Jeremias 22

1 Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Bumaba ka sa tahanan ng hari ng Juda at ipahayag mo ang salitang ito doon.

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 Sabihin mo, 'Hari ng Juda, ikaw na nakaupo sa trono ni David, makinig ka sa salita ni Yahweh. At makinig, kayo na mga lingkod niya, at kayo na kaniyang mamamayan na pumasok dito sa mga tarangkahan.

‘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 Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Maging makatarungan at makatuwiran, at sinuman ang ninakawan—iligtas siya sa kamay ng mang-aapi sa kaniya. Huwag apihin ang mga dayuhan sa inyong bayan, o anumang ulila o balo. Huwag gagawa ng karahasan o magbubuhos ng dugo ng walang kasalanan sa lugar na 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 Sapagkat kung talagang gagawin ninyo ang mga bagay na ito, ang mga haring umupo sa trono ni David ay papasok sa mga tarangkahan ng tahanan niya na nakasakay ng karwahe at mga kabayo. Siya, ang kaniyang mga lingkod, at ang kaniyang mga tao!

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 Ngunit kung hindi kayo makikinig sa mga salitang ito mula sa akin na inihayag ko—ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh—kung gayon ang maharlikang palasyong 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 Sapagkat ganito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh tungkol sa palasyo ng hari ng Juda, 'Para sa akin, ikaw ay gaya ng Gilead, o gaya ng tuktok ng bundok ng Lebanon. Ngunit gagawin kitang isang ilang, mga lungsod na walang mga naninirahan.

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 Dahil may itinalaga akong mga tagapagwasak upang pumunta laban sa inyo! Mga kalalakihan na may dalang sandata at puputulin ang inyong mga piling puno ng sedar at ilalaglag ang mga ito 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 Pagkatapos maraming bansa ang dadaan sa lungsod na ito. Bawat taong daraan ay sasabihin sa kaniyang kasunod, “Bakit kaya nagawa ni Yahweh ang ganito sa dakilang lungsod na 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 At sumagot ang isa, “Dahil pinabayaan nila ang kasunduan nila kay Yahweh na kanilang Diyos at yumukod sa ibang mga diyos at sumamba sa kanila.”

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 iyakan ang namatay. Huwag siyang ipagluksa. Ngunit tiyak na tatangisan ninyo ang sinuman na bibihagin, dahil hindi na siya kailanman makakabalik upang makitang muli ang lupain kung saan siya ipinanganak.'

[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 Dahil ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh tungkol kay Jehoahaz na anak ni Josias na hari ng Juda, na naglingkod bilang hari sa halip na si Josias na kaniyang ama, 'Umalis siya mula sa lugar na ito at hindi na babalik.

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 Doon siya mamamatay sa lugar kung saan nila siya binihag, at hindi niya kailanman makikitang muli ang lupain na ito.'

He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”

13 Aba sa sinuman na magpapatayo ng kaniyang tahanan sa paraan na hindi makatuwiran at ang kaniyang mga silid sa itaas na hindi makatarungan; sapagkat pinagawa niya sa ibang manggagawa, ngunit hindi niya sila binayaran.

[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 Aba sa sinuman na magsasabi, 'Magpapatayo ako ng sarili kong tahanan na napakataas at maluluwang na mga silid sa itaas, at malalaki ang pinagawang mga bintana para sa kaniyang sarili at mga dingding na may sedar, at pininturahan lahat ito 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 Ito ba ang magpapakita na ikaw ay mabuting hari, kaya gusto mong magkaroon ng sedar na mga dingding? Hindi ba kumain at uminom din ang iyong ama, ngunit gumawa siya ng makatarungan at makatuwiran? Kaya mabuti ang mga bagay na nangyari sa kaniya.

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 Ang paghuhukom niya ay panig sa mga mahihirap at mga nangangailangan. At maayos ang lahat noon. Hindi ba ito ang kahulugan ng pagkilala sa akin? —Ito ang pinahayag ni Yahweh.

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 Ngunit walang laman ang inyong mga mata at puso maliban ang pag-aalala sa hindi makatarungan na kikitain ninyo at pagbuhos sa mga dugo ng walang kasalanan, at sa paggawa ng pagpapahirap at pagmamalupit sa mga iba.

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 ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh tungkol kay Jehoiakim na anak ni Josias, hari ng Juda: Hindi nila siya tatangisan ng 'Aba, ang aking kapatid na lalaki!' o 'Aba, ang aking kapatid na babae!' At hindi sila tatangis ng “Aba, panginoon!' o 'Aba, kamahalan!'

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 Maililibing siya tulad ng paglibing ng isang patay na asno, kakaladkarin palayo at ihahagis sa kabila ng mga tarangkahan 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 Umakyat ka sa mga bundok ng Lebanon at sumigaw. Lakasan mong sumigaw sa Bashan. Sumigaw mula sa mga bundok ng Abarim, dahil lilipulin ang lahat ng iyong mga kaibigan.

[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 Kinausap kita noong panahon na ikaw ay ligtas, ngunit ang sinabi mo, 'Hindi ako makikinig.' Ito ang dati mong kaugalian mula pa ng kabataan mo, dahil hindi ka nakinig sa 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 Ang hangin ang siyang aakay palayo sa lahat ng iyong mga pastol, at ang mga kaibigan mo ay mapupunta sa pagkabihag. Pagkatapos ay tiyak na mapapahiya at hahamakin ka dahil sa mga masasama ninyong gawa.

[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 Ikaw na hari, kayo na nakatira sa Tahanan sa Kagubatan ng Lebanon, kayo na nagpupugad sa mga sedar, paano ninyo matitiis kapag darating sa inyo ang pagpapahirap na gaya ng sakit ng panganganak.”

[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 Dahil buhay ako—ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh— kahit na ikaw, Jehoiakin na anak ni Jehoiakim, hari ng Juda, ay ang singsing na pantatak na nasa aking kanang kamay, sisirain kita.

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 Dahil ibinigay na kita sa mga kamay ng mga naghahangad sa buhay mo at sa mga dati mong kinatatakutan, ang kamay ni Nebucadnezar na hari ng Babilonia at ang 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 Itatapon kita at ang iyong ina na nagsilang sa iyo, sa ibang lupain na hindi ka doon ipinanganak. Doon ka mamamatay.

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 At tungkol sa bansang ito kung saan nila gustong bumalik, hindi na sila makababalik dito.

You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”

28 Ito ba ay hamak at basag na sisidlan? Ito bang lalaking si Jehoiakin ay isang palayok na walang magkakagusto? Bakit kailangan siyang itapon palabas at ang kaniyang mga kaapu-apuhan, at ibuhos sila sa lupaing hindi nila alam?

[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 O Lupa, Lupa, Lupa! Pakinggan mo ang salita ni Yahweh!

[I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”

30 Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, 'Isulat ang tungkol sa lalaking ito na si Jehoiakin: Siya ay mawawalan ng anak. Hindi siya naging masagana sa kaniyang panahon, at wala sa kaniyang mga angkan ang magtatagumpay o kailanman ay hindi makauupo sa trono ni David at maghari sa buong 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.”