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Jeremiah Buys a Field

¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord⚓in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. ²For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up ⚓in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. ³For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you ⚓prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: ⚓“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; ⁴and Zedekiah king of Judah ⚓shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him ⚓eye to eye; ⁵then he shall ⚓lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be ⚓until I visit him,” says the Lord; ⚓“though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”
⁶And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁷‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the ⚓right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ ⁸Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. ⁹So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and ⚓weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. ¹¹So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; ¹²and I gave the purchase deed to ⚓Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the ⚓witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
¹³“Then I charged ⚓Baruch before them, saying, ¹⁴‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.” ¹⁵For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be ⚓possessed again in this land.” ’

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

¹⁶“Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: ¹⁷‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, ⚓You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. ⚓There is nothing too hard for You. ¹⁸You show ⚓lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, ⚓the Mighty God, whose name is⚓the Lord of hosts. ¹⁹You are⚓great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your ⚓eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, ⚓to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings. ²⁰You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself ⚓a name, as it is this day. ²¹You ⚓have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror; ²²You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—⚓“a land flowing with milk and honey.” ²³And they came in and took possession of it, but ⚓they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.
²⁴‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of ⚓the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! ²⁵And You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy the field for money, and take witnesses”!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ ”

God’s Assurance of the People’s Return

²⁶Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁷“Behold, I am the Lord, the ⚓God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? ²⁸Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. ²⁹And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and ⚓set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses ⚓on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger; ³⁰because the children of Israel and the children of Judah ⚓have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,’ says the Lord. ³¹‘For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day; ⚓so I will remove it from before My face ³²because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger—⚓they, their kings, their princes, their priests, ⚓their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ³³And they have turned to Me the ⚓back, and not the face; though I taught them, ⚓rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. ³⁴But they ⚓set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. ³⁵And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to ⚓cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to ⚓Molech, ⚓which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’
³⁶“Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence’: ³⁷Behold, I will ⚓gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them ⚓to dwell safely. ³⁸They shall be ⚓My people, and I will be their God; ³⁹then I will ⚓give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. ⁴⁰And ⚓I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but ⚓I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. ⁴¹Yes, ⚓I will rejoice over them to do them good, and ⚓I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’
⁴²“For thus says the Lord: ⚓‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them. ⁴³And fields will be bought in this land ⚓of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” ⁴⁴Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in ⚓the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for ⚓I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”

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Yê-ramia Chỡng Sarái

¹Yiang Sursĩ atỡng cứq tâng cumo muoi chít Sê-dakia cỡt puo cruang Yuda, cớp tâng cumo muoi chít tacual Nabũ-canêt-sa cỡt puo cruang Ba-bulôn. ²Bo ki, poâl tahan cruang Ba-bulôn toâq chíl vil Yaru-salem; ma bo ki noau khoiq kháng cứq tâng nchŏh dống puo. ³Puo Sê-dakia kháng cứq tâng ntốq ki, cớp tếq cứq pai cứq atỡng tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ pai neq: “Cứq ễ chiau vil nâi pỡ talang atĩ puo Ba-bulôn, cớp án cheng ndỡm nheq vil nâi. ⁴Cớp puo Sê-dakia tỡ têq vớt tễ noau cỗp án; chơ noau chiau án pỡ talang atĩ puo Ba-bulôn, cớp bar náq puo nâi bữn ramóh moat to moat. ⁵Vớt tễ ki, noau dững Sê-dakia chu cruang Ba-bulôn, cớp án ỡt tâng ntốq ki toau cứq táq moâm ranáq cứq ễ táq chóq án. Khân án chíl tỗp Ba-bulôn, ki án tỡ têq riap. Cứq Yiang Sursĩ toâp pai máh ŏ́c nâi.”
⁶Yê-ramia pai la “Yiang Sursĩ atỡng cứq neq: ⁷‘Ha-namel con samiang Salum la cũq mới, án ễ toâq pỡ mới ễq mới chỡng sarái án pỡ vil Ana-thôt tâng cruang Ben-yamin, cỗ mới la sễm ai cheq lứq, cớp têq mới chỡng cutễq sarái ki dŏq cỡt khong mới bữm.’”
⁸Chơ Ha-namel toâq ramóh cứq pỡ nchŏh dống puo, cớp án yỗn cứq chỡng cutễq ki. Ngkíq cứq dáng samoât lứq, Yiang Sursĩ toâp táq ntỡng cớp cứq. ⁹Chơ cứq chỡng sarái tễ Ha-namel con samiang cũq. Cứq ruai práq yỗn án la muoi chít tapul ŏ́c práq tiaq. ¹⁰Cứq chĩc ramứh cớp catếh ta tâng choâiq cutễq, cớp bữn cũai cỡt tếc, dếh cân práq cứq chiau yỗn án. ¹¹Chơ, cứq roap ĩt choâiq chếq chỡng cutễq bar khlễc, khlễc khoiq catếh ta, cớp khlễc tỡ yũah catếh ta. ¹²Moâm ki cứq chiau choâiq cutễq ki yỗn Baruc con samiang Nê-ria, cớp châu Masĩah, yáng moat Ha-namel cớp máh samiang ca bữn ramứh cỡt tếc tâng choâiq chếq chỡng ki, dếh máh cũai tacu mpễr nchŏh ki hỡ. ¹³Cứq patâp Baruc choâng moat tỗp alới ki neq: ¹⁴“Yiang Sursĩ Sốt Toâr Lứq, la Ncháu tỗp I-sarel, ớn mới roap ĩt choâiq chếq chỡng tâm cutễq nâi, la choâiq khoiq catếh ta cớp choâiq tỡ yũah catếh ta. Chơ cóq mới chóq dŏq tâng khang yỗn ramoat dŏq dũn cumo. ¹⁵Yiang Sursĩ Sốt Toâr Lứq, la Ncháu tỗp I-sarel, pai neq: ‘Máh dống, sarái, cớp nưong nho, nỡ pra noau chếq chỡng loah tâng cruang nâi.’”

