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JEREMIAH

ΚΕΦ. 41-50

Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν παρὰ Κυρίου (καὶ Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος καὶ πᾶν τὸ στρατόπεδον αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ἀρχῆς αὐτοῦ ἐπολέμουν ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα) λέγων· 2 οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· βάδισον πρὸς Σεδεκίαν βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτῷ· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· παραδόσει παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ συλλήψεται αὐτὴν καὶ καύσει αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί· 3 καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ συλλήψει συλληφθήσῃ καὶ εἰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ δοθήσῃ, καὶ ὀφθαλμοί σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὄψονται καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ μετὰ τοῦ στόματός σου λαλήσει, καὶ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα εἰσελεύσῃ. 4 ἀλλὰ ἄκουσον τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, Σεδεκία βασιλεῦ ᾿Ιούδα· οὕτως λέγει Κύριος· 5 ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἀποθανῇ, καὶ ὡς ἔκλαυσαν τοὺς πατέρας σου τοὺς βασιλεύσαντας πρότερόν σου, κλαύσονται καὶ σέ, οὐαὶ Κύριε, καὶ ἕως ᾅδου κόψονταί σε· ὅτι λόγον ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα, εἶπε Κύριος. 6 καὶ ἐλάλησεν ῾Ιερεμίας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Σεδεκίαν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 7 καὶ ἡ δύναμις βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐπολέμει ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα, ἐπὶ Λαχὶς καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Αζηκά, ὅτι αὗται κατελείφθησαν ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα πόλεις ὀχυραί. 8 ῾Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς ᾿Ιερεμίαν παρὰ Κυρίου μετὰ τὸ συντελέσαι τὸν βασιλέα Σεδεκίαν διαθήκην πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τοῦ καλέσαι ἄφεσιν, 9 τοῦ ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἕκαστον τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστον τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, τὸν ῾Εβραῖον καὶ τὴν ῾Εβραίαν ἐλευθέρους, πρὸς τὸ μὴ δουλεύειν ἄνδρα ἐξ ᾿Ιούδα· 10 καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν πάντες οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς οἱ εἰσελθόντες ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ τοῦ ἀποστεῖλαι ἕκαστον τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστον τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐῶσαν 11 αὐτοὺς εἰς παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας. 12 καὶ ἐγενήθη λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν λέγων· 13 οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἐγὼ διεθέμην διαθήκην πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἐξειλάμην αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας, λέγων· 14 ὅταν πληρωθῇ ἓξ ἔτη, ἀποστελεῖς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου τὸν ῾Εβραῖον, ὃς παραθήσεταί σοι· καὶ ἐργᾶταί σοι ἓξ ἔτη, καὶ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον. καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσάν μου καὶ οὐκ ἔκλιναν τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν. 15 καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν σήμερον ποιῆσαι τὸ εὐθὲς πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου τοῦ καλέσαι ἄφεσιν ἕκαστον τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ συνετέλεσαν διαθήκην κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, οὗ ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ' αὐτῷ. 16 καὶ ἐπεστρέψατε καὶ ἐβεβηλώσατε τὸ ὄνομά μου τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ἕκαστον τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστον τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, οὓς ἐξαπεστείλατε ἐλευθέρους τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτῶν, τοῦ εἶναι ὑμῖν εἰς παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας. 17 διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἠκούσατέ μου τοῦ καλέσαι ἄφεσιν ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καλῶ ἄφεσιν ὑμῖν εἰς μάχαιραν καὶ εἰς τὸν θάνατον καὶ εἰς τὸν λιμὸν καὶ δώσω ὑμᾶς εἰς διασπορὰν πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς. 18 καὶ δώσω τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς παρεληλυθότας τὴν διαθήκην μου, τοὺς μὴ στήσαντας τὴν διαθήκην μου, ἣν ἐποίησαν κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου, τὸν μόσχον, ὃν ἐποίησαν ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτῷ, 19 τοὺς ἄρχοντας ᾿Ιούδα καὶ τοὺς δυνάστας καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τὸν λαόν, 20 καὶ δώσω αὐτοὺς τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσται τὰ θνησιμαῖα αὐτῶν βρῶσις τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς. 21 καὶ τὸν Σεδεκίαν βασιλέα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν δώσω εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ δύναμις βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος τοῖς ἀποτρέχουσιν ἀπ' αὐτῶν. 22 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συντάσσω, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ ἐπιστρέψω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ πολεμήσουσιν ἐπ' αὐτὴν καὶ λήψονται αὐτὴν καὶ κατακαύσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρὶ καὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ δώσω αὐτὰς ἐρήμους ἀπὸ τῶν κατοικούντων.

Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν παρὰ Κυρίου ἐν ἡμέραις ᾿Ιωακεὶμ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα λέγων· 2 βάδισον εἰς οἶκον ᾿Αρχαβεὶν καὶ ἄξεις αὐτοὺς εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, εἰς μίαν τῶν αὐλῶν, καὶ ποτιεῖς αὐτοὺς οἶνον. 3 καὶ ἐξήγαγον τὸν ᾿Ιεζονίαν υἱὸν ῾Ιερεμίου υἱοῦ Χαβασὶν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκίαν ᾿Αρχαβεὶν 4 καὶ εἰσήγαγον αὐτοὺς εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου εἰς τὸ παστοφόριον υἱῶν ᾿Ανανίου, υἱοῦ Γοδολίου ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐγγὺς τοῦ οἴκου τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν ἐπάνω τοῦ οἴκου Μαασαίου υἱοῦ Σελώμ, τοῦ φυλάσσοντος τὴν αὐλήν, 5 καὶ ἔδωκα κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν κεράμιον οἴνου καὶ ποτήρια καὶ εἶπα· πίετε οἶνον. 6 καὶ εἶπαν· οὐ μὴ πίωμεν οἶνον, ὅτι ᾿Ιωναδὰβ υἱὸς Ρηχὰβ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν λέγων· οὐ μὴ πίετε οἶνον, ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν ἕως αἰῶνος. 7 καὶ οἰκίας οὐ μὴ οἰκοδομήσητε καὶ σπέρμα οὐ μὴ σπείρητε, καὶ ἀμπελὼν οὐκ ἔσται ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐν σκηναῖς οἰκήσετε πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ὑμῶν, ὅπως ἂν ζήσητε ἡμέρας πολλὰς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐφ' ἧς διατρίβετε ὑμεῖς ἐπ' αὐτῆς. 8 καὶ ἠκούσαμεν τῆς φωνῆς ᾿Ιωναδὰβ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ πιεῖν οἶνον πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἡμῶν, ἡμεῖς καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ἡμῶν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ἡμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ἡμῶν, 9 καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ οἰκοδομεῖν οἰκίας τοῦ κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἀμπελὼν καὶ ἀγρὸς καὶ σπέρμα οὐκ ἐγένετο ἡμῖν, 10 καὶ ᾠκήσαμεν ἐν σκηναῖς καὶ ἠκούσαμεν καὶ ἐποιήσαμεν κατὰ πάντα, ἃ ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν ᾿Ιωναδὰβ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν. 11 καὶ ἐγενήθη ὅτε ἀνέβη Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ εἴπαμεν· εἰσέλθατε καὶ εἰσέλθωμεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς δυνάμεως τῶν Χαλδαίων καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς δυνάμεως τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων, καὶ ᾠκοῦμεν ἐκεῖ. 12 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρός με λέγων· 13 οὕτως λέγει Κύριος· πορεύου καὶ εἰπὸν ἀνθρώπῳ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· οὐ μὴ λάβητε παιδείαν τοῦ ἀκούειν τοὺς λόγους μου; 14 ἔστησαν ρῆμα υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωναδάβ, υἱοῦ Ρηχάβ, ὃ ἐνετείλατο τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸ μὴ πιεῖν οἴνον, καὶ οὐκ ἐπίοσαν· καὶ ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὄρθρου, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε. 15 καὶ ἀπέστειλα πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοὺς παῖδάς μου τοὺς προφήτας λέγων· ἀποστράφητε ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς καὶ βελτίω ποιήσατε τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν καὶ οὐ πορεύσεσθε ὀπίσω θεῶν ἑτέρων τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτοῖς, καὶ οἰκήσετε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἧς ἔδωκα ὑμῖν καὶ τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν· καὶ οὐκ ἐκλίνατε τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ εἰσηκούσατε. 16 καὶ ἔστησαν υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωναδὰβ υἱοῦ Ρηχὰβ τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν, ὁ δὲ λαὸς οὗτος οὐκ ἤκουσέ μου. 17 διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐλάλησα ἐπ' αὐτούς. 18 διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἐπειδὴ ἤκουσαν υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωναδὰβ υἱοῦ Ρηχὰβ τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν ποιεῖν καθότι ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, 19 οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἀνὴρ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιωναδὰβ υἱοῦ Ρηχὰβ παρεστηκὼς κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς γῆς.

ΕΝ τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ τετάρτῳ ᾿Ιωακεὶμ υἱοῦ ᾿Ιωσία βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα ἐγενήθη λόγος Κυρίου πρός με λέγων· 2 λάβε σεαυτῷ χαρτίον βιβλίου καὶ γράψον ἐπ' αὐτοῦ πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐλάλησα πρὸς σὲ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀφ' ἧς ἡμέρας λαλήσαντός μου πρὸς σέ, ἀφ' ἡμερῶν ᾿Ιωσία βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· 3 ἴσως ἀκούσεται ὁ οἶκος ᾿Ιούδα πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐγὼ λογίζομαι ποιῆσαι αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ἀποστρέψωσιν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς, καὶ ἵλεως ἔσομαι ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν. 4 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ῾Ιερεμίας τὸν Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου, καὶ ἔγραψεν ἀπὸ στόματος ῾Ιερεμίου πάντας τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου, οὓς ἐχρημάτισε πρὸς αὐτόν, εἰς χαρτίον βιβλίου. 5 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ῾Ιερεμίας τῷ Βαροὺχ λέγων· ἐγὼ φυλάσσομαι, οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι εἰσελθεῖν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. 6 καὶ ἀναγνώσῃ ἐν τῷ χαρτίῳ τούτῳ εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ νηστείας, καὶ ἐν ὠσὶ παντὸς ᾿Ιούδα τῶν ἐρχομένων ἐκ πόλεων αὐτῶν ἀναγνώσῃ αὐτοῖς· 7 ἴσως πεσεῖται ἔλεος αὐτῶν κατὰ πρόσωπον Κυρίου, καὶ ἀποστρέψουσιν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς, ὅτι μέγας ὁ θυμὸς καὶ ἡ ὀργὴ Κυρίου, ἣν ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον. 8 καὶ ἐποίησε Βαροὺχ κατὰ πάντα, ἃ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ῾Ιερεμίας, τοῦ ἀναγνῶναι ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. 