1 Assim que Jeremias acabou de dizer ao povo o que o Senhor lhe tinha encarregado de transmitir,
2 Azarias, filho de Osaías, Joanã, filho de Carée, e todos aqueles orgulhosos exclamaram: São mentiras o que proferes. Não te deu o Senhor, nosso Deus, o encargo de nos dizer que não fôssemos morar no Egito.
3 É Baruc, filho de Néria, que te lança contra nós com o fim de nos entregar aos caldeus para a morte e para a deportação à Babilônia.
4 E assim Joanã, filho de Carée, os chefes e os sobreviventes do povo mostraram-se surdos à voz do Senhor que lhes ordenara permanecerem em Judá.
5 Joanã, filho de Carée, e os chefes conduziram os sobreviventes judeus que haviam regressado dos países em que se tinham dispersado, a fim de habitarem novamente na terra de Judá.
6 Eram homens, mulheres e crianças, as princesas reais, todos os que Nabuzardã, chefe dos guardas havia deixado junto de Godolias, filho de Aicão, filho de Safã, entre eles o profeta Jeremias e Baruc, filho de Néria.
7 Desobedecendo, assim, à voz do Senhor, partiram para o Egito e alcançaram Táfnis.
8 Em Táfnis foi dirigida a Jeremias a palavra do Senhor nestes termos:
9 toma em tuas mãos pedras bem grandes e, ante os olhos dos judeus, introduze-as na calçada em frente à porta do palácio do faraó, em Táfnis.
10 E, em seguida, lhes dirás: Eis o que diz o Senhor dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: vou mandar chamar aqui meu servo Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia; colocar-lhe-ei o trono sobre as pedras introduzidas neste lugar, e sobre elas estenderá ele também o seu tapete.
11 Ele virá aqui e ferirá o Egito. O que é para a morte, à morte! O que é para o cativeiro, ao cativeiro! O que é para a espada, à espada!
12 Lançará fogo aos templos dos deuses do Egito, e os queimará, levando cativos {os seus ídolos}. Despojará o Egito, qual pastor a limpar seu manto, e regressará triunfante.
13 E destruirá os obeliscos do templo do Sol, no Egito, e entregará às chamas todos os templos dos seus deuses.
1 And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,
2 Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:
3 But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death, and take us away prisoners into Babylon.
4 So Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not give ear to the order of the Lord that they were to go on living in the land of Judah.
5 But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces took all the rest of Judah who had come back into the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been forced to go;
6 The men and the women and the children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah;
7 And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9 Take in your hand some great stones, and put them in a safe place in the paste in the brickwork which is at the way into Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah;
10 And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and he will put the seat of his kingdom on these stones which have been put in a safe place here by you; and his tent will be stretched over them.
11 And he will come and overcome the land of Egypt; those who are for death will be put to death, those who are to be prisoners will be made prisoners, and those who are for the sword will be given to the sword.
12 And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.
13 And the stone pillars of Beth-shemesh in the land of Egypt will be broken by him, and the houses of the gods of Egypt burned with fire.