Chapter 50

¹ And it came to pass, when Jeremiah ceased speaking to the people all the words of the Lord, [for] which the Lord had sent him to them, [even] all these words, ² that Azariah son of Hoshaiah spoke, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremiah, saying, [It is] false: the Lord has not sent thee to us, saying, Enter not into Egypt to dwell there: ³ but Baruch the son of Neriah sets thee against us, that thou mayest deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us, and that we should be carried away captives to Babylon. ⁴ So Johanan, and all the leaders of the host, and all the people, refused to hearken to the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah.

ΚΑΙ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἐπαύσατο Ἱερεμίας λέγων πρὸς τὸν λαὸν πάντας τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου, οὓς ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν Κύριος πρὸς αὐτούς, πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ εἶπεν Ἀζαρίας υἱὸς Μαασαίου καὶ Ἰωανὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ εἴπαντες τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ λέγοντες· ψεύδη, οὐκ ἀπέστειλέ σε Κύριος πρὸς ἡμᾶς λέγων· μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς Αἴγυπτον οἰκεῖν ἐκεῖ, ἀλλ' ἢ Βαροὺχ υἱὸς Νηρίου συμβάλλει σε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἵνα δῷς ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν Χαλδαίων τοῦ θανατῶσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀποικισθῆναι ἡμᾶς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν Ἰωανὰν καὶ πάντες ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου κατοικῆσαι ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα.

⁵ And Johanan, and all the leaders of the host, took all the remnant of Judah, who had returned to dwell in the land; ⁶ the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. ⁷ And they came into Egypt: for they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord: and they entered into Tahpanhes.

καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰωανὰν καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους Ἰούδα, τοὺς ἀποστρέψαντας κατοικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ, τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ νήπια, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὰς ψυχάς, ἃς κατέλιπε Ναβουζαρδὰν μετὰ Γοδολίου υἱοῦ Ἀχεικάμ, καὶ Ἱερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὅτι οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς Τάφνας.

⁸ And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, ⁹ Take thee great stones, and hide them in the entrance, at the gate of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah: ¹⁰ and thou shalt say, Thus has the Lord said; Behold, I [will] send, and will bring Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall place his throne upon these stones which thou hast hidden, and he shall lift up weapons against them. ¹¹ And he shall enter in, and smite the land of Egypt, [delivering] some for death to death; and some for captivity to captivity; and some for the sword to the sword. ¹² And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment; and he shall go forth in peace. ¹³ And he shall break to pieces the pillars of Heliopolis that are in On, and shall burn their houses with fire.

καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν ἐν Τάφνας λέγων· λαβὲ σεαυτῷ λίθους μεγάλους καὶ κατάκρυψον αὐτοὺς ἐν προθύροις, ἐν πύλῃ τῆς οἰκίας Φαραὼ ἐν Τάφνας, κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνδρῶν Ἰούδα καὶ ἐρεῖς· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω καὶ ἄξω Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ θήσει αὐτοῦ τὸν θρόνον ἐπάνω τῶν λίθων τούτων, ὧν κατέκρυψας, καὶ ἀρεῖ τὰ ὅπλα αὐτοῦ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ πατάξει γῆν Αἰγύπτου, οὓς εἰς θάνατον, εἰς θάνατον, καὶ οὓς εἰς ἀποικισμόν, εἰς ἀποικισμόν, καὶ οὓς εἰς ρομφαίαν, εἰς ρομφαίαν. καὶ καύσει πῦρ ἐν οἰκίαις τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμπυριεῖ αὐτὰς καὶ ἀποικιεῖ αὐτοὺς καὶ φθειριεῖ γῆν Αἰγύπτου, ὥσπερ φθειρίζει ποιμὴν τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ συντρίψει τοὺς στύλους Ἡλιουπόλεως, τοὺς ἐν Ὤν, καὶ τὰς οἰκίας αὐτῶν κατακαύσει ἐν πυρί.