9 καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ὀγδόῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιωακεὶμ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἐνάτῳ, ἐξεκκλησίασαν νηστείαν κατὰ πρόσωπον Κυρίου πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ οἶκος ᾿Ιούδα. 10 καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκε Βαροὺχ ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοὺς λόγους ῾Ιερεμίου ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ἐν οἴκῳ Γαμαρίου, υἱοῦ Σαφὰν τοῦ γραμματέως, ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ ἐπάνω ἐν προθύροις πύλης τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τῆς καινῆς καὶ ἐν ὠσὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ. 11 καὶ ἤκουσε Μιχαίας υἱὸς Γαμαρίου υἱοῦ Σαφὰν ἅπαντας τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου· 12 καὶ κατέβη εἰς οἰκίαν τοῦ βασιλέως, εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ γραμματέως, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες ἐκάθηντο, ᾿Ελισαμὰ ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ Δαλαίας υἱὸς Σελεμίου καὶ ᾿Ελνάθαν υἱὸς ᾿Ακχοβὼρ καὶ Γαμαρίας υἱὸς Σαφὰν καὶ Σεδεκίας υἱὸς ᾿Ανανίου καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες, 13 καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς Μιχαίας πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἤκουσεν ἀναγινώσκοντος Βαροὺχ εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ. 14 καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες πρὸς Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου τὸν ᾿Ιουδὶν υἱὸν Ναθανίου, υἱοῦ Σελεμίου, υἱοῦ Χουσί, λέγοντες· τὸ χαρτίον, ἐν ᾧ σὺ ἀναγινώσκεις ἐν αὐτῷ ἐν ὠσὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, λάβε αὐτὸ εἰς τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ ἧκε· καὶ ἔλαβε Βαροὺχ τὸ χαρτίον καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτούς. 15 καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· πάλιν ἀνάγνωθι εἰς τὰ ὦτα ἡμῶν· καὶ ἀνέγνω Βαρούχ. 16 καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἤκουσαν πάντας τοὺς λόγους, συνεβουλεύσαντο ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον· ἀναγγέλλοντες ἀναγγείλωμεν τῷ βασιλεῖ ἅπαντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους. 17 καὶ τὸν Βαροὺχ ἠρώτησαν λέγοντες· πόθεν ἔγραψας πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους; 18 καὶ εἶπε Βαρούχ· ἀπὸ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀνήγγειλέ μοι ῾Ιερεμίας πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ ἔγραφον ἐν βιβλίῳ. 19 καὶ εἶπον τῷ Βαρούχ· βάδισον καὶ κατακρύβηθι σὺ καὶ ῾Ιερεμίας· ἄνθρωπος μὴ γνώτω ποῦ ὑμεῖς. 20 καὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὴν αὐλήν, καὶ τὸ χαρτίον ἔδωκαν φυλάσσειν ἐν οἴκῳ ᾿Ελισαμά, καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν τῷ βασιλεῖ πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους. 21 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν ᾿Ιουδὶν λαβεῖν τὸ χαρτίον, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸ ἐξ οἴκου ᾿Ελισαμά· καὶ ἀνέγνω ᾿Ιουδὶν εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ εἰς τὰ ὦτα πάντων τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν ἑστηκότων περὶ τὸν βασιλέα. 22 καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκάθητο ἐν οἴκῳ χειμερινῷ καὶ ἐσχάρα πυρὸς κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ. 23 καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀναγινώσκοντος ᾿Ιουδὶν τρεῖς σελίδας καὶ τέσσαρας, ἀπέτεμεν αὐτὰς τῷ ξυρῷ τοῦ γραμματέως καὶ ἔρριπτεν εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐσχάρας, ἕως ἐξέλιπε πᾶς ὁ χάρτης εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐσχάρας. 24 καὶ οὐκ ἐζήτησαν καὶ οὐ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ οἱ ἀκούοντες πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους. 25 καὶ ᾿Ελνάθαν καὶ Γοθολίας καὶ Γαμαρίας ὑπέθεντο τῷ βασιλεῖ πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατακαῦσαι τὸ χαρτίον. 26 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ ῾Ιερεμεὴλ υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῷ Σαραίᾳ υἱῷ ᾿Εσριὴλ συλλαβεῖν τὸν Βαροὺχ καὶ τὸν ῾Ιερεμίαν· καὶ κατεκρύβησαν. 27 Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν μετὰ τὸ κατακαῦσαι τὸν βασιλέα τὸ χαρτίον, πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἔγραψε Βαροὺχ ἀπὸ στόματος ῾Ιερεμίου λέγων· 28 πάλιν λάβε σὺ χαρτίον ἕτερον καὶ γράψον πάντας τοὺς λόγους τοὺς ὄντας ἐπὶ τοῦ χαρτίου, οὓς κατέκαυσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιωακείμ. 29 καὶ ἐρεῖς· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· σὺ κατέκαυσας τὸ χαρτίον τοῦτο λέγων· διατί ἔγραψας ἐπ' αὐτῷ λέγων· εἰσπορευόμενος εἰσπορεύσεται βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ ἐκλείψει ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἄνθρωπος καὶ κτήνη; 30 διὰ τοῦτο οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ἐπὶ ᾿Ιωακεὶμ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα· οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ καθήμενος ἐπὶ θρόνου Δαυίδ, καὶ τὸ θνησιμαῖον αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῷ καύματι τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἐν τῷ παγετῷ τῆς νυκτός· 31 καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπ' αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπ' αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ᾿Ιούδα πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐλάλησα πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν. 32 καὶ ἔλαβε Βαροὺχ χαρτίον ἕτερον καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἀπὸ στόματος ῾Ιερεμίου ἅπαντας τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βιβλίου, οὓς κατέκαυσεν ᾿Ιωακείμ· καὶ ἔτι προσετέθησαν αὐτῷ λόγοι πλείονες ὡς οὗτοι.

