Jeremiah 21

1 The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od Gospoda, ko je kralj Sedekíja k njemu poslal Malkijájevega sina Pašhúrja in duhovnika Cefanjája, Maasejájevega sina, rekoč:

2 Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that Jehovah will deal with us according to all his marvellous works, that he may go up from us.

»Poizvedi, prosim te za nas od Gospoda, kajti babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar pripravlja vojno zoper nas; če bo tako, da bo Gospod postopal z nami glede na vsa njegova čudovita dela, da bo ta lahko odšel od nas.«

3 And Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Potem jim je Jeremija rekel: »Tako boste rekli Sedekíju:

4 Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

›Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Bog: ›Glejte, nazaj bom obrnil bojna orožja, ki so v vaših rokah, s katerimi se borite zoper babilonskega kralja in zoper Kaldejce, ki vas oblegajo zunaj obzidij in jih zbral v sredi tega mesta.

5 And I myself will fight against you with a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

Jaz sam se bom z iztegnjeno roko boril proti vam in z močnim laktom, celó v jezi in v razjarjenosti in v velikem besu.

6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Udaril bom prebivalce tega mesta, tako ljudi in živali. Umrli bodo od velike kužne bolezni.

7 And afterwards, saith Jehovah, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

Potem, ‹ govori Gospod, ›bom izročil Judovega kralja Sedekíja in njegove služabnike in ljudstvo in tiste, ki so preostali v tem mestu od kužne bolezni, od meča in od lakote, v roko babilonskega kralja Nebukadnezarja in v roko njihovih sovražnikov in v roko tistih, ki jim strežejo po življenju in ta jih bo udaril z ostrino meča; ne bo jim prizanesel niti ne bo imel sočutja niti usmiljenja.

8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

Temu ljudstvu boš rekel: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Glejte, pred vas sem postavil pot življenja in pot smrti.

9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and deserteth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Kdor ostaja v tem mestu, bo umrl pod mečem, od lakote in od kužne bolezni. Toda kdor gre ven in pobegne h Kaldejcem, ki vas oblegajo, bo živel in mu bo njegovo življenje za plen.

10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Kajti svoj obraz sem naravnal zoper to mesto v zlo in ne v dobro, ‹ govori Gospod; ›le-to bo dano v roko babilonskega kralja in požgal ga bo z ognjem.‹

11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah.

Glede hiše Judovega kralja reci: ›Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo:

12 House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

›Oh Davidova hiša, ‹ tako govori Gospod: ›Izvršujte sodbo zjutraj in osvobodite tega, ki je oplenjen, iz roke zatiralca, da ne bi moja razjarjenost odšla ven kakor ogenj in gorela, da tega nihče ne more pogasiti zaradi zla vaših početij.

13 Behold, I am against thee, inhabitress of the valley, the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; ye that say, Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter into our dwellings?

Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, oh prebivalec doline in skala ravnine, ‹ govori Gospod, ›ki praviš: ›Kdo bo prišel dol zoper nas? Ali kdo bo vstopil v naša prebivališča?‹

14 And I will visit you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

Toda kaznoval vas bom glede na sad vaših dejanj, ‹ govori Gospod ›in jaz bom vnel ogenj v njegovem gozdu in ta bo požrl vse stvari naokoli njega.‹«