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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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Pô Pơala Yirmeyah Blơi Sa Boh Hơma
1Anai yơh jing boh hiăp Yahweh pơhiăp hăng kâo, Yirmeyah, amăng thŭn tal pluh rơnŭk Zidkiyah ngă pơtao anih lŏn Yudah, jing amăng thŭn tal pluh-sapăn Nebukhadnezzar jing pơtao prŏng yơh.⚓
2Hlak anŭn, ƀing ling tơhan pơtao dêh čar Babilon hlak blah hruă plei Yerusalaim laih anŭn arăng mă krư̆ hĭ laih kâo amăng wăl tơdron ƀing gak amăng sang pơtao pơtao lŏn čar Yudah yơh.
3Zidkiyah pơtao lŏn čar Yudah hơmâo mă krư̆ hĭ kâo pơ anih anŭn hăng laĭ tui anai, “Yua hơget ih laĭ lui hlâo tui hăng tơlơi ih pơhaih anŭn lĕ? Ih laĭ tui anai, ‘Anai yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp: Kâo, Yahweh, jĕ či jao hĭ plei anai kơ pơtao dêh čar Babilon, laih anŭn pơtao anŭn či blah mă hĭ yơh.
4Zidkiyah pơtao lŏn čar Yudah ƀu či tơklaih hĭ mơ̆ng tơngan dưi kơtang ƀing Babilon ôh, samơ̆ Kâo či jao hĭ ñu kơ pơtao prŏng dêh čar Babilon laih anŭn Zidkiyah či pơhiăp hăng pơtao anŭn anăp klă̱ anăp laih anŭn ƀuh pơtao anŭn hăng mơta ñu pô yơh.
5Ñu či mă ba Zidkiyah pơ dêh čar Babilon laih anŭn gơ̆ či dŏ pơ anŭn tơl Kâo pơkơhma̱l hĭ gơ̆ yơh. Tơdah ƀing gih pơblah pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng ƀing Babilon, ƀing gih ƀu či dưi hĭ ôh.’ ” Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp pơhaih laih.
6Kâo, Yirmeyah, laĭ tui anai, “Yahweh pơhiăp hăng kâo tui anai:
7Hanamêl ană đah rơkơi Sallum, jing wa ih, či nao truh pơ ih hăng laĭ tui anai, ‘Blơi bĕ đang hơma kâo ƀơi plei Anathôt, yuakơ ih yơh jing adơi ai jĕ giăm biă mă laih anŭn ăt jing tơlơi dưi hăng bruă jao ih kiăng kơ blơi đang hơma anŭn mơ̆n.’
8“Giŏng anŭn, tui hăng Yahweh hơmâo pơhiăp laih, adơi ai kâo Hanamêl rai pơ kâo amăng wăl tơdron ƀing gak wai hăng laĭ tui anai, ‘Blơi bĕ đang hơma kâo ƀơi plei Anathôt amăng guai lŏn ƀing Benyamin. Blơi mă bĕ kơ ih pô yuakơ ih yơh hơmâo tơlơi dưi kiăng kơ song glaĭ hăng blơi mă anih anŭn.’
“Tui anŭn, kâo thâo krăn kơ tơlơi anŭn jing boh hiăp Yahweh yơh.
9Giŏng anŭn, kâo blơi hĭ đang hơma ƀơi plei Anathôt mơ̆ng adơi ai kâo Hanamêl laih anŭn pơkơtraŏ brơi kơ ñu pluh-tơjuh sekel⚓ amrăk yơh.
10Kâo kač hăng kŭl kơđŏm hĭ gru ƀơi hră blơi anŭn hăng hlĭn yơh, hơmâo mơnuih gơ̆ng jơlan brơi laih anŭn pơkơtraŏ brơi prăk amrăk ƀơi gai kơnăng yơh.
11Arăng čih glaĭ hră blơi anŭn samơ̆ ƀu kơđŏm ôh. Amăng hră kơđŏm arăng hơmâo čih pioh laih hơdôm boh hiăp pơtŭ ư kơ tơlơi blơi anŭn.
12Kâo brơi abih dua hră anŭn kơ Baruk ană đah rơkơi Nêriyah, tơčô Mahsêyah, ƀơi anăp adơi ai kâo Hanamêl laih anŭn ƀing ngă gơ̆ng jơlan, jing ƀing hơmâo kač laih kơ tơlơi blơi lŏn anŭn, wơ̆t hăng abih bang ƀing Yudah dŏ be̱r amăng wăl tơdron ƀing gak wai anŭn mơ̆n.
