Yeremya 39

¹Yahuda Kralı Sidkiya'nın onuncu yılında Rab'den Yeremya'ya gelen söz şudur; bu yıl, Babil Kralı Nebukadnessar'ın on sekizinci yılıydı.

²O sırada Babil kralının ordusu Yeruşalim'i kuşatmak için siperler kuruyordu; Peygamber Yeremya ise kralın sarayındaki hapishane avlusunda tutuklu bulunuyordu.

³Yahuda Kralı Sidkiya onu oraya kapatmış ve şöyle demişti: "Neden peygamberlik ederek, 'Rab şöyle diyor: İşte, bu kenti Babil kralının eline teslim ediyorum ve o burayı ele geçirecek' diyorsun?

⁴Yahuda Kralı Sidkiya da Keldanilerin elinden asla kurtulamayacak; kesinlikle Babil kralının eline teslim edilecek, onunla yüz yüze konuşacak ve onu kendi gözleriyle görecek.

⁵Sidkiya'yı Babil'e götürecek ve o orada yerleşip kalacak."

⁶Rabbin sözü Yeremya'ya gelip şöyle dedi:

⁷"İşte, amcan Şallum'un oğlu Hanameel sana gelip, 'Anatot'taki tarlamı kendin için satın al, çünkü onu mülk edinmek üzere devralma hakkı senindir' diyecek."

⁸Amcamın oğlu Hanameel, Rabbin sözü uyarınca hapishane avlusuna yanıma geldi ve bana, "Lütfen Benyamin bölgesinde, Anatot'taki tarlamı kendin için satın al; çünkü onu satın alma hakkı senindir ve sen ailenin büyüğüsün" dedi. Bunun Rabbin sözü olduğunu o an anladım.

⁹Böylece amcamın oğlu Hanameel'in Anatot'taki tarlasını satın aldım ve ona bedel olarak on yedi gümüş şekel tarttım.

¹⁰Senedi parşömene yazıp mühürledim, tanıkları çağırıp onaylattım ve gümüşü terazide tarttım.

¹¹Hem mühürlenmiş olan satın alma senedini hem de açıkta duran kopyasını aldım.

¹²Senedi amcamın oğlu Hanameel'in, satın alma senedini yazıp onaylayan tanıkların ve hapishane avlusunda oturan bütün Yahudilerin gözü önünde Mahseya oğlu Neriya oğlu Baruh'a teslim ettim.

¹³Onların önünde Baruh'a şu talimatı verdim:

¹⁴"Her şeye gücü yeten Rab şöyle diyor: Bu satın alma senedini, hem mühürlü olanı hem de açık olan bu senedi al ve uzun süre bozulmadan kalması için toprak bir kaba koy.

¹⁵Çünkü Rab şöyle diyor: Bu ülkede yeniden evler, tarlalar ve bağlar satın alınacaktır."

¹⁶Satın alma senedini Neriya oğlu Baruh'a teslim ettikten sonra Rab'be şöyle yakardım:

¹⁷"Ey Rab! Büyük gücünle, yüksek ve kudretli kolunla göğü ve yeri yaratan sensin. Senden gizlenebilecek hiçbir şey yoktur.

¹⁸Binlerce kuşağa merhamet gösterirsin, ama babaların günahlarının karşılığını onlardan sonra çocuklarının kucağına ödetirsin. Ey ulu ve güçlü Tanrı, adın her şeye gücü yeten Rab'dir!

¹⁹Tasarıların büyük, işlerin güçlüdür. Her insana kendi yollarına ve yaptıklarının meyvesine göre karşılık vermek için gözlerin insanoğullarının bütün yolları üzerindedir.

²⁰Mısır toprağında bugüne dek belirtiler ve harikalar yaptın; bunları hem İsrail'de hem de yeryüzündeki tüm insanlar arasında gerçekleştirdin ve bugün olduğu gibi kendine büyük bir ad edindin.

²¹Halkın İsrail'i belirtilerle, harikalarla, güçlü bir elle, yüksek bir kolla Mısır'dan çıkardın.

²²Ve onlara büyük görülerle; atalarına vereceğine ant içtiğin bu ülkeyi, süt ve bal akan bu toprağı verdin.

²³Ama onlar gelip burayı sahiplendiklerinde senin sesine kulak vermediler, senin buyruklarında yürümediler. Yapmalarını emrettiğin hiçbir şeyi yapmadılar; bu yüzden bütün bu felaketlerin onların başına gelmesine neden oldun.

