Targum Jonathan on the Prophets Jeremiah · chapter 43

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1. 1

   וַהֲוָה כַּד שֵׁיצֵי יִרְמְיָה לְמַלָלָא עִם כָּל עַמָא יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא דַייָ אֱלָהָהוֹן דְשַׁלְחֵיהּ יְיָ אֱלָהָהוֹן לְוַתְהוֹן יַת כָּל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין:

   When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God— everything that the LORD had sent him to say—

2. 2

   וַאֲמַר עֲזַרְיָה בַר הוֹשַׁעְיָה וְיוֹחָנָן בַּר קָרֵחַ וְכָל גַבְרַיָא רַשִׁיעַיָא אָמְרִין לְיִרְמְיָה שַׁקְרָא אַתְּ מִתְנַבֵי לָא שַׁלְחָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָנָא לְמֵימָר לָא תַעֲלוּן לְמִצְרַיִם לְאִתּוֹתָבָא תַמָן:

   Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

3. 3

   אֲרֵי בָּרוּךְ בַּר נֵרִיָה מְגַרֵי יָתָךְ בָּנָא בְּדִיל לְמִמְסַר יָתָנָא בִּידָא דְכַסְדָאֵי לְמִקְטַל יָתָנָא וּלְאַגְלָאָה יָתָנָא לְבָבֶל:

   Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”

4. 4

   וְלָא קַבֵיל יוֹחָנָן בַּר קָרַחַ וְכָל רַבָּנֵי חֵילְוָתָא וְכָל עַמָא לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ לְמִתַּב בְּאַרְעָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

   So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.

5. 5

   וּדְבַר יוֹחָנָן בַּר קָרֵחַ וְכָל רַבָּנֵי חֵילְוָתָא יַת כָּל שְׁאָרָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה דְתָבוּ מִכָּל עַמְמַיָא דְאִתְבַּדָרוּ לְתַמָן לְאִתּוֹתָבָא בְּאַרְעָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה:

   Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,

6. 6

   יַת גַבְרַיָא וְיַת נְשַׁיָא וְיַת טַפְלָא וְיַת בְּנַת מַלְכָּא וְיַת כָּל נַפְשָׁתָא דִי שְׁבַק נְבוּזַרְאַדָן רַב קָטוֹלַיָא עַל גְדַלְיָה בַּר אֲחִיקָם בַּר שָׁפָן וְיַת יִרְמְיָה נְבִיָא וְיַת בָּרוּךְ בַּר נֵרִיָה:

   the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

7. 7

   וַאֲתוֹ לְאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם אֲרֵי לָא קַבִּילוּ לְמֵימְרָא דַייָ וַאֲתוֹ עַד תַּחְפַּנְחֵס:

   So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

8. 8

   וַהֲוָה פִּתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עִם יִרְמְיָה בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵס לְמֵימָר:

   Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:

9. 9

   סַב עִמָךְ אַבְנִין רַבְרְבָן וְתִטַמְרִינוּן בִּטְפֵיל בִּנְיָנָא דִי בִּתְרַע בֵּית פַּרְעֹה בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵס לְעֵינֵי גַבְרִין יְהוּדָאִין:

   “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

10. 10

    וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ צְבָאוֹת אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל הָא אֲנָא שְׁלַח וַאֲדַבֵּר יַת נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַר מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל עַבְדִי וַאֲשַׁוֵי יַת כּוּרְסוֹהִי עֵיל מִן אַבְנַיָא הָאִלֵין דְטַמָרֵית וְיִגוֹד יַת אַפַּדְנֵיהּ עֲלֵיהוֹן:

    Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

11. 11

    וְיֵיתֵי וְיִקְטַל יַת אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם דִי לְמוֹתָא לְמוֹתָא וְדִי לְשִׁבְיָא לְשִׁבְיָא וְדִי לְחַרְבָּא לְחַרְבָּא:

    He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

12. 12

    וְאַדְלֵיק אֶשְׁתָּא בְּבָתֵּי טַעֲוַת מִצְרָאֵי וְיוֹקְדִינוּן וְיִשְׁבִּינוּן וִירוֹקֵין יַת אַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם כְּמָא דְמִתְעַטֵיף רָעֲיָא יַת לְבוּשֵׁיהּ וְיִפּוֹק מִתַּמָן בִּשְׁלָם:

    I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

13. 13

    וִיתַבַּר יַת קָמַת בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ דִי בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וְיַת בָּתֵּי טַעֲוַת מִצְרָיִם יוֹקֵיד בְּנוּרָא:

    He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”