Yeremya 47

¹Baş muhafız Nabuzardan onu Daman'dan sürgüne gönderdikten sonra, Babil'e sürüklenen Yahuda sürgün topluluğunun ortasında onu kelepçeli halde teslim alırken, Rab'den Yeremya'ya gelen söz şudur:

²Baş muhafız onu yanına alıp şöyle dedi: "Tanrın Rab bu yerin üzerine bu felaketleri geleceğini bildirmişti.

³Ve Rab bunu gerçekleştirdi; çünkü O'na karşı günah işlediniz ve O'nun sesini dinlemediniz.

⁴İşte, bugün seni ellerinin üzerindeki kelepçelerden çözüyorum. Eğer benimle Babil'e gelmek sana iyi görünüyorsa gel, sana göz kulak olacağım.

⁵Ama gelmek istemiyorsan, geri dön ve Babil Kralı'nın Yahuda ülkesine atadığı Şafan oğlu Ahikam oğlu Gedalya'nın yanına git; onunla birlikte halkın arasında, Yahuda ülkesinde yaşa. Ya da gitmek sana nereye uygun görünüyorsa oraya git." Baş muhafız ona hediyeler verdi ve onu gönderdi.

⁶Böylece Yeremya, Massefa'ya, Gedalya'nın yanına gitti ve ülkede geride kalan halkın arasında onunla birlikte yerleşti.

⁷Kırlarda bulunan orduların bütün komutanları ve adamları, Babil Kralı'nın Gedalya'yı ülkeye atadığını ve Babil'e sürgün edilmeyen erkekleri ve kadınları ona emanet ettiğini duydular.

⁸Massefa'ya, Gedalya'nın yanına geldiler: Natanyas oğlu İsmail, Karee oğlu Yonan, Tanaemet oğlu Sarayas, Netofalı İofe'nin oğulları ve Mohatlı oğlu Ezonias; kendileri ve adamları.

⁹Gedalya onlara ve adamlarına ant içerek şöyle dedi: "Kildanilerin hizmetkarlarından korkmayın; ülkede yerleşip Babil Kralı'na kulluk edin, sizin için daha iyi olacaktır.

¹⁰İşte ben, üzerinize gelecek olan Kildanilerin önünde durmak üzere Massefa'da kalıyorum. Siz ise şarap, yaz meyveleri ve zeytinyağı toplayıp kaplarınıza koyun ve ele geçirdiğiniz kentlerde yaşayın."

¹¹Moab ülkesinde, Ammonoğulları arasında, İdumeya'da ve diğer bütün ülkelerde bulunan Yahudiler de Babil Kralı'nın Yahuda'da bir kalıntı bıraktığını ve başlarına Ahikam oğlu Gedalya'yı atadığını duydular.

¹²Böylece hepsi Yahuda ülkesine, Massefa'ya, Gedalya'nın yanına döndüler; bol bol şarap, yaz meyvesi ve zeytinyağı topladılar.

¹³Karee oğlu Yonan ve kırlarda bulunan orduların bütün komutanları Massefa'ya, Gedalya'nın yanına geldiler.

¹⁴Ona, "Ammonoğullarının kralı Beleissa'nın, canını almak için İsmail'i gönderdiğini kesinlikle biliyor musun?" dediler. Ama Gedalya onlara inanmadı.

¹⁵Bunun üzerine Yonan, Massefa'da Gedalya'ya gizlice şöyle dedi: "İzin ver, gidip İsmail'i öldüreyim, bunu kimse bilmesin. Neden senin canını alsın da çevrene toplanmış olan bütün Yahuda halkı dağılsın ve Yahuda'nın geri kalanı yok olsun?"

¹⁶Ama Gedalya, Yonan'a, "Bunu yapma," dedi, "çünkü İsmail hakkında yalan söylüyorsun."

¹(Μασ. Μ´) Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος παρὰ Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν ὕστερον μετὰ τὸ ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸν Ναβουζαρδὰν τὸν ἀρχιμάγειρον τὸν ἐκ Δαμὰν ἐν τῷ λαβεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν χειροπέδαις, ἐν μέσῳ ἀποικίας ᾿Ιούδα τῶν ἠγμένων εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

²καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐλάλησε τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον,

³καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος, ὅτι ἡμάρτετε αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ.

⁴ἰδοὺ ἔλυσά σε ἀπὸ τῶν χειροπέδων τῶν ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖράς σου· εἰ καλὸν ἐναντίον σου ἐλθεῖν μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἧκε, καὶ θήσω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου ἐπὶ σέ·

⁵εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπότρεχε καὶ ἀνάστρεψον πρὸς τὸν Γοδολίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αχεικάμ, υἱοῦ Σαφάν, ὃν κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν γῇ ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ οἴκησον μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν γῇ ᾿Ιούδα· εἰς ἅπαντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἐκεῖ, καὶ πορεύου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος δῶρα καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτόν.

