Jeremiah 5
1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
Prođite ulicama jeruzalemskim, pogledajte dobro i raspitajte se, tražite po njegovim trgovima, pa ako nađete ijednoga čovjeka koji čini pravo i traži istinu, oprostit ću ovom gradu” - riječ je Jahvina.
2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
Pa kad i govore: “Živoga mi Jahve!” doista se krivo zaklinju.
3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Jahve, nisu li oči tvoje upravljene k istini? Biješ ih, ali njih ne boli; zatireš ih, al' oni odbijaju pouku tvoju. Čelo im je tvrđe od litice, odbijaju da se obrate.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
Rekoh: “Samo siromasi tako ludo postupaju, jer ne znaju puta Jahvina ni pravo Boga svojega.
5 I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
Poći ću, dakle, velikima i njima ću govoriti, jer oni poznaju put Jahvin i pravo Boga svojega.” Ali oni svi složno razbiše jaram i sve veze pokidaše.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
I zato ih šumski lav napada, vuk pustinjski razdire, leopardi vrebaju gradove njihove, tko god iziđe iz njih bit će rastrgan. Jer su grijesi njihovi mnogobrojni, mnogostruki otpadi njihovi.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
“Zašto da ti oprostim? Sinovi me tvoji napustiše, zaklinju se lažnim bogovima. Ja ih nasitih, oni preljub učiniše, u bludničinu kuću nagrnuše.
8 They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Oni su k'o ugojeni, sileni konji: ržu za ženom bližnjega svoga.
9 Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Pa da to ne kaznim - riječ je Jahvina - narodu takvu da se ne osvetim?
10 Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
Popnite se na zidove! Razarajte! Uništite, ali ne posvema! Iščupajte sve čokote jer nisu Jahvini.
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Da, podlo me izdadoše dom Izraelov i dom Judin” - riječ je Jahvina.
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Zanijekaše Jahvu, rekoše: “Nema ga! Zlo nas neće snaći, nećemo iskusiti ni gladi ni mača!
13 The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
[13a] A proroci su poput vjetra, govornika nema među njima!”
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
Zato ovako govori Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama: “Zato što su tako govorili, [13b] evo što će im se zbiti: U oganj ću pretvoriti svoje riječi u tvojim ustima, a narod ovaj u drvo da ga oganj proždre.
15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
Evo, dovest ću na vas narod izdaleka, dome Izraelov - riječ je Jahvina. Narod nepobjediv, narod drevan, narod kojega jezik nećeš znati, ni razumjeti što govori.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
Tobolac mu je razjapljen grob. Svi su oni po izboru junaci.
17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
On će proždrijet' tvoju žetvu, tvoj kruh, sinove i kćeri tvoje, ovce i goveda tvoja, grožđe i smokve tvoje, razorit će ti gradove tvrde u koje se sada uzdaš.”
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
“Ali ni tada - riječ je Jahvina - neću te posve uništiti.
19 And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
A kad budu pitali: 'Zašto nam Jahve, Bog naš, učini sve ovo?' ti ćeš im odgovoriti: 'Jer ste mene ostavili da biste služili tuđim bogovima u svojoj zemlji, služit ćete tuđincu u zemlji koja nije vaša!'”
20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
“Objavite ovo domu Jakovljevu i obznanite po Judeji:
21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
Čujte, dakle, ovo, narode ludi i nerazumni: oči imaju, a ne vide, uši imaju, a ne čuju!
22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
Zar se mene nećete bojati - riječ je Jahvina - zar nećete drhtati preda mnom koji sam stavio pijesak moru za granicu, za vječnu među koje nikad neće prijeći: ono se biba, al' je nemoćno, valovi mu huče, ali prijeći neće.
23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
No, u naroda ovog srce je prkosno, nepokorno; oni se udaljiše - to je snaga njihova!
24 And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
Ne rekoše u srcu svome: 'Bojmo se Jahve, Boga svojega, koji nam u pravi čas šalje dažd rani i kišu kasnu i koji nam čuva tjedne određene za žetvu.'
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Vaša bezakonja narušiše ovo, vaši vam grijesi uništiše blagostanje.
26 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
Da, u mome narodu ima zlikovaca: kao ptičari vrebaju iz zasjede, postavljaju zamke, hvataju ljude.
27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Kao što je krletka puna ptica, tako su njihove kuće pune grabeža; postadoše tako veliki i bogati,
28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
tusti i ugojeni. Da, prevršila se mjera zla, ne brane prava, prava sirote ne sreću, ne mare za pravo sirotinje.
29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Pa da to ne kaznim - riječ je Jahvina - narodu takvu da se ne osvetim?
30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
Strahote i grozote zbivaju se u ovoj zemlji:
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
proroci laž proriču, a svećenici poučavaju na svoju ruku. A mojem narodu to omilje! Al' što ćete raditi na kraju?
