Yeremia 37

1 Pada waktu Nebukadnezar raja Babel memecat Yoyakhin anak Yoyakim, ia mengangkat Zedekia anak Yosia menjadi raja Yehuda.

And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.

2 Tetapi baik Zedekia maupun para pejabatnya dan rakyatnya tidak menuruti pesan TUHAN yang diberikan-Nya melalui aku.

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Raja Zedekia mengutus Yukhal anak Selemya, dan Imam Zefanya anak Maaseya untuk minta supaya aku berdoa kepada TUHAN Allah untuk kepentingan bangsa.

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

4 Pada waktu itu aku belum dimasukkan ke dalam penjara dan masih bebas bergerak di antara rakyat.

(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.

5 Tentara Babel sedang mengepung Yerusalem, tapi ketika mereka mendengar bahwa tentara Mesir telah berangkat dari Mesir untuk berperang, mereka mundur.

And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)

6 TUHAN, Allah Israel, menyuruh aku

Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 berkata begini kepada utusan Raja Zedekia: "Katakanlah kepada Zedekia, 'Tentara Mesir yang sedang menuju kemari untuk membantumu, akan balik dan pulang.

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.

8 Lalu orang Babel akan kembali dan menyerang kota ini, serta mengalahkan dan membakarnya.

And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.

9 Aku, TUHAN, memperingatkan kamu, supaya jangan menipu dirimu dengan berpikir bahwa orang Babel telah pergi dan tidak akan kembali. Sebab mereka pasti akan kembali.

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

10 Seandainya kamu mengalahkan seluruh tentara Babel sehingga yang tinggal hanyalah orang-orang yang luka parah di dalam kemah-kemah mereka, namun mereka akan bangun dan membakar habis kota ini.'"

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

11 Tentara Babel mundur dari Yerusalem karena tentara Mesir bergerak menuju kota itu.

And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12 Maka aku meninggalkan Yerusalem dan pergi ke wilayah Benyamin untuk menerima pembagian warisanku dari tanah milik keluarga.

Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.

13 Tetapi ketika aku sampai di Pintu Gerbang Benyamin, komandan tentara yang bertugas di situ menahan aku dan berkata, "Engkau mau lari ke pihak orang Babel!" (Perwira itu bernama Yeria; ia anak Selemya dan cucu Hananya.)

But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.

14 Aku membalas, "Tidak benar! Aku tidak bermaksud lari ke pihak musuh." Tapi Yeria tidak mau mendengarkan. Ia menangkap dan membawa aku menghadap para pejabat pemerintah.

Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

15 Mereka marah sekali kepadaku, dan memerintahkan supaya aku dipukuli dan dikurung di rumah Yonatan, sekretaris negara. Rumah itu sudah dijadikan penjara.

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16 Aku dimasukkan ke dalam sebuah kolam di bawah tanah, dan lama ditahan di situ.

So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

17 Kemudian Raja Zedekia menyuruh orang membawa aku menghadap dia di istana. Di situ secara rahasia ia bertanya kepadaku apakah ada pesan dari TUHAN. "Ada," jawabku. Lalu kutambahkan, "Baginda akan diserahkan kepada raja Babel."

Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

18 Setelah itu aku bertanya, "Apa kejahatanku terhadap Baginda atau terhadap para pejabat Baginda atau rakyat, sehingga Baginda memasukkan aku ke dalam penjara?

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

19 Di mana para nabi Baginda itu yang mengatakan bahwa raja Babel tidak akan menyerang Baginda dan negeri ini?

Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

20 Sekarang, Baginda yang mulia, sudilah mendengarkan permohonanku ini. Janganlah Baginda mengirim aku kembali ke penjara di rumah Yonatan itu, nanti aku mati di sana."

And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

21 Maka Raja Zedekia memerintahkan supaya aku dipenjarakan di pelataran istana. Jadi aku tinggal di situ, dan setiap hari diberi roti dari tempat pembuatan roti sampai persediaan roti di kota itu telah habis semuanya.

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.