51

The Utter Destruction of Babylon

¹Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will raise up against ⚓Babylon,
Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,
⚓A destroying wind.
²And I will send ⚓winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
⚓For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
³Against her⚓let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
⚓Utterly destroy all her army.
⁴Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
⚓And those thrust through in her streets.
⁵For Israel is ⚓not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
⁶⚓Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For ⚓this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
⚓He shall recompense her.
⁷⚓Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
⚓The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations ⚓are deranged.
⁸Babylon has suddenly ⚓fallen and been destroyed.
⚓Wail for her!
⚓Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
⁹We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and ⚓let us go everyone to his own country;
⚓For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
¹⁰The Lord has ⚓revealed our righteousness.
Come and let us ⚓declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
¹¹⚓Make the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
⚓The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
⚓For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is⚓the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
¹²⚓Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
¹³⚓O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
¹⁴⚓The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, ⚓as with locusts,
And they shall lift ⚓up a shout against you.”
¹⁵⚓He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And ⚓stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
¹⁶When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
⚓“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
¹⁷⚓Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
⚓For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
¹⁸They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
¹⁹The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.
²⁰“You⚓are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
²¹With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
²²With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces ⚓old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
²³With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
²⁴“And⚓ I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
²⁵“Behold, I am against you, ⚓O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
⚓And make you a burnt mountain.
²⁶They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
⚓But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
²⁷⚓Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
⚓Prepare the nations against her,
Call ⚓the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
²⁸Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
²⁹And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every ⚓purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
⚓To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
³⁰The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
⚓They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
⚓The bars of her gate are broken.
³¹⚓One runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
³²⚓The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
³³For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is⚓like a threshing floor
When⚓it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
⚓And the time of her harvest will come.”
³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has ⚓devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an ⚓empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
³⁵Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
³⁶Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ⚓I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
⚓I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
³⁷⚓Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
⚓An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
³⁸They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
³⁹In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
⚓I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
⁴⁰“I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
⁴¹“Oh, how ⚓Sheshach is taken!
Oh, how ⚓the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!
⁴²⚓The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
⁴³⚓Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where ⚓no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
⁴⁴I will punish ⚓Bel in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, ⚓the wall of Babylon shall fall.
⁴⁵“My⚓ people, go out of the midst of her!
And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.
⁴⁶And lest your heart faint,
And you fear ⚓for the rumor that will be heard in the land
(A rumor will come one year,
And after that, in another year
A rumor will come,
And violence in the land,
Ruler against ruler),
⁴⁷Therefore behold, the days are coming
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
⁴⁸Then ⚓the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
⚓For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
⁴⁹As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
⁵⁰⚓You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
⚓Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
⁵¹⚓We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers ⚓have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
⁵²“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
⁵³⚓Though Babylon were to mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
⁵⁴⚓The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
⁵⁵Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
⁵⁶Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
⚓For the Lordis the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
⁵⁷“And I will make drunk
Her princes and ⚓wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says ⚓the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
⁵⁸Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly ⚓broken,
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
⚓The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”

Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah

⁵⁹The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of ⚓Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster. ⁶⁰So Jeremiah ⚓wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. ⁶¹And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words, ⁶²then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that ⚓none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’ ⁶³Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, ⚓that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. ⁶⁴Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

51

Yawmsaub rau txem rua Npanpiloo

¹Yawmsaub has le nuav tas,
“Kuv yuav tshoov ib tug kws ua kev puam tsuaj lub sab
kuas tawm tsaam Npanpiloo,
hab tawm tsaam cov tuabneeg Kheentia.
²Hab yuav xaa cov kws txawj ntxuaj moog rua Npanpiloo,
mas puab yuav ntxuaj nwg.
Puab yuav tsw tseg ib yaam daabtsw nyob huv lub tebchaws
rua thaus kws puab vej txhua faab tuaj,
yog nub kws raug txom nyem ceblaaj.
³Tsw xob tseev cov kws txawj tua neev ntaa tau neev,
tsw xob tseev puab naav tau lub tsho hlau sawv le.
Tsw xob tseg nwg tej tub hluas sav le,
ca le muab nwg tej tub rog coob coob
ua puam tsuaj huvsw.
⁴Puab yuav raug muab tua tuag taag
rua huv Kheentia tebchaws,
hab raug mob huv nwg tej kev.
⁵Tsua qhov Yixayee hab Yuta tug Vaajtswv
kws yog Yawmsaub muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus
tsw tau tso puab tseg,
txawm yog puab lub tebchaws⚓ muaj kev txhum txem
puv nkaus rua Yixayee tug Vaajtswv kws dawb huv kuj xwj.

