquerer in auribus vestris omnia verba hæc.
16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, “It is not right for this man to die, for he has proclaimed things to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”
Et dixerunt principes, et omnis populus ad sacerdotes et ad prophetas: Non est viro huic iudicium mortis: quia in nomine Domini Dei nostri locutus est ad nos.
17 Then men from the elders of the land rose up and spoke to the entire assembly of the people.
Surrexerunt ergo viri de senioribus terræ: et dixerunt ad omnem cœtum populi, loquentes:
18 They said, “Micah the Morashite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He spoke to all the people of Judah and said, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: Zion will become a plowed field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the hill of the temple will become a thicket.'
Michæas de Morasthi fuit propheta in diebus Ezechiæ regis Iuda, et ait ad omnem populum Iuda, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Sion quasi ager arabitur: et Ierusalem in acervum lapidum erit: et mons domus in excelsa silvarum.
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Yahweh and appease the face of Yahweh so that Yahweh would relent concerning the disaster that he proclaimed to them? So will we do greater evil against our own lives?”
Numquid morte condemnavit eum Ezechias rex Iuda, et omnis Iuda? Numquid non timuerunt Dominum, et deprecati sunt faciem Domini? Et pœnituit Dominum mali, quod locutus fuerat adversum eos. Itaque nos facimus malum grande contra animas nostras.
20 Meanwhile there was another man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim—he also prophesied against this city and this land, agreeing with all of Jeremiah's words.
Fuit quoque vir prophetans in nomine Domini, Urias filius Semei de Cariathiarim: et prophetavit adversus civitatem istam, et adversus terram hanc iuxta omnia verba Ieremiæ.
21 But when King Jehoiakim and all his soldiers and officials heard his word, then the king tried to put him to death, but Uriah heard and was afraid, so he ran away and went to Egypt.
Et audivit rex Ioakim, et omnes potentes, et principes eius verba hæc: et quæsivit rex interficere eum. Et audivit Urias, et timuit, fugitque et ingressus est Ægyptum.
22 Then King Jehoiakim sent out men to go to Egypt—Elnathan son of Akbor and men to go into Egypt after Uriah.
Et misit rex Ioakim viros in Ægyptum, Elnathan filium Achobor, et viros cum eo in Ægyptum.
23 They took Uriah out from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim. Then Jehoiakim killed him with a sword and sent his corpse out to the graves of the ordinary people.
Et eduxerunt Uriam de Ægypto: et adduxerunt eum ad regem Ioakim, et percussit eum gladio: et proiecit cadaver eius in sepulchris vulgi ignobilis.
24 But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so he was not given into the hand of the people to be put to death.
Igitur manus Ahicam filii Saphan fuit cum Ieremia, ut non traderetur in manus populi, et interficerent eum.
