37–BOB
Shoh Zidqiyo Yeremiyodan maslahat soʻraydi
1 Bobil shohi Navuxadnazar Yoʻshiyo oʻgʻli Zidqiyoni Yohayiqim oʻgʻli Yohayixinning oʻrniga Yahudo shohi qilib tayinladi. 2 Ammo na shoh, na aʼyonlari, na yurtdagi xalq Egamizning Yeremiyo orqali aytgan soʻzlariga quloq solar edilar.
3 Shoh Zidqiyo Shalamiyo oʻgʻli Yohuxal bilan Masiyo oʻgʻli ruhoniy Zafaniyoni Yeremiyo paygʻambarning oldiga yuborar ekan, shu gaplarni ayttirib yubordi: “Iltimos, biz uchun Egamiz Xudoga iltijo qil.” 4 Yeremiyo shu vaqtgacha qamoqqa olinmaganligi uchun xalq orasida bemalol yurar edi. 5 Shu orada firʼavn lashkari Misrdan chiqdi . Quddusni qamal qilib turgan Bobilliklar bu xabarni eshitishgach, Quddusdan chekindilar.
6 Shunda Egamiz soʻzini Yeremiyoga ayon qildi. 7 Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz shunday demoqda: “Xudoning soʻzini bilmoqchi boʻlib, ikkovingizni oldimga yuborgan Yahudo shohiga shunday deb ayting: sizlarga yordam bermoqchi boʻlib kelayotgan firʼavn lashkari oʻz yurti — Misrga qaytib ketadi. 8 Bobilliklar esa Quddusga qaytib kelib, shaharga qarshi jang qiladilar. Ular shaharni qoʻlga olib, yondirib yuboradilar.”
9 Egamiz yana shunday demoqda: “Bobilliklar endi qaytib kelishmaydi, deb oʻzlaringizni aldamanglar, chunki ular albatta qaytib kelishadi. 10 Bordi–yu, sizlar Bobilliklarning butun lashkarini magʻlub qilganingizda ham, ularning chodirlarida qolgan yaradorlar kelib, shahringizga oʻt qoʻygan boʻlardi.”
Yeremiyo zindonga tashlanadi
11 Firʼavn lashkari yaqinlashib kelayotgani uchun Bobilliklar Quddusdan chekindilar. 12 Shunda Yeremiyo Benyamin hududidagi xalq orasida oʻziga tegishli yer ulushini koʻrish uchun Quddus shahridan ketmoqchi boʻldi. 13 U Quddusning Benyamin darvozasiga yetib kelgach, soqchilar boshligʻi Yiriyo:
— Sen Bobilliklarning oldiga qochib ketmoqchisan, — deb uni qamoqqa oldi. Yiriyo Shalamiyoning oʻgʻli, Xanoniyoning nevarasi edi.
14 — Yolgʻon! — dedi Yeremiyo, — men Bobilliklarning oldiga qochmoqchi emasman.
Ammo Yiriyo Yeremiyoning gapiga quloq solishni istamadi, uni hibsga olib, aʼyonlarning oldiga olib bordi. 15 Aʼyonlar Yeremiyodan gʻazablanib, uni kaltaklashdi. Soʻng kotib Yoʻnatanning zindonga aylantirilgan uyiga qamab qoʻyishdi. 16 Shunday qilib, Yeremiyo uzoq vaqt zindon hujralaridan birida yotdi.
17 Oradan vaqt oʻtdi. Shoh Zidqiyo Yeremiyoni saroyiga chaqirtirib:
— Egamizdan biron xabar bormi? — deb yashirincha soʻradi.
— Ha, bor, — dedi Yeremiyo. — Siz Bobil shohining qoʻliga tushasiz. 18 Nega ular meni zindonga tashlashdi? Men aʼyonlaringizga va bu xalqqa qarshi nima gunoh qilibman?! — dedi yana u. 19 — “Bobil shohi sizga hujum qilmaydi, yurtimizga u tajovuz qilmaydi”, deb bashorat qilgan paygʻambarlaringiz qani?! 20 Yolvoraman, olampanohim, iltijoimni rad etmang, meni kotib Yoʻnatanning uyiga qaytarib yubormang. U yerda adoyi tamom boʻlaman.
21 Shoh Zidqiyo, Yeremiyoni soqchilar hovlisiga qamab qoʻyinglar, shaharda non qolmaguncha, har kuni unga novvoy rastasidan bittadan non olib beringlar, deb buyurdi. Shunday qilib, Yeremiyo soqchilar hovlisida qoldi.
1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16 ¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. 18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