⁶“Ca le tswv tawm huv plawv Npanpiloo,
ca txhua tug fuas sav dim.
Tsw xob raug tua rua thaus rau txem rua nwg,
tsua qhov nuav yog lub swjhawm
kws Yawmsaub ua pauj taub,
yog Yawmsaub ua pauj rua nwg
lawv le tswm nyog pauj.
⁷Npanpiloo tub txeev ua lub khob kub kws nyob
huv Yawmsaub txhais teg,
ua rua lub nplajteb huvsw qaug cawv,
hab tej tebchaws tau haus nwg tej cawv txwv maab,
mas tej tebchaws txhad qaug cawv taag tsw meej pem.
⁸Ib plag ntshws xwb Npanpiloo tub qaug ntawg tawg taag.
Ca le quaj nyav nwg.
Ca le muab tshuaj khu nwg tej mob,
tej zag yuav khu tau nwg zoo kaj.
⁹‘Peb xaav khu kuas Npanpiloo zoo, tassws nwg tsw zoo.
Ca le muab nwg tso tseg,
peb ca le moog, nyag moog rua nyag lub tebchaws,
vem qhov kws txav txem rua nwg luj nce moog nto ntuj,
hab raug muab tsaa moog txug ncua qaab ntuj.
¹⁰Yawmsaub tsaa peb txujcai lawm. Ca le lug, ca peb pav
Yawmsaub kws yog peb tug Vaajtswv tej num rua huv Xi‑oo.’

¹¹“Ca le huv raab xub vug hab tuav rawv daim hlau tiv thaiv.
Yawmsaub tshoov Mintia tej vaajntxwv lub sab,
vem nwg tub npaaj sab
yuav ua rua Npanpiloo puam tsuaj.
Nuav yog qhov kws Yawmsaub pauj taub,
yog pauj taub nwg lub tuam tsev.
¹²Ca le tsaa chij ua rog rua lub loog Npanpiloo.
Ca le tso tuabneeg zuv zoo zoo,
hab tsaa cov kws faaj xwm,
hab npaaj cov kws moog zuv kev tog,
tsua qhov Yawmsaub tub npaaj tseg hab ua kuas tav
lawv le nwg tau has tseg txug cov tuabneeg huv Npanpiloo.
¹³Koj tug kws nyob ntawm ntau tug dej
hab muaj nyaj txag cuab txhaj cuab taam ntau kawg 'e,
koj lub caij kawg lug txug lawm,
txuj hlua kws ntsuag koj txujsa
tub muab txav tu nrho lawm.
¹⁴Yawmsaub kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus
tau tuav nwg lub npe cog lug khov kho.
Kuv yeej yuav coj tuabneeg tuaj puv nkaus lub tebchaws,
coob yaam nkaus le tej kooj ntaas,
mas puab yuav tsaa lub suab qw kws kov yeej koj.

¹⁵“Nwg yog tug kws swv nwg tug fwjchim tswm lub nplajteb,
hab swv nwg tug tswvyim tswm tsaa lub qaab ntuj,
hab swv nwg txujkev txawj ntse nthuav lub ntuj.
¹⁶Thaus nwg tsaa nwg lub suab hu,
tej dej sau nruab ntug nrov vig quas voog,
hab nwg ua fuab sawv tim qaab ntuj kawg tuaj.
Nwg ua tsag lig xub rua thaus naag lug,
hab coj cua tawm huv nwg tej txhaab cua lug.
¹⁷Txhua tug tuabneeg tsw thoob tswb hab tsw paub qaabhau.
Txhua tug Kws ntaus kub yuav txaaj muag
vem tej txoov daab kws nwg ua,
tsua qhov nwg tej txoov daab yog cuav
hab tsw txawj ua paa hlo le.
¹⁸Tej txoov daab hov tsw muaj qaabhau hlo le,
yog tej kws ntxwm thuaj luag.
Thaus txug swjhawm teem txem,
tej ntawd yuav puam tsuaj.
¹⁹Tug kws yog Yakhauj le Vaajtswv
tsw thooj le tej txoov daab ntawd,
tsua qhov nwg yog tug kws tswm txhua yaam,
hab haiv Yixayee yog nwg qub txeeg qub teg,
nwg lub npe hu ua Yawmsaub
kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus.

