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.
YHWH shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of YHWH, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, 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, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
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 said YHWH unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:
Again the word of YHWH 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 YHWH, the Elohim of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans 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 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 an heart to know me, that I am YHWH: and they shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim: 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 evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith YHWH, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue 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 deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, 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 the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
