Jeremiah 45 — 4 originals side by side

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	Hebrew Hebrew Old Testament	Greek Septuagint	Latin Vulgate	Ge'ez Ge'ez Bible	English World English Bible
45:1	הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֔יא אֶל־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּ֑ה בְּכׇתְבוֹ֩ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֨ים הָאֵ֤לֶּה עַל־סֵ֙פֶר֙ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָרְבִעִ֔ית לִיהוֹיָקִ֧ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃	καὶ ἤκουσεν Σαφατιας υἱὸς Μαθαν καὶ Γοδολιας υἱὸς Πασχωρ καὶ Ιωαχαλ υἱὸς Σελεμιου τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἐλάλει Ιερεμιας ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν λέγων	Verbum quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neriae, cum scripsisset verba haec in libro ex ore Jeremiae, anno quarto Joakim filii Josiae regis Juda, dicens :	ነገር፡ ዘነገሮሙ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ነቢይ፡ ለባሮክ፡ ወልደ፡ ኔርዩ፡ አመጸሐፈ፡ ዘንተ፡ ቃላተ፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እምአፈ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ በራብዕ፡ ዓመቱ፡ ለኢዮአቄም፡ ወልደ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወይቤ።	The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
45:2	כֹּה־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָלֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃	οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους ζήσεται καὶ ἔσται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς εὕρεμα καὶ ζήσεται	Haec dicit Dominus Deus Israël ad te, Baruch :	ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላከ፡ እስራኤል፡ ላዕሌከ፡ ባሮክ።	“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
45:3	אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֽוֹי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־יָסַ֧ף יְהֹוָ֛ה יָג֖וֹן עַל־מַכְאֹבִ֑י יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י וּמְנוּחָ֖ה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃	ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος παραδιδομένη παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας δυνάμεως βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ συλλήμψεται αὐτήν	Dixisti : Vae misero mihi ! quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo : laboravi in gemitu meo, et requiem non inveni.	ትብል፡ አሌ፡ ሊተ፡ እስመ፡ ወሰከ፡ ወወሀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ስራሐ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሕማምየ፡ ወሰራሕኩ፡ በገዓርየ፡ ወኢረከብኩ፡ ዕረፍተ።	‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’
45:4	כֹּ֣ה׀ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֙יתִי֙ אֲנִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ס וְאֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־נָטַ֖עְתִּי אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֑שׁ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ הִֽיא׃	καὶ εἶπαν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀναιρεθήτω δὴ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐκλύει τὰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν πολεμούντων τῶν καταλειπομένων ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τὰς χεῖρας παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λαλῶν πρὸς αὐτοὺς κατὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐ χρησμολογεῖ εἰρήνην τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ἀλλ’ ἢ πονηρά	Haec dicit Dominus : Sic dices ad eum : Ecce quos aedificavi, ego destruo, et quos plantavi, ego evello, et universam terram hanc :	ትብል፡ ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ናሁ፡ ዘሐነጽኩ፡ ለልየ፡ እነሥት፡ ወዘተከልኩ፡ ለልየ፡ እመልሕ፡ ወለኵላ፡ ምድር።	“You shall tell him, Yahweh says: ‘Behold, that which I have built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
45:5	וְאַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ־לְךָ֥ גְדֹל֖וֹת אַל־תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא רָעָ֤ה עַל־כׇּל־בָּשָׂר֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְנָתַתִּ֨י לְךָ֤ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל עַ֥ל כׇּל־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֶךְ־שָֽׁם׃ {פ}	καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν ὅτι οὐκ ἠδύνατο ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς αὐτούς	et tu quaeris tibi grandia ? noli quaerere, quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem, ait Dominus, et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quaecumque perrexeris.	ወአንተ፡ ተኀሥሥ፡ ዓብያተ፡ ኢትኅሥሥ፡ እስመ፡ አነ፡ አመጽእ፡ እኪተ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ዘሥጋ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወእሁብ፡ ነፍሰከ፡ ከመ፡ ትፄወው፡ በኵሉ፡ በሐውርት፡ ኀበ፡ ሖርከ፡ ህየ።	Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”
45:6	—	καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν λάκκον Μελχιου υἱοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως ὃς ἦν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ ἐχάλασαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν λάκκον καὶ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ οὐκ ἦν ὕδωρ ἀλλ’ ἢ βόρβορος καὶ ἦν ἐν τῷ βορβόρῳ	—	—	And they cast him into the pit of Melchias the king's son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit. And in the pit there was no water but mire, and he was in the mire.
