TORAH
FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
NEVI'IM
PROPHETS
KETUVIM
WRITINGS
Chapter 26
Translation and Transliteration of
Listen to this chapter in Hebrew:
- Commentary
- Buy E-book
- Buy the Israel Bible
1At the beginning of the reign of King Yehoyakim son of Yoshiyahu of Yehuda, this word came from Hashem:
אבְּרֵאשִׁית מַמְלְכוּת יְהוֹיָקִים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה הָיָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה מֵאֵת יְהֹוָה לֵאמֹר׃
2“Thus said Hashem: Stand in the court of the House of Hashem, and speak to [the men of] all the towns of Yehuda, who are coming to worship in the House of Hashem, all the words which I command you to speak to them. Do not omit anything.
בכֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה עֲמֹד בַּחֲצַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָה וְדִבַּרְתָּ עַל־כָּל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבָּאִים לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוׂת בֵּית־יְהֹוָה אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם אַל־תִּגְרַע דָּבָר׃
3Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from his evil way, that I may renounce the punishment I am planning to bring upon them for their wicked acts.
גאוּלַי יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיָשֻׁבוּ אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה וְנִחַמְתִּי אֶל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי חֹשֵׁב לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהֶם מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם׃
4“Say to them: Thus said Hashem: If you do not obey Me, abiding by the Teaching that I have set before you,
דוְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה אִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ אֵלַי לָלֶכֶת בְּתוֹרָתִי אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִפְנֵיכֶם׃
5heeding the words of My servants the Neviim whom I have been sending to you persistently—but you have not heeded—
הלִשְׁמֹעַ עַל־דִּבְרֵי עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִאִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ אֲלֵיכֶם וְהַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלֹחַ וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם׃
6then I will make this House like Shilo, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth.”
ווְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה כְּשִׁלֹה וְאֶת־הָעִיר הזאתה [הַזֹּאת] אֶתֵּן לִקְלָלָה לְכֹל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ׃
7The Kohanim and Neviim and all the people heard Yirmiyahu speaking these words in the House of Hashem.
זוַיִּשְׁמְעוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִאִים וְכָל־הָעָם אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ מְדַבֵּר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה׃
8And when Yirmiyahu finished speaking all that Hashem had commanded him to speak to all the people, the Kohanim and the Neviim and all the people seized him, shouting, “You shall die!
חוַיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת יִרְמְיָהוּ לְדַבֵּר אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהֹוָה לְדַבֵּר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם וַיִּתְפְּשׂוּ אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִאִים וְכָל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר מוֹת תָּמוּת׃
9How dare you prophesy in the name of Hashem that this House shall become like Shilo and this city be made desolate, without inhabitants?” And all the people crowded about Yirmiyahu in the House of Hashem.
טמַדּוּעַ נִבֵּיתָ בְשֵׁם־יְהֹוָה לֵאמֹר כְּשִׁלוֹ יִהְיֶה הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה וְהָעִיר הַזֹּאת תֶּחֱרַב מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב וַיִּקָּהֵל כָּל־הָעָם אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה׃
10When the officials of Yehuda heard about this, they went up from the king's palace to the House of Hashem and held a session at the entrance of the New Gate of the House of Hashem.
יוַיִּשְׁמְעוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה אֵת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיַּעֲלוּ מִבֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ בֵּית יְהֹוָה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּפֶתַח שַׁעַר־יְהֹוָה הֶחָדָשׁ׃
11The Kohanim and Neviim said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the death penalty, for he has prophesied against this city, as you yourselves have heard.”
יאוַיֹּאמְרוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִאִים אֶל־הַשָּׂרִים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה כִּי נִבָּא אֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת כַּאֲשֶׁר שְׁמַעְתֶּם בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם׃
12Yirmiyahu said to the officials and to all the people, “It was Hashem who sent me to prophesy against this House and this city all the words you heard.
יבוַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־כָּל־הַשָּׂרִים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר יְהֹוָה שְׁלָחַנִי לְהִנָּבֵא אֶל־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה וְאֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁמַעְתֶּם׃
13Therefore mend your ways and your acts, and heed Hashem your God, that Hashem may renounce the punishment He has decreed for you.
יגוְעַתָּה הֵיטִיבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶם וְשִׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְיִנָּחֵם יְהֹוָה אֶל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר עֲלֵיכֶם׃
14As for me, I am in your hands: do to me what seems good and right to you.
ידוַאֲנִי הִנְנִי בְיֶדְכֶם עֲשׂוּ־לִי כַּטּוֹב וְכַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵיכֶם׃
15But know that if you put me to death, you and this city and its inhabitants will be guilty of shedding the blood of an innocent man. For in truth Hashem has sent me to you, to speak all these words to you.”