²⁴İşte, kenti ele geçirmek için kuşatma ordusu geldi. Kent kılıç ve kıtlık yüzünden buraya saldıran Keldanilerin eline teslim edildi. Söylediğin her şey gerçekleşti, işte kendin görüyorsun.

²⁵Ey Rab, kent Keldanilerin eline teslim edildiği halde bana, 'Kendine gümüşle tarla satın al ve tanıklar huzurunda senedi yazıp mühürle' diyorsun."

²⁶Bunun üzerine Rabbin sözü bana gelip şöyle dedi:

²⁷"Ben her bedenin Tanrısı Rab'bim. Benim için gizli kalacak ya da imkansız olacak bir şey var mı?

²⁸Bu yüzden İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor: İşte, bu kenti kesinlikle Babil kralının eline teslim edeceğim ve o burayı ele geçirecek.

²⁹Bu kente karşı savaşan Keldaniler içeri girip kenti ateşe verecekler. Damlarında Baal'e buhur yaktıkları ve beni öfkelendirmek için başka ilahlara aceleyle dökmelik sunular sundukları evleri yakıp kül edecekler.

³⁰Çünkü İsrail ve Yahuda halkı gençliklerinden beri gözümün önünde sadece kötülük yapanlar oldular.

³¹Bu kent kurulduğu günden bugüne dek, onu huzurumdan uzaklaştırmam için öfkemi ve gazabımı üzerime çekti;

³²Çünkü İsrail ve Yahuda halkı, kralları, önderleri, kâhinleri, peygamberleri, Yahuda adamları ve Yeruşalim'de oturanlar beni öfkelendirmek için her türlü kötülüğü yaptılar.

³³Bana yüzlerini değil, arkalarını döndüler. Onları sabahtan beri defalarca eğittiğim halde dinlemediler ve öğüt kabul etmediler.

³⁴Adımla anılan tapınağa kendi pislikleri içinde iğrenç putlarını koyarak onu kirlettiler.

³⁵Yahuda'yı günaha sürüklemek için, oğullarını ve kızlarını Kral Molok'a sunmak üzere Ben-Hinnom Vadisi'nde Baal'e tapınma yerleri kurdular. Böyle bir iğrençliği yapmalarını ne buyurdum ne de böyle bir şey yüreğime geldi."

³⁶Şimdi de, "Kılıç, kıtlık ve sürgünle Babil kralının eline teslim edilecek" dediğiniz bu kent hakkında İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor:

³⁷"İşte, büyük öfkem, gazabım ve şiddetli kızgınlığımla onları sürdüğüm bütün ülkelerden geri toplayacağım. Onları bu yere geri getirecek ve güvenlik içinde yaşamalarını sağlayacağım.

³⁸Onlar bana bir halk olacaklar, ben de onlara bir Tanrı olacağım.

³⁹Hem kendilerinin hem de kendilerinden sonra gelecek çocuklarının iyiliği için, ömür boyu benden korkmaları için onlara başka bir yürek ve başka bir yol vereceğim.

⁴⁰Onların arkasından dönmeyeceğime dair onlarla sonsuz bir antlaşma yapacağım. Benden sapmasınlar diye yüreklerine benden korkma duygusunu koyacağım.

⁴¹Onlara iyilik yapmaktan sevinç duyacağım; onları bütün yüreğimle ve bütün canımla sadakatle bu toprağa dikeceğim."

⁴²Çünkü Rab şöyle diyor: "Bu halkın başına bütün bu büyük felaketleri nasıl getirdiysem, onlara vaat ettiğim bütün iyilikleri de öylece getireceğim.

⁴³'İnsan ve hayvan kalmadı, Keldanilerin eline bırakıldı, ıssız bir yerdir' dediğiniz bu ülkede yeniden tarlalar satın alınacaktır.

⁴⁴Benyamin bölgesinde, Yeruşalim çevresinde, Yahuda kentlerinde, dağlık bölgedeki kentlerde, ovalardaki kentlerde ve Negev kentlerinde gümüşle tarlalar satın alınacak, senetler yazılıp mühürlenecek ve tanıklar huzurunda onaylanacaktır. Çünkü onların sürgünlerini geri döndüreceğim."

