Jeremiah 39
1 यहूदा के राजा सिदकिय्साह के राज्य के नौवें वर्ष के दसवें महीने में, बाबुल के राजा नबूकदनेस्सर ने अपनी सारी सेना समेत यरूशलेम पर चढ़ाई कर के उसे घेर लिया।
2 और सिदकिय्याह के राज्य के ग्यारहवें वर्ष के चौथे महीने के नौवें दिन को उस नगर की शहरपनाह तोड़ी गई।
3 सो जब यरूशलेम ले लिया गया, तब नेर्गलसरेसेर, और समगर्नबो, और खेजों का प्रधान सर्सकीम, और मगों का प्रधान नेर्गलसरेसेर आदि, बाबुल के राजा के सब हाकिम बीच के फाटक में प्रवेश कर के बैठ गए।
4 जब यहूदा के राजा सिदकिय्याह और सब योद्धाओं ने उन्हें देखा तब रात ही रात राजा की बारी के मार्ग से दोनों भीतों के बीच के फाटक से हो कर नगर से निकल कर भाग चले और अराबा का मार्ग लिया।
5 परन्तु कसदियों की सेना ने उन को खदेड़ कर सिदकिय्याह को यरीहो के अराबा में जा लिया और उन को बाबुल के राजा नबूकदनेस्सर के पास हमात देश के रिबला में ले गए; और उसने वहां उसके दण्ड की आज्ञा दी।
6 तब बाबुल के राजा ने सिदकिय्याह के पुत्रों को उसकी आंखों के साम्हने रिबला में घात किया; और सब कुलीन यहूदियों को भी घात किया।
7 उसने सिदकिय्याह की आंखों को फुड़वा डाला और उसको बाबुल ले जाने के लिये बेडिय़ों से जकड़वा रखा।
8 कसदियों ने राजभवन और प्रजा के घरों को आग लगा कर फूंक दिया, ओर यरूशलेम की शहरपनाह को ढा दिया।
9 तब जल्लादों का प्रधान नबूजरदान प्रजा के बचे हुओं को जो नगर में रह गए थे, और जो लोग उसके पास भाग आए थे उन को अर्थात प्रजा में से जितने रह गए उन सब को बंधुआ कर के बाबुल को ले गया।
10 परन्तु प्रजा में से जो ऐसे कंगाल थे जिनके पास कुछ न था, उन को जल्लादों का प्रधान नबूजरदान यहूदा देश में छोड़ गया, और जाते समय उन को दाख की बारियां और खेत दे दिए।
11 बाबुल के राजा नबूकदनेस्सर ने जल्लादों के प्रधान नबूजरदान को यिर्मयाह के विषय में यह आज्ञा दी,
12 कि उसको ले कर उस पर कृपादृष्टि बनाए रखना और उसकी कुछ हानि न करना; जैसा वह तुझ से कहे वैसा ही उस से व्यवहार करना।
13 सो जल्लादों के प्रधान नबूजरदान और खोजों के प्रधान नबूसजबान और मगों के प्रधान नेर्गलसरेसेर ज्योतिषियों के सरदार,
14 और बाबुल के राजा के सब प्रधानों ने, लोगों को भेज कर यिर्मयाह को पहरे के आंगन में से बुलवा लिया और गदल्याह को जो अहीकाम का पुत्र और शापान का पोता था सौंप दिया कि वह उसे घर पहुंचाए। तब से वह लोगों के साथ रहने लगा।
15 जब यिर्मयाह पहरे के आंगन में कैद था, तब यहोवा का यह वचन उसके पास पहुंचा,
16 कि, जा कर एबेदमेलेक कूशी से कह कि इस्राएल का परमेश्वर सेनाओं का यहोवा तुझ से यों कहता है, देख, मैं अपने वे वचन जो मैं ने इस नगर के विषय में कहे हैं इस प्रकार पूरा करूंगा कि इसका कुशल न होगा, हानि ही होगी, ओर उस समय उनका पूरा होना तुझे दिखाई पड़ेगा।
17 परन्तु यहोवा की यह वाणी है कि उस समय मैं तुझे बचाऊंगा, और जिन मनुष्यों से तू भय खाता है, तू उनके वश में नहीं किया जाएगा।
18 क्योंकि मैं तुझे, निश्चय बचाऊंगा, और तू तलवार से न मरेगा, तेरा प्राण बचा रहेगा, यहोवा की यह वाणी है। यह इस कारण होगा, कि तू ने मुझ पर भरोसा रखा है।
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
8 And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying,
12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
15 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.
36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.