Giê-rê-mi 46
Kinh Thánh Bản Truyền Thống ⇄ NET Bible
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the nations.
StudiuTrận Cạt-kê-mít — Đây là trận Cạt-kê-mít (khoảng năm 605 T.C.), nơi Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa của Ba-by-lôn đánh bại Pha-ra-ôn-Nê-cô trên sông Ơ-phơ-rát. Trận chiến này đã chấm dứt sức mạnh của Ê-díp-tô trong khu vực và đưa Ba-by-lôn trở thành cường quốc thống trị.(2KI 24:7)He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
“Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor!
What do I see?” says the Lord. “The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.
But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.
“Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
StudiuÊ-díp-tô như sông Ni-lơ — Từ được dịch là “sông” thường ám chỉ sông Ni-lơ. Quân đội Ê-díp-tô huênh hoang rằng họ sẽ dấy lên và bao phủ đất như sự dâng trào của sông Ni-lơ, nhưng lời tiên tri nói rằng họ sẽ vấp ngã và thất bại gần sông Ơ-phơ-rát ở phương bắc.Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt says, ‘I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’
Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.
But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
StudiuNhũ hương Ga-la-át — Ga-la-át vốn nổi tiếng về loại nhũ hương (thuốc) chữa lành. Ê-díp-tô được một cách mỉa mai bảo hãy đến đó, nhưng không phương thuốc nào có thể chữa lành sự phán xét mà Đức Chúa Trời đã ấn định. Điều này lặp lại tiếng kêu trước đó của Giê-rê-mi: “Tại Ga-la-át chẳng có thuốc sao?”(JER 8:22)Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.
The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.”
The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack the land of Egypt.
“Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. ‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’
Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down.
I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say, ‘Get up! Let’s go back to our own people. Let’s go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’
StudiuPha-ra-ôn chỉ là tiếng kêu rỗng tuếch — Quân đội Ê-díp-tô chế nhạo Pha-ra-ôn chỉ là một âm thanh suông. Trong tiếng Hê-bơ-rơ, ông ta đã “để dịp tiện qua đi”—ông đã lỡ mất thời điểm và không thể cứu Ê-díp-tô.There at home they will say, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.’
I the King, whose name is the Lord who rules over all, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.
Pack your bags for exile, you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt. For Memphis will be laid waste. It will lie in ruins and be uninhabited.
Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.
Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.
Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.
The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the Lord, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count.
Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame. She will be handed over to the people from the north.”
StudiuNô chính là Thê-bơ — “Nô” là thành phố cổ Thê-bơ của Ai Cập, một trung tâm quyền lực và thờ cúng thần tượng của Ê-díp-tô. Đức Chúa Trời sẽ xét đoán thành này cùng với Pha-ra-ôn, Ê-díp-tô, và các thần của nó—không ai trong số đó có thể bảo vệ họ trước Ngài.The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him.
I will hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar and his troops, who want to kill them. But later on, people will live in Egypt again as they did in former times. I, the Lord, affirm it!”
StudiuHy vọng đã hứa cho Y-sơ-ra-ên — Các câu này rất gần với Giê-rê-mi 30:10-11. Sau khi công bố sự phán xét trên Ê-díp-tô, Đức Chúa Trời trấn an Y-sơ-ra-ên rằng Ngài sẽ cứu dân Ngài khỏi cảnh phu tù, xét đoán các nước, và sửa phạt Y-sơ-ra-ên một cách có chừng mực, chứ không tiêu diệt hoàn toàn.(JER 30:10)“You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
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