¹(Μασ. ΛΒ´) Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος παρὰ Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ δεκάτῳ βασιλεῖ Σεδεκίᾳ, οὗτος ἐνιαυτὸς ὀκτωκαιδέκατος τῷ βασιλεῖ Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος·

²καὶ δύναμις βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐχαράκωσεν ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ῾Ιερεμίας ἐφυλάσσετο ἐν αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν οἴκῳ βασιλέως,

³ἐν ᾗ κατέκλεισεν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σεδεκίας λέγων· διατί σὺ προφητεύεις λέγων; οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμι τὴν πόλιν ταύτην ἐν χερσὶ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ λήψεται αὐτήν,

⁴καὶ Σεδεκίας οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν Χαλδαίων, ὅτι παραδόσει παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ λαλήσει στόμα αὐτοῦ πρὸς στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὄψονται,

⁵καὶ εἰσελεύσεται Σεδεκίας εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ ἐκεῖ καθιεῖται.

⁶καὶ λόγος Κυρίου ἐγενήθη πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν λέγων·

⁷ἰδοὺ ᾿Αναμεὴλ υἱὸς Σαλὼμ ἀδελφοῦ πατρός σου ἔρχεται πρὸς σὲ λέγων· κτῆσαι σεαυτῷ τὸν ἀγρόν μου τὸν ἐν ᾿Αναθώθ, ὅτι σοὶ κρίσις παραλαβεῖν εἰς κτῆσιν.

⁸καὶ ἦλθε πρός με ᾿Αναμεὴλ υἱὸς Σαλώμ, ἀδελφοῦ πατρός μου, εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ εἶπε· κτῆσαι σεαυτῷ τὸν ἀγρόν μου τὸν ἐν γῇ Βενιαμὶν τὸν ἐν ᾿Αναθώθ, ὅτι σοὶ κρίμα κτήσασθαι αὐτόν, καὶ σὺ πρεσβύτερος. καὶ ἔγνων ὅτι λόγος Κυρίου ἐστί,

⁹καὶ ἐκτησάμην τὸν ἀγρὸν ᾿Αναμεὴλ υἱοῦ ἀδελφοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἔστησα αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ σίκλους καὶ δέκα ἀργυρίου·

¹⁰καὶ ἔγραψα εἰς βιβλίον καὶ ἐσφραγισάμην καὶ διεμαρτυράμην μάρτυρας καὶ ἔστησα τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν ζυγῷ.

¹¹καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον καὶ τὸ ἀνεγνωσμένον

¹²καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτὸ τῷ Βαροὺχ υἱῷ Νηρίου υἱῷ Μαασαίου κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς ᾿Αναμεὴλ υἱοῦ ἀδελφοῦ πατρός μου καὶ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν παρεστηκότων καὶ γραφόντων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῆς κτήσεως καὶ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων τῶν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς.

¹³καὶ συνέταξα τῷ Βαροὺχ κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν λέγων·

¹⁴οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· λάβε τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τοῦτο καὶ τὸ βιβλίον τὸ ἀνεγνωσμένον καὶ θήσεις αὐτὸ εἰς ἀγγεῖον ὀστράκινον, ἵνα διαμείνῃ ἡμέρας πλείους.

¹⁵ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἔτι κτηθήσονται ἀγροὶ καὶ οἰκίαι καὶ ἀμπελῶνες ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ. -

¹⁶Καὶ προσευξάμην πρὸς Κύριον μετὰ τὸ δοῦναί με τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως πρὸς Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου λέγων·

¹⁷ᾦ Κύριε, σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου τῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ τῷ βραχίονί σου τῷ ὑψηλῷ καὶ τῷ μετεώρῳ, οὐ μὴ ἀποκρυβῇ ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐθέν,

¹⁸ποιῶν ἔλεος εἰς χιλιάδας καὶ ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων εἰς κόλπους τέκνων αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτούς, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ μέγας καὶ ἰσχυρός,

¹⁹Κύριος μεγάλης βουλῆς καὶ δυνατὸς τοῖς ἔργοις, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ μέγας, ὁ παντοκράτωρ καὶ μεγαλώνυμος Κύριος· οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων δοῦναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ·

²⁰ὃς ἐποίησας σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐν τοῖς γηγενέσι· καὶ ἐποίησας σεαυτῷ ὄνομα, ὡς ἡμέρα αὕτη

²¹καὶ ἐξήγαγες τὸν λαόν σου ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν σημείοις καὶ ἐν τέρασιν, ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ

²²καὶ ἐν ὁράμασι μεγάλοις· καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, ἣν ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν, γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι.

