Jeremías 18
Zürcher Bibel 1931
1DAS Wort, das vom Herrn an Jeremia erging:
2Mache dich auf und gehe hinab in das Haus des Töpfers; dort will ich dich meine Worte hören lassen.
3Und ich ging hinab in das Haus des Töpfers, und siehe, er arbeitete gerade auf seiner Scheibe.
4Wenn nun das Geschirr, das er aus dem Ton machte, ihm unter den Händen missriet, so machte er wieder ein andres Geschirr daraus, wie es ihn gut dünkte.
5Da erging an mich das Wort des Herrn:
6Kann ich mit euch nicht tun wie dieser Töpfer, Haus Israel? spricht der Herr. Siehe, wie Ton in der Hand des Töpfers, so seid ihr in meiner Hand, Haus Israel. (a) Jes 45:9; 64:8
7Einmal rede ich über ein Volk und über ein Königreich, es auszureissen und niederzureissen und zu verderben; (a) Jer 1:10
8bekehrt sich dann aber ein solches Volk, über das ich geredet habe, von seiner Bosheit, so lasse ich mich das Unheil gereuen, das ich über sie zu bringen gedachte. (a) Jer 26:3; Hes 33:11
9Ein andermal rede ich über ein Volk und über ein Königreich, es zu pflanzen und aufzubauen;
10tut es dann aber, was mir missfällt, und hört nicht auf meine Stimme, so lasse ich mich das Gute gereuen, das ich ihm zu tun gedachte.
11Und nun, so sage denn zu den Männern Judas und zu den Bewohnern Jerusalems: So spricht der Herr: Siehe, ich bereite wider euch Unheil und schmiede gegen euch einen Plan. Kehret doch um, ein jeder von seinem bösen Wandel, und bessert euren Wandel und eure Taten! (a) Jer 7:3; 25:5; 26:13; 2Kön 17:13
12Aber sie werden sagen: Verlorne Mühe! Nein, unsern Gedanken wollen wir folgen, wollen ein jeder nach der Verstocktheit seines bösen Herzens handeln! (a) Jer 2:25; 3:17; 11:8
13Darum spricht der Herr also: Fraget doch unter den Heiden: Wer hat je dergleichen gehört? Gar Schauriges hat die Jungfrau Israel getan! (a) Jer 2:10
14Schwindet wohl je vom Fels des Sirjon der weisse Schnee? oder versiegen die Wasser des Ostens, die kalten, immerströmenden?
15Mich aber hat mein Volk vergessen, den Götzen opfern sie. Sie sind gestrauchelt auf ihren Wegen, den Pfaden der Vorzeit, um auf ungebahnten Wegen zu wandeln, (a) Jer 3:21; 6:16
16ihr Land zum Entsetzen zu machen, zum ewigen Gespötte; ein jeder, der es durchwandert, entsetzt sich und schüttelt das Haupt. (a) Jer 19:8; 49:17
17Wie ein Oststurm will ich sie vor dem Feinde zerstreuen; den Rücken und nicht das Antlitz will ich ihnen zeigen am Tag ihres Verderbens. (a) Jer 2:27
18DA sprachen sie: "Auf, lasset uns Pläne schmieden wider Jeremia! denn nie wird die Weisung dem Priester ausgehen, noch der Rat dem Weisen, noch das Wort dem Propheten. Auf, lasset uns ihn mit seinen eignen Worten schlagen und aufpassen auf alle seine Rede!"
19Habe du auf mich acht, o Herr, und höre die Rede meiner Widersacher!
20Soll denn Gutes mit Bösem vergolten werden? Haben sie doch meinem Leben eine Grube gegraben. Sei eingedenk, wie ich vor dir gestanden habe, ihnen zum besten zu reden, um deinen Zorn von ihnen zu wenden. (a) Jer 14:7 19-21
21So gib nun ihre Kinder dem Hunger preis und überliefere sie in des Schwertes Gewalt! Ihre Frauen sollen der Kinder beraubt, sollen Witwen werden! ihre Männer töte die Pest, ihre Jünglinge würge das Schwert in der Schlacht!