45:7	—	καὶ ἤκουσεν Αβδεμελεχ ὁ Αἰθίοψ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν οἰκίᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως ὅτι ἔδωκαν Ιερεμιαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν ἐν τῇ πύλῃ Βενιαμιν	—	—	And Abdemelech the Ethiopian heard — and he was in the king's house — that they had put Ieremias into the pit; and the king was in the gate of Beniamin.
45:8	—	καὶ ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ εἶπεν	—	—	And he went out to him and spoke to the king and said:
45:9	—	ἐπονηρεύσω ἃ ἐποίησας τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ λιμοῦ ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτι ἄρτοι ἐν τῇ πόλει	—	—	You have done evil in what you did, to kill this man before the face of the famine, for there are no more loaves in the city.
45:10	—	καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Αβδεμελεχ λέγων λαβὲ εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐντεῦθεν τριάκοντα ἀνθρώπους καὶ ἀνάγαγε αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃ	—	—	And the king commanded Abdemelech, saying: Take into your hands thirty men from here, and bring him up out of the pit, that he may not die.
45:11	—	καὶ ἔλαβεν Αβδεμελεχ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν ὑπόγειον καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐκεῖθεν παλαιὰ ῥάκη καὶ παλαιὰ σχοινία καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὰ πρὸς Ιερεμιαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον	—	—	And Abdemelech took the men and went into the king's house, into the part underground, and took from there old rags and old ropes, and threw them down to Ieremias into the pit.
45:12	—	καὶ εἶπεν ταῦτα θὲς ὑποκάτω τῶν σχοινίων καὶ ἐποίησεν Ιερεμιας οὕτως	—	—	And he said: Put these under the ropes. And Ieremias did so.
45:13	—	καὶ εἵλκυσαν αὐτὸν τοῖς σχοινίοις καὶ ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ιερεμιας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς	—	—	And they drew him with the ropes and brought him up out of the pit; and Ieremias sat in the court of the prison.
45:14	—	καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν ασελισι τὴν ἐν οἴκῳ κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς ἐρωτήσω σε λόγον καὶ μὴ δὴ κρύψῃς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ῥῆμα	—	—	And the king sent and called him to himself, into the house of aselisi which is in the house of the Lord. And the king said to him: I will ask you a word; do not hide anything from me.
45:15	—	καὶ εἶπεν Ιερεμιας τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω σοι οὐχὶ θανάτῳ με θανατώσεις καὶ ἐὰν συμβουλεύσω σοι οὐ μὴ ἀκούσῃς μου	—	—	And Ieremias said to the king: If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I counsel you, you will not listen to me.
45:16	—	καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς λέγων ζῇ κύριος ὃς ἐποίησεν ἡμῖν τὴν ψυχὴν ταύτην εἰ ἀποκτενῶ σε καὶ εἰ δώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων	—	—	And the king swore to him, saying: As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I give you into the hands of these men.
45:17	—	καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ιερεμιας οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ἐὰν ἐξελθὼν ἐξέλθῃς πρὸς ἡγεμόνας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή σου καὶ ἡ πόλις αὕτη οὐ μὴ κατακαυθῇ ἐν πυρί καὶ ζήσῃ σὺ καὶ ἡ οἰκία σου	—	—	And Ieremias said to him: Thus said the Lord: If you will surely go out to the commanders of the king of Babylon, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, you and your house.
