Jeremias 27
1 Nang pasimula ng paghahari ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda, dumating ang salitang ito kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi,
THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPOKE AGAINST BABYLON.
2 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Gumawa ka para sa iyo ng mga panali at mga pamatok, at ilagay mo sa iyong batok,
Proclaim you among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not: say you, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.
3 At iyong mga ipadala sa hari sa Edom, at sa hari sa Moab, at sa hari ng mga anak ni Ammon, at sa hari sa Tiro, at sa hari sa Sidon, sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng mga sugo na nagsisiparoon sa Jerusalem kay Sedechias na hari sa Juda,
For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.
4 At ipagbilin mo sa kanilang mga panginoon, na iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Ganito ang inyong sasabihin sa inyong mga panginoon.
In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.
5 Aking ginawa ang lupa, ang tao at ang hayop na nasa ibabaw ng lupa, sa pamamagitan ng aking dakilang kapangyarihan, at sa pamamagitan ng aking unat na bisig; at aking ibinigay doon sa minamarapat ko.
They shall ask the way till [they come to] Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.
6 At ngayon ay ibinigay ko ang lahat ng lupaing ito sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, na aking lingkod at ang mga hayop sa parang ay ibinigay ko rin naman sa kaniya upang mangaglingkod sa kaniya.
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
7 At lahat ng mga bansa ay mangaglilingkod sa kaniya, at sa kaniyang anak at sa anak ng kaniyang anak, hanggang dumating ang panahon ng kaniyang sariling lupain: at kung magkagayo'y maraming bansa at mga dakilang hari ay paglilingkuran siya.
All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers [had] a pasture of righteousness.
8 At mangyayari, na ang bansa at ang kaharian na hindi maglilingkod kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at yaong hindi yuyukod ng kanilang ulo sa pamatok ng hari sa Babilonia, ang bansang yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, ay parurusahan ko ng tabak, at ng kagutom, at ng salot, hanggang sa aking malipol sila sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang kamay.
Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep.
9 Nguni't tungkol sa inyo, huwag ninyong dinggin ang inyong mga propeta, o ang inyong mga manghuhula man, o ang inyong mga panaginip man, o ang inyong mga mapamahiin man, o ang inyong mga manggagaway man, na nangagsasalita sa inyo, na nagsasabi, Kayo'y hindi mangaglilingkod sa hari sa Babilonia:
For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.
10 Sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhula ng kasinungalingan sa inyo, upang ilayo kayo sa inyong lupain; at aking palalayasin kayo at kayo'y mangalilipol.
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied.
11 Nguni't ang bansa na iyukod ang kaniyang ulo sa pamatok ng hari sa Babilonia, at maglilingkod sa kaniya, ang bansang yaon ay aking ilalabi sa kaniyang sariling lupain, sabi ng Panginoon; at kanilang bubukirin, at tatahanan.
Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering mine heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.
12 At ako'y nagsalita kay Sedechias na hari sa Juda ayon sa lahat ng mga salitang ito na aking sinabi, Inyong iyukod ang inyong ulo sa pamatok ng hari sa Babilonia, at mangaglilingkod kayo sa kaniya at sa kaniyang bayan, at kayo'y mangabuhay:
Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: [she is] the last of the nations, desolate,
13 Bakit kayo'y mangamamatay, ikaw, at ang iyong bayan, sa pamamagitan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot, gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon tungkol sa bansa na hindi maglilingkod sa hari sa Babilonia?
by reason of the Lord's anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and every one that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.
14 At huwag kayong mangakinig ng salita ng mga propeta na nangagsasalita sa inyo, na nangagsasabi, Kayo'y hindi mangaglilingkod sa hari sa Babilonia: sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhula ng kabulaanan sa inyo.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,
15 Sapagka't hindi ko sinugo sila, sabi ng Panginoon; kundi sila'y nanganghuhulang may kasinungalingan sa aking pangalan; upang aking mapalayas kayo, at kayo'y mangalipol, kayo, at ang mga propeta na nanganghuhula sa inyo.
and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.
16 Ako naman ay nagsalita rin sa mga saserdote at sa lahat ng bayang ito, na nagsasabi, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Huwag kayong mangakinig ng mga salita ng inyong mga propeta, na nanganghuhula sa inyo, na nangagsasabi, Narito, ang mga sisidlan ng bahay ng Panginoon ay madaling madadala uli na mula sa Babilonia: sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhula ng kasinungalingan sa inyo.
Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, [and] him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 Huwag ninyong dinggin sila, mangaglingkod kayo sa hari sa Babilonia, at kayo'y mangabuhay: bakit nga ang bayang ito ay magiging sira?
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon [has gnawed] his bones.
18 Nguni't kung sila'y mga propeta, at ang mga salita ng Panginoon ay sumasakanila, mamagitan sila ngayon sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, upang ang mga sisidlan na naiwan sa bahay ng Panginoon at sa bahay ng hari sa Juda, at ng Jerusalem, ay huwag mangaparoon sa Babilonia.
Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] take vengeance on the king of Babylon, and upon his land, as I took vengeance on the king of Assyria.
19 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo tungkol sa mga haligi, at tungkol sa dagatdagatan, at tungkol sa mga tungtungan, at tungkol sa nalabi sa mga sisidlan na nangaiwan sa bayang ito,
And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied.
20 Na hindi kinuha ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, nang kaniyang dalhing bihag si Jechonias na anak ni Joacim na hari sa Juda, mula sa Jerusalem hanggang sa Babilonia, at ang lahat ng mahal na tao ng Juda at ng Jerusalem;
In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left
21 Oo, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol sa mga sisidlan na naiwan sa bahay ng Panginoon, at sa bahay ng hari sa Juda, at ng Jerusalem:
on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you.
22 Mangadadala sa Babilonia, at mangapaparoon, hanggang sa araw na dalawin ko sila, sabi ng Panginoon; kung magkagayo'y isasampa ko sila, at isasauli ko sa dakong ito.
A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans!
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, Babylon, that you will even be taken captive: you are found and taken, because you did resist the Lord.
The Lord has opened his treasury, and brought forth the weapons of his anger: for the Lord God [has] a work in the land of the Chaldeans.
For her times are come: open you her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her.
Dry you up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.
A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God.
Summon many against Babylon, [even] every one that bends the bow: camp against her round about; let no one of her [people] escape: render to her according to her works; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, says the Lord.
Behold, I am against you the haughty one, says the Lord: for your day is come, and the time of your retribution.
And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Thus says the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.
But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;
and he will sharpen a sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her nobles and upon her wise men;
a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots:
a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water,
and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven [images]; and in the islands, where they boasted.
Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, says the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:
[the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.
For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.
