Jeremija 31

1 “U ono vrijeme - riječ je Jahvina - bit ću Bog svim plemenima Izraelovim i oni će biti narod moj.”

At that time, says Jehovah, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Ovako govori Jahve: “Nađe milost u pustinji narod koji uteče maču: Izrael ide u svoje prebivalište.

Thus says Jehovah: The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

3 Iz daljine mu se Jahve ukaza: Ljubavlju vječnom ljubim te, zato ti sačuvah milost.

Jehovah appeared of old to me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee.

4 Opet ću te sazdati, i bit ćeš sazdana, djevice Izraelova. Opet ćeš se resit' bubnjićima, u veselo kolo hvatati.

Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, O virgin of Israel. Again thou shall be adorned with thy tambourine, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

5 Opet ćeš saditi vinograde na brdima Samarije: koji nasade posade, oni će i trgati.

Again thou shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria. The planters shall plant, and shall enjoy it.

6 Jer dolazi dan te će stražari vikati na brdu efrajimskom: 'Na noge! Na Sion se popnimo, k Jahvi, Bogu svojemu!'”

For there shall be a day that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion to Jehovah our God.

7 Jer ovako govori Jahve: “Kličite od radosti Jakovu, pozdravite burno prvaka naroda! Neka se ori vaš glas! Objavite slavopojkom: Jahve spasi narod svoj, Ostatak Izraelov!

For thus says Jehovah: Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8 Evo, ja ih vodim iz zemlje sjeverne, skupljam ih s krajeva zemlje: s njima su slijepi i hromi, trudnice i rodilje: vraća se velika zajednica.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the outermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind man and the lame man, the woman with child, and she who travails with child together. They shall return here a great company.

9 Evo, u suzama pođoše, utješene sad ih vraćam! Vodit ću ih kraj potočnih voda, putem ravnim kojim neće posrnuti, jer ja sam otac Izraelu, Efrajim je moj prvenac.”

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 Čujte, o narodi, riječ Jahvinu, objavite je širom dalekih otoka: “Onaj što rasprši Izraela, opet ga sabire i čuva ga k'o pastir stado svoje!”

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.

11 Jer Jahve oslobodi Jakova, izbavi ga iz ruku jačeg od njega.

For Jehovah has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 I oni će, radosno kličući, na vis sionski da se naužiju dobara Jahvinih: žita, ulja, mladog vina, jagnjadi i teladi, duša će im biti kao vrt navodnjen, nikad više neće ginuti.

And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. And their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

13 Djevojke će se veselit' u kolu, mlado i staro zajedno, jer ću im tugu u radost pretvoriti, utješit ću ih i razveselit' nakon žalosti.

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 Pretilinom ću im okrijepiti svećenstvo i narod svoj nasititi dobrima” - riječ je Jahvina.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Jehovah.

15 Ovako govori Jahve: “Čuj! U Rami se kukanje čuje i gorak plač: Rahela oplakuje sinove svoje, i neće da se utješi za djecom, jer njih više nema.”

Thus says Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping. Rachel weeping for her children, she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

16 Ovako govori Jahve: “Prestani kukati, otari suze u očima! Patnje će tvoje biti nagrađene: oni će se vratiti iz zemlje neprijateljske.

Thus says Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded, says Jehovah, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 Ima nade za tvoje potomstvo - riječ je Jahvina - sinovi tvoji vratit će se u svoj kraj.

And there is hope for thy latter end, says Jehovah, and thy sons shall come again to their own border.

18 Dobro čujem Efrajimov jecaj: 'Ti me pokara, i ja se popravih kao june još neukroćeno. Obrati me, da se obratim, jer ti si, Jahve, Bog moj.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself saying, Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are Jehovah my God.

19 Odvratih se od tebe, ali se pokajah, uvijek, i sad se u slabine tučem. Stidim se i crvenim, jer nosim sramotu mladosti svoje!'”

Surely after that I was turned back. I repented, and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

20 “Zar mi je Efrajim sin toliko drag, dijete najmilije? Jer koliko god mu prijetim, bez prestanka živo na njega mislim i srce mi dršće za njega od nježne samilosti” - riječ je Jahvina.