ΚΑΙ ἐβασίλευσε Σεδεκίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωσία ἀντὶ ᾿Ιωακείμ, ὃν ἐβασίλευσε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεύειν τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα· 2 καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου, οὓς ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ ῾Ιερεμίου. 3 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σεδεκίας τὸν ᾿Ιωάχαλ υἱὸν Σελεμίου καὶ τὸν Σοφονίαν υἱὸν Μαασαίου τὸν ἱερέα πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν λέγων· πρόσευξαι δὴ περὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς Κύριον. 4 καὶ ῾Ιερεμίας ἦλθε καὶ διῆλθε διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τῆς φυλακῆς. 5 καὶ δύναμις Φαραὼ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι τὴν ἀκοὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 6 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν λέγων· 7 οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· οὕτως ἐρεῖς πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα πρὸς σὲ τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαί με· ἰδοὺ δύναμις Φαραὼ ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ὑμῖν εἰς βοήθειαν ἀποστρέψουσιν εἰς γῆν Αἰγύπτου, 8 καὶ ἀναστρέψουσιν αὐτοὶ οἱ Χαλδαῖοι, καὶ πολεμήσουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην καὶ συλλήψονται αὐτὴν καὶ καύσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί. 9 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· μὴ ὑπολάβητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν λέγοντες· ἀποτρέχοντες ἀπελεύσονται ἀφ' ἡμῶν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι, ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἀπέλθωσι· 10 καὶ ἐὰν πατάξητε πᾶσαν δύναμιν τῶν Χαλδαίων τοὺς πολεμοῦντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ καταλειφθῶσί τινες ἐκκεκεντημένοι ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτοῦ, οὗτοι ἀναστήσονται καὶ καύσουσι τὴν πόλιν ταύτην ἐν πυρί. 11 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἀνέβη ἡ δύναμις τῶν Χαλδαίων ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς δυνάμεως Φαραώ, 12 ἐξῆλθεν ῾Ιερεμίας ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς γῆν Βενιαμὶν τοῦ ἀγοράσαι ἐκεῖθεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ. 13 καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτὸς ἐν πύλῃ Βενιαμίν, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος, παρ' ᾧ κατέλυε, Σαρουΐα υἱὸς Σελεμίου, υἱοῦ ᾿Ανανίου, καὶ συνέλαβε τὸν ῾Ιερεμίαν λέγων· πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους σὺ φεύγεις; 14 καὶ εἶπε· ψεῦδος, οὐκ εἰς τοὺς Χαλδαίους ἐγὼ φεύγω. καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ καὶ συνέλαβε Σαρουΐα τὸν ῾Ιερεμίαν καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας. 15 καὶ ἐπικράνθησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ἐπὶ ῾Ιερεμίαν καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέστειλαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τοῦ γραμματέως, ὅτι ταύτην ἐποίησαν εἰς οἰκίαν φυλακῆς. 16 καὶ ἦλθεν ῾Ιερεμίας εἰς οἰκίαν τοῦ λάκκου καὶ εἰς τὴν χερὲθ καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκεῖ ἡμέρας πολλάς· 17 καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σεδεκίας καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς κρυφαίως εἰπεῖν, εἰ ἔστιν ὁ λόγος παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν· ἔστιν· εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος παραδοθήσῃ. 18 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ιερεμίας τῷ βασιλεῖ· τί ἠδίκησά σε καὶ τοὺς παῖδάς σου καὶ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ὅτι σὺ δίδως με εἰς οἰκίαν φυλακῆς; 19 καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ προφῆται ὑμῶν οἱ προφητεύσαντες ὑμῖν λέγοντες· ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ταύτην; 20 καὶ νῦν, κύριε βασιλεῦ, πεσέτω τὸ ἔλεός μου κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ τί ἀποστρέφεις με εἰς οἰκίαν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τοῦ γραμματέως καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνω ἐκεῖ; 21 καὶ συνέταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐνεβάλοσαν αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ ἐδίδοσαν αὐτῷ ἄρτον ἕνα τῆς ἡμέρας ἔξωθεν οὗ πέσσουσιν, ἕως ἐξέλιπον οἱ ἄρτοι ἐκ τῆς πόλεως. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ῾Ιερεμίας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς.

