Jeremias 23
1 Sa aba ng mga pastor na nangagpapahamak at nangagpapangalat sa mga tupa sa aking pastulan! sabi ng Panginoon.
Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
2 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, laban sa mga pastor na nangagpastol ng aking bayan, Inyong pinangalat ang aking kawan, at inyong iniligaw sila, at hindi ninyo sila dinalaw; narito, dadalawin ko sa inyo ang kasamaan ng inyong mga gawa, sabi ng Panginoon.
So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
3 At aking pipisanin ang nalabi sa aking kawan mula sa lahat na lupain na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila, at aking dadalhin sila uli sa kanilang mga kulungan; at sila'y magiging palaanak at magsisidami.
But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
4 At ako'y maglalagay ng mga pastor sa kanila na kakandili sa kanila; at hindi na sila matatakot, o manglulupaypay pa, o kukulangin ang sinoman sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon.
[Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
5 Narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na ako'y magbabangon kay David ng matuwid na Sanga, at siya'y maghahari na gaya ng hari, at gagawang may kapantasan, at magsasagawa ng kahatulan at kaganapan sa lupain.
Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
6 Sa kaniyang mga kaarawan ay maliligtas ang Juda, at ang Israel ay tatahang tiwasay; at ito ang kaniyang pangalan na itatawag sa kaniya, Ang Panginoon ay ating katuwiran.
At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
7 Kaya't narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na hindi na nila sasabihin, Buhay ang Panginoon, na nagahon ng mga anak ni Israel mula sa lupain ng Egipto;
Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
8 Kundi, Buhay ang Panginoon, na nagahon at pumatnubay sa angkan ng binhi ng Israel mula sa hilagaang lupain, at mula sa lahat ng lupain na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila. At sila'y magsisitahan sa kanilang sariling lupain.
Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
9 Tungkol sa mga propeta. Ang puso ko sa loob ko ay bagbag, lahat kong buto ay nanginginig; ako'y parang langong tao, at parang taong dinaig ng alak, dahil sa Panginoon, at dahil sa kaniyang mga banal na salita.
I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
10 Sapagka't ang lupain ay puno ng mga mangangalunya; sapagka't dahil sa sumpa ay tumatangis ang lupain; ang mga pastulan sa ilang ay natuyo. At ang kanilang lakad ay masama, at ang kanilang lakas ay hindi matuwid.
The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
11 Sapagka't ang propeta ay gayon din ang saserdote ay marumi; oo, sa aking bahay ay nasumpungan ko ang kanilang kasamaan, sabi ng Panginoon.
Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
12 Kaya't ang kanilang daan ay magiging sa kanila'y parang mga madulas na dako sa kadiliman: sila'y isusudlong, at mangabubuwal doon; sapagka't ako'y magpaparating ng kasamaan sa kanila, sa makatuwid baga'y sa taon ng pagdalaw sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon.
Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
13 At nakita ko ang kamangmangan sa mga propeta ng Samaria; sila'y nanganghuhula sa pamamagitan ni Baal, at inililigaw ang aking bayang Israel.
[Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
14 Sa mga propeta ng Jerusalem naman ay nakita ko ang kakilakilabot na bagay: sila'y nangangalunya, at nagsisilakad sa mga kasinungalingan; at kanilang pinalalakas ang mga kamay ng mga manggagawa ng kasamaan, na anopa't walang humihiwalay sa kaniyang kasamaan: silang lahat ay naging parang Sodoma sa akin, at ang mga nananahan dito ay parang Gomorra.
And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
15 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo tungkol sa mga propeta, Narito, aking pakakanin sila ng ajenjo, at paiinumin ko sila ng inuming mapait, sapagka't mula sa mga propeta ng Jerusalem ay lumabas ang pagdudumi sa buong lupain.
So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
16 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Huwag ninyong dinggin ang mga salita ng mga propeta na nanganghuhula sa inyo: sila'y nangagtuturo sa inyo ng walang kabuluhan; sila'y nangagsasalita ng pangitain ng kanilang sariling puso, at hindi mula sa bibig ng Panginoon.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
17 Kanilang sinasabing lagi sa kanila na nagsisihamak sa akin, Sabi ng Panginoon, Kayo'y mangagkakaroon ng kapayapaan; at sa bawa't isa na lumalakad sa katigasan ng kaniyang sariling puso ay sinasabi nila, Walang kasamaang darating sa inyo.
They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
18 Sapagka't sinong tumayo sa payo ng Panginoon, upang makamalas at makarinig ng kaniyang salita? sinong nakinig ng aking salita, at nakarinig?
But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
19 Narito, ang bagyo ng Panginoon, ang kaniyang kapusukan, ay lumabas, oo, ipoipong bagyo: babagsak sa ulo ng masama.
So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
20 Ang galit ng Panginoon ay hindi mapaparam, hanggang sa kaniyang magawa, at hanggang sa kaniyang maisagawa ang haka ng kaniyang puso: sa mga huling araw ay lubos ninyong mauunawa.