²⁰“Npanpiloo, koj yog kuv raab qws
hab yog kuv tej cuab yeej ua rog,
kuv swv koj tsoo tej tebchaws tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj ua rua tej tebchaws puam tsuaj.
²¹Kuv swv koj tsoo tej neeg hab cov kws caij neeg
tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj tsoo tej tsheb ua rog hab cov kws tsaav tsheb
tawg ua tej dwb daim.
²²Kuv swv koj tsoo tej quaspuj quasyawg
tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj tsoo tej laug hab tej hluas
tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj tsoo tej tub hluas ntxhais hluas
tawg ua tej dwb daim.
²³Kuv swv koj tsoo cov kws yug yaaj
hab puab paab yaaj tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj tsoo cov kws ua teb
hab puab tej nkawm nyuj tawg ua tej dwb daim,
kuv swv koj tsoo cov thawj huv tej
moos hab cov tim xyoob tawg ua tej dwb daim.
²⁴“Kuv yuav ua pauj rua Npanpiloo hab cov tuabneeg huv Kheentia suavdawg taab meeg koj pum ntsoov, ua pauj rua tej kev phem huvsw kws puab ua huv Xi‑oo.” Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.

²⁵Yawmsaub has tas,
“Lub roob kws ua kuas puam tsuaj 'e,
koj yog lub roob kws ua kuas thoob nplajteb puam tsuaj,
kuv tawm tsaam koj.
Kuv yuav tsaa kuv txhais teg tawm tsaam koj,
hab muab koj dov sau tsua lug,
hab muab koj ua lub roob kws kub nyab taag.
²⁶Luas yuav tsw muab koj tej pob zeb ib lub twg
coj moog ua lub thawj ntawm kaum tsev,
hab tsw coj moog tag taw ua tsev
tassws koj yuav ua lub chaw
kws muab tso tseg nyob do cuas moog ib txhws.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
²⁷“Ca le tsaa chij ua rog rua huv nplajteb,
ca le tshuab raaj kub yaaj rua huv tej tebchaws,
ca le npaaj tej tebchaws tuaj ua rog rua nwg,
ca le hu tebchaws Alalab hab tebchaws Mini
hab tebchaws Akhena tuaj ua rog rua nwg.
Ca le tsaa ib tug thawj rog moog tawm tsaam nwg,
ca le coj tej neeg tuaj coob
yaam nkaus le kooj ntaas npoj quas ntwg.
²⁸Ca le npaaj tej tebchaws tuaj ua rog rua nwg,
yog npaaj cov Mintia tej vaajntxwv
hab cov thawj hab tej tim xyoob,
hab txhua lub tebchaws kws zwm rua Mintia.
²⁹Lub tebchaws tseeg quas nkawg
mob ntswj ib ce pis yog,
tsua qhov Yawmsaub yeej yuav ua
lawv le nwg npaaj tseg rua Npanpiloo,
yuav ua rua Npanpiloo nyob do cuas
tsw muaj tuabneeg nyob huv hlo le.
³⁰Npanpiloo tej tub rog tub tso teg taag lawm,
puab laam nyob huv puab tej chaw ruaj khov xwb.
Puab tub ntaug zug taag lawm,
puab zoo le quaspuj xwb.
Tej vaaj tse huv Npanpiloo saamswm kub nyab,
tej laag rooj kuj luv taag.
³¹Ib tug dha tuaj taag los ib tug dha tuaj hab,
ib tug tshaaj xu tuaj taag los ib tug tuaj hab,
yog tuaj has rua vaajntxwv Npanpiloo tas
nwg lub nroog tub raug luas txeeb taag nrho lawm.
³²Lub chaw hlaa dej luas tub txeeb tau lawm,
lub chaw faaj xwm kub nyab taag,
hab tej tub rog kuj ntshai raag zum zawg.”
³³Yawmsaub tug muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus
kws yog Yixayee tug Vaajtswv has le nuav tas,
“Npanpiloo tug ntxhais zoo yaam nkaus le
lub tshaav ntaus qoob rua thaus luas tuaj tsuj.
Ib plag xwb tub yuav txug lub swjhawm hlais.