ΚΑΙ ἤκουσε Σαφατίας υἱὸς Μάθαν καὶ Γοδολίας υἱὸς Πασχὼρ καὶ ᾿Ιωάχαλ υἱὸς Σελεμίου τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ῾Ιερεμίας ἐλάλει ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν λέγων· 2 οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ, καὶ ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους ζήσεται, καὶ ἔσται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς εὕρημα, καὶ ζήσεται. 3 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· παραδιδομένη παραδοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας δυνάμεως βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ συλλήψεται αὐτήν. 4 καὶ εἶπαν τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἀναιρεθήτω δὴ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐκλύει τὰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν πολεμούντων τῶν καταλειπομένων ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τὰς χεῖρας παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ λαλῶν πρὸς αὐτοὺς κατὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους· ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐ χρησμολογεῖ εἰρήνην τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ, ἀλλ' ἢ πονηρά. 5 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν· ὅτι οὐκ ἠδύνατο ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς αὐτούς. 6 καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτὸν εἰς λάκκον Μελχίου υἱοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὃς ἦν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς, καὶ ἐχάλασαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν λάκκον, καὶ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ οὐκ ἦν ὕδωρ ἀλλ' ἢ βόρβορος, καὶ ἦν ἐν τῷ βορβόρῳ. - 7 Καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Αβδεμέλεχ ὁ Αἰθίοψ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν οἰκίᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι ἔδωκαν ῾Ιερεμίαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν ἐν τῇ πύλῃ Βενιαμίν, 8 καὶ ἐξῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ εἶπεν· 9 ἐπονηρεύσω ἃ ἐποίησας τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ λιμοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτι ἄρτοι ἐν τῇ πόλει. 10 καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ ᾿Αβδεμέλεχ λέγων· λάβε εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐντεῦθεν τριάκοντα ἀνθρώπους καὶ ἀνάγαγε αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνῃ. 11 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Αβδεμέλεχ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ βασιλέως τὴν ὑπόγαιον καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐκεῖθεν παλαιὰ ράκη καὶ παλαιὰ σχοινία καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὰ πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν εἰς τὸν λάκκον 12 καὶ εἶπε· ταῦτα θὲς ὑποκάτω τῶν σχοινίων, καὶ ἐποίησεν ῾Ιερεμίας οὕτως. 13 καὶ εἵλκυσαν αὐτὸν τοῖς σχοινίοις καὶ ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου· καὶ ἐκάθισεν ῾Ιερεμίας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς. - 14 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν ᾿Ασελεισὴ τὴν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· ἐρωτήσω σε λόγον, καὶ μὴ δὴ κρύψῃς ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ρῆμα. 15 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ιερεμίας τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω σοι, οὐχὶ θανάτῳ με θανατώσεις; καὶ ἐὰν συμβουλεύσω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἀκούσῃς μου. 16 καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς λέγων· ζῇ Κύριος, ὃς ἐποίησεν ἡμῖν τὴν ψυχὴν ταύτην, εἰ ἀποκτενῶ σε καὶ εἰ δώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων. 17 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ῾Ιερεμίας· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἐὰν ἐξελθὼν ἐξέλθῃς πρὸς ἡγεμόνας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ ἡ πόλις αὕτη οὐ μὴ κατακαυθῇ ἐν πυρί, καὶ ζήσῃ σὺ καὶ ἡ οἰκία σου. 18 καὶ ἐὰν μὴ ἐξέλθῃς, δοθήσεται ἡ πόλις αὕτη εἰς χεῖρας τῶν Χαλδαίων, καὶ καύσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί, καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς. 19 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ ῾Ιερεμίᾳ· ἐγὼ λόγον ἔχω τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων τῶν πεφευγότων πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους, μὴ δώσειν με εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, καὶ καταμωκήσονταί μου. 20 καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ιερεμίας· οὐ μὴ παραδῶσί σε· ἄκουσον τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, ὃν ἐγὼ λέγω πρός σε, καὶ βέλτιον ἔσται σοι, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή σου. 21 καὶ εἰ μὴ θέλεις σὺ ἐξελθεῖν, οὗτος ὁ λόγος, ὃν ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριος· 22 καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ καταλειφθεῖσαι ἐν οἰκίᾳ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα ἐξήγοντο πρὸς ἄρχοντας βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ αὗται ἔλεγον· ἠπάτησάν σε καὶ δυνήσονταί σοι ἄνδρες εἰρηνικοί σου καὶ καταλύσουσιν ἐν ὀλισθήμασι πόδα σου, ἀπέστρεψαν ἀπὸ σοῦ. 23 καὶ τὰς γυναῖκάς σου καὶ τὰ τέκνα σου ἐξάξουσι πρὸς τοὺς Χαλδαίους, καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ σωθῇς, ὅτι ἐν χειρὶ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος συλληφθήσῃ, καὶ ἡ πόλις αὕτη κατακαυθήσεται. 24 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· ἄνθρωπος μὴ γνώτω ἐκ τῶν λόγων τούτων, καὶ σὺ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃς. 25 καὶ ἐὰν οἱ ἄρχοντες ἀκούσωσιν ὅτι ἐλάλησά σοι καὶ ἔλθωσι πρὸς σὲ καὶ εἴπωσί σοι· ἀνάγγειλον ἡμῖν, τί ἐλάλησέ σοι ὁ βασιλεύς, μὴ κρύψῃς ἀφ' ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνέλωμέν σε, καὶ τί ἐλάλησε πρός σε ὁ βασιλεύς; 26 καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς· ρίπτω ἐγὼ τὸ ἔλεός μου κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀποστρέψαι με εἰς οἰκίαν ᾿Ιωνάθαν ἀποθανεῖν με ἐκεῖ. 27 καὶ ἤλθοσαν πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, οὓς ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς· καὶ ἀπεσιώπησαν, ὅτι οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὁ λόγος Κυρίου. 28 καὶ ἐκάθισεν ῾Ιερεμίας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς ἕως χρόνου οὗ συνελήφθη ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἐνάτῳ τοῦ Σεδεκία βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δεκάτῳ παρεγένετο Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν αὐτήν. 2 καὶ ἐν τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ Σεδεκία, ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τετάρτῳ, ἐνάτῃ τοῦ μηνός, ἐρράγη ἡ πόλις. 3 καὶ εἰσῆλθον πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν πύλῃ τῇ μέσῃ Ναργαλασὰρ καὶ Σαμαγὼθ καὶ Ναβουσαχὰρ καὶ Ναβουσαρεῖς καὶ Ναγαργασνασὲρ Ραβαμὰγ καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι ἡγεμόνες βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος· 14 καὶ ἀπέστειλαν καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν ῾Ιερεμίαν ἐξ αὐλῆς τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Γοδολίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αχεικὰμ υἱοῦ Σαφάν· καὶ ἐξήγαγον αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ. - 15 Καὶ πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς λέγων· 16 πορεύου καὶ εἰπὲ πρὸς ᾿Αβδεμέλεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω τοὺς λόγους μου ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην εἰς κακὰ καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθά, 17 καὶ σώσω σε ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ οὐ μὴ δώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὧν σὺ φοβῇ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, 18 ὅτι σώζων σώσω σε, καὶ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ οὐ μὴ πέσῃς. καὶ ἔσται ἡ ψυχή σου εἰς εὕρημα, ὅτι ἐπεποίθεις ἐπ' ἐμοί, φησὶ Κύριος.

