< Jeremija 34 >
1 Riječ koju Jahve uputi Jeremiji kad Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, i sva njegova vojska, i sva kraljevstva pod njegovom vlašću, i svi narodi navališe na Jeruzalem i na sve gradove njegove.
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people fought against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying,
2 Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: “Idi i govori sa Sidkijom, kraljem judejskim, i reci mu: Ovako govori Jahve: 'Evo, predajem ovaj grad u ruke kralja babilonskoga da ga on ognjem spali.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
3 Ni ti nećeš ruci njegovoj umaći. Da, bit ćeš uhvaćen i predat će te u njegove ruke; oči u oči gledat ćeš kralja babilonskoga, usta u usta on će s tobom govoriti i bit ćeš odveden u Babilon.'
And thou shalt not escape from his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thy eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
4 Ali čuj riječ Jahvinu, Sidkija, kralju judejski! Ovo ti poručuje Jahve: 'Nećeš od mača poginuti,
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
5 umrijet ćeš u miru! I kao što su tvoje očeve i kraljeve tvoje prethodnike okadili, i tebe će okaditi i naricat će za tobom: 'Jao Gospodaru!' Ja ti to govorim' - riječ je Jahvina.
[But] thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so shall they burn [odors] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
6 I prorok Jeremija poruči sve ove riječi Sidkiji, kralju judejskom u Jeruzalemu,
Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 dok je vojska kralja babilonskoga navaljivala na Jeruzalem i na preostale gradove Judine - na Lakiš i Azeku, jer još samo oni preostadoše od judejskih utvrđenih gradova.
When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.
8 Riječ koju Jahve uputi Jeremiji, pošto je kralj Sidkija sa svekolikim narodom jeruzalemskim sklopio savez da im proglasi slobodu,
[This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
9 da svaki pusti na slobodu svoga roba Hebreja i svoju robinju Hebrejku te da više ni u koga ne bude Hebrej, brat njegov, kao rob.
That every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, [being] a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in service, [to wit], a Jew his brother.
10 I svi odličnici i sav narod koji uđoše u ovaj savez pristadoše te svaki pusti na slobodu roba svoga i svoju ropkinju da im više ne robuju. Pristadoše, dakle, i pustiše ih.
Now when all the princes, and all the people who had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should liberate his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, that none should retain them in service any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go.
11 A potom se okrenuše i uzeše opet svoje robove i ropkinje koje bijahu oslobodili pa ih prisiliše da im opet robuju.
But afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had liberated, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
12 Tada Jahve uputi riječ Jeremiji govoreći:
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
13 Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: “Ja sam sklopio Savez s ocima vašim u dan kada ih izvedoh iz Egipta, iz zemlje ropstva, govoreći:
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond-men, saying,
14 'Nakon sedam godina neka svaki od vas pusti na slobodu brata svoga Hebreja koji mu se prodao i šest godina kao rob služio.' Ali me vaši oci ne poslušaše i ne htjedoše me čuti.
At the end of seven years dismiss ye every man his brother a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not to me, neither inclined their ear.
15 A vi se bijaste obratili i učinili što je pravo u očima mojim, proglasivši slobodu za svakoga bližnjega svoga i preda mnom ste sklopili savez u Domu koji se zove mojim imenom.
And ye had now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
16 A zatim se okrenuste i oskvrnuste ime moje, jer je svaki od vas opet uveo svoga roba i ropkinju koje ste već bili oslobodili, i ponovo ste ih prisilili da vam robuju.”
But ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
17 Zato ovako govori Jahve: “Vi me ne poslušaste da proglasite slobodu subratu svojemu i bližnjemu. I zato, evo, i ja proglašavam protiv vas slobodu - riječ je Jahvina - maču, kugi i gladi, i učinit ću vas strašilom svim kraljevstvima zemlje.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 A s ljudima koji razvrgoše Savez moj i ne ispuniše saveza obećana pred mojim licem postupit ću kao s teletom što ga nadvoje rasjekoše te između tih pola prođoše.
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts of it,
19 Knezove Judeje i Jeruzalema, dvorjane, svećenike i sav narod zemlje što prođoše između pola telećih
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
20 predat ću u ruke dušmana koji im rade o glavi, a njihova trupla bit će hrana pticama nebeskim i zvijerima zemaljskim.
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for food to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 Sidkiju, kralja judejskoga, i njegove knezove predat ću u ruke dušmana koji im rade o glavi i u ruke vojske kralja babilonskoga, koja se od vas bila povukla.
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
22 Evo, ja ću im zapovjediti - riječ je Jahvina - i vratit ću ih na ovaj grad, i navalit će na nj, osvojiti ga i ognjem spaliti. A gradove judejske obratit ću u pustinju nenastanjenu.”
Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.