1 And these are the words of the book, which Jeremy the Prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remnant of the Ancients of the transmigration, and to the Priests, and to the Prophets, and to all the people, which Nabuchodonosor had transported from Jerusalem into Babylon:
1 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
2 after that Jechonias the king was gone forth, and the queen, and the Eunuchs, and the Princes of Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsman, and the incloser out of Jerusalem:
2 After that Jechonias the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the engravers were departed out of Jerusalem:
3 by the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias the king of Juda sent to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon into Babylon, saying:
3 By the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias king of Juda sent to Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, saying:
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel to all the transmigration, which I have transported from Jerusalem into Babylon:
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 Build ye houses, and inhabit them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
6 Take wives, and beget sons and daughters: & give wives to your sons, & give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.
7 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have transported you: and pray for it to our Lord: because in the peace thereof there shall be peace to you.
7 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your Prophets, that are in the midst of you, and your diviners seduce you: and attend not to your dreams, which you dream:
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: ¹Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:
9 because they do falsely prophesy to you in my name: and I sent them not, saith our Lord.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
10 Because thus saith our Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be expired in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will raise up upon you my good word, to bring you again to this place.
10 ²For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favor, to bring you again to this place.
11 For I know the cogitations, that I intend upon you, saith our Lord, cogitations of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
12 And you shall invocate me, and go: and you shall pray me, and I will hear you.
12 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go, and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.
13 You shall seek me, and shall find: when you shall seek me with all your heart.
13 You shall seek me, and shall find me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.
14 And I will be found of you, saith our Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, & I will gather you out of all nations, & from all places to the which I have expelled you, saith our Lord: and I will make you to return from the place, to the which I have transported you.
14 And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Because you have said: Our Lord hath raised up Prophets to us in Babylon:
15 Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:
16 for thus saith our Lord to the king, that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people the inhabiter of this city, to your brethren, that are not gone forth with you into the transmigration.
16 For thus saith the Lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity.
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send upon them the sword, and famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them as naughty figs, that cannot be eaten, because they are very naught.
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: ³Behold I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs that cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence: and I will give them into vexation to all the kingdoms of the earth: into malediction, & into astonishment, and into hissing, and into reproach to all the Nations, to which I have cast them out:
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and with the pestilence: and I will give them up unto affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations to which I have driven them out:
19 because they have not heard my words, saith our Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the Prophets in the night rising, and sending: and you heard not, saith our Lord.
19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord.
20 You therefore hear the word of our Lord all ye the transmigration, which I have sent out from Jerusalem into Babylon.
20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, which prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: & he shall strike them in your eyes.
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes.
22 And of them a malediction shall be taken up by all the transmigration of Juda, that is in Babylon, saying: Our Lord make thee as Sedecias, & as Achab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire:
22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Juda, that are in Babylon, saying: The Lord make thee like Sedecias, and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire:
23 for that they have done folly in Israel, and committed adultery with their friends' wives, and have spoken the word in my name falsely, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith our Lord.
23 Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.
24 And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:
24 And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: For that thou hast sent in thy name books to all the people, that is in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias, the Priest, & to all the Priests, saying:
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
26 Our Lord hath made thee Priest for Joiada the Priest, that thou shouldest be ruler in the house of our Lord, upon every man raving and prophesying, to put him into the stocks, and into prison.
26 The Lord hath made thee priest instead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison.
27 And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremy the Anathothite, which prophesieth unto you?
27 And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?
28 Because upon this he hath sent into Babylon to us, saying: It is long: build ye houses, and inhabit them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
28 For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
29 Sophonias therefore the Priest read this Book in the ears of Jeremy the Prophet.
29 So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.
30 And the word of our Lord was made to Jeremy, saying:
30 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
31 Send to all the transmigration, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath made you to trust in a lie:
31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath caused you to trust in a lie:
32 Therefore thus saith our Lord: Behold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and upon his seed: there shall not be unto him a man sitting in the midst of this people, & he shall not see the good, that I will do to my people, saith our Lord: because he hath spoken prevarication against our Lord.
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord: behold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and upon his seed: he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, saith the Lord: because he hath spoken treason against the Lord.