³⁴“Vaajntxwv Nenpukhanexa huv Npanpiloo tub noj kuv⚓ lawm,
nwg muab kuv tsuam lawm,
nwg ua rua kuv zoo le lub taig kws nyob khoom xwb,
nwg muab kuv nqog hlo zoo le zaaj nqog lawm,
nwg muab kuv tej hov txhua chaw kws qaab noj
puv nkaus nwg lub plaab,
hab nwg muab kuv ntuav tawm moog.”
³⁵Ca tug kws nyob huv Xi‑oo has tas
“Ca txujkev ua limham ndais ntuj
kws ua rua kuv hab kuv tej kwvtij⚓
rov poob rua sau Npanpiloo.”
Ca Yeluxalee has tas,
“Kuv cov ntshaav ca cov Kheentia rws.”
³⁶Vem le nuav Yawmsaub has le nuav tas,
“Kuv yuav has koj tshaaj plaub
hab nyob koj chaw pauj taub.
Kuv yuav ua rua nwg lub havtxwv qhuav
hab ua rua nwg tej hauv dej saus.
³⁷Mas Npanpiloo yuav pob ua tej nam pawg ca,
ua chaw rua maa nkaum,
ua lub chaw kws luas ceeb hab ntshai,
hab ua rua luas thuaj, tsw muaj tuabneeg nyob huv le.
³⁸Puab yuav ua ke nyooj quas lawg le tsuv ntxhuav,
puab yuav quaj mluj mlom le tej mivnyuas tsuv ntxhuav.
³⁹Thaus kws puab ua nyaum heev
kuv yuav npaaj ib pluag noj haus rua puab
ua kuas puab qaug cawv ua lom vaaj lom vwg,
moog txug thaus puab tsw meej pem
hab pw tsaug zug moog ib txhws tsw xeev le.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁴⁰“Kuv yuav coj puab lug tua yaam le tua mivnyuas yaaj
hab tua tej txwv yaaj txwv tshws.

⁴¹“Npanpiloo raug txeeb lawm lauj,
lub nroog kws thoob nplajteb qhuas raug nteg lawm lauj!
Npanpiloo tau ua lub chaw kws ib tsoom tebchaws
ceeb hab ntshai lawm lauj!
⁴²Dej havtxwv nphau tuaj nyaab Npanpiloo,
tej nam nthwv dej nrov voog tuaj npug nkaus nwg.
⁴³Nwg tej moos ua chaw rua luas ceeb hab ntshai,
hab ua lub tebchaws qhuav nkig nkuav
hab ua ntuj nraag teb do,
ua lub tebchaws kws tsw muaj tuabneeg nyob le,
hab tsw muaj leejtwg hlaa huv moog le.
⁴⁴Kuv yuav rau txem rua tug daab Npee huv Npanpiloo,
hab ua rua nwg ntuav tej kws nwg nqog lawm
tawm huv lub ncauj lug.
Tej tebchaws yuav tsw moog nrhav nwg nchuav nthwv lawm.
Npanpiloo tej ntsaa loog pob taag lawm lauj!

⁴⁵“Kuv cov tuabneeg, ca le tawm huv nwg moog.
Ca txhua tug fuas kuas dim txujsa
ntawm qhov kws Yawmsaub npau tawg heev.
⁴⁶Mej tsw xob poob sab hab tsw xob ntshai tej xuv
kws nov huv lub tebchaws ntawd.
Muaj xuv tuaj ib xyoos taag los tseed tuaj ib xyoos thab,
yog xuv has txug kev ua limham ndais ntuj huv lub tebchaws,
hab ib tug thawj kuj tawm tsaam rua ib tug thawj.
⁴⁷Vem le nuav, saib maj,
lub caij lub nyoog saamswm lug yuav txug
mas kuv yuav rau txem rua Npanpiloo tej txoov daab.
Nwg lub tebchaws huvsw yuav raug txaaj muag,
hab nwg cov tuabneeg kws raug tua
yuav qaug taag rua huv plawv nwg lub tebchaws.
⁴⁸Mas lub ntuj hab lub nplajteb hab txhua yaam kws nyob huv
yuav qw zoo sab xyiv faab txug Npanpiloo,
vem tug kws ua kuas puam tsuaj
yuav tuaj saab qaum teb peg tuaj tawm tsaam nwg.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁴⁹“Npanpiloo yuav tsum qaug tuag taag
vem yog nwg tua cov Yixayee,
ib yaam le Npanpiloo ua rua
ib tsoom tuabneeg thoob nplajteb qaug tuag taag.

