Yeremya 26

¹Mısır hakkında: Fırat Irmağı kıyısındaki Karkamış'ta bulunan ve Yahuda Kralı Yoakim'in dördüncü yılında Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar tarafından bozguna uğratılan Mısır Kralı Firavun Neko'nun ordusuna dairdir.

²"Küçük kalkanları ve büyük kalkanları kuşanın ve savaşa ilerleyin!

³Atları eyerleyin, binin ey biniciler ve miğferlerinizle yerlerinizi alın; mızrakları ileri uzatın ve zırhlarınızı kuşanın!

⁴Neden onlar dehşete düşüyor ve geriye çekiliyorlar? Çünkü onların yiğitleri biçilecek; arkalarına bakmadan kaçtılar ve geri dönmediler, çepeçevre kuşatılmış olarak, diyor Rab.

⁵Hızlı koşan kaçmasın ve güçlü olan kurtulmasın; kuzeyde, Fırat kıyısındakiler tökezleyip düştüler.

⁶Bir nehir gibi yükselen ve suları nehirler gibi dalgalandıran bu kimdir?

⁷Mısır'ın suları bir nehir gibi yükselir ve o, 'Yükseleceğim, yeryüzünü kaplayacağım ve orada yaşayanları yok edeceğim' dedi.

⁸Atlara binin, savaş arabalarını hazırlayın, çıkın ey Etiyopyalıların savaşçıları ve silahlarla kuşanmış Libyalılar; ve siz ey yay geren Lidyalılar, ilerleyin!

⁹Ve o gün, Rabbimiz Tanrı'nın, düşmanlarından öç almak için tayin ettiği öç alma günüdür; Rabbin kılıcı yiyip bitirecek, doyacak ve onların kanıyla sarhoş olacak; çünkü kuzey ülkesinde, Fırat Irmağı kıyısında Sabaoth Rabbe sunulan bir kurban vardır.

¹⁰Gilead'a çık ve merhem al, ey Mısır'ın bakire kızı! Boş yere ilaçlarını çoğalttın, sende şifa yoktur.

¹¹Uluslar senin sesini duydu ve senin çığlığınla yeryüzü doldu; çünkü savaşçı savaşçıya karşı tökezledi, her ikisi de aynı yere düştü."

¹²Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar'ın gelip Mısır ülkesini vuracağına dair Rabbin Yeremya'nın eliyle söylediği sözler şunlardır:

¹³"Migdol'da bildirin, Memfis'te ilan edin ve deyin ki: 'Hazır dur ve hazırlan, çünkü kılıç senin sarmaşığını yiyip bitirdi.'

¹⁴Apis neden senden kaçtı? Senin seçkin boğan ayakta kalamadı, çünkü Rab onu yere serdi.

¹⁵Ve senin kalabalığın tökezleyip düştü ve her biri komşusuna, 'Kalkın, Helen kılıcının önünden kendi halkımıza, kendi vatanımıza dönelim' dedi.

¹⁶Mısır Kralı Firavun Neko'nun adını şöyle çağırın: 'Saon Esbi Emoed.'

¹⁷'Varlığım hakkı için' diyor adı Rab Tanrı olan, 'Dağlar arasında Itabyrion nasılsa ve deniz kenarında Karmel nasılsa, o da öyle gelecektir.'

¹⁸Kendine sürgünlük eşyaları hazırla, ey Mısır'da oturan kız! Çünkü Memfis bir virane olacak ve içinde yaşayan kalmadığı için feryat yeri diye çağrılacak.

¹⁹Mısır süslenmiş bir düvedir, ama kuzeyden kopup gelen bir bölük onun üzerine geldi.

²⁰Onun bağrındaki ücretli askerler de orada beslenen besili buzağılar gibidir; çünkü onlar da arkalarını dönüp hep birlikte kaçtılar, ayakta duramadılar. Çünkü yıkım günleri, cezalandırılma zamanları üzerlerine geldi.

²¹Sesleri tıslayan bir yılan gibidir, çünkü kum üzerinde ilerliyorlar; odun kesenler gibi ellerinde baltalarla onun üzerine gelecekler.

²²'Onun ormanını kesecekler' diyor Rab Tanrı, 'Çünkü asla kıyaslanamazlar; çekirgelerden daha çok çoğalırlar ve onların sayısı yoktur.'

²³Mısır'ın kızı utandırıldı, kuzeyden gelen bir halkın ellerine teslim edildi."

²⁴"İşte ben, onun oğlu Ammon'u, Firavun'u ve ona güvenenleri cezalandıracağım."

²⁵"Ama sen korkma, kulum Yakup, dehşete de kapılma, İsrail! Çünkü işte ben seni uzaktan ve soyunu sürgünlüklerinden kurtaracağım; Yakup geri dönecek, huzur bulup uyuyacak ve onu ürküten kimse olmayacak.

