Jeremiah 37

vayyimlokh-melekh tsidqiyyahu ben-yoshiyyahu takhat kaneyahu ben-yehoyaqim asher himlikh nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel be'erets yehudah

Zedekiah son of Josiah became king instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon set him up as king over the land of Judah.

velo shama hu va'avadayw ve'am ha'arets el-divre Adonai asher dibber beyad yirmeyahu hannavi

Neither he nor his courtiers nor the people of the land gave heed to the words that GOD spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

vayyishlakh hammelekh tsidqiyyahu et-yehukhal ben-shelemyah ve'et-tsefanyahu ven-ma'aseyah hakkohen el-yirmeyahu hannavi lemor hitpallel-na va'adenu el-Adonai elohenu

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of the priest Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah, to say, “Please pray on our behalf to the ETERNAL our God.”

veyirmeyahu ba veyotse betokh ha'am velo-natenu oto bet (hkhly) [hakkelu]

(Jeremiah could still go in and out among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

vekhel paroh yatsa mimmitsrayim vayyishme'u hakkasdim hatsarim al-yerushalai͏m et-shimam vayye'alu me'al yerushalai͏m

The army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they raised the siege of Jerusalem.)

vayehi devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu hannavi lemor

Then the word of GOD came to the prophet Jeremiah:

koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el koh tomeru el-melekh yehudah hasholeakh etkhem elay ledorsheni hinneh khel paroh hayyotse lakhem le'ezrah shav le'artso mitsrayim

Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “The army of Pharaoh, which set out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.

veshavu hakkasdim venilkhamu al-ha'ir hazzot ulekhaduha userafuha va'esh

And the Chaldeans will come back and attack this city and they will capture it and destroy it by fire.”

koh amar Adonai al-tashi'u nafshotekhem lemor halokh yelekhu me'alenu hakkasdim ki-lo yelekhu

Thus said GOD: Do not delude yourselves into thinking, “The Chaldeans will go away from us.” They will not.

ki im-hikkitem kol-khel kasdim hannilkhamim ittekhem venisharu-vam anashim meduqqarim ish be'oholo yaqumu vesarefu et-ha'ir hazzot ba'esh

Even if you defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans that are fighting against you, and only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down!

vehayah behe'alot khel hakkasdim me'al yerushalai͏m mippene khel paroh

When the army of the Chaldeans raised the siege of Jerusalem on account of the army of Pharaoh,

vayyetse yirmeyahu mirushalai͏m lalekhet erets binyamin lakhaliq misham betokh ha'am

Jeremiah was going to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to share in some property there among the people.

vayehi-hu besha'ar binyamin vesham ba'al peqidut ushemo yiriyyayh ben-shelemyah ben-khananyah vayyitpos et-yirmeyahu hannavi lemor el-hakkasdim attah nofel

When he got to the Benjamin Gate, there was a guard officer there named Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah; and he arrested the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

vayyomer yirmeyahu sheqer enenni nofel al-hakkasdim velo shama elayw vayyitpos yiriyyayh beyirmeyahu vayevi'ehu el-hassarim

Jeremiah answered, “That’s a lie! I’m not defecting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

vayyiqtsefu hassarim al-yirmeyahu vehikku oto venatenu oto bet ha'esur bet yehonatan hassofer ki-oto asu levet hakkele

The officials were furious with Jeremiah; they beat him and put him into prison, in the house of the scribe Jonathan—for it had been made into a jail.

ki va yirmeyahu el-bet habbor ve'el-hakhanuyot vayyeshev-sham yirmeyahu yamim rabbim

Thus Jeremiah came to the pit and the cells, and Jeremiah remained there a long time.

vayyishlakh hammelekh tsidqiyyahu vayyiqqakhehu vayyishalehu hammelekh beveto basseter vayyomer hayesh davar me'et Adonai vayyomer yirmeyahu yesh vayyomer beyad melekh-bavel tinnaten

Then King Zedekiah sent for him, and the king questioned him secretly in his palace. He asked, “Is there any word from GOD?” “There is!” Jeremiah answered, and he continued, “You will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

vayyomer yirmeyahu el-hammelekh tsidqiyyahu meh khatati lekha vela'avadekha vela'am hazzeh ki-netattem oti el-bet hakkele

And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you, to your courtiers, and to this people, that you have put me in jail?

(vyv) [ve'ayyeh] nevi'ekhem asher-nibbe'u lakhem lemor lo-yavo melekh-bavel alekhem ve'al ha'arets hazzot

And where are those prophets of yours who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would never move against you and against this land?

ve'attah shema-na adoni hammelekh tippol-na tekhinnati lefanekha ve'al-teshiveni bet yehonatan hassofer velo amut sham

Now, please hear me, O lord king, and grant my plea: Don’t send me back to the house of the scribe Jonathan to die there.”

vayetsavveh hammelekh tsidqiyyahu vayyafqidu et-yirmeyahu bakhatsar hammattarah venaton lo khikkar-lekhem layyom mikhuts ha'ofim ad-tom kol-hallekhem min-ha'ir vayyeshev yirmeyahu bakhatsar hammattarah

So King Zedekiah gave instructions to lodge Jeremiah in the prison compound and to supply him daily with a loaf of bread from the Bakers’ Street—until all the bread in the city was gone. Jeremiah remained in the prison compound.