¹ Léta devátého Sedechiáše krále Judského, měsíce desátého, přitáhl Nabuchodonozor král Babylonský se vším vojskem svým k Jeruzalému, a oblehli jej.

² Jedenáctého pak léta Sedechiášova, měsíce čtvrtého, devátého dne měsíce, prolomeno jest město.

³ I vešla tam všecka knížata krále Babylonského, a posadila se v bráně prostřední: Nergalšaretser, Samgarnebu, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalšaretser, Rabmag, a všecka jiná knížata krále Babylonského.

⁴ Stalo se pak, když je uzřel Sedechiáš král Judský, a že všickni muži bojovní utekli, a vyšli v noci z města cestou zahrady královské skrze bránu mezi dvěma zdmi, ušel také cestou pouště.

⁵ I honilo je vojsko Kaldejské, a postihli Sedechiáše na rovinách Jerišských, a jali jej a přivedli ho k Nabuchodonozorovi králi Babylonskému do Ribla, do země Emat. Kdežto učinil soud.

⁶ Nebo zmordoval král Babylonský syny Sedechiášovy v Ribla před očima jeho, i všecky nejpřednější Judské zmordoval král Babylonský.

⁷ Oči pak Sedechiášovy oslepil, a svázav ho řetězy ocelivými, dovedl jej do Babylona.

⁸ Dům také královský i domy toho lidu vypálili Kaldejští ohněm, a zdi Jeruzalémské pobořili.

⁹ Ostatek pak lidu, kterýž byl zůstal v městě, i poběhlce, kteříž byli ustoupili k němu, a jiný lid pozůstalý zavedl Nebuzardan, hejtman nad žoldnéři, do Babylona.

¹⁰ Toliko nejchaternějších z lidu, kteříž nikdež neměli nic, zanechal Nebuzardan, hejtman nad žoldnéři, v zemi Judské, jimž rozdal vinice a rolí v ten den.

¹¹ Přikázal pak Nabuchodonozor král Babylonský o Jeremiášovi Nebuzardanovi, hejtmanu nad žoldnéři, řka:

¹² Vezmi jej, a pilně ho opatruj, aniž jemu čiň co zlého, ale jakž tobě řekne, tak nalož s ním.

¹³ Protož poslav Nebuzardan, hejtman nad žoldnéři, a Nebušazban, Rabsaris, a Nergalšaretser, Rabmag, a všickni hejtmané krále Babylonského,

¹⁴ Poslavše, pravím, vzali Jeremiáše z síně stráže, a dali jej Godoliášovi synu Achikamovu, syna Safanova, aby jej domů dovedl. Takž bydlil u prostřed lidu.

¹⁵ Stalo se pak k Jeremiášovi slovo Hospodinovo, když ještě byl zavřín v síni stráže, řkoucí:

¹⁶ Jdi a rci Ebedmelechovi Mouřenínu, řka: Takto praví Hospodin zástupů, Bůh Izraelský: Aj, já způsobím to, aby došla slova má na město toto ke zlému a ne k dobrému, a splní se před oblíčejem tvým v ten den.

¹⁷ Ale vysvobodím tě v ten den, dí Hospodin, aniž budeš vydán v ruku mužů těch, jejichž oblíčeje se lekáš.

¹⁸ Nebo jistotně vychvátím tě, abys od meče nepadl, a budeš míti život svůj místo kořisti, proto že jsi naději složil ve mně, dí Hospodin.

¹ I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

² Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

³ I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁶ In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

⁷ Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

⁸ Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

⁹ He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

¹⁰ He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

¹¹ He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹² At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³ Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴ He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

¹⁵ Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶ He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁸ They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

²⁰ Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

²¹ For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²² For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.

²³ I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴ Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁵ With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶ With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷ For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.

²⁸ For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²⁹ For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

³¹ For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

³² the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

³³ He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places.

³⁴ He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

³⁵ You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁶ You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

³⁷ I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

³⁸ I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

³⁹ For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰ You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

⁴² Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

⁴³ You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

⁴⁵ The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

⁴⁶ Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

⁴⁷ even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁸ He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

⁴⁹ Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.

⁵⁰ He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.