Jeremija 3

1 “Ako muž otpusti ženu svoju i ona ide od njega te se uda za drugoga, ima li još pravo da se vrati njemu? Nije li ta žena sasvim oskvrnuta? A ti si bludničila s mnogim milosnicima, pa da se meni vratiš?” - riječ je Jahvina.

If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man's, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? you you have gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and have returned to me, says the Lord.

2 Podigni oči na goleti i pogledaj: gdje te to nisu oskvrnuli? Na putovima si ih dočekivala kao Arapin u pustinji. Ti si oskvrnula zemlju bludom i opačinom svojom,

Lift up your eyes [to look] straight forward, and see where you have not been utterly defiled. You have sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and have defiled the land with your fornications and your wickedness.

3 zato i kiše prestadoše i kasni daždevi ne padoše. Čelo ti je kao u bludnice: ni zacrvenjela se nisi.

And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless towards all.

4 Ne dovikuješ li mi sada: 'Oče moj, ti si prijatelj mladosti moje!

Hast you not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of your virgin-time?

5 Hoće li zauvijek plamtjeti, vječno tinjati gnjev tvoj?' Tako govoriš, a činiš i dalje zla koliko god možeš.”

Will [God's anger] continue for ever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done these bad things, and had power [to do them].

6 Jahve mi reče u dane kralja Jošije: “Vidje li što učini odmetnica Izrael? Ona odlazi na svaku visoku goru i pod svako zeleno stablo i ondje se podaje bludu.

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast you seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there.

7 A ja mišljah: 'Poslije svega što učini vratit će se k meni.' Ali se ona ne vraća. I to vidje sestra njena, nevjernica Judeja.

And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.

8 A vidje i kako otpustih odmetnicu Izraela zbog svih preljuba i dadoh joj knjigu otpusnu. Ali sestra joj, nevjernica Judeja, nimalo se ne poboja, pa i ona okrenu u blud.

And I saw that (for all the sins of which she was convicted, wherein the house of Israel committed adultery, and I put her away, and gave into her hands a bill of divorcement, ) yet faithless Juda feared not, but went and herself also committed fornication.

9 I svojim lakoumnim bludom obeščasti zemlju; činila je preljub s kamenjem i drvljem.

And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.

10 I nakon svega toga nije se vratila k meni nevjernica sestra njezina, Judeja, svim srcem svojim, već samo prijetvorno” - riječ je Jahvina.

And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.

11 I reče mi Jahve: “Odmetnica Izrael pravednija je od Judeje nevjernice.

And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda.

12 Idi i viči prema Sjeveru ove riječi. Reci: Vrati se, odmetnice, Izraele, riječ je Jahvina. Ne gnjevi se više lice moje na vas, jer sam milostiv - riječ je Jahvina - neću se gnjeviti dovijeka.

Go and read these words towards the north, and you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you for ever.

13 Samo priznaj svoju krivnju da si se odvrgla od Jahve, Boga svojega, i odlutala k tuđincima, pod svako drvo zeleno i nisi slušala glasa mojega - riječ je Jahvina.

Nevertheless, know your iniquity, that you have sinned against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every shady tree, but you did not listen to my voice, says the Lord.

14 Vratite se, sinovi odmetnici - riječ je Jahvina - jer ja sam vaš Gospodar. Uzet ću vas, po jednoga iz svakoga grada, po dvojicu od svakoga roda, da vas odvedem na Sion.

Turn, you children that have revolted, says the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion:

15 I dat ću vam pastire po srcu svojemu koji će vas pasti razumno i mudro.

and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.

16 A kad se u one dane namnožite i narodite u zemlji - riječ je Jahvina - više se neće govoriti: 'Kovčeg Jahvina Saveza' i nitko neće na nj misliti, nitko ga se neće sjećati ni za njim čeznuti, niti ga ponovo graditi.

And it shall come to pass that when you are multiplied and increased upon the land, says the Lord, in those days they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Holy One of Israel: it shall not come to mind; it shall not be named; neither shall it be visited; nor shall [this] be done any more.

17 U to će se vrijeme Jeruzalem zvati 'Prijestolje Gospodnje'; i svi će se narodi u njemu sabrati u ime Jahvino, i nijedan se više neće tvrdoglavo povoditi za pokvarenim srcem svojim.

In those days and at that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered to it: and they shall not walk any more after the imaginations of their evil heart.

18 U one dane slagat će se dom Judin s domom Izraelovim; i zajedno će krenuti iz Zemlje sjeverne u zemlju koju ocima vašim dadoh u baštinu.”

In those days the house of Juda, shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit.

19 A ja rekoh: “Kako da te ubrojim među sinove i dam ti zemlju slasti, baštinu, najljepši biser među narodima! Pomislih: Ti ćeš me zvati 'Oče moj!' i nećeš se više odvratiti od mene.”

And I said, So be it, Lord, for [you said] I will set you amongst children, and will give you a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, You shall call me Father; and you shall not turn away from me.

20 “Ali kao što se žena iznevjeri mužu svome, tako se i vi iznevjeriste meni, dome Izraelov” - riječ je Jahvina.

But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord.

21 Čuj! Po goletima plač se čuje, zapomaganje djece Izraelove, jer skrenuše s puta svojega. Jahvu, Boga svoga, zaboraviše.

A voice from the lips was heard, [even] of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel: for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God their Holy One.

22 - Vratite se, sinovi, što se odvratiste, izliječit ću odmetništva vaša! - Evo nas, dolazimo k tebi, jer ti si Jahve, Bog naš!

Turn, you children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be your servants; for you are the Lord our God.

23 Doista, prijevarni su visovi, graja po brdima. Odista, u Jahvi, Bogu našemu, spasenje je Izraelovo!

Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

24 Baal je proždro trud naših otaca još od mladosti naše: ovce njihove i goveda, nihove kćeri i sinove.

But shame has consumed the labours of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.

25 Lezimo u sramotu svoju, nek' nas pokrije ruglo naše! Jer Jahvi, Bogu svome, sagriješismo mi i oci naši, od mladosti svoje do dana današnjeg, i ne slušamo glasa Jahve, Boga svojega.

We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.