²⁶Korkma, kulum Yakup" diyor Rab, "Çünkü ben seninleyim. Korkusuz ve narin olan kadın teslim edildi; çünkü seni aralarına sürdüğüm her ulusta tam bir yıkım yapacağım, ama seni asla yok etmeyeceğim. Seni adaletle eğiteceğim ve seni asla cezasız bırakmayacağım."

¹(Μασ. ΜΣΤ΄ .)

²Τῌ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπὶ δύναμιν Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, ὃς ἦν ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ Εὐφράτῃ ἐν Χαρχαμείς, ὃν ἐπάταξε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ ᾿Ιωακεὶμ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. -

³᾿Αναλάβετε ὅπλα καὶ ἀσπίδας καὶ προσαγάγετε εἰς πόλεμον·

⁴ἐπισάξατε τοὺς ἵππους, ἐπίβητε, οἱ ἱππεῖς, καὶ κατάστητε ἐν ταῖς περικεφαλαίαις ὑμῶν· προβάλετε τά δόρατα καὶ ἐνδύσασθε τοὺς θώρακας ὑμῶν.

⁵τί ὅτι αὐτοὶ πτοοῦνται καὶ ἀποχωροῦσιν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω; διότι οἱ ἰσχυροὶ αὐτῶν κοπήσονται. φυγῇ ἔφυγον καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψαν περιεχόμενοι κυκλόθεν, λέγει Κύριος.

⁶μὴ φευγέτω ὁ κοῦφος, καὶ μὴ ἀνασωζέσθω ὁ ἰσχυρός· ἐπὶ βορρᾶν τὰ παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην ἠσθένησαν, πεπτώκασι.

⁷τίς οὗτος ὡς ποταμὸς ἀναβήσεται καὶ ὡς ποταμοὶ κυμαίνουσιν ὕδωρ;

⁸ὕδατα Αἰγύπτου ὡσεὶ ποταμὸς ἀναβήσεται καὶ εἶπεν· ἀναβήσομαι καὶ κατακαλύψω τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀπολῶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ.

⁹ἐπίβητε ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους, παρασκευάσατε τὰ ἅρματα, ἐξέλθατε, οἱ μαχηταὶ Αἰθιόπων καὶ Λίβυες καθωπλισμένοι ὅπλοις· καὶ Λυδοί, ἀνάβητε, ἐντείνατε τόξον.

¹⁰καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἡμέρα ἐκδικήσεως τοῦ ἐκδικῆσαι τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταφάγεται ἡ μάχαιρα Κυρίου καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεται καὶ μεθυσθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῶν, ὅτι θυσία τῷ Κυρίῳ σαβαὼθ ἀπὸ γῆς βορρᾶ ἐπὶ ποταμῷ Εὐφράτῃ.

¹¹ἀνάβηθι Γαλαὰδ καὶ λάβε ῥητίνην τῇ παρθένῳ θυγατρὶ Αἰγύπτου· εἰς κενὸν ἐπλήθυνας ἰάματά σου, ὠφέλεια οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν σοί.

¹²ἤκουσαν ἔθνη φωνήν σου, καὶ τῆς κραυγῆς σου ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ, ὅτι μαχητὴς πρὸς μαχητὴν ἠσθένησαν, ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔπεσαν ἀμφότεροι. ___

¹³῝Α ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ ῾Ιερεμίου τοῦ ἐλθεῖν Ναβουχοδονόσορ τὸν βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος τοῦ κόψαι γῆν Αἰγύπτου. -

¹⁴᾿Αναγγείλατε εἰς Μάγδωλον καὶ παραγγείλατε εἰς Μέμφιν, εἴπατε· ἐπίστηθι καὶ ἑτοίμασον, ὅτι κατέφαγε μάχαιρα τὴν σμίλακά σου.

¹⁵διατί ἔφυγεν ἀπὸ σοῦ ὁ ῏Απις; ὁ μόσχος ὁ ἐκλεκτός σου οὐκ ἔμεινεν, ὅτι Κύριος παρέλυσεν αὐτόν.

¹⁶καὶ τὸ πλῆθός σου ἠσθένησε καὶ ἔπεσε, καὶ ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐλάλει· ἀναστῶμεν καὶ ἀναστρέψωμεν πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν πατρίδα ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου μαχαίρας ῾Ελληνικῆς.

¹⁷καλέσατε τὸ ὄνομα Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, Σαών–᾿Εσβί–᾿Εμωήδ.

¹⁸ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ὡς τὸ ᾿Ιταβύριον ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ ὡς ὁ Κάρμηλος ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἥξει.

