Jeremija 14
1 Riječ Jahvina Jeremiji o velikoj suši:
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 Judeja je tugom obrvana i ginu njeni gradovi, sumorno leže na zemlji, krik Jeruzalema do neba se vije.
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 Odličnici šalju sluge po vodu: dolaze do studenaca, ali vode ne nalaze, vraćaju se praznih vrčeva, postiđeni, posramljeni, pokriše glavu svoju.
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
4 Zemlja je sva ispucala jer kiše nema. Ratari se postidješe, pokriše glave.
The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
5 Pa i košuta u polju ostavlja mlado jer trave nema.
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
6 Divlji magarci, stojeć' na goletima, dašću kao čagalj, oči im malaksale jer nema zelenila.
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
7 Bezakonja naša protiv nas svjedoče, smiluj se, o Jahve, rad' imena svoga! Jer otpadosmo od tebe, tebi sagriješismo,
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
8 o nado Izraelova, spasitelju njegov u danima nevolje! Zašto si kao stranac u ovoj zemlji, kao putnik što se uvrati da prenoći?
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
9 Zašto si kao prestravljen čovjek, kao junak koji ne može pomoći? TÓa ti si među nama, o Jahve, mi se tvojim zovemo imenom - nemoj nas ostaviti!
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
10 Ovako govori Jahve o narodu ovome: Jest, oni vole tumarati i ne štede svojih nogu, i zato ih Jahve ne voli. I sada se spominje bezakonja njihova i kažnjava grijehe njihove.
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
11 I reče mi Jahve: “Ne traži milosti za ovaj narod.
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
12 Ako će i postiti, neću uslišiti njihovih vapaja. Ako će i prinijeti paljenicu i prinos, neće mi omiljeti. Jer mačem, glađu i kugom ja ću ih zatrti.”
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
13 Tada rekoh: “Ah, Jahve Gospode! Eno, proroci im govore: 'Nećete vidjeti mača, niti će vam biti gladi, nego ću vam dati postojan mir na ovome mjestu.'”
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
14 A Jahve mi reče: “Laž prorokuju ti proroci u moje ime; niti ih poslah niti im nalog kakav dadoh - ja im i nisam govorio. Oni vam prorokuju lažna viđenja, isprazna gatanja i snove srca svoga.”
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
15 Zato ovako govori Jahve: “Proroci ti što u moje ime prorokuju, a ja ih nisam poslao, te govore da neće biti ni mača ni gladi u zemlji ovoj, sami će od mača i gladi poginuti.
Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
16 A narod ovaj kojemu prorokuju ležat će po ulicama jeruzalemskim, pokošen mačem i glađu, i neće biti čovjeka da ga pokopa - njih, žene njihove, sinove i kćeri njihove. Tako ću na njih izliti zloću njihovu.”
And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
17 A ti im reci ovako: Nek' oči moje suze rone danju i noću, i neka ne prestanu, jer je strašno slomljena djevica, kći naroda moga, ranom neobično ljutom.
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
18 Pođem li u polje, evo mačem pobijenih! Vratim li se u grad, evo od gladi iznemoglih! Čak i proroci i svećenici lutaju po zemlji i ništa ne znaju.
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
19 TÓa zar si Judeju sasvim odbacio? Zar ti duši omrznu Sion? Zašto nas tako biješ te nam više nema lijeka? Nadasmo se miru, ali dobra nema, čekasmo vrijeme ozdravljenja, al' evo užasa!
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
20 O Jahve, bezbožnost svoju priznajemo, bezakonje otaca svojih; doista, tebi sagriješismo!
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
21 Ne odbaci nas, rad' imena svoga, ne sramoti prijesto Slave svoje, spomeni se i nemoj razvrći Saveza svog s nama!
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
22 Zar ispraznost bezbožnika dažda daje? Ili zar nebesa sama kiše? Zar ne daješ ti to, Jahve, Bože naš? Zato se u te uzdamo, jer ti sve to činiš.
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
