1Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal⚓ son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, 2“This is what the Lord says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over to the Babylonians⚓ will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.’ 3And this is what the Lord says: ‘This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’ ” 4Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.” 5“He is in your hands,” King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing to oppose you.” 6So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. 7But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite,⚓ an official⚓ in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate, 8Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, 9“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city.” 10Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” 11So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. 12Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so, 13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Zedekiah Questions Jeremiah Again
14Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the Lord. “I am going to ask you something,” the king said to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.” 15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me.” 16But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly to Jeremiah: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has given us breath, I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you.” 17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live. 18But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from them.’ ” 19King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.” 20“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared. 21But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me: 22All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: “ ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’ 23“All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will⚓ be burned down.” 24Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die. 25If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,’ 26then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ” 27All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king. 28And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. This is how Jerusalem was taken:
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Noau Kháng Yê-ramia Tâng Dỡq Chữong
1Sê-patia con samiang Matan, Ke-dalia con samiang Pasur, Yucal con samiang Sê-lamia, cớp Pasur con samiang Mal-kia, nheq náq alới sâng cứq atỡng máh cũai proai la 2Yiang Sursĩ pai neq: “Cũai aléq mŏ ỡt tâng vil toâr nâi, cóq án cuchĩt toâq pla dau, tỡ la cuchĩt na panhieih khlac, tỡ la cuchĩt na ỗn. Ma máh cũai ca chĩuq pê tỗp Ba-bulôn, cũai ki bữn vớt cuchĩt, ma lứq án bữn tamoong.” 3Yiang Sursĩ khoiq pai ễn neq: “Cứq ễ chiau vil nâi pỡ talang atĩ tỗp Ba-bulôn, cớp tỗp alới lứq cheng ĩt.” 4Chơ máh cũai ayững atĩ puo pỡq ramóh puo cớp pai neq: “Sễq puo yỗn hếq cachĩt táh chíq cũai samiang nâi! Yuaq án táq yỗn tỗp tahan cớp máh cũai proai tâng vil nâi cỡt pê pahỡm cỗ án pai ŏ́c nâi chóq tỗp alới. Án tỡ bữn chuai ntrớu cũai proai, ma mpỡl án chi-chuaq ŏ́c túh coat atoâq yỗn tỗp alới.” 5Puo Sê-dakia pai neq: “Ki o! Khân ngkíq, yỗn anhia táq chóq án samoât anhia hữm pĩeiq, yuaq cứq tỡ têq catáng anhia.” 6Ngkíq, tỗp alới âc cứq aloŏh cớp ĩt panũar chŏ́q cứq, chơ ayŏ́ng cứq asễng tâng dỡq chữong khong Mal-kia con samiang puo, ỡt tâng nchŏh dống puo. Chữong nâi ŏ́q dỡq, bữn ống lúq sâng; ngkíq cứq sarlốq dớm asễng tâng lúq ki. 7Ma E-bet Maléc la samiang tễ tỗp Ê-thia-bi, án táq ranáq tâng dống puo, án sâng cũai pai noau ayŏ́ng cứq tâng dỡq chữong. Bo ki puo ỡt tacu tâng nchŏh cheq Ngoah Toong Ben-yamin. 8Ngkíq, E-bet Maléc pỡq chu ntốq ki, cớp pai neq: 9“Ơ puo hếq ơi! Máh cũai nâi khoiq táq lôih; alới ayŏ́ng Yê-ramia, la cũai tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ, tâng dỡq chữong. Tỡ bữn dũn noâng án ễ cuchĩt khlac tâng ntốq ki, yuaq tâng vil nâi ŏ́q crơng sana.” 10Chơ puo ớn E-bet Maléc dững pái náq cũai toâq âc cứq achỗn tễ dỡq chữong,⚓ nhũang cứq ễ ta-ŏh rangứh. 11Ngkíq E-bet Maléc dững máh samiang ki pỡq chu dống puo, mut tâng clống noau dŏq máh crơng. Chơ án ĩt tampâc anhỗh tễ ntốq ki, cớp án ĩt panũar tê dŏq atĩar asễng tampâc ki toâq pỡ cứq. 12Án ớn cứq ĩt aroâiq sadon khlap, dŏq panũar tỡ têq ríq tỗ cứq cỡt bớc. Chơ cứq táq samoât án atỡng; 13cớp alới âc cứq achỗn tễ dỡq chữong. Moâm ki noau kháng níc cứq tâng nchŏh dống puo.
