Jeremija 19
1 Ovako mi reče Jahve: “Idi i kupi vrč glineni. Povedi sa sobom nekoliko starješina narodnih i svećeničkih.
Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;
2 Pođi u Dolinu Ben Hinom, na ulazu Vrata lončarskih. Ondje proglasi riječi koje ću ti kazati.
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I will tell you.
3 Reci im: Čujte riječ Jahvinu, kraljevi judejski i stanovnici jeruzalemski. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: 'Evo dovodim nesreću na ovo mjesto te će svima koji to čuju u ušima zazujati.
Say, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears will tingle.
4 Zato što su me ostavili i otuđili ovo mjesto prinoseći kad tuđim bogovima kojih ne poznavahu oci njihovi ni kraljevi judejski; i zato što su mjesto ovo natopili krvlju nevinih;
Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods that they didn’t know—they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah—and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
5 i zato što pogradiše uzvišice Baalove da mu spaljuju sinove kao žrtve, a to im ja nikada ne naredih niti zapovjedih, niti mi je takvo što na um palo.
and have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I didn’t command, nor speak, which didn’t even enter into my mind.
6 Stoga, evo, dolaze dani - riječ je Jahvina - kad se ovo mjesto neće više zvati Tofet ni Dolina Ben Hinom nego Dolina klanja.
Therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that this place will no more be called ‘Topheth’, nor ‘The Valley of the son of Hinnom’, but ‘The valley of Slaughter’.
7 Izjalovit ću na ovom mjestu naum Judeje i Jeruzalema i učiniti da svi poginu od neprijateljskog mača, od ruku onih što im rade o glavi. A trupla ću njihova dati za hranu pticama nebeskim i zvijerima poljskim.
“‘“I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
8 A grad ću ovaj učiniti ruglom i užasom: svaki koji prođe mimo nj zgrozit će se i zviždati zbog svih nesreća njegovih.
I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
9 I dat ću im da jedu meso sinova i kćeri svojih. Da, svaki će jesti meso bližnjega svoga zbog preteške nevolje kojom će ih pritisnuti njihovi neprijatelji što im rade o glavi.'
I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. They will each eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, will distress them.”’
10 Razbij vrč pred očima svojih pratilaca
“Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you,
11 i reci im: Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: 'Tako ću razbiti ovaj narod i ovaj grad, kao što se razbija sud lončarski, te se više ne da popraviti. U Tofetu će se ukapati, jer inače neće biti mjesta za ukapanje.
and shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again. They will bury in Topheth until there is no place to bury.
12 Tako ću postupiti s ovim mjestom - riječ je Jahvina - i sa stanovnicima njegovim. I učinit ću grad ovaj sličnim Tofetu.
This is what I will do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth.
13 I sve kuće jeruzalemske i kuće kraljeva judejskih bit će onečišćene kao mjesto Tofet: sve kuće kojima se na krovovima kad prinosi svoj vojsci nebeskoj i lijevaju ljevanice tuđim bogovima.'”
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, will be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”
14 Kad se Jeremija vratio iz Tofeta, kamo ga Jahve bijaše poslao da prorokuje, stade u predvorju Doma Jahvina te uze govoriti svemu narodu:
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of Yahweh’s house, and said to all the people:
15 “Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: 'Evo, dovest ću na ovaj grad i na sve njegove gradiće sve zlo kojim sam im prijetio, jer ukrutiše vratove svoje ne slušajući riječi mojih.'”
“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”
