1A message from the LORD came to Jeremiah. It came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. The message said,2‘Get a scroll. Write on it all the words I have spoken to you. Write down what I have said about Israel, Judah and all the other nations. Write what I have said to you from the time of King Josiah until now.3The people of Judah will hear about all the trouble I plan to bring on them. Maybe then each of them will turn from their evil ways. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the evil things they have done.’4So Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah. Jeremiah told him to write down all the words the LORD had spoken to him. And Baruch wrote them on the scroll.5Then Jeremiah said to him, ‘I’m not allowed to go to the LORD’s temple.6So you go there. Go on a day when the people are fasting. Read to them from the scroll. Read the words of the LORD you wrote down as I gave them to you. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns.7They will hear what the LORD will do to them when his burning anger blazes out against them. Then perhaps they will pray to him. And maybe each of them will turn from their evil ways.’8Baruch, the son of Neriah, did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do. He went to the LORD’s temple. There he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.9It was in the fifth year that Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, was king of Judah. It was the ninth month of that year. A time of fasting at the LORD’s temple had been ordered. All the people in Jerusalem were told to take part in it. So were those who had come in from the towns of Judah.10Baruch read to all the people who were at the LORD’s temple. He read Jeremiah’s words from the scroll. He was in the room of Gemariah the secretary. It was located in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan.11Micaiah was the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan. Micaiah heard Baruch reading all the LORD’s words that were written on the scroll.12Then he went down to the secretary’s room in the royal palace. All the officials were sitting there. They included the secretary Elishama and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah. Elnathan, the son of Akbor, was also there. So was Gemariah, the son of Shaphan. Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, was there too. And so were all the other officials.13Micaiah told all of them what he had heard. He told them everything Baruch had read to the people from the scroll.14All the officials sent Jehudi to speak to Baruch, the son of Neriah. Jehudi was the son of Nethaniah. Nethaniah was the son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Cushi. Jehudi said to Baruch, ‘Come. Bring the scroll you have read to the people.’ So Baruch went to them. He carried the scroll with him.15The officials said to him, ‘Please sit down. Read the scroll to us.’ So Baruch read it to them.16They heard all its words. Then they looked at one another in fear. They said to Baruch, ‘We must report all these words to the king.’17They said to Baruch, ‘Tell us. How did you happen to write all these things? Did Jeremiah tell you to do this?’18‘Yes’, Baruch replied. ‘He told me to write down all these words. So I wrote them in ink on the scroll.’19Then the officials spoke to Baruch. They said, ‘You and Jeremiah must go and hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.’20The officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary. Then they went to the king in the courtyard. They reported everything to him.21The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary. Jehudi read it to the king. All the officials were standing beside the king. So they heard it too.22It was the ninth month. The king was sitting in his winter apartment. A fire was burning in the brazier in front of him.23Jehudi read three or four sections from the scroll. Then the king cut them off with a secretary’s knife. He threw them into the brazier. He did that until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.24The king and some of his attendants heard all these words. But they weren’t afraid. They didn’t tear their clothes.25Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll. But he wouldn’t listen to them.26Instead, the king commanded three men to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them. The three men were Jerahmeel, Seraiah and Shelemiah. Jerahmeel was a member of the royal court. Seraiah was the son of Azriel. And Shelemiah was the son of Abdeel.27A message from the LORD came to Jeremiah. It came after the king burned the scroll. On the scroll were the words Baruch had written down. Jeremiah had told him to write them. The message said,28‘Get another scroll. Write on it all the words that were on the first one. King Jehoiakim burned that one.29Also tell King Jehoiakim, “The LORD says, ‘You burned that scroll. You said to Baruch, “Why did you write that the king of Babylon would certainly come? Why did you write that he would destroy this land? And why did you write that he would remove from it people and animals alike?” ’30So now the LORD has something to say about Jehoiakim, the king of Judah. He says, ‘No one from Jehoiakim’s family line will sit on David’s throne. Jehoiakim’s body will be thrown out. It will lie outside in the heat by day and in the frost at night.31I will punish him and his children and his attendants. I will punish them for their sinful ways. I will bring on them all the trouble I said I would. And I will bring it on the people of Jerusalem and Judah. They have not listened to me.’ ” ’32So Jeremiah got another scroll. He gave it to Baruch the secretary. He was the son of Neriah. Jeremiah told Baruch what to write on it. Baruch wrote down all the words that were on the scroll King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. And many more words were written on it. They were similar to those that had already been written.