²³καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν καὶ ἐλάβοσαν αὐτὴν καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί σου οὐκ ἐπορεύθησαν· ἅπαντα, ἃ ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐποίησαν· καὶ ἐποίησας συμβῆναι αὐτοῖς πάντα τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα.

²⁴ἰδοὺ ὄχλος ἥκει εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην συλλαβεῖν αὐτήν, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐδόθη εἰς χεῖρας Χαλδαίων τῶν πολεμούντων αὐτὴν ἀπὸ προσώπου μαχαίρας καὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ· ὡς ἐλάλησας, οὕτως ἐγένετο.

²⁵καὶ σὺ λέγεις πρός με· κτῆσαι σεαυτῷ τὸν ἀγρὸν ἀργυρίου· καὶ ἔγραψα βιβλίον καὶ ἐσφραγισάμην καὶ ἐπεμαρτυράμην μάρτυρας· καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐδόθη εἰς χεῖρας Χαλδαίων.

²⁶Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρός με λέγων·

²⁷ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πάσης σαρκός, μὴ ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ κρυβήσεταί τι;

²⁸διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· δοθεῖσα παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ λήψεται αὐτήν,

²⁹καὶ ἥξουσιν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι πολεμοῦντες ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην καὶ καύσουσι τὴν πόλιν ταύτην ἐν πυρὶ καὶ κατακαύσουσι τὰς οἰκίας, ἐν αἷς ἐθυμιῶσαν ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων αὐτῶν τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ἔσπευδον σπονδὰς θεοῖς ἑτέροις πρὸς τὸ παραπικράναι με.

³⁰ὅτι ἦσαν οἱ υἰοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιούδα μόνοι ποιοῦντες τὸ πονηρὸν κατ’ ὀφθαλμούς μου ἐκ νεότητος αὐτῶν.

³¹ὅτι ἐπὶ τὴν ὀργήν μου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν θυμόν μου ἦν ἡ πόλις αὕτη, ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ᾠκοδόμησαν αὐτὴν καὶ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἀπαλλάξαι αὐτὴν ἀπὸ προσώπου μου,

³²διὰ πάσας τὰς πονηρίας τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδα, ὧν ἐποίησαν πικράναι με αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ προφῆται αὐτῶν, ἄνδρες ᾿Ιούδα καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ,

³³καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν πρός με νῶτον καὶ οὐ πρόσωπον· καὶ ἐδίδαξα αὐτοὺς ὄρθρου, καὶ ἐδίδαξα, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν ἔτι λαβεῖν παιδείαν.

³⁴καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰ μιάσματα αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, οὗ ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, ἐν ἀκαθαρσίαις αὐτῶν,

³⁵καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τοὺς βωμοὺς τῇ Βάαλ τοὺς ἐν φάραγγι υἱοῦ ᾿Εννὸμ τοῦ ἀναφέρειν τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν τῷ Μολὸχ βασιλεῖ, ἃ οὐ συνέταξα αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐκ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ καρδίαν μου, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ βδέλυγμα τοῦτο πρὸς τὸ ἐφαμαρτεῖν τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν. -

³⁶Καὶ νῦν οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, ἣν σὺ λέγεις· παραδοθήσεται εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν ἀποστολῇ.

³⁷ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συνάγω αὐτοὺς ἐκ πάσης τῆς γῆς, οὗ διέσπειρα αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ ἐν ὀργῇ μου καὶ τῷ θυμῷ μου καὶ ἐν παροξυσμῷ μεγάλῳ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψω αὐτούς εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ καθιῶ αὐτοὺς πεποιθότας,

³⁸καὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς λαόν, καὶ ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς Θεόν.

³⁹καὶ δώσω αὐτοῖς ὁδὸν ἑτέραν καὶ καρδίαν ἑτέραν φοβηθῆναί με πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ εἰς ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτούς.

