Jeremiáš 23
1 Běda pastýřům hubícím a rozptylujícím stádce pastvy mé, dí Hospodin.
Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
2 Protož takto praví Hospodin Bůh Izraelský o pastýřích, kteříž pasou lid můj: Vy rozptylujete ovce mé, anobrž rozháníte je, a nenavštěvujete jich; aj, já navštívím vás pro nešlechetnost předsevzetí vašich, dí Hospodin.
So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
3 Ostatek pak ovcí svých já shromáždím ze všech zemí, do nichž jsem je rozehnal, a přivedu je zase do ovčinců jejich, kdežto ploditi a množiti se budou.
But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
4 Nadto ustanovím nad nimi pastýře, kteříž by je pásli, aby se nebály více, ani strachovaly, ani hynuly, dí Hospodin.
[Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
5 Aj, dnové jdou, dí Hospodin, v nichž vzbudím Davidovi výstřelek spravedlivý, i kralovati bude král, a šťastně se jemu povede; soud zajisté a spravedlnost na zemi konati bude.
Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
6 Za dnů jeho spasen bude Juda, a Izrael bydliti bude bezpečně, a toť jest jméno jeho, kterýmž ho nazývati bude: Hospodin spravedlnost naše.
At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
7 Protož aj, dnové jdou, dí Hospodin, v nichž nebude říkáno více: Živť jest Hospodin, kterýž vyvedl syny Izraelské z země Egyptské,
Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
8 Ale: Živť jest Hospodin, kterýž vyvedl a kterýž zprovodil símě domu Izraelského z země půlnoční i ze všech zemí, do nichž jsem byl je rozehnal, když se osadí v zemi své.
Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
9 Příčinou proroků potříno jest srdce mé ve mně, pohnuly se všecky kosti mé; jsem jako člověk opilý, a jako muž, kteréhož rozešlo víno, pro Hospodina a pro slova svatosti jeho.
I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
10 Nebo cizoložníků plná jest tato země, a příčinou křivých přísah kvílí země, usvadla pastviska na poušti; jest zajisté utiskování těchto nešlechetné, a moc jejich nepravá.
The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
11 Nebo jakož prorok, tak kněz pokrytství páchají. Také v domě svém nacházím nešlechetnost jejich, dí Hospodin.
Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
12 Pročež budou míti cestu svou podobnou plzkosti v mrákotě, na níž postrčeni budou a padnou, když uvedu na ně bídu v čas navštívení jejich, dí Hospodin.
Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
13 Při prorocích zajisté Samařských viděl jsem nesmyslnost; prorokovali skrze Bále, a svodili lid můj Izraelský.
[Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
14 Ale při prorocích Jeruzalémských vidím hroznou věc, že cizoložíce a se lží se obcházejíce, posilňují také rukou nešlechetníků, aby se neobrátil žádný od nešlechetnosti své. Mám všecky za podobné Sodomě, a obyvatele jeho za podobné Gomoře.
And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
15 Protož takto praví Hospodin zástupů o prorocích těchto: Aj, já nakrmím je pelynkem, a napojím je vodami jedovatými; nebo od proroků Jeruzalémských vyšla poškvrna na všecku tuto zemi.
So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
16 Takto praví Hospodin zástupů: Neposlouchejtež slov těch proroků, jenž prorokují vám, prázdných vás zanechávajíce. Vidění srdce svého mluví, ne z úst Hospodinových.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
17 Ustavičně říkají těm, kteříž mnou pohrdají: Pravil Hospodin: Pokoj míti budete, a každému chodícímu podlé zdání srdce svého říkají: Nepřijdeť na vás nic zlého.