13“Ƀơi anăp gơñu yơh kâo pơtă pơtăn kơ Baruk tui anai,
14‘Anai yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh Dưi Kơtang, jing Ơi Adai ƀing Israel, pơhiăp: Mă bĕ hơdôm hră anai, jing hră kơđŏm hăng hră ƀu kơđŏm laih anŭn pioh bĕ amăng sa boh čeh lŏn kraĭ kiăng kơ hră anŭn dŏ kơjăp sui ƀiă,
15yuakơ anai yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh Dưi Kơtang, jing Ơi Adai ƀing Israel, pơhiăp: Khul sang, khul đang hơma laih anŭn khul đang boh kơƀâo arăng ăt či blơi mă dơ̆ng amăng anih lŏn anai.’
16“Tơdơi kơ kâo hơmâo jao brơi laih hơdôm hră blơi anŭn kơ Baruk ană đah rơkơi Nêriyah, kâo iâu laĭ kơ Yahweh tui anai:
17“Ơ Khua Yang Yahweh hơi, Ih hơmâo hrih pơjing laih adai laih anŭn lŏn tơnah hăng tơlơi mơyang prŏng Ih hăng hơpăl tơngan dưi kơtang Ih. Ƀu hơmâo bruă hơget ôh jing tơnap đơi kơ Ih.
18Ih pơrơđah tơlơi khăp kơ lu rơbâo čô mơnuih samơ̆ Ih ăt pơkơhma̱l hĭ ƀing ană bă yuakơ khul tơlơi soh ama gơñu yơh. Ơ Ơi Adai prŏng prin dưi mơyang hơi, anăn Ih jing Yahweh Dưi Kơtang yơh.
19Khul tơlơi kơñăm Ih jing yom prŏng laih anŭn khul bruă Ih jing dưi mơyang yơh. Mơta Ih ƀuh abih bang hơdră jơlan mơnuih mơnam. Ih pha brơi kơ rĭm čô tui hăng tơlơi hơdip hơdơ̆ng rĭm čô ngă lăp kơ tŭ yơh wơ̆t tơdah hiam ƀôdah sat.
20Đưm hlâo adih, Ih ngă khul tơlơi mơsêh mơyang hăng khul gru kơnăl amăng lŏn čar Êjip, laih anŭn Ih hơmâo ngă laih nanao hlŏng truh kơ hrơi anai, abih dua amăng ƀing Israel laih anŭn amăng abih bang djuai mơnuih. Tui anŭn, Ih jing hĭ hing ang mơ̆ng djŏp djang anih yơh.
21Ih hơmâo ba laih ƀing ană plei Ih ƀing Israel tơbiă mơ̆ng lŏn čar Êjip hăng khul gru kơnăl, hăng khul tơlơi mơsêh mơyang, hăng hơpăl tơngan kơtang yơr tơbiă laih anŭn hăng tơlơi pơhuĭ prŏng prin yơh.
22Ih pha brơi kơ ƀing gơñu anih lŏn anai, jing anih lŏn Ih hơmâo ƀuăn rơ̆ng laih kiăng brơi kơ ƀing ơi adon gơñu hlâo adih, jing anih lŏn hơmâo bă hăng gơnam hiam kar hăng ia tơsâo laih anŭn ia hơni yơh.
23Ƀing ană plei Israel rai hăng tŭ mă laih anih lŏn anai, samơ̆ ƀing gơñu ƀu tui gưt kơ Ih hăng ngă tui tơlơi juăt Ih ôh. Ƀing gơñu ƀu ngă tui tơlơi Ih pơđar kơ ƀing gơñu kiăng kơ ngă ôh. Tui anŭn yơh, Ih ba rai laih abih bang tơlơi truh sat anai ƀơi ƀing gơñu.
24“Lăng bĕ hiư̆m ƀing rŏh ayăt pơdơ̆ng đĭ laih khul bơnư̆ toa kiăng kơ blah hruă hĭ plei anai. Yuakơ tơlơi pơblah, tơlơi ư̆ rơpa laih anŭn tơlơi kli̱n khe̱ng yơh, plei anai Ih či jao hĭ amăng tơngan ƀing Babilon, jing ƀing kơsung blah plei anai. Hơget tơlơi Ih hơmâo laĭ laih sĭt hơmâo truh laih yơh tui hăng tơlơi Ih ƀuh pơ anai.