⁶καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταλειφθέντος ἐν τῇ γῇ. -

⁷Καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς ἐν ἀγρῷ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτῶν, ὅτι κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος τὸν Γοδολίαν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ παρακατέθετο αὐτῷ ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας αὐτῶν, οὓς οὐκ ἀπῴκισεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

⁸καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ ᾿Ισμαὴλ υἱὸς Ναθανίου καὶ ᾿Ιωνὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ Σαραίας υἱὸς Θαναεμὲθ καὶ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωφὲ τοῦ Νετωφαθὶ καὶ ᾿Εζονίας υἱὸς τοῦ Μωχαθί, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτῶν.

⁹καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτοῖς Γοδολίας καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν αὐτῶν λέγων· μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν παίδων τῶν Χαλδαίων· κατοικήσατε ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐργάσασθε τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ βέλτιον ἔσται ὑμῖν.

¹⁰καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κάθημαι ἐναντίον ὑμῶν εἰς Μασσηφὰ στῆναι κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν Χαλδαίων, οἳ ἂν ἔλθωσιν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὑμεῖς συνάγετε οἶνον καὶ ὀπώραν καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ βάλετε εἰς τὰ ἀγγεῖα ὑμῶν καὶ οἰκήσατε ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, αἷς κατεκρατήσατε.

¹¹καὶ πάντες οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι οἱ ἐν γῇ Μωὰβ καὶ ἐν υἱοῖς ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιδουμαίᾳ καὶ οἱ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ ἤκουσαν ὅτι ἔδωκε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος κατάλειμμα τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ, καὶ ὅτι κατέστησεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὸν Γοδολίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αχεικάμ.

¹²καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς γῆν ᾿Ιούδα εἰς Μασσηφὰ καὶ συνήγαγον οἶνον καὶ ὀπώραν πολλὴν σφόδρα καὶ ἔλαιον. -

¹³Καὶ ᾿Ιωανὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως, οἱ ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς, ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ

¹⁴καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· εἰ γνώσει γινώσκεις ὅτι Βελεισσὰ βασιλεὺς υἱὸς υἱῶν ᾿Αμμὼν ἀπέστειλε πρὸς σὲ τὸν ᾿Ισμαὴλ πατάξαι σου ψυχήν; καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν αὐτοῖς Γοδολίας.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωανὰν τῷ Γοδολίᾳ κρυφαίως ἐν Μασσηφᾷ· πορεύσομαι δὴ καὶ πατάξω τὸν ᾿Ισμαὴλ καὶ μηθεὶς γνώτω, μὴ πατάξῃ σου ψυχὴν καὶ διασπαρῇ πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα οἱ συνηγμένοι πρὸς σὲ καὶ ἀπολοῦνται οἱ κατάλοιποι ᾿Ιούδα.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε Γοδολίας πρὸς ᾿Ιωανάν· μὴ ποιήσῃς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο, ὅτι ψευδῆ σὺ λέγεις περὶ ᾿Ισμαήλ.

¹The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after that Nabuzardan the captain of the guard had let him go out of Rama, when he had taken him in manacles in the midst of the captivity of Juda, [even] those who were carried to Babylon.

²And the chief captain of the guard took him, and said to him, The Lord thy God has pronounced all these evils upon this place:

³and the Lord has done it; because ye sinned against him, and hearkened not to his voice.

⁴Behold, I have loosed thee from the manacles that were upon thine hands. If it seem good to thee to go with me to Babylon, then will I set mine eyes upon thee.

⁵But if not, depart; return to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed governor in the land of Juda, and dwell with him in the midst of the people in the land of Juda: to whatsoever places it seems good in thine eyes to go, do thou even go. And the captain of the guard made him presents, and let him go.

⁶And he came to Godolias to Massepha, and dwelt in the midst of his people that was left in the land.

⁷And all the leaders of the host that was in the country, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Godolias [governor] in the land, and they committed to him the men and their wives, whom [Nabuchodonosor had] not removed to Babylon.

⁸And there came to Godolias to Massepha Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Joanan son of Caree, and Saraeas the son of Thanaemeth, and the sons of Jophe the Netophathite, and Ezonias son of the Mochathite, they and their men.

⁹And Godolias swore to them and to their men, saying, Be not afraid before the children of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be better for you.

¹⁰And, behold, I dwell in your presence at Massepha, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come against you: and do ye gather grapes, and fruits, and oil, and put [them] into your vessels, and dwell in the cities which ye have obtained possession of.

¹¹And all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and those [that were] in Idumea, and those [that were] in all [the rest of] the country, heard that the king of Babylon [had] granted a remnant to Juda, and that he had appointed over them Godolias the son of Achicam.

¹²And they came to Godolias into the land of Juda, to Massepha, and gathered grapes, and very much summer fruit, and oil.

¹³And Joanan the son of Caree, and all the leaders of the host, who were in the fields, came to Godolias to Massepha,

¹⁴and said to him, Dost thou indeed know that king Beleissa son of Ammon has sent Ismael to thee to slay thee? But Godolias believed them not.

¹⁵And Joanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha, I will go now and smite Ismael, and let no man know [it]; lest he slay thee, and all the Jews that are gathered to thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Juda perish.

¹⁶But Godolias said to Joanan, Do not the thing, for thou speakest lies concerning Ismael.