I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
21 Hindi ko sinugo ang mga propetang ito, gayon ma'y nagsitakbo sila: ako'y hindi nagsalita sa kanila, gayon ma'y nanghula sila.
[Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
22 Nguni't kung sila'y nanayo sana sa aking payo, kanila ngang naiparinig ang aking mga salita sa aking bayan, at kanilang naihiwalay sa kanilang masamang lakad, at sa kasamaan ng kanilang mga gawa.
If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
23 Ako baga'y Dios lamang sa malapit, sabi ng Panginoon, at hindi Dios sa malayo?
Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
24 May makapagkukubli bagang sinoman sa mga lihim na dako na hindi ko makikita siya? sabi ng Panginoon, Hindi baga pinupuno ko ang langit at ang lupa? sabi ng Panginoon.
So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
25 Aking narinig kung ano ang sinabi ng mga propeta, na nanganghuhula ng mga kasinungalingan sa aking pangalan, na nangagsasabi, Ako'y nanaginip, ako'y nanaginip.
I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
26 Hanggang kailan masusumpungan ito sa puso ng mga propeta na nanganghuhula ng mga kasinungalingan; sa makatuwid baga'y ng mga propeta na nanganghuhula ng daya ng kanilang sariling puso?
How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
27 Na nagaakalang magpalimot sa aking bayan ng aking pangalan sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga panaginip na sinasaysay ng bawa't isa sa kanila sa kaniyang kapuwa, gaya ng kanilang mga magulang na nakalimot ng aking pangalan dahil kay Baal.
They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
28 Ang propeta na nanaginip, ay magsaysay siya ng isang panaginip; at siyang nagtamo ng aking salita, salitain niya ang aking salita na may pagtatapat. Ano ang dayami sa trigo? sabi ng Panginoon.
Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
29 Hindi baga ang aking salita ay parang apoy? sabi ng Panginoon; at parang pamukpok na dumudurog ng bato?
[It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
30 Kaya't narito, ako'y laban sa mga propeta, sabi ng Panginoon, na ninanakaw ng bawa't isa ang aking mga salita sa kaniyang kapuwa.
Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
31 Narito, ako'y laban sa mga propeta, sabi ng Panginoon, na nagsisipagsalita, at nangagsasabi, Kaniyang sinasabi.
I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
32 Narito, ako'y laban sa kanila na nanghuhula ng mga sinungaling na panaginip, sabi ng Panginoon, at sinasaysay, at inililigaw ang aking bayan sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga kasinungalingan, at sa pamamagitan ng kanilang walang kabuluhang kahambugan: gayon man ay hindi ko sinugo sila, o inutusan ko man sila; at hindi man pinakikinabangan nila ang bayang ito sa anomang paraan, sabi ng Panginoon.
I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
33 At pagka ang bayang ito, o ang propeta, o ang saserdote ay magtatanong sa iyo, na magsasabi, Ano ang hula na mula sa Panginoon? iyo ngang sasabihin sa kanila, Anong hula! Aking itatakuwil kayo, sabi ng Panginoon.
[Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
34 At tungkol sa propeta, at sa saserdote, at sa bayan, na magsasabi, Ang hula na mula sa Panginoon, ay akin ngang parurusahan ang lalaking yaon at ang kaniyang sangbahayan.
And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
35 Ganito ang sasabihin ng bawa't isa sa inyo sa kaniyang kapuwa, at ng bawa't isa sa kaniyang kapatid, Ano ang isinagot ng Panginoon? at, Ano ang sinalita ng Panginoon?
What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
36 At ang hula na mula sa Panginoon ay hindi na ninyo babanggitin pa: sapagka't bawa't sariling salita ng tao ay magiging kaniyang hula; sapagka't inyong binago ang mga salita ng buhay na Dios, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo na ating Dios.
But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
37 Ganito ang iyong sasabihin sa propeta, Ano ang isinagot sa iyo ng Panginoon? at, Ano ang sinalita ng Panginoon?
This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
38 Nguni't kung inyong sabihin, Ang hula na mula sa Panginoon; ganito nga ang sabi ng Panginoon: Sapagka't inyong sinasabi ang salitang ito, Ang hula na mula sa Panginoon, at ako'y nagsugo sa inyo, na sinabi ko, Huwag ninyong sasabihin, Ang hula na mula sa Panginoon;
If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
39 Kaya't, narito, aking lubos na kalilimutan kayo, at aking itatakuwil kayo, at ang bayang ibinigay ko sa inyo at sa inyong mga magulang, mula sa aking harapan:
So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
40 At ako'y magpaparating ng walang hanggang kakutyaan sa inyo, at walang hanggang kahihiyan, na hindi malilimutan.
I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
