Jeremiah 42
1 Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
Potem so se vsi poveljniki sil, Karéahov sin Johanán, Hošajájev sin Jaazanjá in vse ljudstvo, od najmanjših celo do največjih, približali
2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
in rekli preroku Jeremiju: »Rotimo te, naj bo naša ponižna prošnja sprejeta pred teboj in prosi za nas h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, celó za ves ta preostanek; (kajti nas je ostalo samo malo od mnogih, kakor nas tvoje oči gledajo),
3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
da nam Gospod, tvoj Bog, lahko pokaže pot, po kateri lahko hodimo in stvar, ki jo lahko delamo.«
4 “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”
Potem jim je prerok Jeremija rekel: »Slišal sem vas. Glejte, molil bom za vas h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, glede vaših besed, in zgodilo se bo, da katerokoli stvar vam bo Gospod odgovoril, vam bom to oznanil. Ničesar ne bom zadržal pred vami.«
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
Potem so rekli Jeremiju: » Gospod bodi resnična in zvesta priča med nami, če ne storimo celo glede vseh stvari, zaradi katerih te je Gospod, tvoj Bog, poslal k nam.
6 Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
Bodisi je to dobro ali če je to zlo, ubogali bomo glas Gospoda, svojega Boga, h kateremu smo te poslali, da bo lahko dobro z nami, ko ubogamo glas Gospoda, svojega Boga.«
7 After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
Po desetih dneh se je pripetilo, da je beseda od Gospoda prišla k Jeremiju.
8 and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
Potem je poklical Karéahovega sina Johanána in vse poveljnike sil, ki so bili z njim in vse ljudstvo, od najmanjšega, celo do največjega
9 Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
in jim rekel: »Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Bog, h kateremu ste me poslali, da pred njim predložim vašo ponižno prošnjo:
10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
›Če boste mirno ostali v tej deželi, potem vas bom gradil in vas ne bom podiral, sadil vas bom in vas ne bom ruval, kajti pokesal sem se zla, ki sem vam ga storil.
11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
Ne bojte se babilonskega kralja, ki se ga bojite. Ne bojte se ga, ‹ govori Gospod. ›kajti jaz sem z vami, da vas rešim in da vas osvobodim iz njegove roke.
12 And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
Pokazal vam bom usmiljenja, da bo lahko imel usmiljenje nad vami in vam povzroči, da se vrnete k svoji lastni deželi.
13 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
Toda če rečete: ›Ne bomo prebivali v tej deželi niti ne bomo ubogali glasu Gospoda, tvojega Boga,
14 and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
rekoč: ›Ne, temveč bomo šli v egiptovsko deželo, kjer ne bomo videli nobene vojne niti slišali zvoka šofarja niti ne imeli lakote kruha in bomo tam prebivali.‹‹
15 then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
Sedaj torej poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vi, Judov ostanek: ›Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: ›Če v celoti naravnate svoje obraze, da vstopite v Egipt in greste, da začasno prebivate tam,
16 then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
potem se bo zgodilo, da vas bo meč, ki ste se ga bali, tam, v egiptovski deželi, dohitel in lakota, ki ste se je bali, bo tesno sledila za vami tja v Egipt, in tam boste umrli.
17 So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
Tako bo z vsemi ljudmi, ki bodo svoje obraze naravnali, da gredo v Egipt, da začasno prebivajo tam. Umrli bodo pod mečem, od lakote, od kužne bolezni in nihče izmed njih ne bo preostal ali pobegnil pred zlom, ki ga bom privedel nadnje.‹
18 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
Kajti tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: ›Kakor je bila moja jeza in moja razjarjenost izlita nad prebivalce Jeruzalema, tako bo moja razjarjenost izlita nad vas, ko boste vstopili v Egipt, in vi boste preziranje, osuplost, prekletstvo in graja; in ne boste več videli tega kraja.‹«
19 The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!
Gospod je glede vas rekel: »Oh vi, Judov preostanek: ›Ne pojdite v Egipt. Zagotovo vedite, da sem vas ta dan opomnil.
20 For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
Kajti pretvarjali ste se v svojih srcih, ko ste me poslali h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, rekoč: ›Moli za nas h Gospodu, našemu Bogu in glede na vse to, kar ti bo Gospod, naš Bog, rekel, tako nam razglasi in bomo to storili.‹
21 For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
Sedaj sem vam ta dan to razglasil, toda vi niste ubogali glasu Gospoda, svojega Boga niti nobene stvari, za katero me je poslal k vam.
22 Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
Zdaj torej zagotovo vedite, da boste umrli pod mečem, od lakote in od kužne bolezni na kraju, kamor želite iti in začasno prebivati.«
