1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
10 ¶ For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me , when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 ¶ Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
20 ¶ Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
1 et haec sunt verba libri
quae misit Hieremias propheta de Hierusalem
ad reliquias seniorum transmigrationis
et ad sacerdotes et ad prophetas et ad omnem populum
quem transduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Hierusalem in Babylonem
2 postquam egressus est Iechonias rex et domina
et eunuchi et principes Iuda et Hierusalem
et faber et inclusor de Hierusalem
3 in manu Ellasa filii Saphan et Gamaliae filii Helciae
quos misit Sedecias rex Iuda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in
Babylonem dicens
4 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
omni transmigrationi quam transtuli de Hierusalem in
Babylonem
5 aedificate domos et habitate
et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum
6 accipite uxores et generate filios et filias
date filiis vestris uxores et filias vestras date viris
et pariant filios et filias
et multiplicamini ibi et nolite esse pauci numero
7 et quaerite pacem civitatis ad quam transmigrare vos feci
et orate pro ea ad Dominum quia in pace illius erit pax vobis
8 haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
non vos inducant prophetae vestri
qui sunt in medio vestrum et divini vestri
et ne adtendatis ad somnia vestra quae vos somniatis
9 quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo
et non misi eos dicit Dominus
10 quia haec dicit Dominus
cum coeperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni
visitabo vos et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum
ut reducam vos ad locum istum
11 ego enim scio cogitationes quas cogito super vos ait Dominus
cogitationes pacis et non adflictionis
ut dem vobis finem et patientiam
12 et invocabitis me et ibitis
et orabitis me et exaudiam vos
13 quaeretis me et invenietis
cum quaesieritis me in toto corde vestro
14 et inveniar a vobis ait Dominus
et reducam captivitatem vestram
et congregabo vos de universis gentibus
et de cunctis locis ad quae expuli vos dicit Dominus
et reverti vos faciam de loco ad quem transmigrare
vos feci
15 quia dixistis suscitavit nobis Dominus prophetas in
Babylone
16 quia haec dicit Dominus ad regem qui sedet super solium David
et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis huius
ad fratres vestros qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem
17 haec dicit Dominus exercituum
ecce mittam in eis gladium et famem et pestem
et ponam eos quasi ficus malas
quae comedi non possunt eo quod pessimae sint
18 et persequar eos in gladio in fame et in
pestilentia
et dabo eos in vexationem universis regnis terrae
in maledictionem et in stuporem
et in sibilum et in obprobrium cunctis gentibus
ad quas ego eieci eos
19 eo quod non audierint verba mea dicit Dominus
quae misi ad eos per servos meos prophetas
de nocte consurgens et mittens et non audistis dicit Dominus
20 vos ergo audite verbum Domini
omnis transmigratio quam emisi de Hierusalem in Babylonem
21 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
ad Ahab filium Culia
et ad Sedeciam filium Maasiae
qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter
ecce ego tradam eos in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis
et percutiet eos in oculis vestris
22 et adsumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Iuda
quae est in Babylone dicentium
ponat te Dominus sicut Sedeciam et sicut Ahab
quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne
23 pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israhel
et moechati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum
et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter
quod non mandavi eis
ego sum iudex et testis dicit Dominus
24 et ad Semeiam Neelamiten dices
25 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros
ad omnem populum qui est in Hierusalem
et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem
et ad universos sacerdotes dicens
26 Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Ioiadae sacerdote
ut sis dux in domo Domini
super omnem virum arrepticium et prophetantem
ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem
27 et nunc quare non increpasti Hieremiam Anathothiten
qui prophetat vobis
28 quia super hoc misit ad nos in Babylonem dicens
longum est aedificate domos et habitate
et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum
29 legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum
in auribus Hieremiae prophetae
30 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens
31 mitte ad omnem transmigrationem dicens
haec dicit Dominus ad Semeiam Neelamiten
pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semeias et ego non misi eum
et fecit vos confidere in mendacio
32 idcirco haec dicit Dominus
ecce ego visitabo super Semeiam Neelamiten et super semen eius
non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi huius
et non videbit bonum quod ego faciam populo meo ait Dominus
quia praevaricationem locutus est adversum Dominum