Jeremiah 32

haddavar asher-hayah el-yirmeyahu me'et Adonai (vshnt) [bashanah] ha'asirit letsidqiyyahu melekh yehudah hi hashanah shemoneh-esreh shanah linvukhadretsar

The word that came to Jeremiah from GOD in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

ve'az khel melekh bavel tsarim al-yerushalai͏m veyirmeyahu hannavi hayah khalu bakhatsar hammattarah asher bet-melekh yehudah

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the prison compound attached to the palace of the king of Judah.

asher kela'o tsidqiyyahu melekh-yehudah lemor maddua attah nibba lemor koh amar Adonai hinni noten et-ha'ir hazzot beyad melekh-bavel ulekhadah

For King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him, saying, “How dare you prophesy: ‘Thus said GOD: I am delivering this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.

vetsidqiyyahu melekh yehudah lo yimmalet miyyad hakkasdim ki hinnaton yinnaten beyad melekh-bavel vedibber-piv im-piv ve'enayw et-enav tirenah

And King Zedekiah of Judah shall not escape from the Chaldeans; he shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak to him face to face and see him in person.

uvavel yolikh et-tsidqiyyahu vesham yihyeh ad-poqdi oto ne'um-Adonai ki tillakhamu et-hakkasdim lo tatslikhu

And Zedekiah shall be brought to Babylon, there to remain until I take note of him—declares GOD. When you wage war against the Chaldeans, you shall not be successful.’”

vayyomer yirmeyahu hayah devar-Adonai elay lemor

Jeremiah said: The word of GOD came to me:

hinneh khanamel ben-shallum dodekha ba elekha lemor qeneh lekha et-sadi asher ba'anatot ki lekha mishpat hagge'ullah liqnot

Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you and say, “Buy my land in Anathoth, for you are next in succession to redeem it by purchase.”

vayyavo elay khanamel ben-dodi kidvar Adonai el-khatsar hammattarah vayyomer elay qeneh na et-sadi asher-ba'anatot asher be'erets binyamin ki-lekha mishpat hayerusha ulekha hagge'ullah qeneh-lakh va'eda ki devar-Adonai hu

And just as GOD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the prison compound and said to me, “Please buy my land in Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin; for the right of succession is yours, and you have the duty of redemption. Buy it.” Then I knew that it was indeed the word of GOD.

va'eqneh et-hassadeh me'et khanamel ben-dodi asher ba'anatot va'eshqelah-llo et-hakkesef shivah sheqalim va'asarah hakkasef

So I bought the land in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.

va'ekhtov bassefer va'ekhtom va'a'ed edim va'eshqol hakkesef bemozenayim

I wrote a deed, sealed it, and had it witnessed; and I weighed out the silver on a balance.

va'eqqakh et-sefer hammiqnah et-hekhatum hammitsvah vehakhuqqim ve'et-haggaluy

I took the deed of purchase, the sealed text and the open one according to rule and law,

va'etten et-hassefer hammiqnah el-barukh ben-neriyyah ben-makhseyah le'ene khanamel dodi ule'ene ha'edim hakkotevim besefer hammiqnah le'ene kol-hayyehudim hayyoshevim bakhatsar hammattarah

and gave the deed to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah in the presence of my kinsman Hanamel, of the witnesses who were named in the deed, and all the Judeans who were sitting in the prison compound.

va'atsavveh et-barukh le'enehem lemor

In their presence I charged Baruch as follows:

koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el laqoakh et-hassefarim ha'elleh et sefer hammiqnah hazzeh ve'et hekhatum ve'et sefer haggaluy hazzeh unetattam bikhli-khares lema'an ya'amdu yamim rabbim

Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these documents, this deed of purchase, the sealed text and the open one, and put them into an earthen jar, so that they may last a long time.”

ki khoh amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el od yiqqanu vattim vesadot ukheramim ba'arets hazzot

For thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses, fields, and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.”

