Jeremiah 21

Ge'ez original · 14 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)

21:1

ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡ ኤርሚያስ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር።

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

耶和華的話臨到耶利米。那時，西底家王打發瑪基雅的兒子巴施戶珥和瑪西雅的兒子祭司西番雅去見耶利米，說：

21:2

ወይቤሎ፡ ሰአሎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ በእንቲኣነ።

“Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”

「請你為我們求問耶和華；因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊我們，或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們，使巴比倫王離開我們上去。」

21:3

ወይቤሎሙ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ከመ፡ ዝ፡ በልዎ፡ ለሴዴቅያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ።

Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:

耶利米對他們說：「你們當對西底家這樣說：

21:4

ከመ፡ ዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላከ፡ እስራኤል።

‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.

『耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：我要使你們手中的兵器，就是你們在城外與巴比倫王和圍困你們的迦勒底人打仗的兵器翻轉過來，又要使這些都聚集在這城中。

21:5

ወአነ፡ እትቃተለክሙ፡ በእድ፡ ጽንዕት፡ ወበመዝራዕት፡ ልዕልት።

I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.

並且我要在怒氣、忿怒，和大惱恨中，用伸出來的手，並大能的膀臂，親自攻擊你們；

21:6

በመዓት፡ ወበመቅሠፍት፡ ዓቢይ።

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.

又要擊打這城的居民，連人帶牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。

21:7

ወእም፡ ዝ፡ ከመ፡ ዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር።

Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’

以後我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓，就是在城內，從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中剩下的人，都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他們仇敵，並尋索其命的人手中。巴比倫王必用刀擊殺他們，不顧惜，不可憐，不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』

21:8

ወበሎሙ፡ ለዝ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ከመ፡ ዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር።

“You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

「你要對這百姓說：『耶和華如此說：看哪，我將生命的路和死亡的路擺在你們面前。

21:9

ዘነበረ፡ ውስተ፡ ዛ፡ ሀገር፡ ይመውት፡ በኵናት፡ ወበብድብድ፡ ወበረኃብ።

He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.

住在這城裏的必遭刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫而死；但出去歸降圍困你們迦勒底人的必得存活，要以自己的命為掠物。