⁵⁰“Mej cov kws dim nav ntaaj,
ca le moog tsw xob nyob tuabywv tog.
Txawm yog mej nyob deb los ca le ncu txug Yawmsaub,
hab ca Yeluxalee lug nyob huv mej lub sab.”
⁵¹“Peb tau txaaj muag, vem yog peb nov tej lug kws thuaj peb.
Kev poob koob npug nkaus peb lub plhu taag,
vem lwm haiv tuabneeg tau nkaag rua huv
Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev tej chaav kws dawb huv.”

⁵²Yawmsaub has tas, “Vem le nuav, saib maj,
lub caij lub nyoog saamswm lug yuav txug
mas kuv yuav rau txem rua nwg tej txoov daab,
hab cov kws raug mob raug to
yuav quaj ntsaaj thoob nwg lub tebchaws.
⁵³Txawm yog Npanpiloo nce moog txug sau ntuj,
hab ua tau nwg lub chaw tiv thaiv sab sab kws ruaj khov,
los cov kws ua kuas puam tsuaj
yuav tuaj ntawm kuv moog tawm tsaam nwg.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.

⁵⁴“Noog saib, muaj suab quaj qw huv Npanpiloo tuaj,
muaj suab puam tsuaj luj nrov
huv cov Kheentia lub tebchaws tuaj.
⁵⁵Yawmsaub saamswm ua rua Npanpiloo pam taag,
hab ua rua nwg lub suab kws nrov heev ntsag tu moog.
Tej tub rog tuaj nrov vig voog
yaam le tej nam nthwv dej kws luj heev,
puab tsaa suab qw nrov heev,
⁵⁶tsua qhov tug kws ua kuas puam tsuaj
tub tuaj tawm tsaam Npanpiloo.
Nwg tej tub rog luas tub nteg tau taag lawm,
nwg tej neev kuj raug muab luv ua tej ywb yaav taag lawm,
vem Yawmsaub yog Vaajtswv kws ua pauj,
nwg yeej ua pauj tag tag le.
⁵⁷Kuv yuav ua rua nwg cov thawj
hab nwg cov tuabneeg txawj ntse,
hab cov thawj huv tej moos
hab nwg cov thawj rog hab nwg tej tub rog qaug cawv taag.
Puab yuav pw tsaug zug moog ib txhws tsw xeev le.”
Tug vaajntxwv kws npe hu ua Yawmsaub
kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus
has le nuav ntaag.

⁵⁸Yawmsaub kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus has le nuav tas,
“Npanpiloo tej ntsaa loog kws tuab heev
yuav raug muab rhuav pob taag ti nkaus npoo aav,
hab nwg tej rooj loog kws sab sab
yuav raug muab hlawv kub nyab taag.
Tej pejxeem ua tej num nyaav do tsw muaj qaabhau,
hab tej tebchaws ua num khwv txug sav
kuas raug muab hlawv pov tseg xwb.”

⁵⁹Tej lug nuav yog tej kws Yelemi kws ua xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug muab rua Xelaya rua thaus Xelaya nrug Yuta tug vaajntxwv Xentekhiya moog rua Npanpiloo, yog xyoo plaub kws Xentekhiya ua vaajntxwv kaav. Xelaya yog Neliya tug tub, yog Maxeya tug xeeb ntxwv, nwg yog tug thawj tub rog kws npaaj chaw rua puab su taug kev. ⁶⁰Yelemi sau tej kev xwm txheej phem huvsw kws yuav raug Npanpiloo rua huv ntawv, yog tej lug sau ca kws has txug Npanpiloo nuav huvsw. ⁶¹Mas Yelemi has rua Xelaya tas, “Thaus koj moog txug Npanpiloo lawm, koj yuav tsum nyeem tej lug nuav huvsw nav, ⁶²hab has tas, ‘Au Yawmsaub, koj tau has txug lub chaw nuav tas koj yuav muab rhuav pov tseg, sub txhad tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw nyob huv le, tsw has tuabneeg hab tsaj txhu, mas yuav nyob do cuas ca moog ib txhws.’ ⁶³Thaus koj nyeem phoo ntawv nuav taag, ca le muab ib lub pob zeb khi rua phoo ntawv, es muab nrum rua huv plawv tug dej Yufeti, ⁶⁴hab has tas, ‘Npanpiloo yuav tog rua huv ib yaam le nuav tsw ntaab lug le, vem yog tej xwm txheej phem kws kuv yuav coj lug raug nwg.’ ”
Yelemi tej lug taag le nuav lawm.