Jeremia 34 | English Standard Version

Zedekiah to Die in Babylon

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:

2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

3 You shall not escape from his hand but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face. And you shall go to Babylon.’

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword.

5 You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so people shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word, declares the Lord.”

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

7 when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.

8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

9 that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.

10 And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free.

11 But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.

12 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying,

14 ‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.’ But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.

15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name,

16 but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

18 And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like* the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts—

19 the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf.

20 And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.

22 Behold, I will command, declares the Lord, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.”

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پيغام خدا برای صدقيا

1 زمانی كه نبوكدنصر، پادشاه بابل، با همهٔ سپاهيان خود كه از مردم تمام سرزمینهای تحت سلطهٔ او تشكيل میشد، به اورشليم و ساير شهرهای يهودا حمله كرد، خداوند به من فرمود كه اين پيغام را به صدقيا، پادشاه يهودا، اعلام نمايم: «من اين شهر را به دست پادشاه بابل تسليم خواهم كرد تا آن را به آتش بكشد.

3 تو نيز راه فرار نخواهی داشت بلكه گرفتار خواهی شد و تو را به حضور پادشاه بابل خواهند برد؛ او تو را محكوم خواهد ساخت و به بابل تبعيد خواهد نمود.

4 حال به آنچه میگويم گوش فرا ده! تو در جنگ كشته نخواهی شد،

5 بلكه در آرامش خواهی مرد. مردم همانگونه كه برای اجدادت كه پيش از تو پادشاه بودند، بخور سوزاندند، به يادبود تو نيز بخور خواهند سوزاند. آنها در سوگ تو ماتم كرده، خواهند گفت: ”افسوس كه پادشاهمان درگذشت!“ اين، آن چيزی است كه اراده نمودهام.»

6 من پيغام خدا را در اورشليم به صدقيای پادشاه دادم.

7 در اين وقت، سپاه بابل، شهرهای اورشليم و لاكيش و عزيقه را محاصره كرده بود، يعنی تنها شهرهای حصاردار باقی ماندهٔ يهودا كه هنوز مقاومت میكردند.

آزاد سازی بردهها و فريب آنها

8 بعد از آنكه صدقيا، پادشاه يهودا، تمام بردههای اورشليم را آزاد كرد، پيغامی از طرف خداوند به من رسيد.

9 (صدقيای پادشاه، طی يک عهد مذهبی، دستور داده بود هر کس كه غلام يا كنيزی عبرانی دارد، او را آزاد كند و گفته بود كه هيچ عبرانی حق ندارد ارباب عبرانی ديگر باشد، چون همه با هم برادرند.

10 بزرگان قوم و مردم نيز همه دستور پادشاه را اطاعت كرده، بردههای خود را آزاد نمودند.

11 اما اقدام ايشان موقتی بود، چون پس از مدتی تصميمشان را عوض كردند و دوباره آنها را برده خود ساختند!*

12 برای همين خداوند اين پيغام را برای اهالی اورشليم به من داد.)

13 پيام خداوند، خدای اسرائيل اين بود: «سالها پيش وقتی اجداد شما را در مصر از بردگی رهايی دادم، با ايشان عهدی بستم و گفتم كه

14 هر بردهٔ عبرانی كه شش سال خدمت كند، در سال هفتم بايد آزاد گردد. اما ايشان دستور مرا اطاعت نكردند.

15 چندی پيش، شما راه خود را تغيير داديد و آنچه را كه مورد پسند من بود، انجام داديد و بردههای خود را آزاد كرديد، و در اين مورد در خانهٔ من عهد بستيد.

16 اما حال، عهد خود را زير پا گذاشتهايد و به نام من بیاحترامی كردهايد و ايشان را به زور بردهٔ خود ساختهايد و آزادیای را كه آرزويشان بود، از ايشان گرفتهايد.

17 پس چون مرا اطاعت نمینماييد و ايشان را رها نمیكنيد، من هم بوسيلهٔ جنگ و قحطی و بيماری، شما را در چنگال مرگ رها خواهم كرد، و در سراسر دنيا تبعيد و آواره خواهم نمود.

18 شما به هنگام بستن اين عهد، گوسالهای را دو پاره كرديد و از ميان پارههايش گذشتيد، اما عهدتان را شكستيد؛ بنابراين من نيز شما را پارهپاره خواهم كرد. بلی، خواه از بزرگان مملكت باشيد، خواه درباری، خواه كاهن باشيد خواه فرد معمولی، با همهٔ شما چنين رفتار خواهم كرد.

20 شما را در چنگ دشمنانتان كه تشنهٔ خونتان هستند، رها خواهم كرد تا كشته شويد، و اجسادتان را خوراک لاشخورها و جانوران وحشی خواهم نمود.

21 هر چند پادشاه بابل، برای مدت كوتاهی دست از محاصرهٔ اين شهر كشيده است، ولی من صدقيا (پادشاه يهودا) و درباريان او را تسليم سپاه بابل خواهم كرد.

22 من امر خواهم نمود كه سپاهيان بابل بازگردند و به اين شهر حمله كنند و آن را بگيرند و به آتش بكشند؛ كاری خواهم كرد كه شهرهای يهودا همگی ويران شوند و موجود زندهای در آنها باقی نماند.»

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