1 The word which came to Jeremiah about all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, in Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;
3 Because of the evil which they have done, moving me to wrath by burning perfumes in worship to other gods, who were not their gods or yours or the gods of their fathers.
4 And I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.
5 But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.
6 Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.
7 So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;
8 Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?
9 Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.
11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;
12 And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.
13 For I will send punishment on those who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease:
14 So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.
15 Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,
16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
18 But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.
19 And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who had given him that answer,
21 The perfumes which you have been burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers and your kings and your rulers and the people of the land, had the Lord no memory of them, and did he not keep them in mind?
22 And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.
23 Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.
24 Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are living in Egypt:
25 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.
26 And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.
27 See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need of food till there is an end of them.
28 And those who get away safe from the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or theirs.
29 And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:
30 The Lord has said, See, I will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his hater, who had designs against his life.
1 Jeremialle tuli sana Herralta; se koski kaikkia Egyptissä olevia Juudan asukkaita. Heitä asui Migdolissa, Tahpanhesissa, Memfiksessä ja Ylä- Egyptissä. Tämä oli Herran sana:
3 Näin on tapahtunut, koska niiden asukkaat tekivät pahaa ja vihoittivat minut. He uhrasivat muille jumalille ja palvelivat niitä, vaikka eivät niitä edes tunteneet. Niin tekivät teidän isänne, ja niin teitte te!
4 Kerran toisensa jälkeen minä lähetin teidän luoksenne palvelijoitani, profeettoja, sanomaan: 'Lopettakaa tuo iljettävä meno, minä vihaan sitä!'
5 Mutta te ette kuunnelleet heitä, ette ottaneet kuuleviin korviinne, mitä he sanoivat. Te ette kääntyneet pois pahuudestanne, ette lakanneet uhraamasta vieraille jumalille.
6 Siksi minä annoin kiivauteni ja hehkuvan vihani syöksyä tulvana Juudan kaupunkeihin ja Jerusalemin kaduille. Nuo kaupungit tuhoutuivat maan tasalle ja tulivat autioiksi. Sellaisia ne ovat tänäkin päivänä.
8 Teidän tekonne herättävät minussa vihaa! Te uhraatte vieraille jumalille Egyptissä, jonne nyt olette muuttaneet asumaan. Näin te syöksette itsenne tuhoon. Kaikki kansat pilkkaavat teitä, ja teidän kohtalostanne tulee kirosana.
9 Oletteko unohtaneet, mitä pahaa isänne ovat tehneet Juudan maassa ja Jerusalemin kaduilla? Entä Juudan kuninkaat ja heidän vaimonsa? Entä te itse ja teidän vaimonne?
10 Vielä tähän päivään mennessä ette ole nöyrtyneet. Te ette pelkää minua, ette elä minun lakini ettekä säädösteni mukaan, vaikka minä olen antanut ne teidän isillenne ja teille.
12 En päästä käsistäni myöskään niitä jäljelle jääneitä, jotka päättivät lähteä Egyptiin ja asettuivat sinne asumaan. Egyptissä he kaikki menehtyvät: he kaatuvat miekkaan tai kuolevat nälkään. Miekka ja nälkä surmaavat kaikki pienimmästä suurimpaan. Heitä pilkataan, heistä tulee varoittava esimerkki ja heidän kohtalostaan kirosana.
13 Niin kuin minä rankaisin Jerusalemia, niin minä rankaisen nyt Egyptissä olevia Juudan asukkaita: miekalla, nälällä ja rutolla.
15 Kaikki miehet, jotka tiesivät, että heidän vaimonsa olivat uhranneet vieraille jumalille, ja suuri joukko paikalla olleita naisia sekä monet Ylä- Egyptiin muuttaneet Juudan asukkaat vastasivat Jeremialle näin:
17 Pidämme lupauksemme, jonka itse olemme antaneet Taivaan kuningattarelle. Me poltamme hänelle suitsuketta ja tuomme juomauhreja, niin kuin teimme Juudan kaupungeissa ja Jerusalemin kaduilla ja niin kuin myös isämme, kuninkaamme ja ruhtinaamme siellä tekivät. Silloin meillä oli ruokaa yllin kyllin, voimme hyvin emmekä nähneet nälkää.
20 Silloin Jeremia vastasi väkijoukolle, sekä miehille että naisille, kaikille, jotka olivat väittäneet häntä vastaan:
22 Herra ei voinut enää sietää teidän uhrimenojanne, niin pahoja ja iljettäviä ne olivat. Siksi teidän maanne tuli autioksi, tyhjäksi ja kirotuksi, niin ettei vielä tänä päivänäkään kukaan asu siellä.
25 Näin puhuu Herra Sebaot, Israelin Jumala: Te kaikki, niin miehet kuin naisetkin, teette mitä olette luvanneet. Sanotte, että olette luvanneet uhrata Taivaan kuningattarelle ja tuoda hänelle juomauhreja ja että haluatte myös pitää lupauksenne. Hyvin te olettekin pitäneet sananne ja täyttäneet lupauksenne!
26 Kuulkaa siis, mitä minä, Herra, sanon teille kaikille Egyptissä oleville Juudan asukkaille! Minä, Herra, vannon nimeni kunnian kautta näin: Pian ei ole koko Egyptissä ainuttakaan Juudan miestä, joka vannoisi minun nimeeni sanoen: 'Niin totta kuin Herra elää!'
27 Minä pidän huolen siitä, että teidän käy huonosti. Egyptissä olevat Juudan asukkaat menehtyvät miekkaan ja nälkään kaikki tyynni --
28 vain muutama harva pääsee miekkaa pakoon ja palaa Egyptistä takaisin Juudaan. Nämä jäljelle jäävät tulevat tietämään, kumman sana toteutuu, minun vai heidän.