Jeremija 13

1 Ovako mi govori Jahve: “Idi i kupi sebi lanen pojas i opaši bokove. Ali ga u vodu ne umači.”

Thus says the LORD unto me, Go and get you a linen girdle, and put it upon your loins, and put it not in water.

2 I kupih pojas po riječi Jahvinoj i opasah bokove.

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

3 I dođe mi drugi put riječ Jahvina:

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

4 “Uzmi pojas što si ga kupio i njime se opasao, digni se, idi do rijeke Eufrata i sakrij ga ondje u pukotinu pećine.”

Take the girdle that you have got, which is upon your loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

5 I odoh i sakrih ga kraj Eufrata, kako mi Jahve zapovjedi. Poslije mnogo dana reče mi Jahve:

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

6 “Ustaj, idi na Eufrat pa izvuci odande pojas za koji ti zapovjedih da ga ondje sakriješ.”

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded you to hide there.

7 Odoh na Eufrat, izvukoh i uzeh pojas s mjesta gdje ga bijah sakrio, i gle: pojas istrunuo, ne bijaše više nizašto.

Then I went to Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was ruined, it was profitable for nothing.

8 Tada mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 “Ovako govori Jahve: Tako ću uništiti silnu oholost Judeje i Jeruzalema.

Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10 Narod taj opaki koji ne sluša mojih riječi, nego slijedi okorjelo srce svoje i trči za drugim bogovima da im služi i da im se klanja, postat će kao tvoj pojas koji nije više nizašto.

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

11 Jer kao što pojas prianja uz bedra čovjekova, tako sam htio da sav dom Izraelov i sav dom Judin prianja uza me - riječ je Jahvina - da budu moj narod, moj dobar glas, moj ponos, moja slava i čast. Ali nisu poslušali!”

For as the girdle cleaves to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

12 Reci tom narodu: “Svaki se vrč puni vinom.” A oni će ti prigovoriti: “Zar možda ne znamo da se svaki vrč puni vinom?”

Therefore you shall speak unto them this word; Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

13 Reci im tada: “Ovako govori Jahve: evo, napunit ću pijanošću sve stanovnike ove zemlje, kraljeve što sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, i svećenike, i proroke, i sve Jeruzalemce.

Then shall you say unto them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

14 I porazbijat ću ih jednog o drugoga, očeve zajedno sa sinovima - riječ je Jahvina. Uništit ću ih bez samilosti, bez milosrđa i bez smilovanja.”

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

15 Poslušajte, dobro čujte, okanite se oholosti: Jahve sad govori!

Hear all of you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken.

16 Dajte slavu Jahvi, Bogu svojemu, prije nego što se smrkne, prije nego što se noge vaše spotaknu po planinama mračnim. Vi se nadate svjetlosti, a on će je u mrak pretvoriti, prometnuti u crnu tamu!

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while all of you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

17 Ako ovo ne poslušate, potajno će mi duša plakati zbog oholosti vaše, suze će roniti, oko će mi suze prolijevati, jer Jahvino stado u izgnanstvo odlazi.

But if all of you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.

18 Reci kralju i kraljici-majci: “Sjednite duboko dolje, jer vijenac slave pade s vaših glava.

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

19 Gradovi Negeba zatvoreni su, i nikoga nema da ih otvori. Sva je Judeja izgnana, sasvim izgnana!”

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

20 Podigni oči, Jeruzaleme, i pogledaj one što nadiru sa Sjevera. Gdje je stado tebi povjereno, slavne ovce tvoje?

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?

21 Što ćeš reći kada ti se nametnu kao gospodari tvoji oni koje si sam naučio da te kao ljubavnici vode. Neće li te bolovi spopasti kao porodilju?

What will you say when he shall punish you? for you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall not sorrows take you, as a woman in travail?

22 Možda ćeš se tad upitati: “Zašto me to snašlo?” Zbog mnoštva bezakonja tvojih otkriše ti skute, nasilje nad tobom učiniše.

And if you say in your heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered, and your heels made bare.

23 Može li Etiopljanin promijeniti kožu svoju? Ili leopard krzno svoje? “A vi, možete li činiti dobro, navikli da zlo činite?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may all of you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

24 Zato ću vas raspršiti k'o pljevu koju raznosi pustinjski vjetar.

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

25 To je sudba tvoja i dio tebi odmjeren - riječ je Jahvina - jer si mene zaboravio i u laž se uzdao.

This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

26 Sam ću ti halju do lica podići da se tvoja golotinja vidi.

Therefore will I discover your skirts upon your face, that your shame may appear.

27 Sve preljube tvoje, tvoje vriskanje i bestidno tvoje bludničenje, na humcima, u poljima, vidio sam tvoje grozote. Jao tebi, Jeruzaleme! Još se ne očisti i dokle će to još trajati ...?”

I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your whoredom, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be?