Yê-ramia Câu

¹⁶Toâq moâm cứq chiau choâiq tâm cutễq ki yỗn Baruc, chơ cứq câu sễq neq: ¹⁷“Ơ Yiang Sursĩ Ncháu Nheq Tữh Cũai ơi! Anhia khoiq tễng paloŏng cớp cutễq na chớc cớp bán rêng anhia. Tỡ bữn ranáq ntrớu coat yỗn anhia; anhia têq táq dũ ramứh. ¹⁸Anhia khoiq apáh ŏ́c ayooq chóq sa‑ữi ngin dỡi cũai, ma anhia manrap máh cũai hỡ, la cỗ tian lôih mpiq mpoaq alới. Anhia la Yiang Sursĩ Sốt Toâr Lứq cớp bữn chớc lứq. ¹⁹Anhia aloŏh moang ngê o, cớp táq dũ ramứh toâq chớc sốt toâr anhia. Anhia hữm dũ ranáq máh cũai táq, cớp anhia culáh cóng alới puai loah ranáq alới khoiq táq. ²⁰Tễ mbŏ́q anhia khoiq táq ranáq salễh cớp ranáq liaq tâng cruang Ê-yip-tô. Cớp anhia noâng táq níc ngkíq toau toâq tangái nâi yỗn tỗp I-sarel cớp yỗn máh tỗp canŏ́h tâng dũ ntốq dŏq alới dáng anhia. ²¹Anhia khoiq dững aloŏh tỗp I-sarel, la cũai proai anhia, tễ cruang Ê-yip-tô na ranáq salễh cớp ranáq liaq; atĩ anhia rêng toau táq yỗn máh cũai Ê-yip-tô sâng ngcŏh lứq. ²²Anhia khoiq chiau tâm cutễq phốn phuor cớp bữn dũ ramứh o yỗn tỗp I-sarel, ariang anhia khoiq par‑ữq cớp achúc achiac alới chơ. ²³Ma toâq alới bữn ndỡm cutễq nâi, alới tỡ bữn trĩh noâng santoiq anhia, cớp tỡ bữn táq puai phễp rit anhia atỡng; alới tỡ bữn táq máh ranáq anhia ớn alới táq. Yuaq ngkíq, anhia dững atoâq ranáq cuchĩt pứt pỡ alới.
²⁴“Tỗp Ba-bulôn khoiq puon cutễq lavíng vil Yaru-salem dŏq mut cheng ndỡm. Cỗ tian ranáq rachíl, panhieih khlac, cớp ỗn, alới bữn cheng ĩt vil nâi. Dũ santoiq anhia khoiq pai lứq cỡt. ²⁵Ơ Yiang Sursĩ Ncháu Nheq Tữh Cũai ơi! Anhia khoiq ớn cứq chỡng sarai choâng moat máh cũai ca ỡt nhêng ki, tam vil nâi cheq ễ ỡt tâng talang atĩ tỗp Ba-bulôn.”
²⁶Chơ Yiang Sursĩ atỡng cứq neq: ²⁷“Cứq la Yiang Sursĩ Ncháu Nheq Tữh Cũai. Tỡ bữn acán ntrớu coat yỗn cứq, tỡ la cứq tỡ têq táq. ²⁸Cứq ễ chiau vil nâi pỡ talang atĩ tỗp Ba-bulôn, cớp pỡ talang atĩ Nabũ-canêt-sa puo Ba-bulôn, dếh pỡ poâl tahan án hỡ. Tỗp alới lứq cheng ndỡm vil nâi. ²⁹Alới mut cớp chŏ́ng táh vil nâi, dếh máh dống cũai proai ca táq yỗn cứq cutâu mứt, la cũai ca chŏ́ng crơng phuom tâng mpuol dống dŏq sang yiang Ba-al, cớp hĩng blŏ́ng nho chiau sang máh yiang canŏ́h. ³⁰Achúc achiac tỗp I-sarel cớp tỗp Yuda khoiq táq moang ranáq sâuq sâng choâng moat cứq; alới táq yỗn cứq sâng cutâu mứt na táq bữm yiang canŏ́h. ³¹Cũai proai vil nâi táq yỗn cứq cutâu mứt lứq, noap tễ tangái cứq táng vil nâi toau toâq tangái nâi. Cứq chanchớm samoât lứq la cứq ễ pupứt chíq vil nâi, ³²cỗ tian máh cũai I-sarel, cớp máh cũai Yuda, cớp máh cũai tâng vil Yaru-salem khoiq táq ranáq sâuq, dếh máh puo, máh cũai sốt, máh cũai tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ, cớp máh cũai tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ hỡ khoiq táq lôih. ³³Nheq tữh alới chứng clĩ tễ cứq, tam cứq ỡt catoaih atỡng níc alới, ma alới tỡ ễq tamứng cớp tỡ ễq rien ĩt. ³⁴Alới dŏq rup nhơp nhuo tâng Dống Sang Toâr cứq; ngkíq alới táq yỗn Dống Sang Toâr cứq cỡt tỡ bữn bráh noâng choâng moat cứq. ³⁵Alới táq máh prông dŏq sang yiang Ba-al tâng avúng Hi-nôm, cớp alới chiau sang con samiang con mansễm yỗn yiang Mô-lêc. Mŏ cứq tỡ bữn ớn alới táq ngkíq, dếh tỡ nai chanchớm loâng alới táq ranáq ki. Alới táq ranáq ki la cứq kêt avoâih lứq, yuaq alới radững tỗp Yuda táq lôih ntâng.”

