Jeremiah 28

vayehi bashanah hahi bereshit mamlekhet tsidqiyyah melekh-yehudah (vshnt) [bashanah] harevi'it bakhodesh hakhamishi amar elay khananyah ven-azzur hannavi asher miggivon bevet Adonai le'ene hakkohanim vekhol-ha'am lemor

That year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the House of GOD, in the presence of the priests and all the people. He said:

koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el lemor shavarti et-ol melekh bavel

“Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I hereby break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

be'od shenatayim yamim ani meshiv el-hammaqom hazzeh et-kol-kele bet Adonai asher laqakh nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel min-hammaqom hazzeh vayevi'em bavel

In two years, I will restore to this place all the vessels of the House of GOD that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from this place and brought to Babylon.

ve'et-yekhonyah ven-yehoyaqim melekh-yehudah ve'et-kol-galut yehudah habba'im bavelah ani meshiv el-hammaqom hazzeh ne'um-Adonai ki eshbor et-ol melekh bavel

And I will bring back to this place King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the Judean exiles who went to Babylon—declares GOD. Yes, I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

vayyomer yirmeyah hannavi el-khananyah hannavi le'ene hakkohanim ule'ene khol-ha'am ha'omedim bevet Adonai

Then the prophet Jeremiah answered the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and of all the people who were standing in the House of GOD.

vayyomer yirmeyah hannavi amen ken ya'aseh Adonai yaqem Adonai et-devarekha asher nibbeta lehashiv kele vet-Adonai vekhol-haggolah mibbavel el-hammaqom hazzeh

The prophet Jeremiah said: “Amen! May GOD do so! May GOD fulfill what you have prophesied and bring back from Babylon to this place the vessels of the House of GOD and all the exiles!

akh-shema-na haddavar hazzeh asher anokhi dover be'oznekha uve'ozne kol-ha'am

But just listen to this word that I address to you and to all the people:

hannevi'im asher hayu lefanay ulefanekha min-ha'olam vayyinnave'u el-aratsot rabbot ve'al-mamlakhot gedolot lemilkhamah ulera'ah uledaver

The prophets who lived before you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and pestilence against many lands and great kingdoms.

hannavi asher yinnave leshalom bevo devar hannavi yivvada hannavi asher-shelakho Adonai be'emet

So if a prophet prophesies good fortune, then only when the word of the prophet comes true can it be known that GOD really sent him.”

vayyiqqakh khananyah hannavi et-hammotah me'al tsavvar yirmeyah hannavi vayyishberehu

But the prophet Hananiah removed the bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, and broke it;

vayyomer khananyah le'ene khol-ha'am lemor koh amar Adonai kakhah eshbor et-ol nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel be'od shenatayim yamim me'al tsavvar kol-haggoyim vayyelekh yirmeyah hannavi ledarko

and Hananiah said in the presence of all the people, “Thus said GOD: So will I break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from off the necks of all the nations, in two years.” And the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

vayehi devar-Adonai el-yirmeyah akhare shevor khananyah hannavi et-hammotah me'al tsavvar yirmeyah hannavi lemor

After the prophet Hananiah had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of GOD came to Jeremiah:

halokh ve'amarta el-khananyah lemor koh amar Adonai motot ets shavareta ve'asita takhtehen motot barzel

“Go say to Hananiah: Thus said GOD: You broke bars of wood, but you shall make bars of iron instead.

ki khoh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el ol barzel natatti al-tsavvar kol-haggoyim ha'elleh la'avod et-nevukhadnetsar melekh-bavel va'avaduhu vegam et-khayyat hassadeh natatti lo

For thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put an iron yoke upon the necks of all those nations, that they may serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and serve him they shall! I have even given the wild beasts to him.”

vayyomer yirmeyah hannavi el-khananyah hannavi shema-na khananyah lo-shelakhakha Adonai ve'attah hivtakhta et-ha'am hazzeh al-shaqer

And the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! GOD did not send you, and you have given this people lying assurances.

lakhen koh amar Adonai hinni meshallekhakha me'al pene ha'adamah hashanah attah met ki-sarah dibbarta el-Adonai

Assuredly, thus said GOD: I am going to banish you from off the earth. This year you shall die, for you have urged disloyalty to GOD.”

vayyamot khananyah hannavi bashanah hahi bakhodesh hashevi'i

And the prophet Hananiah died that year, in the seventh month.