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Baruk läser upp Herrens budskap
1I kung Jojakims, Josias sons, fjärde regeringsår över Juda gav Herren detta budskap till Jeremia:2"Ta en bokrulle och skriv ner alla mina budskap till Israel, Juda och de andra folken. Börja med det första budskapet under Josias tid, och skriv så ner dem allesammans.3När folket i Juda ser i skrift allt fruktansvärt jag kommer att göra mot dem, kommer de kanske att bättra sig, och då ska jag förlåta dem deras synder."4Jeremia skickade då efter Nerias son Baruk, och medan Jeremia dikterade, skrev Baruk ner alla profetiorna.5När allt var klart, sa Jeremia till Baruk: "Jag kan inte, så i mitt ställe6får du nästa fastedag i templet läsa upp vad som står i bokrullen. På den dagen kommer nämligen folk från hela Juda dit.7Då kanske de vill vända om från sin ondska och be Herren om förlåtelse innan det blir för sent. Herren är nämligen mycket vred på detta folk."8Baruk gjorde som Jeremia bad honom och läste upp alla dessa budskap för folket i templet.9Detta skedde på fastedagen, som hölls i den nionde månaden under Josias son Jojakims femte regeringsår. Folk kom från hela Juda för att närvara vid gudstjänsterna i templet den dagen.10Baruk gick till sekreteraren Gemarjas, Safans sons, rum för att läsa ur bokrullen. Detta rum låg på den inre förgården, vid ingången till nya porten.11När Gemarjas son Mika hörde Baruk läsa allt som Herren hade talat,12gick han ner till sekreterarens rum i palatset, där ämbetsmännen hade sammanträde. Sekreteraren Elisama var där tillsammans med Delaja, Semajas son, Elnatan, Akbors son, Gemarja, Safans son, Sidkia, Hananjas son och alla övriga i ansvarsställning.13När Mika berättade för dem om de budskap som Baruk läste för folket,14sände de Jehudi, Netanjas son, Selemjas sonson och Kusis sonsons son, till Baruk för att be honom komma och läsa upp budskapen för dem. Baruk kom, och han blev ombedd att sätta sig ner och börja läsa.16När han hade läst upp alltsammans var de mycket förskräckta. "Vi måste rapportera detta för kungen", sa de.17"Men tala först om för oss hur du har fått de här budskapen. Var det Jeremia själv som dikterade dem för dig?"18Baruk förklarade att Jeremia hade dikterat dem ord för ord och att han själv hade skrivit ner dem med bläck i bokrullen.19"Både du och Jeremia måste gå under jorden", sa de till Baruk. "Tala inte om för en enda människa var ni finns!"20Sedan gömde de bokrullen i sekreteraren Elisamas rum och gick och berättade allt för kungen.21Kungen skickade Jehudi att hämta bokrullen. Han hämtade den hos sekreteraren Elisama och läste den för kungen i alla ämbetsmännens närvaro.22Kungen befann sig vid den tiden i den del av palatset som användes under vintern och satt framför en brasa, för det var ganska kallt.23När Jehudi hade läst tre eller fyra spalter, tog kungen sin kniv och skar sönder bokrullen och kastade bit efter bit i elden, tills hela bokrullen var uppbrunnen.24Ingen protesterade utom Elnatan, Delaja och Gemarja. De vädjade till kungen att inte bränna upp bokrullen, men han lyssnade inte. Ingen annan av kungens ämbetsmän blev upprörd över hans handlande.26 Sedan gav kungen befallning till Jerameel, en medlem av kungafamiljen, Seraja, Asriels son, och Selemja, Abdeels son, att gripa Baruk och Jeremia. Men Herren hade gömt dem!27Efter denna händelse sa Herren till Jeremia:28Skaffa en ny bokrulle och skriv ner alltsammans en gång till29och säg så här till kungen: "Herren säger: Du brände upp bokrullen för att det stod i den att kungen i Babylon skulle fördärva det här landet och allt som är i det.30Och nu tillägger Herren följande beträffande dig, Jojakim, Juda kung: Du ska inte få någon ättling på Davids tron. Din döda kropp ska kastas ut på marken och förtäras av den heta solen och nattfrosten.31Jag ska straffa dig och din familj och dina ämbetsmän för era synders skull. Jag ska låta allt ont jag lovat komma över er, ja, över er och allt folk i Juda och Jerusalem, därför att ni inte har lyssnat till mina varningar."32Då tog Jeremia en ny bokrulle och dikterade på nytt alltsammans för Baruk. Men den här gången lade Herren till ytterligare budskap.
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