Jeremija 24
1 Jahve mi pokaza, i gle: dvije kotarice smokava stajahu pred Domom Jahvinim, pošto Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, odvede iz Jeruzalema i izagna u Babilon Jekoniju, sina Jojakimova, kralja judejskoga, zajedno s knezovima judejskim, kovačima i bravarima.
The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.
2 U jednoj kotarici bijahu izvrsne smokve, kakve već jesu rane smokve; a u drugoj bijahu pokvarene smokve, tako rđave da se ne mogahu jesti.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.
3 I Jahve me upita: “Jeremija, što vidiš?” A ja odgovorih: “Smokve! Dobre su vrlo dobre, a loše su vrlo loše - tako loše da nisu za jelo.”
Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
4 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: “Kao na ove dobre smokve, tako ću milostivo pogledati na sužnje judejske koje sam s ovoga mjesta prognao u zemlju kaldejsku.
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
6 I milostivo ću svrnuti oči na njih i vratiti ih u ovu zemlju. Ponovo ću ih podići i neću ih više uništiti; opet ću ih posaditi i neću ih više iščupati.
For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
7 I dat ću im srce da me poznaju da sam ja Jahve, da budu narod moj, a ja Bog njihov, jer će se oni svim srcem svojim opet k meni obratiti.
And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
8 Ali kao s lošim smokvama koje su tako loše da nisu za jelo - da, riječ je Jahvina - tako ću postupiti i sa Sidkijom, kraljem judejskim, s njegovim knezovima i sa svim Jeruzalemcima što preostadoše u ovoj zemlji i s onima što se u Egiptu nastaniše.
And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:
9 Učinit ću da budu na užas svim kraljevstvima zemaljskim, na sramotu i porugu, na ruglo i kletvu posvuda kamo ih protjeram.
I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
10 I poslat ću na njih mač, glad i kugu dok se ne istrijebe sa zemlje koju dadoh njima i ocima njihovim.”
And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.
