Jeremias 20
1 Si Pashur na lalaking anak ni Imer na pari—siya ang namumunong opisyal—narinig si Jeremias na nagpapahayag ng mga salitang ito sa harapan ng tahanan ni Yahweh.
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 Kaya hinampas ni Pashur si Jeremias na propeta at pagkatapos inilagay siya sa mga pangawan na nasa Itaas na Tarangkahan ni Benjamin sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 Nangyari sa sumunod na araw, pinalaya ni Pashur si Jeremias mula sa mga pangawan. At sinabi ni Jeremias sa kaniya, “Hindi ka pinangalanan ni Yahweh na Pashur, ngunit ikaw ay si Magot Missabib.
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 Sapagkat ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, 'Tingnan mo, gagawin kitang isang bagay na kakikilabutan—ikaw at lahat ng iyong minamahal—sapagkat mabubuwal sila sa pamamagitan ng espada ng kanilang mga kaaway at makikita ito ng iyong mga mata. Ibibigay ko ang buong Juda sa kamay ng hari ng Babilonia. Gagawin niya silang mga bihag sa Babilonia o lulusubin sila gamit ang espada.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 Ibibigay ko sa kaniya ang lahat ng karangyaan at lahat ng kasaganaan ng lungsod na ito, lahat ng mahahalagang bagay at lahat ng kayamanan ng mga hari ng Juda. Ilalagay ko ang mga bagay na ito sa kamay ng inyong mga kaaway at sasamsamin nila ang mga ito. Kukunin nila ang mga ito at dadalhin sa Babilonia.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 Ngunit ikaw Pashur at ang lahat ng naninirahan sa iyong tahanan ay mabibihag. Pupunta ka sa Babilonia at mamamatay doon. Ikaw at ang lahat ng iyong minamahal na siyang pinagpahayagan mo ng mapanlinlang na mga bagay ay maililibing doon'”.
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Hinikayat mo ako, Yahweh. Tunay nga akong nahikayat. Tinalo at nilupig mo ako. Ako ay naging katatawanan. Araw-araw akong kinukutya ng mga tao, sa lahat ng araw.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 Sapagkat sa tuwing magsasalita ako, isinisigaw at ipinapahayag ko ang, 'Karahasan at pagkawasak.' At ang salita ni Yahweh ay naging paninisi at pangungutya para sa akin araw-araw.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Kung sasabihin kong, 'Hindi ko na iisipin si Yahweh. Hindi ko na ipapahayag ang kaniyang pangalan.' Magiging tulad ito ng apoy sa aking puso na nasa aking mga buto. Kaya nagsusumikap akong pigilan ito ngunit hindi ko kaya.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 Nakarinig ako ng usap-usapan ng katatakutan mula sa maraming tao sa paligid. 'Iulat! Dapat natin itong iulat!' Ang mga malapit sa akin ay nanonood upang makita kung babagsak ako. 'Marahil maaari siyang madaya. Kung gayon, maaari natin siyang mahigitan at makapaghiganti sa kaniya.'
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Ngunit kasama ko si Yahweh tulad ng makapangyarihang mandirigma, kaya ang mga humahabol sa akin ay matitisod. Hindi nila ako matatalo. Labis silang mapapahiya dahil hindi sila magtatagumpay. Magkakaroon sila ng walang katapusang kahihiyan at hindi ito kailanman malilimutan.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 Ngunit ikaw, Yahweh ng mga hukbo, ikaw na sumusuri sa matuwid at nakakaalam ng isip at puso. Hayaan mong makita ko ang iyong paghihiganti sa kanila sapagkat ipinakita ko ang aking kalagayan sa iyo.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 Umawit kay Yahweh! Purihin si Yahweh! Sapagkat iniligtas niya ang mga buhay ng mga naapi mula sa kamay ng mga gumagawa ng masama.
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 Isumpa nawa ang araw ng aking kapanganakan. Huwag pagpalain ang araw na ipinanganak ako ng aking ina.
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Isumpa ang taong nagsabi sa aking ama na, 'Isang sanggol na lalaki ang ipinanganak para sa iyo,' na nagdulot ng labis na kagalakan.
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Hayaan ang taong iyon ay maging tulad ng mga lungsod na winasak ni Yahweh nang nawala ang kaniyang awa. Nawa ay marinig niya ang isang panawagan ng tulong sa madaling araw at ang sigaw ng labanan sa tanghali.
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 Mangyari nawa ito, yamang hindi ako pinatay ni Yahweh sa sinapupunan o ginawang libingan ko ang aking ina, isang sinapupunang buntis magpakailanman.
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 Bakit ako lumabas sa sinapupunan upang makita ang mga kaguluhan at matinding paghihirap, upang mapuno ng kahihiyan ang aking mga araw?”
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
