1 When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2 then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’ 3 but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon."
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took all the remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to live in the land of Judah— 6 the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 They came into the land of Egypt, for they didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice; and they came to Tahpanhes.
8 Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 "Take great stones in your hand and hide them in mortar in the brick work which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah. 10 Tell them, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 He will come, and will strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death will be put to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace. 13 He will also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh that is in the land of Egypt; and he will burn the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.’"
1 En toe Jeremia geëindig het om die hele volk toe te spreek met al die woorde van die HERE hulle God, waarmee die HERE hulle God hom na hulle gestuur het, naamlik al hierdie woorde,
2 het As rja, die seun van Hos ja, en Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, en al die vermetele manne gespreek en aan Jeremia gesê: U spreek onwaarheid; die HERE onse God het u nie gestuur om te sê: Julle mag nie na Egipte trek om daar as vreemdelinge te vertoef nie.
3 Maar Barug, die seun van Ner¡a, hits u teen ons op om ons oor te gee in die hand van die Chaldeërs, dat hulle ons kan doodmaak en ons in ballingskap na Babel kan wegvoer.
4 So het Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, en al die owerstes van die leërs en die hele volk dan nie geluister na die stem van die HERE om in die land Juda te bly nie.
5 Maar Johanan, die seun van Kar,ag, en al die owerstes van die leërs het die hele oorblyfsel van Juda geneem wat uit al die nasies waarheen hulle verdryf was, teruggekom het om in die land Juda te woon,
6 die manne en die vroue en die kinders en die dogters van die koning en al die mense wat Nebusar dan, die owerste van die lyfwag, by Ged lja, die seun van Ah¡kam, die seun van Safan, laat staan het -- ook die profeet Jeremia en Barug, die seun van Ner¡a --
7 en hulle het na Egipteland getrek; want hulle het nie geluister na die stem van die HERE nie. En hulle het tot by Tagp nhes gekom.
8 Toe het die woord van die HERE tot Jeremia gekom in Tagp nhes en gesê:
9 Neem groot klippe in jou hand en begrawe hulle in klei in die vierkant wat by die ingang van Farao se paleis in Tagp nhes is, voor die oë van die Joodse manne;
10 en sê vir hulle: So spreek die HERE van die leërskare, die God van Israel: Kyk, Ek stuur en laat my kneg Nebukadr,sar, die koning van Babel, haal, en Ek sal sy troon neersit bo-op hierdie klippe wat Ek begrawe het; en hy sal sy pragtapyt daaroor uitspan.
11 En hy sal kom en Egipteland verower: wie vir die pes bestem is, vir die pes; en wie vir die gevangenskap, vir die gevangenskap; en wie vir die swaard, vir die swaard!
12 En Ek sal 'n vuur aansteek in die huise van die gode van Egipte; en hy sal hulle verbrand en hulle as gevangenes wegvoer; en hy sal hom wikkel in die land van Egipte soos 'n herder hom wikkel in sy kleed, en hy sal daarvandaan in vrede wegtrek.
13 En hy sal die klippilare van Bet-Semes wat in Egipteland is, verbreek en die huise van die gode van Egipte met vuur verbrand.