22Wehruf erschalle aus ihren Häusern, wenn du plötzlich die Raubschar über sie kommen lässt! Denn sie haben eine Grube gegraben, mich zu fangen, und Schlingen gelegt für meine Füsse.
23Du aber, Herr, du weisst, was sie planen, um mich zu töten. Verzeihe ihnen ihre Missetat nicht, und ihre Sünde lösche nicht aus vor deinen Augen! Sie sollen ein Anstoss bleiben vor dir; zur Zeit deines Zornes tue es ihnen an!
Reina-Valera 1909
1LA palabra que fué á Jeremías de Jehová, diciendo:
2Levántate, y vete á casa del alfarero, y allí te haré oir mis palabras.
3Y descendí á casa del alfarero, y he aquí que él hacía obra sobre la rueda.
4Y el vaso que él hacía de barro se quebró en la mano del alfarero; y tornó é hízolo otro vaso, según que al alfarero pareció mejor hacerlo.
5Entonces fué á mí palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
6¿No podré yo hacer de vosotros como este alfarero, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová? He aquí que como el barro en la mano del alfarero, así sois vosotros en mi mano, oh casa de Israel.
7En un instante hablaré contra gentes y contra reinos, para arrancar, y disipar, y destruir.
8Empero si esas gentes se convirtieren de su maldad, de que habré hablado, yo me arrepentiré del mal que había pensado hacerles.
9Y en un instante hablaré de la gente y del reino, para edificar y para plantar;
10Pero si hiciere lo malo delante de mis ojos, no oyendo mi voz, arrepentiréme del bien que había determinado hacerle.
11Ahora pues habla luego á todo hombre de Judá, y á los moradores de Jerusalem, diciendo: Así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que yo dispongo mal contra vosotros, y trazo contra vosotros designios: conviértase ahora cada uno de su mal camino, y mejorad vuestros caminos y vuestras obras.
12Y dijeron: Es por demás: porque en pos de nuestras imaginaciones hemos de ir, y hemos de hacer cada uno el pensamiento de su malvado corazón.
13Por tanto, así dijo Jehová: Preguntad ahora á las gentes, quién tal haya oído. Gran fealdad ha hecho la virgen de Israel.
14¿Faltará la nieve del Líbano de la piedra del campo? ¿faltarán las aguas frías que corren de lejanas tierras?
15Porque mi pueblo me ha olvidado, incensando á la vanidad, y hácenles tropezar en sus caminos, en las sendas antiguas, para que caminen por sendas, por camino no hollado;
16Para poner su tierra en desolación, y en silbos perpetuos; todo aquel que pasare por ella se maravillará, y meneará su cabeza.
17Como viento solano los esparciré delante del enemigo; mostraréles las espaldas, y no el rostro, en el día de su perdición.
18Y dijeron: Venid, y tracemos maquinaciones contra Jeremías; porque la ley no faltará del sacerdote, ni consejo del sabio, ni palabra del profeta. Venid é hirámoslo de lengua, y no miremos á todas sus palabras.
19Oh Jehová, mira por mí, y oye la voz de los que contienden conmigo.
20¿Dase mal por bien, para que hayan cavado hoyo á mi alma? Acuérdate que me puse delante de ti para hablar bien por ellos, para apartar de ellos tu ira.
21Por tanto, entrega sus hijos á hambre, y hazlos derramar por medio de la espada; y queden sus mujeres sin hijos, y viudas; y sus maridos sean puestos á muerte, y sus jóvenes heridos á cuchillo en la guerra.
22Oigase clamor de sus casas, cuando trajeres sobre ellos ejército de repente: porque cavaron hoyo para prenderme, y á mis pies han escondido lazos.
23Mas tú, oh Jehová, conoces todo su consejo contra mí para muerte; no perdones su maldad, ni borres su pecado de delante de tu rostro: y tropiecen delante de ti; haz así con ellos en el tiempo de tu furor.
King James Version
1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
11Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
13Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
14Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
World English Bible
1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
6“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.