⁴⁰καὶ διαθήσομαι αὐτοῖς διαθήκην αἰωνίαν, ἣν οὐ μὴ ἀποστρέψω ὄπισθεν αὐτῶν· καὶ τὸν φόβον μου δώσω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀποστῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ.

⁴¹καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι τοῦ ἀγαθῶσαι αὐτοὺς καὶ φυτεύσω αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ ἐν πίστει καὶ ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ψυχῇ.

⁴²ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· καθὰ ἐπήγαγον ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον πάντα τὰ κακὰ τὰ μεγάλα ταῦτα, οὕτως ἐγὼ ἐπάξω ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς πάντα τὰ ἀγαθά, ἃ ἐλάλησα ἐπ’ αὐτούς.

⁴³καὶ κτηθήσονται ἔτι ἀγροὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ σὺ λέγεις· ἄβατός ἐστιν ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτήνους καὶ παρεδόθησαν εἰς χεῖρας Χαλδαίων.

⁴⁴καὶ κτήσονται ἀγροὺς ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, καὶ γράψεις βιβλίον καὶ σφραγιῇ καὶ διαμαρτυρῇ μάρτυρας ἐν γῇ Βενιαμὶν καὶ κύκλῳ τῆς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐν πόλεσι τοῦ ὄρους καὶ ἐν πόλεσι τῆς Σεφηλὰ καὶ ἐν πόλεσι τῆς Ναγέβ, ὅτι ἀποστρέψω τὰς ἀποικίας αὐτῶν.

¹The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias in the tenth year of king Sedekias, this is the eighteenth year of king Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon.

²and the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king’s house;

³in which king Sedekias [had] shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [will] give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴and Sedekias shall by no means be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans, for he shall certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak to his mouth, and his eyes shall look upon his eyes;

⁵and Sedekias shall go into Babylon, and dwell there?

⁶AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS, SAYING,

⁷Behold, Anameel the son of Salom thy father’s brother is coming to thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for thou [hast] the right to take [it] as a purchase.

⁸So Anamel the son of Salom my father’s brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy thee my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for thou [hast] a right to buy it, and thou art the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.

⁹And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father’s brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰And I wrote [it] in a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

¹¹And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;

¹²and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father’s brother’s son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.

¹³And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty;

¹⁴Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and thou shalt put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.

¹⁵For thus saith the Lord; There shall yet be bought fields and houses and vineyards in this land.

¹⁶And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to Baruch the son of Nerias, saying,

¹⁷O [ever] living Lord! thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power, and with thy high and lofty arm: nothing can be hidden from thee.

¹⁸Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God;

¹⁹the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: thine eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way:

²⁰who hast wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and thou didst make for thyself a name, as at this day;

²¹and thou didst bring out thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights;

²²and thou gavest them this land, which thou didst swear [to give] to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³and they went in, and took it; but they hearkened not to thy voice, and walked not in thine ordinances; they did none of the things which thou didst command them, and they caused all these calamities to happen to them.

²⁴Behold, a multitude is come against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans that fight against it, by the power of the sword, and the famine: as thou hast spoken, so has it happened.

²⁵And thou sayest to me, Buy thee the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

²⁶And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

²⁷I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: shall anything be hidden from me!

²⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel; This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me.

³⁰For the children of Israel and the children of Juda alone did evil in my sight from their youth.

³¹For this city was [obnoxious] to my anger and my wrath, from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from my presence,

³²because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel and Juda, which they wrought to provoke me, they and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem.

³³And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught them early in the morning, but they hearkened no more to receive instructions.

³⁴and they set their pollutions in the house, on which my name was called, by their uncleannesses.

³⁵And they built to Baal the altars that are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to offer their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; which things I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Juda to sin.

³⁶And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which thou sayest, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and banishment.

³⁷Behold, I [will] gather them out of every land, where I have scattered them in my anger, and my wrath, and great fury; and I will bring them back into this place, and will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

³⁹And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.

⁴⁰And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put my fear into their heart, that they may not depart from me.

⁴¹And I will visit [them] to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all [my] soul.

⁴²For thus saith the Lord; As I have brought upon this people all these great evils, so will I bring upon them all the good things which I pronounced upon them.

⁴³And there shall yet be fields bought in the land, of which thou sayest, it shall be destitute of man and beast; and they are delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴And they shall buy fields for money, and thou shalt write a book, and seal [it], and shalt take the testimony of witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity.