Jeremiah 42

vayyiggeshu kol-sare hakhayalim veyokhanan ben-qareakh vizanyah ben-hoshayah vekhol-ha'am miqqaton ve'ad-gadol

Then all the army officers, with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the rest of the people, great and small, approached

vayyomeru el-yirmeyahu hannavi tippol-na tekhinnatenu lefanekha vehitpallel ba'adenu el-Adonai elohekha be'ad kol-hashe'erit hazzot ki-nisharnu me'at meharbeh ka'asher enekha ro'ot otanu

the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Grant our plea, and pray for us to the ETERNAL your God, for all this remnant! For we remain but a few out of many, as you can see.

veyagged-lanu Adonai elohekha et-hadderekh asher nelekh-bah ve'et-haddavar asher na'aseh

Let the ETERNAL your God tell us where we should go and what we should do.”

vayyomer alehem yirmeyahu hannavi shamati hinni mitpallel el-Adonai elohekhem kedivrekhem vehayah kol-haddavar asher-ya'aneh Adonai etkhem aggid lakhem lo-emna mikkem davar

The prophet Jeremiah answered them, “Agreed: I will pray to the ETERNAL your God as you request, and I will tell you whatever response GOD gives for you. I will withhold nothing from you.”

vehemmah ameru el-yirmeyahu yehi Adonai banu le'ed emet vene'eman im-lo kekhol-haddavar asher yishlakhakha Adonai elohekha elenu ken na'aseh

Thereupon they said to Jeremiah, “Let GOD be a true and faithful witness against us! We swear that we will do exactly as the ETERNAL your God instructs us through you—

im-tov ve'im-ra beqol Adonai elohenu asher (nv) [anakhnu] sholekhim otekha elayw nishma lema'an asher yitav-lanu ki nishma beqol Adonai elohenu

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the ETERNAL our God to whom we send you, in order that it may go well with us when we obey the ETERNAL our God.”

vayehi miqqets aseret yamim vayehi devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu

After ten days, the word of GOD came to Jeremiah.

vayyiqra el-yokhanan ben-qareakh ve'el kol-sare hakhayalim asher itto ulekhol-ha'am lemiqqaton ve'ad-gadol

He called Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers, and the rest of the people, great and small,

vayyomer alehem koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el asher shelakhtem oti elayw lehappil tekhinnatkhem lefanayw

and said to them, “Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication:

im-shov teshevu ba'arets hazzot uvaniti etkhem velo eheros venatati etkhem velo ettosh ki nikhamti el-hara'ah asher asiti lakhem

If you remain in this land, I will build you and not overthrow, I will plant you and not uproot; for I regret the punishment I have brought upon you.

al-tire'u mippene melekh bavel asher-attem yere'im mippanayw al-tire'u mimmennu ne'um-Adonai ki-ittekhem ani lehoshia etkhem ulehatsil etkhem miyyado

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you fear; do not be afraid of him—declares GOD—for I am with you to save you and to rescue you from his hands.

ve'etten lakhem rakhamim verikham etkhem veheshiv etkhem el-admatkhem

I will dispose him to be merciful to you: he shall show you mercy and bring you back to your own land.

ve'im-omerim attem lo neshev ba'arets hazzot levilti shemoa beqol Adonai elohekhem

“But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land’—thus disobeying the ETERNAL your God—

lemor lo ki erets mitsrayim navo asher lo-nireh milkhamah veqol shofar lo nishma velallekhem lo-nirav vesham neshev

if you say, ‘No! We will go to the land of Egypt, so that we may not see war or hear the sound of the horn, and so that we may not hunger for bread; there we will stay,’

ve'attah lakhen shimu devar-Adonai she'erit yehudah koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el im-attem som tesimun penekhem lavo mitsrayim uvatem lagur sham

then hear the word of GOD, O remnant of Judah! Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: If you turn your faces toward Egypt, and you go and sojourn there,

vehayetah hakherev asher attem yere'im mimmennah sham tassig etkhem be'erets mitsrayim vehara'av asher-attem do'agim mimmennu sham yidbaq akharekhem mitsrayim vesham tamutu

the sword that you fear shall overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine you worry over shall follow at your heels in Egypt too; and there you shall die.

veyihyu khol-ha'anashim asher-samu et-penehem lavo mitsrayim lagur sham yamutu bakherev bara'av uvaddaver velo-yihyeh lahem sarid ufalit mippene hara'ah asher ani mevi alehem

All those who turn their faces toward Egypt, in order to sojourn there, shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have no surviving remnant of the disaster that I will bring upon them.

ki khoh amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el ka'asher nittakh appi vakhamati al-yosheve yerushalai͏m ken tittakh khamati alekhem bevo'akhem mitsrayim vihyitem le'alah uleshammah veliqlalah ulekherpah velo-tiru od et-hammaqom hazzeh

For thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: As My anger and wrath were poured out upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration of woe, a curse and a mockery; and you shall never again see this place.

dibber Adonai alekhem she'erit yehudah al-tavo'u mitsrayim yadoa tede'u ki-ha'idoti vakhem hayyom

GOD has spoken against you, O remnant of Judah! Do not go to Egypt! Know well, then—for I warn you this day

ki (httym) [hitetem] benafshotekhem ki-attem shelakhtem oti el-Adonai elohekhem lemor hitpallel ba'adenu el-Adonai elohenu ukhekhol asher yomar Adonai elohenu ken hagged-lanu ve'asinu

that you were deceitful at heart when you sent me to the ETERNAL your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the ETERNAL our God; and whatever the ETERNAL our God may say, just tell us and we will do it.’

va'aggid lakhem hayyom velo shematem beqol Adonai elohekhem ulekhol asher-shelakhani alekhem

I told you today, and you have not obeyed the ETERNAL your God in respect to all that I was sent to tell you—

ve'attah yadoa tede'u ki bakherev bara'av uvaddever tamutu bammaqom asher khafatstem lavo lagur sham

know well, then, that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you want to go and sojourn.”