Jeremiáš 6
1 Shromažďte se, synové Beniaminovi, z prostředku Jeruzaléma, a v Tekoa trubte trubou, a nad Betkarem vyzdvihněte korouhev; nebo viděti zlé od půlnoci, a potření veliké.
“You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
2 Panně krásné a rozkošné připodobnil jsem byl dceru Sionskou.
Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
3 Ale přitáhnou k ní pastýři s stády svými, rozbijí proti ní stany vůkol, spase každý místo své.
[Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
4 Vyzdvihněte proti ní válku, vstaňte a přitrhněme o poledni. Běda nám, že pomíjí den, že se roztáhli stínové večerní.
[The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
5 Vstaňte a přitrhněme v noci, a zkazme paláce její.
we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
6 Takto zajisté praví Hospodin zástupů: Nasekejte dříví, a zdělejte proti Jeruzalému náspy. Toť jest to město, kteréž navštíveno býti musí; což ho koli, jen nátisk jest u prostřed něho.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
7 Jakož studnice vypryšťuje vodu svou, tak ono vypryšťuje zlost svou. Nátisk a zhoubu slyšeti v něm před oblíčejem mým ustavičně, bolest i bití.
[It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
8 Usmysl sobě, ó Jeruzaléme, aby se neodloučila duše má od tebe, abych tě neobrátil v pustinu, v zemi nebydlitelnou.
Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
9 Takto praví Hospodin zástupů: Jistě paběrovati budou jako vinný kmen ostatek Izraele, říkajíce: Sahej rukou svou jako ten, kterýž víno zbírá do putny.
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
10 Komuž mluviti budu, a kým osvědčovati, aby slyšeli? Aj, neobřezané jsou uši jejich, tak že nemohou pozorovati; aj, slovo Hospodinovo mají v posměchu, a nemají líbosti v něm.
[Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
11 Protož plný jsem prchlivosti Hospodinovy, ustal jsem, drže ji v sobě. Vylita bude i na maličké vně, spolu i na shromáždění mládenců, ovšem pak muž s ženou jat bude, stařec s kmetem.
So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
12 A dostanou se domové jejich jiným, též pole i ženy, když vztáhnu ruku svou na obyvatele této země, dí Hospodin.
[Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
13 Od nejmenšího zajisté z nich, až do největšího z nich, všickni napořád vydali se v lakomství, anobrž od proroka až do kněze všickni napořád provodí faleš.
Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
14 A hojí potření dcery lidu mého povrchu, říkajíce: Pokoj, pokoj, ješto není žádného pokoje.
[They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
15 Styděli-liž se pak co proto, že ohavnost páchali? Aniž se lid co styděl, aniž jich proroci k zahanbení přivesti uměli. Protož padnou mezi padajícími; v čas, v němž je navštívím, klesnou, praví Hospodin.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
16 Když takto říkával Hospodin: Zastavte se na cestách, a pohleďte, a vyptejte se na stezky staré, která jest cesta dobrá, i choďte po ní, a naleznete odpočinutí duši své, tedy říkávali: Nebudeme choditi.
This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
17 Když jsem pak ustanovil nad vámi strážné, řka: Mějtež pozor na zvuk trouby, tedy říkávali: Nebudeme pozorovati.
I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
18 Protož slyšte, ó národové, a poznej, ó shromáždění, co se děje mezi nimi.
Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
19 Slyš, ó země: Aj, já uvedu zlé na lid tento, ovoce myšlení jejich, proto že nepozorují slov mých, ani zákona mého, ale jím pohrdají.
Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
20 K čemuž mi kadidlo z Sáby přichází, a vonná třtina výborná z země daleké? Zápalů vašich nelibuji sobě, aniž oběti vaše jsou mi příjemné.
[You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
21 Protož takto praví Hospodin: Aj, já nakladu lidu tomuto úrazů, a zurážejí se o ně otcové, tolikéž i synové, soused i bližní jeho, a zahynou.
Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
22 Takto praví Hospodin: Aj, lid přitáhne z země půlnoční, a národ veliký povstane od končin země.
Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
23 Lučiště i kopí pochytí, každý ukrutný bude, a neslitují se. Hlas jejich jako moře zvučeti bude, a na koních jezditi budou, zšikovaní jako muž k boji, proti tobě, ó dcero Sionská.
They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
24 Jakž uslyšíme pověst o něm, opadnou ruce naše; ssoužení zachvátí nás, a bolest jako rodičku.
[The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
25 Nevycházejte na pole, a na cestu nechoďte; nebo meč nepřítele a strach jest vůkol.
[So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
26 Ó dcero lidu mého, přepaš se žíní, a válej se v popele. Vydej se v kvílení, jako po synu jednorozeném, v kvílení přehořké; nebo náhle přitáhne zhoubce na nás.
[So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
27 Dal jsem tě za věži v lidu tvém, a za baštu, abys spatřoval a zkušoval cesty jejich.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
28 Všickni jsou z zarputilých nejzarputilejší, chodí jako utrhač, jsou ocel a železo, všickni napořád zhoubcové jsou.
You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
29 Prahnou měchy, od ohně mizí olovo, nadarmo ustavičně přepaluje zlatník; nebo zlé věci nemohou býti odděleny.
[A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
30 Stříbrem falešným nazovou je, nebo Hospodin zavrhl je.
[I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