45:18	—	καὶ ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃς δοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας τῶν Χαλδαίων καὶ καύσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς	—	—	But if you do not go out, this city shall be given into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire; and you shall not escape.
45:19	—	καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Ιερεμια ἐγὼ λόγον ἔχω τῶν Ιουδαίων τῶν πεφευγότων πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους μὴ δώσειν με εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν καὶ καταμωκήσονταί μου	—	—	And the king said to Ieremias: I have a word about the Judeans who have fled to the Chaldeans: that they not give me into their hands, and they mock me.
45:20	—	καὶ εἶπεν Ιερεμιας οὐ μὴ παραδῶσίν σε ἄκουσον τὸν λόγον κυρίου ὃν ἐγὼ λέγω πρὸς σέ καὶ βέλτιον ἔσται σοι καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή σου	—	—	And Ieremias said: They shall not hand you over. Hear the word of the Lord which I speak to you, and it shall be better for you, and your soul shall live.
45:21	—	καὶ εἰ μὴ θέλεις σὺ ἐξελθεῖν οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν ἔδειξέν μοι κύριος	—	—	But if you are not willing to go out, this is the word which the Lord showed me:
45:22	—	καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ καταλειφθεῖσαι ἐν οἰκίᾳ βασιλέως Ιουδα ἐξήγοντο πρὸς ἄρχοντας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ αὗται ἔλεγον ἠπάτησάν σε καὶ δυνήσονταί σοι ἄνδρες εἰρηνικοί σου καὶ καταλύσουσιν ἐν ὀλισθήμασιν πόδας σου ἀπέστρεψαν ἀπὸ σοῦ	—	—	And behold, all the women who were left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the rulers of the king of Babylon; and these were saying: They deceived you, and they shall prevail against you — your men of peace; and they shall bring your feet down in slippery places. They have turned away from you.
45:23	—	καὶ τὰς γυναῖκάς σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐξάξουσιν πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς ὅτι ἐν χειρὶ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος συλλημφθήσῃ καὶ ἡ πόλις αὕτη κατακαυθήσεται	—	—	And your wives and your children they shall lead out to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape, for by the hand of the king of Babylon you shall be seized, and this city shall be burned with fire.
45:24	—	καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς ἄνθρωπος μὴ γνώτω ἐκ τῶν λόγων τούτων καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃς	—	—	And the king said to him: Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
45:25	—	καὶ ἐὰν ἀκούσωσιν οἱ ἄρχοντες ὅτι ἐλάλησά σοι καὶ ἔλθωσιν πρὸς σὲ καὶ εἴπωσίν σοι ἀνάγγειλον ἡμῖν τί ἐλάλησέν σοι ὁ βασιλεύς μὴ κρύψῃς ἀφ’ ἡμῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνέλωμέν σε καὶ τί ἐλάλησεν πρὸς σὲ ὁ βασιλεύς	—	—	And if the rulers hear that I spoke with you, and they come to you and say to you: Tell us what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not kill you — and what did the king speak to you?
45:26	—	καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς ῥίπτω ἐγὼ τὸ ἔλεός μου κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀποστρέψαι με εἰς οἰκίαν Ιωναθαν ἀποθανεῖν ἐκεῖ	—	—	then you shall say to them: I am casting my plea before the eyes of the king, that he may not send me back to the house of Ionathan to die there.
45:27	—	καὶ ἤλθοσαν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες πρὸς Ιερεμιαν καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους οὓς ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς καὶ ἀπεσιώπησαν ὅτι οὐκ ἠκούσθη λόγος κυρίου	—	—	And all the rulers came to Ieremias and questioned him; and he reported to them according to all these words which the king had commanded him. And they fell silent, because the word of the Lord had not been heard.
45:28	—	καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ιερεμιας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς ἕως χρόνου οὗ συνελήμφθη Ιερουσαλημ	—	—	And Ieremias sat in the court of the prison until the time when Jerusalem was captured.

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