¹⁹σκεύη ἀποικισμοῦ ποίησον σεαυτῇ, κατοικοῦσα θύγατερ Αἰγύπτου, ὅτι Μέμφις εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἔσται καὶ κληθήσεται οὐαὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ.

²⁰δάμαλις κεκαλλωπισμένη Αἴγυπτος, ἀπόσπασμα ἀπὸ βορρᾶ ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτήν.

²¹καὶ οἱ μισθωτοὶ αὐτῆς ἐν αὐτῇ ὥσπερ μόσχοι σιτευτοὶ τρεφόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ, διότι καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπεστράφησαν καὶ ἔφυγον ὁμοθυμαδόν, οὐκ ἔστησαν, ὅτι ἡμέρα ἀπωλείας ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς καὶ καιρὸς ἐκδικήσεως αὐτῶν.

²²φωνὴ ὡς ὄφεως συρίζοντος, ὅτι ἐν ἄμμῳ πορεύονται· ἐν ἀξίναις ἥξουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ὡς κόπτοντες ξύλα.

²³ἐκκόψουσι τὸν δρυμὸν αὐτῆς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ὅτι οὐ μὴ εἰκασθῇ, ὅτι πληθύνει ὑπὲρ ἀκρίδα καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἀριθμός.

²⁴κατῃσχύνθη ἡ θυγάτηρ Αἰγύπτου, παρεδόθη εἰς χεῖρας λαοῦ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ.

²⁵ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκδικῶ τὸν ᾿Αμμὼν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς ἐπὶ Φαραώ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐπ’ αὐτῷ.

²⁷σὺ δὲ μὴ φοβηθῇς, δοῦλός μου ᾿Ιακώβ, μηδὲ πτοηθῇς, ᾿Ισραήλ· διότι ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ σῴζων σε μακρόθεν καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀναστρέψει ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ἡσυχάσει καὶ ὑπνώσει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ παρενοχλῶν αὐτόν.

²⁸μὴ φοβοῦ, παῖς μου ᾿Ιακώβ, λέγει Κύριος, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι· ἡ ἀπτόητος καὶ τρυφερὰ παρεδόθη· ὅτι ποιήσω ἔθνει συντέλειαν ἐν παντὶ ἔθνει, εἰς οὓς ἔξωσά σε ἐκεῖ, σὲ δὲ οὐ μὴ ποιήσω ἐκλιπεῖν· καὶ παιδεύσω σε εἰς κρίμα καὶ ἀθῷον οὐκ ἀθῳώσω σε.

²FOR EGYPT, AGAINST THE POWER OF PHARAO NECHAO KING OF EGYPT, who was by the river Euphrates in Charmis, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Joakim king of Juda.

³Take up arms and spears, and draw nigh to battle;

⁴and harness the horses: mount, ye horsemen, and stand ready in your helmets; advance the spears, and put on your breast-plates.

⁵Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, saith the Lord.

⁶Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen.

⁷Who is this that shall come up as a river, and as rivers roll their waves?

⁸The waters of Egypt shall come up like a river: and he said, I will go up, and will cover the earth, and will destroy the dwellers in it.

⁹Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.

¹⁰And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

¹¹Go up to Galaad, and take balm for the virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain hast thou multiplied thy medicines; there is no help in thee.

¹²The nations have heard thy voice, and the land has been filled with thy cry: for the warriors have fainted fighting one against another, and both are fallen together.

¹³THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE by Jeremias, concerning the coming of the king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴Proclaim it at Magdol, and declare it at Memphis: say ye, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured thy yew-tree.

¹⁵Wherefore has Apis fled from thee? thy choice calf has not remained; for the Lord has utterly weakened him.

¹⁶And thy multitude has fainted and fallen; and each one said to his neighbour, Let us arise, and return into our country to our people, from the Grecian sword.

¹⁷Call ye the name of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, Saon esbeie moed.

¹⁸As I live, saith the Lord God, he shall come as Itabyrion among the mountains, and as Carmel that is on the sea.

¹⁹O daughter of Egypt dwelling at home, prepare thee stuff for removing: for Memphis shall be utterly desolate, and shall be called Woe, because there are no inhabitants in it.

²⁰Egypt is a fair heifer, but destruction from the north is come upon her.

²¹Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.

²²Their voice is as that of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood.

²³They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, for their number cannot at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable.

²⁴The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north.

²⁵Behold, I will avenge Ammon her son upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.

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²⁷But fear not thou, my servant Jacob, neither be thou alarmed, Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.

²⁸Fear not thou, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: she that was without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust thee forth; but I will not cause thee to fail: yet will I chastise thee in the way of judgment, and will not hold thee entirely guiltless.