Ŏ́c Parkhán Ca Têq Ngcuang

³⁶Yuaq ngkíq, Yiang Sursĩ la Ncháu tỗp I-sarel atỡng cứq neq: “Máh cũai proai nâi dốq pai neq: ‘Ranáq rachíl, ŏ́c panhieih khlac, cớp ỗn táq yỗn puo Ba-bulôn têq cheng ĩt vil nâi.’ Ma sanua cóq mới tamứng ŏ́c canŏ́h ễn cứq ễ atỡng. ³⁷Nỡ‑ra cứq parỗm loah nheq tữh cũai proai cứq tễ dũ cruang cứq yỗn alới ỡt parsáng-parsaiq, cỗ cứq sâng nsóq cớp cutâu mứt lứq chóq alới; cứq ễ dững alới píh chu loah pỡ ntốq nâi, cớp yỗn alới bữn ỡt ien khễ. ³⁸Chơ alới cỡt cũai proai cứq, cớp cứq cỡt Yiang Sursĩ alới. ³⁹Cứq yỗn alới bữn muoi mứt yám noap níc cứq dŏq cứq táq moang ranáq o yỗn tỗp alới cớp máh con châu alới chumát. ⁴⁰Cứq ễ táq tếc parkhán yỗn ỡt níc cớp alới. Cứq tỡ bữn tangứt táq ranáq o yỗn alới, cớp cứq táq yỗn alới yám noap cứq nheq mứt pahỡm dŏq alới tỡ bữn chứng clĩ noâng tễ cứq. ⁴¹Cứq sâng bũi pahỡm táq ranáq o yỗn alới, cớp cứq ễ yỗn tỗp alới ỡt níc tâng cruang cutễq cứq yỗn alới ndỡm.
⁴²“Machớng cứq khoiq dững atoâq ŏ́c cuchĩt pứt pỡ máh cũai nâi, lứq ngkíq tê cứq dững ŏ́c o yỗn tỗp alới. ⁴³Máh cũai dốq pai cutễq nâi nỡ‑ra cỡt ntốq aiq, ŏ́q cũai, cớp ŏ́q charán ỡt; yuaq cutễq nâi khoiq chiau yỗn máh cũai Ba-bulôn chơ. Ma lứq samoât, nỡ‑ra bữn máh cũai chếq chỡng loah cutễq tâng ntốq nâi. ⁴⁴Lứq bữn cũai chếq chỡng na práq, cớp táq loah choâiq chỡng cutễq dếh chĩc ramứh cớp catếh ta; dếh bữn cũai cỡt tếc hỡ. Máh ranáq nâi lứq cỡt tâng cruang cutễq tỗp Ben-yamin, tâng máh vil tâng dũal cóh mpễr vil Yaru-salem, tâng máh vil cruang Yuda, cớp máh vil tâng cóh, pễr yững cóh, cớp coah angia pưn cruang Yuda. Cứq táq yỗn alới píh chu loah pỡ cruang cutễq alới bữm. Cứq Yiang Sursĩ toâp pai máh ŏ́c nâi.”