Jeremiah 27

bereshit mamlekhet yehoyaqim ben-yovshiyyahu melekh yehudah hayah haddavar hazzeh el-yirmeyah me'et Adonai lemor

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

koh-amar Adonai elay aseh lekha moserot umotot unetattam al-tsavvarekha

Thus said GOD to me: Make for yourself thongs and bars of a yoke, and put them on your neck.

veshillakhtam el-melekh edom ve'el-melekh mo'av ve'el-melekh bene ammon ve'el-melekh tsor ve'el-melekh tsidon beyad malakhim habba'im yerushalai͏m el-tsidqiyyahu melekh yehudah

And send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by envoys who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem;

vetsivvita otam el-adonehem lemor koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el koh tomeru el-adonekhem

and give them this charge to their masters: Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Say this to your masters:

anokhi asiti et-ha'arets et-ha'adam ve'et-habbehemah asher al-pene ha'arets bekhokhi haggadol uvizro'i hannetuyah unetattiha la'asher yashar be'enay

“It is I who made the earth, and the humans and animals that are on the earth, by My great might and My outstretched arm; and I give it to whomever I deem proper.

ve'attah anokhi natatti et-kol-ha'aratsot ha'elleh beyad nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel avdi vegam et-khayyat hassadeh natatti lo le'ovdo

I herewith deliver all these lands to My servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon; I even give him the wild beasts to serve him.

ve'avedu oto kol-haggoyim ve'et-beno ve'et-ben-beno ad bo-et artso gam-hu ve'avedu vo goyim rabbim umelakhim gedolim

All nations shall serve him, his son and his grandson—until the turn of his own land comes, when many nations and great kings shall subjugate him.

vehayah haggoy vehammamlakhah asher lo-ya'avdu oto et-nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel ve'et asher lo-yitten et-tsavvaro be'ol melekh bavel bakherev uvara'av uvaddever efqod al-haggoy hahu ne'um-Adonai ad-tummi otam beyado

The nation or kingdom that does not serve him—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will visit—declares GOD—with sword, famine, and pestilence, until I have destroyed it by his hands.

ve'attem al-tishme'u el-nevi'ekhem ve'el-qosemekhem ve'el khalomotekhem ve'el-onenekhem ve'el-kashafekhem asher-hem omerim alekhem lemor lo ta'avdu et-melekh bavel

As for you, give no heed to your prophets, augurs, dreamers, diviners, and sorcerers, who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.’

ki sheqer hem nibbe'im lakhem lema'an harkhiq etkhem me'al admatkhem vehiddakhti etkhem va'avadtem

For they prophesy falsely to you—with the result that you shall be banished from your land; I will drive you out and you shall perish.

vehaggoy asher yavi et-tsavvaro be'ol melekh-bavel va'avado vehinnakhtiv al-admato ne'um-Adonai va'avadah veyashav bah

But the nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serves him, will be left by Me on its own soil—declares GOD—to till it and dwell on it.”

ve'el-tsidqiyyah melekh-yehudah dibbarti kekhol-haddevarim ha'elleh lemor havi'u et-tsavverekhem be'ol melekh-bavel ve'ivdu oto ve'ammo vikhyu

I also spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in just the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

lammah tamutu attah ve'ammekha bakherev bara'av uvaddaver ka'asher dibber Adonai el-haggoy asher lo-ya'avod et-melekh bavel

Otherwise you will die together with your people, by sword, famine, and pestilence, as GOD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon.

ve'al-tishme'u el-divre hannevi'im ha'omerim alekhem lemor lo ta'avdu et-melekh bavel ki sheqer hem nibbe'im lakhem

Give no heed to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy falsely to you.

ki lo shelakhtim ne'um-Adonai vehem nibbe'im bishmi lashaqer lema'an haddikhi etkhem va'avadtem attem vehannevi'im hannibbe'im lakhem

I have not sent them—declares GOD—and they prophesy falsely in My name, with the result that I will drive you out and you shall perish, together with the prophets who prophesy to you.”

ve'el-hakkohanim ve'el-kol-ha'am hazzeh dibbarti lemor koh amar Adonai al-tishme'u el-divre nevi'ekhem hannibbe'im lakhem lemor hinneh khele vet-Adonai mushavim mibbavelah attah meherah ki sheqer hemmah nibbe'im lakhem

And to the priests and to all that people I said: “Thus said GOD: Give no heed to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, ‘The vessels of the House of GOD shall shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for they prophesy falsely to you.

al-tishme'u alehem ivdu et-melekh-bavel vikhyu lammah tihyeh ha'ir hazzot khorbah

Give them no heed. Serve the king of Babylon, and live! Otherwise this city shall become a ruin.

ve'im-nevi'im hem ve'im-yesh devar-Adonai ittam yifge'u-na ba-Adonai tseva'ot levilti-vo'u hakkelim hannotarim bevet-Adonai uvet melekh yehudah uvirushalai͏m bavelah

If they are really prophets and the word of GOD is with them, let them intercede with GOD of Hosts not to let the vessels remaining in the House of GOD, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem, go to Babylon!

ki khoh amar Adonai tseva'ot el-ha'ammudim ve'al-hayyam ve'al-hammekhonot ve'al yeter hakkelim hannotarim ba'ir hazzot

“For thus said GOD of Hosts concerning the columns, the tank, the stands, and the rest of the vessels remaining in this city,

asher lo-leqakham nevukhadnetsar melekh bavel bagloto et-[yekhonyah] (ykhvnyh) ven-yehoyaqim melekh-yehudah mirushalai͏m bavelah ve'et kol-khore yehudah virushalai͏m

which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he exiled King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

ki khoh amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el al-hakkelim hannotarim bet Adonai uvet melekh-yehudah virushalai͏m

for thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels remaining in the House of GOD, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

bavelah yuva'u veshammah yihyu ad yom poqdi otam ne'um-Adonai veha'alitim vahashivotim el-hammaqom hazzeh

They shall be brought to Babylon, and there they shall remain, until I take note of them—declares GOD of Hosts—and bring them up and restore them to this place.”