Ο λόγος ὁ γενόμενος παρὰ Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν ὕστερον μετὰ τὸ ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸν Ναβουζαρδὰν τὸν ἀρχιμάγειρον τὸν ἐκ Δαμὰν ἐν τῷ λαβεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν χειροπέδαις, ἐν μέσῳ ἀποικίας ᾿Ιούδα τῶν ἠγμένων εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. 2 καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐλάλησε τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, 3 καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος, ὅτι ἡμάρτετε αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ. 4 ἰδοὺ ἔλυσά σε ἀπὸ τῶν χειροπέδων τῶν ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖράς σου· εἰ καλὸν ἐναντίον σου ἐλθεῖν μετ' ἐμοῦ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἧκε, καὶ θήσω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου ἐπὶ σέ· 5 εἰ δὲ μή, ἀπότρεχε καὶ ἀνάστρεψον πρὸς τὸν Γοδολίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αχεικάμ, υἱοῦ Σαφάν, ὃν κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν γῇ ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ οἴκησον μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν γῇ ᾿Ιούδα· εἰς ἅπαντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἐκεῖ, καὶ πορεύου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος δῶρα καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτόν. 6 καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταλειφθέντος ἐν τῇ γῇ. - 7 Καὶ ἤκουσαν πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς ἐν ἀγρῷ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτῶν, ὅτι κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος τὸν Γοδολίαν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ παρακατέθετο αὐτῷ ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας αὐτῶν, οὓς οὐκ ἀπῴκισεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. 8 καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ ᾿Ισμαὴλ υἱὸς Ναθανίου καὶ ᾿Ιωνὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ Σαραίας υἱὸς Θαναεμὲθ καὶ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωφὲ τοῦ Νετωφαθὶ καὶ ᾿Εζονίας υἱὸς τοῦ Μωχαθί, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτῶν. 9 καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτοῖς Γοδολίας καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν αὐτῶν λέγων· μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν παίδων τῶν Χαλδαίων· κατοικήσατε ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐργάσασθε τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ βέλτιον ἔσται ὑμῖν. 10 καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ κάθημαι ἐναντίον ὑμῶν εἰς Μασσηφὰ στῆναι κατὰ πρόσωπον τῶν Χαλδαίων, οἳ ἂν ἔλθωσιν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς, καὶ ὑμεῖς συνάγετε οἶνον καὶ ὀπώραν καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ βάλετε εἰς τὰ ἀγγεῖα ὑμῶν καὶ οἰκήσατε ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν, αἷς κατεκρατήσατε. 11 καὶ πάντες οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι οἱ ἐν γῇ Μωὰβ καὶ ἐν υἱοῖς ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιδουμαίᾳ καὶ οἱ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ ἤκουσαν ὅτι ἔδωκε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος κατάλειμμα τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ, καὶ ὅτι κατέστησεν ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τὸν Γοδολίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αχεικάμ. 12 καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς γῆν ᾿Ιούδα εἰς Μασσηφὰ καὶ συνήγαγον οἶνον καὶ ὀπώραν πολλὴν σφόδρα καὶ ἔλαιον. - 13 Καὶ ᾿Ιωανὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως, οἱ ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς, ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφὰ 14 καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· εἰ γνώσει γινώσκεις ὅτι Βελεισσὰ βασιλεὺς υἱὸς υἱῶν ᾿Αμμὼν ἀπέστειλε πρὸς σὲ τὸν ᾿Ισμαὴλ πατάξαι σου ψυχήν; καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν αὐτοῖς Γοδολίας. 15 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωανὰν τῷ Γοδολίᾳ κρυφαίως ἐν Μασσηφᾷ· πορεύσομαι δὴ καὶ πατάξω τὸν ᾿Ισμαὴλ καὶ μηθεὶς γνώτω, μὴ πατάξῃ σου ψυχὴν καὶ διασπαρῇ πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα οἱ συνηγμένοι πρὸς σὲ καὶ ἀπολοῦνται οἱ κατάλοιποι ᾿Ιούδα. 16 καὶ εἶπε Γοδολίας πρὸς ᾿Ιωανάν· μὴ ποιήσῃς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο, ὅτι ψευδῆ σὺ λέγεις περὶ ᾿Ισμαήλ.