Sê-dakia Sễq Yê-ramia Tĩeih
14Puo Sê-dakia ớn cũai dững Yê-ramia, cũai tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ, pỡq chu ngoah toong pái mut tâng Dống Sang Toâr. Chơ puo pai neq: “Cứq ễ blớh mới muoi ŏ́c, sễq mới chỗi cutooq ŏ́c ntrớu tễ cứq.” 15Ngkíq, Yê-ramia ta‑ỡi puo neq: “Khân hếq atỡng puo pĩeiq lứq, ngkíq puo ễ cachĩt táh hếq. Tam hếq tĩeih atỡng puo ŏ́c lứq, la anhia tỡ bữn tamứng.” 16Chơ puo Sê-dakia par‑ữq clỡp chóq cứq neq: “Cứq sễq thễ dũan nhơ ramứh Yiang Sursĩ tamoong mantái níc, la Ncháu ca yỗn hái tamoong, cứq tỡ bữn cachĩt mới, tỡ la chiau mới pỡ talang atĩ cũai canŏ́h yỗn alới cachĩt mới.” 17Chơ Yê-ramia pai neq: “Yiang Sursĩ Sốt Toâr Lứq, Ncháu tỗp I-sarel, pai neq: ‘Khân mới chĩuq pê poâl tahan Ba-bulôn, mới lứq bữn plot ien, cớp vil viang nâi la tỡ bữn noau chŏ́ng táh. Mới cớp dống sũ mới bữn tamoong. 18Ma khân mới tỡ bữn chĩuq pê, vil nâi la tỗp Ba-bulôn cheng ĩt, cớp alới chŏ́ng táh; cớp mới tỡ têq vớt tễ talang atĩ alới.’” 19Puo ta‑ỡi neq: “Cứq sâng ngcŏh cũai tễ tỗp hái bữm, la cũai ca khoiq lúh ỡt coah tỗp Ba-bulôn. Cŏh lơ tỗp Ba-bulôn ễ chiau cứq yỗn tỗp alới; chơ tỗp alới táq cứq túh coat lứq.” 20Yê-ramia ta‑ỡi neq: “Tỡ bữn noau chiau anhia. Hếq sễq anhia tamứng santoiq Yiang Sursĩ, chơ dũ ramứh cỡt o yỗn anhia, cớp dỡi tamoong anhia bữn plot ien. 21Ma khân anhia tỡ bữn chĩuq pê, hếq khoiq hữm Yiang Sursĩ sapáh tễ máh ranáq ca ễ toâq pỡ anhia. 22Nheq tữh mansễm noâng khlâiq tâng dống puo Yuda, noau dững aloŏh alới, chơ chiau yỗn tỗp sốt tahan puo Ba-bulôn. Chơ tỗp mansễm ki ễ pai chóq anhia neq: ‘Yớu ratoi puo raphếq rathũ án; tỗp alới ễp án yỗn táq puai samoât alới yoc. Sanua, ayững án khoiq sarlốq tâng lúq, cớp máh yớu án khoiq lúh táh án.’” 23Chơ cứq pai tữm ễn neq: “Nheq tữh con lacuoi anhia, noau ễ chiau yỗn tỗp Ba-bulôn, cớp tỗ anhia tỡ têq vớt tễ tỗp alới. Puo cũai Ba-bulôn lứq cỗp dững anhia chu cruang Ba-bulôn, cớp vil nâi noau chŏ́ng táh nheq.” 24Puo Sê-dakia ta‑ỡi neq: “Chỗi yỗn cũai aléq dáng tễ ŏ́c mới pai nâi; khân tỡ bữn, mới cóq cuchĩt. 25Ma khân tỗp ayững atĩ cứq sâng mới khoiq táq ntỡng cớp cứq, cớp alới toâq blớh mới neq: ‘Ntrớu mới táq ntỡng cớp puo, cớp puo pai ntrớu chóq mới? Mới chỗi cutooq ŏ́c ntrớu tễ hếq; ngkíq hếq tỡ bữn cachĩt mới.’ 26Ma cóq mới atỡng tỗp alới neq: ‘Cứq khoiq sễq puo chỗi kháng cứq pỡ ntốq tiaq dŏq cứq tỡ bữn cuchĩt pỡ ntốq ki.’” 27Chơ, máh cũai ayững atĩ puo toâq pỡ Yê-ramia cớp blớh án. Ma án ta‑ỡi alới samoât puo khoiq atỡng án; ngkíq alới tỡ bữn blớh ntrớu noâng, yuaq bo án táq ntỡng cớp puo tỡ bữn noau sâng loâng. 28Ngkíq, noau kháng cứq pỡ nchŏh dống puo toau toâq cũai Ba-bulôn cheng bữn vil Yaru-salem.