va'etpallel el-Adonai akhare titti et-sefer hammiqnah el-barukh ben-neriyyah lemor

But after I had given the deed to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to GOD:

ahah adonay Elohim hinneh attah asita et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets bekhokhakha haggadol uvizro'akha hannetuyah lo-yippale mimmekha kol-davar

“Ah, my Sovereign GOD! You made heaven and earth with Your great might and outstretched arm. Nothing is too wondrous for You!

oseh khesed la'alafim umeshallem avon avot el-kheq benehem akharehem ha'el haggadol haggibbor Adonai tseva'ot shemo

You show kindness to the thousandth generation, but visit the guilt of the parents upon their children after them. O great and mighty God whose name is GOD of Hosts,

gedol ha'etsah verav ha'aliliyyah asher-enekha fequkhot al-kol-darkhe bene adam latet le'ish kidrakhayw vekhifri ma'alalayw

wondrous in purpose and mighty in deed, whose eyes observe all the ways of mortals, so as to repay each one according to their ways, and with the proper fruit of their deeds!

asher-samta otot umofetim be'erets-mitsrayim ad-hayyom hazzeh uveyisra'el uva'adam vatta'aseh-llekha shem kayyom hazzeh

You displayed signs and marvels in the land of Egypt with lasting effect, and won renown in Israel and among humankind to this very day.

vattotse et-ammekha et-yisra'el me'erets mitsrayim be'otot uvemofetim uveyad khazaqah uve'ezroa netuyah uvemora gadol

You freed Your people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs and marvels, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

vattitten lahem et-ha'arets hazzot asher-nishbata la'avotam latet lahem erets zavat khalav udevash

You gave them this land that You had sworn to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey,

vayyavo'u vayyirshu otah velo-shame'u veqolekha (vvtrvtkh) [uvetoratekha] lo-halakhu et kol-asher tsivvitah lahem la'asot lo asu vattaqre otam et kol-hara'ah hazzot

and they came and took possession of it. But they did not listen to You or follow Your Teaching; they did nothing of what You commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this misfortune to befall them.

hinneh hassolelot ba'u ha'ir lelokhdah veha'ir nittenah beyad hakkasdim hannilkhamim aleha mippene hakherev vehara'av vehaddaver va'asher dibbarta hayah vehinnekha ro'eh

Here are the siege mounds, raised against the city to storm it; and the city, because of sword and famine and pestilence, is at the mercy of the Chaldeans who are attacking it. What You threatened has come to pass—as You see.

ve'attah amarta elay adonay Elohim qeneh-lekha hassadeh bakkesef veha'ed edim veha'ir nittenah beyad hakkasdim

Yet You, my Sovereign GOD, said to me: Buy the land for money and call in witnesses—when the city is at the mercy of the Chaldeans!”

vayehi devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu lemor

Then the word of GOD came to Jeremiah:

hinneh ani Adonai elohe kol-basar hamimmenni yippale kol-davar

Behold I am GOD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too wondrous for Me?

lakhen koh amar Adonai hinni noten et-ha'ir hazzot beyad hakkasdim uveyad nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel ulekhadah

Assuredly, thus said GOD: I am delivering this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he shall capture it.

uva'u hakkasdim hannilkhamim al-ha'ir hazzot vehitsitu et-ha'ir hazzot ba'esh userafuha ve'et habbattim asher qitteru al-gaggotehem labba'al vehissikhu nesakhim lelohim akherim lema'an hakhiseni

And the Chaldeans who have been attacking this city shall come and set this city on fire and burn it down—with the houses on whose roofs they made offerings to Baal and poured out libations to other gods, so as to vex Me.

ki-hayu vene-yisra'el uvene yehudah akh osim hara be'enay minne'urotehem ki vene-yisra'el akh makhisim oti bema'aseh yedehem ne'um-Adonai

For the people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight since their youth; the people of Israel have done nothing but vex Me by their conduct—declares GOD.

ki al-appi ve'al-khamati hayetah li ha'ir hazzot lemin-hayyom asher banu otah ve'ad hayyom hazzeh lahasirah me'al panay

This city has aroused My anger and My wrath from the day it was built until this day; so that it must be removed from My sight

al kol-ra'at bene-yisra'el uvene yehudah asher asu lehakhiseni hemmah malkhehem sarehem kohanehem unevi'ehem ve'ish yehudah veyosheve yerushalai͏m

because of all the wickedness of the people of Israel and Judah who have so acted as to vex Me—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, and the citizenry of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

vayyifnu elay oref velo fanim velammed otam hashkem velammed ve'enam shome'im laqakhat musar

They turned their backs to Me, not their faces; though I have taught them persistently, they do not give heed or accept rebuke.

vayyasimu shiqqutsehem babbayit asher-niqra-shemi alayw letamme'o

They placed their abominations in the House that bears My name and defiled it;

vayyivnu et-bamot habba'al asher bege ven-hinnom leha'avir et-benehem ve'et-benotehem lammolekh asher lo-tsivvitim velo aletah al-libbi la'asot hatto'evah hazzot lema'an hakhati et-yehudah

and they built the shrines of Baal that are in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, where they offered up their sons and daughters to Molech—when I had never commanded, or even thought [of commanding], that they should do such an abominable thing, and so bring guilt on Judah.

ve'attah lakhen koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el el-ha'ir hazzot asher attem omerim nittenah beyad melekh-bavel bakherev uvara'av uvaddaver

But now, assuredly, thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, “It is being delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon through the sword, through famine, and through pestilence”:

hinni meqabbetsam mikkol-ha'aratsot asher hiddakhtim sham be'appi uvakhamati uveqetsef gadol vahashivotim el-hammaqom hazzeh vehoshavtim lavetakh

See, I will gather them from all the lands to which I have banished them in My anger and wrath, and in great rage; and I will bring them back to this place and let them dwell secure.

vehayu li le'am va'ani ehyeh lahem lelohim

They shall be My people, and I will be their God.

venatatti lahem lev ekhad vederekh ekhad leyirah oti kol-hayyamim letov lahem velivnehem akharehem

I will give them a single heart and a single nature to revere Me for all time, and it shall be well with them and their children after them.

vekharatti lahem berit olam asher lo-ashuv me'akharehem lehetivi otam ve'et-yirati etten bilvavam levilti sur me'alay

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them and that I will treat them graciously; and I will put into their hearts reverence for Me, so that they do not turn away from Me.

vesasti alehem lehetiv otam unetatim ba'arets hazzot be'emet bekhol-libbi uvekhol-nafshi

I will delight in treating them graciously, and I will plant them in this land faithfully, with all My heart and soul.

ki-khoh amar Adonai ka'asher heveti el-ha'am hazzeh et kol-hara'ah haggedolah hazzot ken anokhi mevi alehem et-kol-hattovah asher anokhi dover alehem

For thus said GOD: As I have brought this terrible disaster upon this people, so I am going to bring upon them the vast good fortune that I have promised for them.

veniqnah hassadeh ba'arets hazzot asher attem omerim shemamah hi me'en adam uvehemah nittenah beyad hakkasdim

And fields shall again be purchased in this land of which you say, “It is a desolation, without humans or animals; it is delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.”

sadot bakkesef yiqnu vekhatov bassefer vekhatom veha'ed edim be'erets binyamin uvisvive yerushalai͏m uve'are yehudah uve'are hahar uve'are hashefelah uve'are hannegev ki-ashiv et-shevutam ne'um-Adonai

Fields shall be purchased, and deeds written and sealed, and witnesses called in the land of Benjamin and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah; the towns of the hill country, the towns of the Shephelah, and the towns of the Negeb. For I will restore their fortunes—declares GOD.