They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
18 Nebo kdož jest stál v radě Hospodinově, a viděl neb slyšel slovo jeho? Kdo pozoroval slova jeho, neb vyslechl je?
But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
19 Aj, vichřice Hospodinova s prchlivostí vyjde, a to vichřice trvající; nad hlavou nešlechetných trvati bude.
So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
20 Neodvrátíť se hněv Hospodinův, dokudž neučiní a nevykoná úmyslu srdce svého. A tehdáž porozumíte tomu cele,
I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
21 Žeť jsem neposílal těch proroků, ale sami běželi, že jsem nemluvil k nim, a však oni prorokovali.
[Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
22 Nebo byť byli stáli v radě mé, jistě že by byli ohlašovali slova má lidu mému, a byliť by je odvraceli od cesty jejich zlé, a od nešlechetnosti předsevzetí jejich.
If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
23 Zdaliž jsem já Bůh jen z blízka? dí Hospodin. A nejsem Bůh i z daleka?
Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
24 Zdaž se ukryje kdo v skrýších, abych já ho neshlédl? dí Hospodin. Zdaliž nebe i země já nenaplňuji? dí Hospodin.
So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
25 Slýchávámť, co říkají ti proroci, kteříž prorokují lež ve jménu mém, říkajíce: Měl jsem sen, měl jsem sen.
I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
26 I dokudž to bude? Zdaliž v srdci těch proroků, kteříž prorokují, není lež? Anobrž jsou proroci lsti srdce svého,
How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
27 Kteříž obmýšlejí to, jak by vyrazili z paměti lidu mému jméno mé sny svými, kteréž vypravují jeden každý bližnímu svému, jako se zapomněli otcové jejich na jméno mé za příčinou Bále.
They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
28 Prorok, kterýž má sen, nechť vypravuje sen, ale kterýž má slovo mé, nechť mluví slovo mé právě. Co jest té plevě do pšenice? dí Hospodin.
Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
29 Zdaliž není slovo mé takové jako oheň, dí Hospodin, a jako kladivo rozrážející skálu?
[It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
30 Protož aj já, dí Hospodin, proti těm prorokům, kteříž ukrádají slova má jeden každý před bližním svým.
Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
31 Aj já, dí Hospodin, proti těm prorokům, kteříž chlubně mluví, říkajíce: Praví Hospodin.
I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
32 Aj já, dí Hospodin, proti těm, kteříž prorokují sny lživé, a vypravujíce je, svodí lid můj lžmi svými a žvavostí svou, ješto jsem já jich neposlal, aniž jsem jim přikázal. Pročež naprosto nic neprospívají lidu tomuto, dí Hospodin.
I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
33 Protož, když by se tázal tebe lid tento, neb některý prorok neb kněz, řka: Jaké jest břímě Hospodinovo? tedy rci jim: Jaké břímě? I to: Opustím vás, dí Hospodin.
[Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
34 Nebo proroka a kněze toho i lid ten, kterýž by řekl: Břímě Hospodinovo, jistě trestati budu muže toho i dům jeho.
And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
35 Ale takto říkejte jeden každý bližnímu svému a jeden každý bratru svému: Co odpověděl Hospodin? aneb: Co mluvil Hospodin?
What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
36 Břemene pak Hospodinova nepřipomínejte více, sic by břemenem bylo jednomu každému slovo jeho, když byste převraceli slova Boha živého, Hospodina zástupů, Boha našeho.
But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
37 Takto říkati budeš proroku: Coť odpověděl Hospodin? aneb: Co mluvil Hospodin?
This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
38 Ale poněvadž říkáte: Břímě Hospodinovo, tedy takto praví Hospodin: Poněvadž říkáte slovo to: Břímě Hospodinovo, ješto jsem posílal k vám, říkaje: Neříkejte: Břímě Hospodinovo,
If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
39 Protož aj, já jistě zapomenu se na vás do konce, a zavrhu vás i to město, kteréž jsem byl dal vám i otcům vašim, od tváři své,
So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
40 A uvedu na vás pohanění věčné i potupu věčnou, kteráž nepřijde v zapomenutí.
I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