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἦλθεν ᾿Ισμαὴλ υἰὸς Ναθανίου υἱοῦ ᾿Ελεασὰ ἀπὸ γένους τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ δέκα ἄνδρες μετ' αὐτοῦ πρὸς Γοδολίαν εἰς Μασσηφά, καὶ ἔφαγον ἐκεῖ ἄρτον ἅμα. 2 καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Ισμαὴλ καὶ οἱ δέκα ἄνδρες, οἳ ἦσαν μετ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὸν Γοδολίαν, ὃν κατέστησε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 3 καὶ πάντας τοὺς ᾿Ιουδαίους τοὺς ὄντας μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐν Μασσηφᾷ καὶ πάντας τοὺς Χαλδαίους τοὺς εὑρεθέντας ἐκεῖ. - 4 Καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πατάξαντος αὐτοῦ τὸν Γοδολίαν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔγνω, 5 καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἄνδρες ἀπὸ Συχὲμ καὶ ἀπὸ Σαλὴμ καὶ ἀπὸ Σαμαρείας, ὀγδοήκοντα ἄνδρες, ἐξυρημένοι πώγωνας καὶ διερρηγμένοι τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ κοπτόμενοι, καὶ μαναὰ καὶ λίβανος ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν τοῦ εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου. 6 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῖς ᾿Ισμαήλ· αὐτοὶ ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· εἰσέλθετε πρὸς Γοδολίαν. 7 καὶ ἐγένετο εἰσελθόντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μέσον τῆς πόλεως, ἔσφαξεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ φρέαρ. 8 καὶ δέκα ἄνδρες εὑρέθησαν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἶπαν τῷ ᾿Ισμαήλ· μὴ ἀνέλῃς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι εἰσὶν ἡμῖν θησαυροὶ ἐν ἀγρῷ, πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί, μέλι καὶ ἔλαιον· καὶ παρῆλθε καὶ οὐκ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτοὺς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν. 9 καὶ τὸ φρέαρ, εἰς ὃ ἔρριψεν ἐκεῖ ᾿Ισμαὴλ πάντας, οὓς ἐπάταξε, φρέαρ μέγα τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασὰ ἀπὸ προσώπου Βαασὰ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραήλ· τοῦτο ἐνέπλησεν ᾿Ισμαὴλ τραυματιῶν. 10 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ᾿Ισμαὴλ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν καταλειφθέντα εἰς Μασσηφὰ καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως, ἃς παρακατέθετο ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τῷ Γοδολίᾳ υἱῷ ᾿Αχεικάμ, καὶ ᾤχετο εἰς τὸ πέραν υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών. - 11 Καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Ιωανὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐποίησεν ᾿Ισμαήλ, 12 καὶ ἤγαγον ἅπαν τὸ στρατόπεδον αὐτῶν καὶ ᾤχοντο πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὕδατος πολλοῦ ἐν Γαβαών. 13 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε εἶδε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ ᾿Ισμαὴλ τὸν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς μετ' αὐτοῦ, 14 καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν πρὸς ᾿Ιωανάν. 15 καὶ ᾿Ισμαὴλ ἐσώθη σὺν ὀκτὼ ἀνθρώποις καὶ ᾤχετο πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Αμμών. - 16 Καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ, οὓς ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ᾿Ισμαήλ, δυνατοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους, οὓς ἀπέστρεψαν ἀπὸ Γαβαών, 17 καὶ ᾤχοντο καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν Γαβηρώθ - Χαμαὰμ τῇ πρὸς Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον 18 ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν Χαλδαίων, ὅτι ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐπάταξεν ᾿Ισμαὴλ τὸν Γοδολίαν, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῇ γῇ.

