Jeremiah 26

bereshit mamlekhut yehoyaqim ben-yoshiyyahu melekh yehudah hayah haddavar hazzeh me'et Adonai lemor

At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from GOD:

koh amar Adonai amod bakhatsar bet-Adonai vedibbarta al-kol-are yehudah habba'im lehishtakhavot bet-Adonai et kol-haddevarim asher tsivvitikha ledabber alehem al-tigra davar

“Thus said GOD: Stand in the court of the House of GOD, and speak to [the inhabitants of] all the towns of Judah, who are coming to worship in the House of GOD, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not omit anything.

ulay yishme'u veyashuvu ish middarko hara'ah venikhamti el-hara'ah asher anokhi khoshev la'asot lahem mippene roa ma'allehem

Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from their own evil way, that I may renounce the punishment I am planning to bring upon them for their wicked acts.

ve'amarta alehem koh amar Adonai im-lo tishme'u elay lalekhet betorati asher natatti lifnekhem

“Say to them: Thus said GOD: If you do not obey Me, abiding by the Teaching that I have set before you,

lishmoa al-divre avaday hannevi'im asher anokhi sholeakh alekhem vehashkem veshaloakh velo shematem

heeding the words of My servants the prophets whom I have been sending to you persistently—but you have not heeded—

venatatti et-habbayit hazzeh keshiloh ve'et-ha'ir (hzth) [hazzot] etten liqlalah lekhol goye ha'arets

then I will make this House like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth.”

vayyishme'u hakkohanim vehannevi'im vekhol-ha'am et-yirmeyahu medabber et-haddevarim ha'elleh bevet Adonai

The priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of GOD.

vayehi kekhallot yirmeyahu ledabber et kol-asher-tsivvah Adonai ledabber el-kol-ha'am vayyitpesu oto hakkohanim vehannevi'im vekhol-ha'am lemor mot tamut

And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that GOD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You shall die!

maddua nibbeta veshem-Adonai lemor keshilo yihyeh habbayit hazzeh veha'ir hazzot tekherav me'en yoshev vayyiqqahel kol-ha'am el-yirmeyahu bevet Adonai

How dare you prophesy in the name of GOD that this House shall become like Shiloh and this city be made desolate, without inhabitants?” And all the people crowded about Jeremiah in the House of GOD.

vayyishme'u sare yehudah et haddevarim ha'elleh vayya'alu mibbet-hammelekh bet Adonai vayyeshevu befetakh sha'ar-Adonai hekhadash

When the officials of Judah heard about this, they went up from the king’s palace to the House of GOD and held a session at the entrance of the New Gate of the House of GOD.

vayyomeru hakkohanim vehannevi'im el-hassarim ve'el-kol-ha'am lemor mishpat-mavet la'ish hazzeh ki nibba el-ha'ir hazzot ka'asher shematem be'oznekhem

The priests and prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the death penalty, for he has prophesied against this city, as you yourselves have heard.”

vayyomer yirmeyahu el-kol-hassarim ve'el-kol-ha'am lemor Adonai shelakhani lehinnave el-habbayit hazzeh ve'el-ha'ir hazzot et kol-haddevarim asher shematem

Jeremiah said to the officials and to all the people, “It was GOD who sent me to prophesy against this House and this city all the words you heard.

ve'attah hetivu darkhekhem uma'allekhem veshimu beqol Adonai elohekhem veyinnakhem Adonai el-hara'ah asher dibber alekhem

Therefore mend your ways and your acts, and heed the ETERNAL your God, that GOD may renounce the punishment that has been decreed for you.

va'ani hinni veyedkhem asu-li kattov vekhayyashar be'enekhem

As for me, I am in your hands: do to me what seems good and right to you.

akh yadoa tede'u ki im-memitim attem oti ki-dam naqi attem notenim alekhem ve'el-ha'ir hazzot ve'el-yosheveha ki ve'emet shelakhani Adonai alekhem ledabber be'oznekhem et kol-haddevarim ha'elleh

But know that if you put me to death, you and this city and its inhabitants will be guilty of shedding an innocent’s blood. For in truth GOD has sent me to you, to speak all these words to you.”

vayyomeru hassarim vekhol-ha'am el-hakkohanim ve'el-hannevi'im en-la'ish hazzeh mishpat-mavet ki beshem Adonai elohenu dibber elenu

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death penalty, for he spoke to us in the name of the ETERNAL our God.”

vayyaqumu anashim mizziqne ha'arets vayyomeru el-kol-qehal ha'am lemor

And some of the elders of the land arose and said to the entire assemblage of the people,

(mykhyh) [mikhah] hammorashti hayah nibba bime khizqiyyahu melekh-yehudah vayyomer el-kol-am yehudah lemor koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot tsiyyon sadeh tekharesh virushalayim iyyim tihyeh vehar habbayit levamot ya'ar

“Micah the Morashtite, who prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus said GOD of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins And the Temple Mount a shrine in the woods.’

hehamet hemituhu khizqiyyahu melekh-yehudah vekhol-yehudah halo yare et-Adonai vayekhal et-pene Adonai vayyinnakhem Adonai el-hara'ah asher-dibber alehem va'anakhnu osim ra'ah gedolah al-nafshotenu

Did King Hezekiah of Judah, and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not rather fear GOD and implore GOD, so that GOD renounced the punishment He had decreed against them? We are about to do great injury to ourselves!”

vegam-ish hayah mitnabbe beshem Adonai uriyyahu ben-shemayahu miqqiryat hayye'arim vayyinnave al-ha'ir hazzot ve'al-ha'arets hazzot kekhol divre yirmeyahu

There was also a man prophesying in the name of GOD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and this land the same things as Jeremiah.

vayyishma hammelekh-yehoyaqim vekhol-gibborayw vekhol-hassarim et-devarayw vayevaqqesh hammelekh hamito vayyishma uriyyahu vayyira vayyivrakh vayyavo mitsrayim

King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard about his address, and the king wanted to put him to death. Uriah heard of this and fled in fear, and came to Egypt.

vayyishlakh hammelekh yehoyaqim anashim mitsrayim et elnatan ben-akhbor va'anashim itto el-mitsrayim

But King Jehoiakim sent agents—Elnathan son of Achbor and several men under him—to Egypt.

vayyotsi'u et-uriyyahu mimmitsrayim vayevi'uhu el-hammelekh yehoyaqim vayyakkehu bekharev vayyashlekh et-nivlato el-qivre bene ha'am

They took Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

akh yad akhiqam ben-shafan hayetah et-yirmeyahu levilti tet-oto veyad-ha'am lahamito

However, Ahikam son of Shaphan protected Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people for execution.