യിരെമ്യാവു 28
1 ആ വർഷം, യെഹൂദാരാജാവായ സിദെക്കീയാവിന്റെ ഭരണത്തിന്റെ ആരംഭത്തിൽ, നാലാംവർഷത്തിൽ അഞ്ചാംമാസത്തിൽ, ഗിബെയോന്യനായ അസ്സൂരിന്റെ മകനായ ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകൻ യഹോവയുടെ ആലയത്തിൽ പുരോഹിതന്മാരുടെയും സകലജനത്തിന്റെയും മുമ്പിൽവെച്ച് എന്നോട് ഇപ്രകാരം സംസാരിച്ചു:
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind.
2 “ഇസ്രായേലിന്റെ ദൈവമായ സൈന്യങ്ങളുടെ യഹോവ ഇപ്രകാരം അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു: ‘ഞാൻ ബാബേൽരാജാവിന്റെ നുകം ഒടിച്ചുകളയും.
And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about [her] in the day of her affliction.
3 രണ്ടു വർഷത്തിനുള്ളിൽ, ബാബേൽരാജാവായ നെബൂഖദ്നേസർ ഈ സ്ഥലത്തുനിന്നെടുത്ത് ബാബേലിലേക്കു കൊണ്ടുപോയ യഹോവയുടെ ആലയത്തിലെ ഉപകരണങ്ങളെല്ലാം ഞാൻ ഈ സ്ഥലത്തേക്കു തിരികെവരുത്തും.
Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armour put it on: and spare ye not her young men, but destroy ye all her host.
4 യെഹൂദാരാജാവായി യെഹോയാക്കീമിന്റെ മകനായ യെഹോയാഖീനെയും ബാബേലിലേക്കു പോയിട്ടുള്ള എല്ലാ യെഹൂദാപ്രവാസികളെയും ഞാൻ ഈ സ്ഥലത്തേക്കു കൊണ്ടുവരും; ഞാൻ ബാബേൽരാജാവിന്റെ നുകം ഒടിച്ചുകളയും,’ എന്നും യഹോവ അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു.”
And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [men] pierced through shall fall without it.
5 അപ്പോൾ യഹോവയുടെ ആലയത്തിൽ നിന്നിരുന്ന പുരോഹിതന്മാരുടെയും സകലജനങ്ങളുടെയും മുമ്പിൽവെച്ച് യിരെമ്യാപ്രവാചകൻ ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകനോട് ഇപ്രകാരം പറഞ്ഞു.
For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel.
6 “ആമേൻ! യഹോവ അപ്രകാരം ചെയ്യട്ടെ! യഹോവയുടെ ആലയത്തിലെ ഉപകരണങ്ങളെയും എല്ലാ പ്രവാസികളെയും ബാബേലിൽനിന്ന് ഈ സ്ഥലത്തേക്കു തിരികെ വരുത്തുമെന്നു നീ പ്രവചിച്ച നിന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ യഹോവ സത്യമാക്കിത്തീർക്കട്ടെ.
Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompence.
7 എങ്കിലും ഇപ്പോൾ നീയും സകലജനവും കേൾക്കെ ഞാൻ പറയാൻ പോകുന്ന ഈ വചനം ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക:
Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken.
8 നിനക്കുമുമ്പും എനിക്കുമുമ്പും പ്രാചീനകാലംമുതൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന പ്രവാചകന്മാർ അനേക ദേശങ്ങൾക്കും വലിയ രാജ്യങ്ങൾക്കുമെതിരേ യുദ്ധവും അനർഥവും മഹാമാരിയും പ്രവചിച്ചു.
And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed.
9 എന്നാൽ സമാധാനത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു പ്രവചിക്കുന്ന പ്രവാചകന്റെ കാര്യത്തിൽ, അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ വചനം നിറവേറുമ്പോൾ ആ പ്രവാചകൻ യഹോവ അയച്ച ഒരുവൻ എന്ന് തെളിയും.”
We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.
10 അപ്പോൾ ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകൻ യിരെമ്യാപ്രവാചകന്റെ കഴുത്തിൽനിന്ന് നുകമെടുത്ത് ഒടിച്ചുകളഞ്ഞു.
The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Sion the works of the Lord our God.
11 സകലജനത്തിന്റെയും സാന്നിധ്യത്തിൽ ഹനന്യാവ് ഇപ്രകാരം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു: “യഹോവ ഇപ്രകാരം അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു. ‘രണ്ടു വർഷങ്ങൾക്കുള്ളിൽ ഞാൻ ഇതുപോലെ ബാബേൽരാജാവായ നെബൂഖദ്നേസരിന്റെ നുകം സകലരാഷ്ട്രങ്ങളുടെയും കഴുത്തിൽനിന്ന് എടുത്ത് ഒടിച്ചുകളയും.’” ഇതു കേട്ട് യിരെമ്യാപ്രവാചകൻ തന്റെ വഴിക്കുപോയി.
Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.
12 ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകൻ യിരെമ്യാവിന്റെ കഴുത്തിലെ നുകം ഒടിച്ചുകളഞ്ഞതിനുശേഷം യഹോവയുടെ അരുളപ്പാട് യിരെമ്യാവിന് ഇപ്രകാരം ഉണ്ടായി:
Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken [the work] in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,
13 “നീ പോയി ഹനന്യാവിനോട് ഇപ്രകാരം സംസാരിക്കുക, ‘യഹോവ ഇപ്രകാരം അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു: നീ തടികൊണ്ടുള്ള നുകം ഒടിച്ചുകളഞ്ഞു. എന്നാൽ അതിനുപകരം നിനക്ക് ഇരുമ്പുകൊണ്ടുള്ള ഒരു നുകം ലഭിക്കും.
dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.
14 ഇസ്രായേലിന്റെ ദൈവമായ സൈന്യങ്ങളുടെ യഹോവ ഇപ്രകാരം അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു: ഞാൻ ഈ എല്ലാ ജനതകളുടെയും കഴുത്തിന്മേൽ അവർ ബാബേൽരാജാവായ നെബൂഖദ്നേസരിനെ സേവിക്കേണ്ടതിന് ഇരുമ്പുകൊണ്ടുള്ള ഒരു നുകം വെച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അവർ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സേവിക്കും. ഞാൻ വന്യമൃഗങ്ങളുടെ നിയന്ത്രണവും അദ്ദേഹത്തിനു നൽകിയിരിക്കുന്നു.’”
For the Lord has sworn by his arm, [saying, ]I will fill thee with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against thee.
15 അതിനുശേഷം യിരെമ്യാപ്രവാചകൻ ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകനോടു പറഞ്ഞത്: “ഹനന്യാവേ, ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക! യഹോവ നിന്നെ അയച്ചിട്ടില്ല. നീ ഈ ജനത്തെ ഒരു വ്യാജം വിശ്വസിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
The Lord made the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven.
16 അതിനാൽ യഹോവ ഇപ്രകാരം അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുന്നു: ‘ഇതാ, ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ഭൂമുഖത്തുനിന്നു നീക്കിക്കളയാൻ പോകുന്നു. നീ യഹോവയ്ക്കെതിരേ മത്സരിച്ച് സംസാരിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാൽ ഈ വർഷംതന്നെ മരിക്കും.’”
At [his] voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.
17 അങ്ങനെ ഹനന്യാപ്രവാചകൻ, ആ വർഷം ഏഴാംമാസത്തിൽ മരിച്ചു.
Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven [images]: for they have cast false [gods], there is no breath in them.
They are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Not such is Jacob's portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
Thou scatterest for me the weapons of war: and I will scatter nations by thee, and will destroy kings by means of thee.
And by thee I will scatter the horse and his rider; and by thee I will scatter chariots and them that ride in them.
And by thee I will scatter youth and maid; and by thee I will scatter man and woman.
And by thee I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by thee I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by thee I will scatter leaders and the captains.
And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell [there] all their mischiefs that they have done to Sion before your eyes, saith the Lord.
Behold, I am against thee, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will roll thee down upon the rocks, and will make thee as a burnt mountain.
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.
Lift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and [that] for the people of Achanaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts.
Bring up nations against her, [even] the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.
The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.
The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.
One shall rush, running to meet [another] runner, and one [shall go] with tidings to meet [another] with tidings, to bring tidings to the king of Babylon, that his city is taken.
At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth.
For thus saith the Lord, The houses of the king of Babylon shall be threshed as a floor in the season; yet a little while, and her harvest shall come.
He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.
My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Sion say; and my blood [shall be] upon the Chaldeans dwelling [there], shall Jerusalem say.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.
And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.
For they rose up together as lions, and as lions' whelps.
In their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.
And bring thou them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids.
How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.
Her cities are become like a dry and trackless land; not so much as one [man] shall dwell in it, neither shall a son of man lodge in it.
And I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her:
and in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall.
Go forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, [even] into the house of the Lord.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven [images]: and slain men shall fall in all her land.
For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, saith the Lord.
A sound of a cry in Babylon, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans:
for the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction.
For distress has come upon Babylon, her warriors are taken, their bows are useless: for God recompenses them.
The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, saith the King, the Lord Almighty is his name.
Thus saith the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the peoples shall not labour in vain, nor the nations fail in [their] rule.
THE WORD WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED THE PROPHET JEREMIAS to say to Saraeas son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, when he went from Sedekias king of Juda to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. And Saraeas was over the bounties.
And Jeremias wrote in a book all the evils which should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon.
And Jeremias said to Saraeas, When thou art come to Babylon, and shalt see and read all these words;
then thou shalt say, O Lord God, thou hast spoken against this place, to destroy it, and that there should be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast; for it shall be a desolation for ever.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt cease from reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates;
and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it.