טואַךְ יָדֹעַ תֵּדְעוּ כִּי אִם־מְמִתִים אַתֶּם אֹתִי כִּי־דָם נָקִי אַתֶּם נֹתְנִים עֲלֵיכֶם וְאֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְאֶל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ כִּי בֶאֱמֶת שְׁלָחַנִי יְהֹוָה עֲלֵיכֶם לְדַבֵּר בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃
16Then the officials and all the people said to the Kohanim and Neviim, “This man does not deserve the death penalty, for he spoke to us in the name of Hashem our God.”
טזוַיֹּאמְרוּ הַשָּׂרִים וְכָל־הָעָם אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִים אֵין־לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת כִּי בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ דִּבֶּר אֵלֵינוּ׃
17And some of the elders of the land arose and said to the entire assemblage of the people,
יזוַיָּקֻמוּ אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־כָּל־קְהַל הָעָם לֵאמֹר׃
18“Micha the Morashtite, who prophesied in the days of King Chizkiyahu of Yehuda, said to all the people of Yehuda: ‘Thus said the lord of Hosts: Tzion shall be plowed as a field, Yerushalayim shall become heaps of ruins And the Har Habayit a shrine in the woods.'
יחמיכיה [מִיכָה] הַמּוֹרַשְׁתִּי הָיָה נִבָּא בִּימֵי חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־כָּל־עַם יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר כֹּה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּהְיֶה וְהַר הַבַּיִת לְבָמוֹת יָעַר׃
19“Did King Chizkiyahu of Yehuda, and all Yehuda, put him to death? Did he not rather fear Hashem and implore Hashem, so that Hashem renounced the punishment He had decreed against them? We are about to do great injury to ourselves!”
he-ha-MAYT he-mi-TU-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu me-lekh y'-hu-DAH v'-khol y'-hu-DAH ha-LO ya-RAY et a-do-NAI vai-KHAL et p'-NAY a-do-NAI va-yi-na-KHEM a-do-NAI el ha-ra-AH a-sher di-BER a-lay-HEM va-a-NAKH-nu o-SEEM ra-AH g'-do-LAH al naf-sho-TAY-nu
יטהֶהָמֵת הֱמִתֻהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וְכָל־יְהוּדָה הֲלֹא יָרֵא אֶת־יְהֹוָה וַיְחַל אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהֹוָה וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהֹוָה אֶל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר עֲלֵיהֶם וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים רָעָה גְדוֹלָה עַל־נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ׃
26:19 Did King Chizkiyahu of Yehuda, and all Yehuda, put him to death?
Yirmiyahu is arrested by the officers and placed on trial as a false prophet. They claim that Yirmiyahu’s prophecies of destruction and exile contradict the eternal bond between Hashem and His people. However, the elders of Israel come to Yirmiyahu’s defense. A century earlier, at the time of the Assyrian invasion, the prophet Micha had also spoken against the city. Rather than feeling threatened, the righteous king Chizkiyahu had led the people in repentance, and God saved the people. Yirmiyahu is hoping that the people of his generation will have a similar response to his prophecies, that they will return to Hashem and be spared. The message is true for all time, as it says in Yechezkel 33:11: “As I live—declares Hashem—it is not My desire that the wicked shall die, but that the wicked [one] turn from his [evil] ways and live.”
20There was also a man prophesying in the name of Hashem, Uriya son of Shemaya from Kiryat Ye'arim, who prophesied against this city and this land the same things as Yirmiyahu.
כוְגַם־אִישׁ הָיָה מִתְנַבֵּא בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה אוּרִיָּהוּ בֶּן־שְׁמַעְיָהוּ מִקִּרְיַת הַיְּעָרִים וַיִּנָּבֵא עַל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְעַל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת כְּכֹל דִּבְרֵי יִרְמְיָהוּ׃
21King Yehoyakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard about his address, and the king wanted to put him to death. Uriya heard of this and fled in fear, and came to Egypt.
כאוַיִּשְׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ־יְהוֹיָקִים וְכָל־גִּבּוֹרָיו וְכָל־הַשָּׂרִים אֶת־דְּבָרָיו וַיְבַקֵּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הֲמִיתוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע אוּרִיָּהוּ וַיִּרָא וַיִּבְרַח וַיָּבֹא מִצְרָיִם׃
22But King Yehoyakim sent men to Egypt, Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt.
כבוַיִּשְׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִים אֲנָשִׁים מִצְרָיִם אֵת אֶלְנָתָן בֶּן־עַכְבּוֹר וַאֲנָשִׁים אִתּוֹ אֶל־מִצְרָיִם׃
23They took Uriya out of Egypt and brought him to King Yehoyakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
כגוַיּוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־אוּרִיָּהוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וַיְבִאֻהוּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹיָקִים וַיַּכֵּהוּ בֶּחָרֶב וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת־נִבְלָתוֹ אֶל־קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם׃
24However, Achikam son of Shafan protected Yirmiyahu, so that he was not handed over to the people for execution.
כדאַךְ יַד אֲחִיקָם בֶּן־שָׁפָן הָיְתָה אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ לְבִלְתִּי תֵּת־אֹתוֹ בְיַד־הָעָם לַהֲמִיתוֹ׃