25Wơ̆t tơdah plei anai Ih či jao hĭ kơ ƀing Babilon, samơ̆ Ơ Khua Yang Yahweh ăh, Ih pơtă laih kơ kâo tui anai, ‘Blơi bĕ đang hơma anŭn hăng amrăk laih anŭn brơi bĕ kơ arăng ngă gơ̆ng jơlan brơi.’ ”
26Giŏng anŭn, boh hiăp Yahweh pơhiăp hăng kâo, Yirmeyah, tui anai,
27“Kâo jing Yahweh, Ơi Adai kơ abih bang mơnuih mơnam. Ƀu hơmâo tơlơi hơget ôh jing tơnap đơi kơ Kâo.
28Hơnŭn yơh, anai jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp dơ̆ng: Kâo jĕ či jao hĭ plei Yerusalaim anai kơ Nebukhadnezzar pơtao lŏn čar Babilon laih anŭn kơ ling tơhan ñu. Sĭt ƀing gơñu či blah mă hĭ plei anai yơh.⚓
29Giŏng anŭn, Ƀing Babilon anŭn či mŭt rai hăng čuh hĭ plei anai yơh. Ƀing gơñu či čuh pơrai hĭ plei anai hrŏm hăng khul sang gơñu kiăng čuih Kâo kiăng kơ hil nač hăng tơlơi bruă ƀing gơñu čuh pơyơr gơnam ƀâo mơngưi kơ yang rơba̱ng Baal ƀơi khul bơbŭng sang tơhnă̱, laih anŭn hăng tơlơi bruă ƀing gơñu pơyơr tuh gơnam pơyơr mơñum gơñu kơ ƀing yang rơba̱ng pơkŏn yơh.
30“Ƀing lŏn čar Israel hăng lŏn čar Yudah ƀu hơmâo ngă tơlơi hiam hơget ôh, samơ̆ kơnơ̆ng ngă tơlơi sat ƀai ƀơi anăp Kâo čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng đưm hlâo adih tơdang ƀing gơñu dŏ kar hăng hlak ai yơh. Sĭt yơh, ƀing ană plei Israel hơmâo ngă laih kơnơ̆ng hơdôm tơlơi sat ƀai kiăng čuih Kâo hil hăng bruă tơngan gơñu hơmâo pơkra laih.” Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp pơhaih laih.
31“Mơ̆ng hrơi mông arăng hơmâo pơdơ̆ng đĭ plei anŭn hlŏng truh pơ tă anai, mơnuih plei anŭn hơmâo ngă laih kơ Kâo kiăng kơ hil nač biă mă tơl Kâo khŏm mă pơrai hĭ plei anŭn hlo̱m ƀo̱m yơh.
32Ƀing ană plei Israel hăng Yudah hơmâo čuih laih Kâo kiăng kơ hil hăng abih bang tơlơi sat ƀai ƀing gơñu hơmâo ngă laih. Anŭn jing ƀing gơñu, ƀing pơtao hăng ƀing khua moa gơñu, ƀing khua ngă yang hăng ƀing pô pơala wơ̆t hăng ƀing mơnuih Yudah laih anŭn ƀing plei Yerusalaim yơh.
33Ƀing gơñu wĕh hĭ rŏng gơñu kơ Kâo pơala kơ djơ̆ ƀô̆ mơta gơñu. Wơ̆t tơdah Kâo pơtô kơ ƀing gơñu nanao, samơ̆ ƀing gơñu ƀu kiăng hơmư̆ ƀôdah tŭ mă tơlơi pơkhư̆ pơkra ôh.
