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.

Jehovah shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs, set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive from Jerusalem, Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and smiths, and had brought 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 first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.

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.”

And Jehovah said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs very good; and the bad very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.

4 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

And the word of Jehovah came unto 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.

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard for good them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans;

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.

and I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.

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 know me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole 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 as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, surely, thus saith Jehovah: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell 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.

And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;

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 among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.