Jeremias 22
1 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Bumaba ka sa bahay ng hari sa Juda, at iyong salitain doon ang salitang ito,
This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
2 At iyong sabihin, Dinggin mo ang salita ng Panginoon, Oh hari sa Juda, na nauupo sa luklukan ni David, ikaw at ang iyong mga lingkod, at ang iyong bayan na pumapasok sa mga pintuang ito.
‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
3 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Mangagsagawa kayo ng kahatulan at ng katuwiran, at iligtas ninyo ang nanakawan sa kamay ng mamimighati: at huwag kayong magsigawa ng kamalian, huwag kayong magsigawa ng pangdadahas sa mga nakikipamayan, sa ulila, o sa babaing bao man; o mangagbubo man ng walang salang dugo sa dakong ito.
to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
4 Sapagka't kung tunay na inyong gawin ang bagay na ito, magsisipasok nga sa mga pintuang-daan ng bahay na ito ang mga hari na nangauupo sa luklukan ni David, na nakasakay sa mga karo at sa mga kabayo, siya at ang kaniyang mga lingkod, at ang kaniyang bayan.
If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
5 Nguni't kung hindi ninyo didinggin ang mga salitang ito, ako'y susumpa sa aking sarili, sabi ng Panginoon, na ang bahay na ito ay masisira.
But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
6 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa sangbahayan ng hari sa Juda, Ikaw ay Galaad sa akin, at ulo ng Libano; gayon ma'y tunay na gagawin kitang isang ilang, at mga bayang hindi tinatahanan.
And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
7 At ako'y maghahanda ng mga manglilipol laban sa iyo, bawa't isa'y may kaniyang mga almas; at kanilang puputulin ang iyong mga piling cedro, at ipaghahagis sa apoy.
I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
8 At maraming bansa'y magsisipagdaan sa bayang ito, at mangagsasabi bawa't isa sa kanila sa kaniyang kapuwa, Ano't gumawa ang Panginoon ng ganito sa dakilang bayang ito?
People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
9 Kung magkagayo'y magsisisagot sila, Sapagka't kanilang pinabayaan ang tipan ng Panginoon na kanilang Dios, at nagsisamba sa ibang mga dios, at mga pinaglingkuran.
And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
10 Huwag ninyong iyakan ang patay, o panaghuyan man ninyo siya; kundi iyakan ninyong mainam ang yumayaon; sapagka't hindi na siya babalik, o makikita man niya ang kaniyang lupaing tinubuan.
[Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
11 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol kay Sallum na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda, na nagharing kahalili ni Josias na kaniyang ama, na lumabas sa dakong ito. Siya'y hindi na babalik pa rito:
Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
12 Kundi sa dakong pinagdalhan sa kaniyang bihag, doon siya mamamatay, at hindi na niya makikita ang lupaing ito.
He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
13 Sa aba niya na nagtatayo ng kaniyang bahay sa pamamagitan ng kalikuan, at ng kaniyang mga silid sa pamamagitan ng kalisyaan; na pinapaglilingkod ng kaniyang kapuwa na walang upa, at hindi niya binibigyan ng kaniyang kabayaran;
[And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
14 Na nagsasabi, Ako'y magtatayo ng maluwang na bahay at maluwang na mga silid, at nabubuksan ng mga dungawan; at nakikisamihan ng cedro, at nakukulayan ng pula.
He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
15 Ikaw baga'y maghahari, sapagka't ikaw ay mayroong lalong maraming cedro? hindi ba ang iyong ama ay kumain at uminom, at naglapat ng kahatulan at kaganapan? nang magkagayo'y ikinabuti niya.
But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
16 Kaniyang hinatulan ang usap ng dukha at mapagkailangan; nang magkagayo'y ikinabuti nga. Hindi baga ito ang pagkilala sa akin? sabi ng Panginoon.
Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
17 Nguni't ang iyong mga mata at ang iyong puso ay sa kasakiman lamang, at upang magbubo ng walang salang dugo, at sa kapighatian, at sa karahasan, upang gawin.
But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
18 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol kay Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda, Hindi nila tataghuyan siya, na sasabihin, Ah kapatid kong lalake! o, Ah kapatid na babae! hindi nila tataghuyan siya, na sasabihin, Ah panginoon! o, Ah kaniyang kaluwalhatian!
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
19 Siya'y malilibing ng libing asno, na hihilahin at itatapon sa labas ng mga pintuang-bayan ng Jerusalem.
[When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20 Ikaw ay sumampa sa Libano, at humiyaw; at ilakas mo ang iyong tinig sa Basan, at ikaw ay humiyaw mula sa Abarim; sapagka't lahat ng mangingibig sa iyo ay nalipol.
[You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
21 Ako'y nagsalita sa iyo sa iyong kaginhawahan; nguni't iyong sinabi, Hindi ko didinggin. Ito ang naging iyong paraan mula sa iyong kabataan, na hindi mo dininig ang aking tinig.
When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
22 Lahat mong pastor ay pakakanin ng hangin, at ang mga mangingibig sa iyo ay mapapapasok sa pagkabihag; kung magkagayon ikaw ay mapapahiya at malilito dahil sa lahat mong kasamaan.
[So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
23 Oh nananahan sa Libano, na ginagawa mo ang iyong pugad sa mga cedro, kahabaghabag ka nga pagka ang mga pagdaramdam ay dumating sa iyo, ang hirap na gaya ng sa babae sa pagdaramdam!
[Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
24 Buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoon, bagaman si Conias na anak ni Joacim na hari sa Juda ay maging singsing na panatak sa aking kanang kamay, akin ngang huhugutin ka mula roon;
Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
25 At aking ibibigay ka sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng iyong buhay, at sa kamay nila na iyong kinatatakutan, sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at sa kamay ng mga Caldeo.
You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
26 At itataboy ka, at ang iyong ina na nanganak sa iyo, sa ibang lupain, na hindi pinapanganakan sa inyo; at doon kayo mangamamatay.
I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
27 Nguni't sa lupain na pinagnanasaan ng kanilang kaluluwa na pagbalikan, doon hindi sila mababalik.
You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
28 Ito bagang lalaking si Conias ay isang sisidlang basag na walang kabuluhan? siya baga'y sisidlan na hindi kinaluluguran? bakit kanilang itinataboy, siya at ang kaniyang angkan, at itinapon sa lupain na hindi nila kilala?
[Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
29 Oh lupa, lupa, lupa, iyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon.
[I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
30 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Isulat ninyo ang lalaking ito na walang anak, ang lalake na hindi giginhawa sa kaniyang mga kaarawan; sapagka't walang tao sa kaniyang angkan na giginhawa pa, na nauupo sa luklukan ni David, hindi na magpupuno pa sa Juda.
This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