34Ƀing gơñu pơdơ̆ng đĭ laih khul rup trah hơƀak drak gơñu amăng sang pioh kơkuh pơpŭ kơ Anăn Kâo, laih anŭn pơgrĭ hĭ laih sang anŭn.⚓
35Ƀing gơñu pơkra khul anih pioh kơ kơkuh pơpŭ kơ yang rơba̱ng Baal amăng dơnung Ben-Hinnôm kiăng kơ čuh pơyơr ƀing ană đah rơkơi đah kơmơi gơñu yơh kơ yang Môlek. Tơlơi bruă anŭn Kâo ƀu pơđar kơ ƀing gơñu ôh. Kơđai glaĭ, tơlơi pơmĭn anŭn ƀu mŭt amăng jua pơmĭn Kâo ôh. Sĭt Kâo ƀu pơđar ôh kơ tơlơi ƀing gơñu khŏm ngă tơlơi hơƀak drak kar hăng anŭn laih anŭn ngă brơi kơ ƀing Yudah ngă soh hĭ.”⚓
36Yahweh pơhiăp dơ̆ng tui anai, “Ih pơhiăp tơlơi sĭt kơ tơlơi plei Yerusalaim tui anai, ‘Hăng tơlơi pơblah, tơlơi ư̆ rơpa laih anŭn tơlơi kli̱n khe̱ng Yahweh či jao hĭ plei anŭn kơ pơtao lŏn čar Babilon.’ Samơ̆ anai yơh jing tơlơi Kâo, Yahweh, Ơi Adai ƀing Israel, pơhiăp thim dơ̆ng:
37Sĭt Kâo či pơƀut glaĭ ƀing gơñu mơ̆ng abih bang lŏn čar jing anih Kâo hơmâo puh pơđuaĭ hĭ laih ƀing gơñu yuakơ tơlơi Kâo hil nač ƀrŭk ƀrăk kơtang biă mă. Kâo či ba glaĭ ƀing gơñu pơ anih anai laih anŭn brơi kơ ƀing gơñu hơdip rơnŭk rơnua yơh.
38Ƀing gơñu či jing ƀing ană plei Kâo laih anŭn Kâo či jing Ơi Adai gơñu yơh.
39Kâo či pha brơi kơ ƀing gơñu ha sa pran jua hăng tơlơi kơñăm yơh, kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu či nanao huĭ pơpŭ kơ Kâo laih anŭn tơlơi hơdip gơñu pô hăng tơlơi hơdip ƀing ană tơčô gơñu amăng khul rơnŭk tơdơi či jing hiam klă yơh.
40Kâo či pơjing sa tơlơi pơgop pơlir hlŏng lar hăng ƀing gơñu tui anai: Kâo ƀu či pơdơi ngă tơlơi hiam klă kơ ƀing gơñu ôh laih anŭn Kâo či pơtrŭt pơđu̱r ƀing gơñu thâo huĭ pơpŭ kơ Kâo, kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu ƀu či wĕh đuaĭ hĭ ôh mơ̆ng Kâo.
41Kâo či hơ̆k mơak yơh kiăng kơ ngă hiam kơ ƀing gơñu. Hăng abih jua bơngăt Kâo yơh, Kâo či pla ƀing gơñu amăng anih lŏn anai kiăng kơ ƀing gơñu čăt đĭ kơjăp rơjăng yơh.
42“Anai yơh jing tơlơi Kâo, Yahweh, pơhiăp: Tui hăng tơlơi Kâo hơmâo brơi rai laih abih bang tơlơi truh sat prŏng prin anai ƀơi ƀing ană plei anai, ăt tui anŭn mơ̆n Kâo či pha brơi kơ ƀing gơñu abih bang tơlơi đĭ kơyar Kâo hơmâo ƀuăn brơi laih kơ ƀing gơñu.
43Ƀing gih laĭ kơ tơlơi anih lŏn anai jing sa anih rơngol, ƀu hơmâo mơnuih dŏ kŏn hơmâo hlô mơnơ̆ng lơi, yuakơ kơ ƀing Babilon mă pơrai hĭ hlo̱m ƀo̱m laih. Samơ̆ Kâo laĭ kơ tơlơi arăng či blơi dơ̆ng khul đang hơma amăng anih lŏn anai.
44Khul đang hơma anŭn arăng či blơi hăng amrăk, kač hăng kơđŏm khul hră blơi laih anŭn hơmâo mơnuih gơ̆ng jơlan brơi amăng guai lŏn ƀing Benyamin, amăng khul plei pla jum dar plei Yerusalaim, amăng khul plei pla amăng anih lŏn Yudah laih anŭn amăng khul plei pla anih bŏl čư̆, gah bŏl čư̆ gah yŭ̱ laih anŭn anih tring Negewơ gah thu̱ng, yuakơ Kâo či ba rai ƀing ană plei Kâo mơ̆ng anih ƀing gơñu dŏ gah yŭ tơlơi dưi pơtao prŏng yơh.” Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp pơhaih laih.