ΚΑΙ προσῆλθον πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ ᾿Αζαρίας υἱὸς Μαασαίου καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου 2 πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· πεσέτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεος ἡμῶν κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου καὶ πρόσευξαι πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου περὶ τῶν καταλοίπων τούτων, ὅτι κατελείφθημεν ὀλίγοι ἀπὸ πολλῶν, καθὼς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου βλέπουσι· 3 καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω ἡμῖν Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου τὴν ὁδόν, ᾗ πορευσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ λόγον ὃν ποιήσομεν. 4 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ῾Ιερεμίας· ἤκουσα, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ προσεύξομαι ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν κατὰ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν· καὶ ἔσται, ὁ λόγος, ὃν ἂν ἀποκριθήσεται Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ κρύψω ἀφ' ὑμῶν ρῆμα. 5 καὶ αὐτοὶ εἶπαν τῷ ῾Ιερεμίᾳ· ἔστω Κύριος ἐν ἡμῖν εἰς μάρτυρα δίκαιον καὶ πιστόν, εἰ μὴ κατὰ πάντα τὸν λόγον, ὃν ἐὰν ἀποστείλῃ Κύριος πρὸς ἡμᾶς, οὕτως ποιήσωμεν· 6 καὶ ἐὰν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐὰν κακόν, τὴν φωνὴν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, οὗ ἡμεῖς ἀποστέλλομέν σε πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀκουσόμεθα, ἵνα βέλτιον ἡμῖν γένηται, ὅτι ἀκουσόμεθα τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. - 7 Καὶ ἐγενήθη μεθ' ἡμέρας δέκα ἐγενήθη λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν. 8 καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου 9 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· 10 ἐὰν καθίσαντες καθίσητε ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ, οἰκοδομήσω ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐ μὴ καθελῶ καὶ φυτεύσω ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκτίλω, ὅτι ἀναπέπαυμαι ἐπὶ τοῖς κακοῖς, οἷς ἐποίησα ὑμῖν. 11 μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, οὗ ὑμεῖς φοβεῖσθε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, μὴ φοβηθῆτε, φησὶ Κύριος, ὅτι μεθ' ὑμῶν ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ σῴζειν ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ· 12 καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἔλεος καὶ ἐλεήσω ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐπιστρέψω ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν. 13 καὶ εἰ λέγετε ὑμεῖς· οὐ μὴ καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς Κυρίου, 14 ὅτι εἰς γῆν Αἰγύπτου εἰσελευσόμεθα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδωμεν πόλεμον καὶ φωνὴν σάλπιγγος οὐ μὴ ἀκούσωμεν καὶ ἐν ἄρτοις οὐ μὴ πεινάσωμεν καὶ ἐκεῖ οἰκήσομεν, 15 διὰ τοῦτο ἀκούσατε λόγον Κυρίου· οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· ἐὰν ὑμεῖς δῶτε τὸ πρόσωπον ὑμῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ εἰσέλθητε ἐκεῖ κατοικεῖν, 16 καὶ ἔσται, ἡ ρομφαία, ἣν ὑμεῖς φοβεῖσθε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῆς, εὑρήσει ὑμᾶς ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὁ λιμός, οὗ ὑμεῖς λόγον ἔχετε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καταλήψεται ὑμᾶς ὀπίσω ὑμῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀποθανεῖσθε. 17 καὶ ἔσονται πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀλλογενεῖς, οἱ θέντες τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν εἰς γῆν Αἰγύπτου ἐνοικεῖν ἐκεῖ, ἐκλείψουσιν ἐν τῇ ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῷ λιμῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῶν οὐθεὶς σῳζόμενος ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπ' αὐτούς. 18 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος· καθὼς ἔσταξεν ὁ θυμός μου ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, οὕτως στάξει ὁ θυμός μου ἐφ' ὑμᾶς εἰσελθόντων ὑμῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἔσεσθε εἰς ἄβατον καὶ ὑποχείριοι καὶ εἰς ἀρὰν καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε οὐκέτι τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, 19 ἃ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐφ' ὑμᾶς τοὺς καταλοίπους ᾿Ιούδα· μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς Αἴγυπτον. καὶ νῦν γνόντες γνώσεσθε 20 ὅτι ἐπονηρεύσασθε ἐν ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἀποστείλαντές με λέγοντες· πρόσευξαι περὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ κατὰ πάντα, ἃ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ σοι Κύριος, ποιήσομεν. 21 καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου, ἧς ἀπέστειλέ με πρὸς ὑμᾶς. 22 καὶ νῦν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἐκλείψετε ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ὑμεῖς βούλεσθε εἰσελθεῖν κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ.

ΚΑΙ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἐπαύσατο ῾Ιερεμίας λέγων πρὸς τὸν λαὸν πάντας τοὺς λόγους Κυρίου, οὓς ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν Κύριος πρὸς αὐτούς, πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους, 2 καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αζαρίας υἱὸς Μαασαίου καὶ ᾿Ιωανὰν υἱὸς Καρηὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ εἴπαντες τῷ ῾Ιερεμίᾳ λέγοντες· ψεύδη, οὐκ ἀπέστειλέ σε Κύριος πρὸς ἡμᾶς λέγων· μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς Αἴγυπτον οἰκεῖν ἐκεῖ, 3 ἀλλ' ἢ Βαροὺχ υἱὸς Νηρίου συμβάλλει σε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἵνα δῷς ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν Χαλδαίων τοῦ θανατῶσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀποικισθῆναι ἡμᾶς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. 4 καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ πάντες ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου κατοικῆσαι ἐν γῇ ᾿Ιούδα. 5 καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους ᾿Ιούδα, τοὺς ἀποστρέψαντας κατοικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ, 6 τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ νήπια, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὰς ψυχάς, ἃς κατέλιπε Ναβουζαρδὰν μετὰ Γοδολίου υἱοῦ ᾿Αχεικάμ, καὶ ῾Ιερεμίαν τὸν προφήτην καὶ Βαροὺχ υἱὸν Νηρίου 7 καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὅτι οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς Τάφνας. 8 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν ἐν Τάφνας λέγων· 9 λαβὲ σεαυτῷ λίθους μεγάλους καὶ κατάκρυψον αὐτοὺς ἐν προθύροις, ἐν πύλῃ τῆς οἰκίας Φαραὼ ἐν Τάφνας, κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνδρῶν ᾿Ιούδα 10 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 11 καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ πατάξει γῆν Αἰγύπτου, οὓς εἰς θάνατον, εἰς θάνατον, καὶ οὓς εἰς ἀποικισμόν, εἰς ἀποικισμόν, καὶ οὓς εἰς ρομφαίαν, εἰς ρομφαίαν. 12 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, 13 καὶ συντρίψει τοὺς στύλους ῾Ηλιουπόλεως, τοὺς ἐν ῎Ων, καὶ τὰς οἰκίας αὐτῶν κατακαύσει ἐν πυρί.

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