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says Jehovah.

21 “Postavi putokaze, podigni stupove! Sjeti se ceste, puta kojim si prošla. I vrati se, djevice Izraelova, vrati se u gradove svoje!

Set thee up road marks. Make thee guideposts. Set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou went. Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

22 Dokle ćeš još oklijevati, kćeri odmetnice? Jer Jahve stvori nešto novo na zemlji: Žena će okružiti Muža.”

How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

23 Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: “U zemlji Judinoj, kad promijenim njezinu sudbinu, u njezinim će se gradovima ovako govoriti: 'Blagoslovio te Jahve, prebivalište Pravednosti, Goro sveta!'”

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.

24 “I u njoj će se opet nastaniti Judeja sa svim svojim gradovima, ratari i oni što idu za stadima,

And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell in there together, the husbandmen, and those who go about with flocks.

25 jer ja ću okrijepiti dušu iscrpljenu, obilno nahraniti dušu klonulu.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul I have replenished.

26 Kao ono: 'Čim se probudih, pogledah: sladak li bijaše sanak moj!'”

Upon this I awoke, and beheld, and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 “Evo dolaze dani - riječ je Jahvina - kad ću u domu Izraelovu i u domu Judinu posijati sjeme čovječje i sjeme životinjsko.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

28 I kao što sam nekoć bdio da ih iščupam, razvalim, istrijebim, zatrem i nesreću na njih svalim, tako ću sada brižno bdjeti da ih podignem i posadim.

And it shall come to pass that, just as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says Jehovah.

29 U one dane neće se više govoriti: 'Oci jedoše kiselo grožđe, a sinovima zubi trnu.'

In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.

30 Nego će svatko umrijeti zbog vlastite krivice. I onomu koji bude jeo kiselo grožđe zubi će trnuti.”

But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 “Evo dolaze dani - riječ je Jahvina - kad ću s domom Izraelovim i s domom Judinim sklopiti Novi savez.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,

32 Ne Savez kakav sam sklopio s ocima njihovim u dan kad ih uzeh za ruku da ih izvedem iz zemlje egipatske, Savez što ga oni razvrgoše premda sam ja gospodar njihov - riječ je Jahvina.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says Jehovah.

33 Nego, ovo je Savez što ću ga sklopiti s domom Izraelovim poslije onih dana - riječ je Jahvina: Zakon ću svoj staviti u dušu njihovu i upisati ga u njihovo srce. I bit ću Bog njihov, a oni narod moj.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Jehovah: I will give my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 I neće više učiti drug druga ni brat brata govoreći: 'Spoznajte Jahvu!' nego će me svi poznavati, i malo i veliko - riječ je Jahvina - jer ću oprostiti bezakonje njihovo i grijeha se njihovih neću više spominjati.”

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Jehovah. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

35 Ovako govori Jahve, koji daje da sunce sjaje danju, a mjesec i zvijezde da svijetle noću, koji burka more da mu valovi buče - ime mu je Jahve nad Vojskama:

Thus says Jehovah, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. Jehovah of hosts is his name.

36 “Ako se ikad ti zakoni poremete preda mnom - riječ je Jahvina - onda će i potomstvo Izraelovo prestati da bude narod pred licem mojim zauvijek!

If these ordinances depart from before me, says Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

37 Ako se mogu izmjeriti nebesa gore, i dolje istražiti temelji zemlje, onda ću i ja odbaciti potomstvo Izraelovo zbog svega što počiniše” - riječ je Jahvina.

Thus says Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Jehovah.

38 “Evo dolaze dani - riječ je Jahvina - kada će grad Jahvin biti opet sazidan, od Kule Hananelove do Vrata ugaonih.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

39 I još će se dalje protegnuti mjerničko uže, pravo do brežuljka Gareba, a onda okrenuti prema Goi.

And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

40 I sva dolina trupla i pepela, i sva polja do potoka Kidrona, do ugla Konjskih vrata na istoku, bit će svetinja Jahvina. I neće više biti razaranja ni prokletstva.”

And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields, to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Jehovah. It shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.