Jeremiah 37
1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon replaced Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim with Zedekiah son of Josiah as the ruling king of Judah.
Nakon Konije, sina Jojakimova, zakralji se Sidkija, sin Jošijin. Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, postavi ga za kralja u zemlji judejskoj.
2 But Zedekiah and his officers and everyone else in the country refused to obey what the Lord had said through Jeremiah the prophet.
Ali ni on ni sluge njegove ni narod zemlje ne slušahu riječi što ih je Jahve govorio na usta proroka Jeremije.
3 However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us!”
Kralj Sidkija posla Jehukala, sina Šelemjina, i svećenika Sefaniju, sina Maasejina, k proroku Jeremiji s porukom: “Daj, pomoli se za nas Jahvi, Bogu našemu!”
4 (At this time Jeremiah could come and go freely, because as yet they hadn't put him in prison.)
Jeremija u ono vrijeme još zalažaše među narod i još ga ne bijahu bacili u tamnicu.
5 Pharaoh's army was advancing from Egypt, and when the Babylonian army heard about it, they moved away from Jerusalem.
A vojska je faraonova nadirala iz Egipta: čuvši to, Kaldejci, koji opsjedahu Jeruzalem, udaljiše se od grada.
6 Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
Tada se javi riječ Jahvina proroku Jeremiji:
7 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ask me for help: Look! Pharaoh's army, which set out to help you, is going to return home to Egypt.
Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: “Kralju judejskomu, koji vas posla k meni da me pitate, ovako recite: 'Evo, vojska faraonova, koja vam priteče u pomoć, vratit će se u svoju zemlju Egipat.
8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem. They will capture it and burn it down.
Kaldejci će opet napasti ovaj grad, osvojiti ga i spaliti.'
9 This is what the Lord says: Don't fool yourselves by saying, “The Babylonians are gone for good,” because they're not!
Ovako govori Jahve: 'Ne zanosite se mišlju: 'Kaldejci će otići od nas', jer oni neće otići!
10 In fact, even if you were able to kill the whole Babylonian army attacking you, leaving only wounded men in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.
Pa i da razbijete svu vojsku kaldejsku koja se bori s vama, tako da bi od nje ostali samo ranjenici, oni bi, svaki iz svoga šatora, opet poustajali da požarom unište ovaj grad.'”
11 When the Babylonian army moved away from Jerusalem because of the threat of Pharaoh's army,
Kad je vojska kaldejska zbog vojske faraonove morala prekinuti opsadu Jeruzalema,
12 Jeremiah was on his way out of Jerusalem to go to his home in the territory of Benjamin to claim his share of his family's property.
i Jeremija htjede otići iz Jeruzalema da ode u zemlju Benjaminovu te ondje od rođaka dobije dio.
13 However, when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the guard captain, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, arrested him, saying, “You're defecting to the Babylonians!”
Ali kad stiže do Benjaminovih vrata, ondje bijaše zapovjednik straže Jirijaj, sin Hananijina sina Šelemje. On zaustavi proroka Jeremiju povikavši: “Ti hoćeš prebjeći Kaldejcima!” Jeremija odgovori:
14 “That's not true,” Jeremiah replied. “I'm not defecting to the Babylonians!” But Irijah refused to listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and took him before the officers.
“Nije istina, ne želim prebjeći Kaldejcima!” Ali i ne slušajući Jeremiju, Jirijaj ga uhvati i odvede dostojanstvenicima.
15 The officers were furious with Jeremiah. They had him beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which had been turned into a prison.
Dostojanstvenici se razljutiše na Jeremiju te ga istukoše i zatvoriše u kuću pisara Jonatana, koju bijahu pretvorili u tamnicu.
16 Jeremiah was placed in a cell in the underground dungeon and was kept there for a long time.
Tako Jeremija dospje u nadsvođen podrum. Ondje Jeremija ostade mnogo vremena.
17 Some while later King Zedekiah secretly sent for him and had him brought to the royal palace where he asked, “Is there a message from Lord for me?” “Yes there is,” Jeremiah replied. “You are going to be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
Tada kralj Sidkija posla po njega. I nasamo, u dvoru, kralj ga upita: “Ima li riječi od Jahve?” A na to će Jeremija: “Dakako!” I dometne: “Bit ćeš predan u ruke kralja babilonskoga!”
18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or these people, for you to put me in prison?
Onda Jeremija kaza kralju Sidkiji: “Što skrivih tebi, tvojim slugama i ovom narodu te me baciste u tamnicu?
19 Where are your prophets now, the ones who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon won't come and attack you and this country’?
Gdje su sada vaši proroci koji vam prorekoše: 'Kralj babilonski neće udariti na vas ni na ovu zemlju?'
20 Now please listen to me, my lord the king, and respond positively to my request. Don't send me back to prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, otherwise I'll die there.”
A sada, hajde, čuj mene, gospodaru moj i kralju, usliši molbu moju! Nemoj da me opet vrgnu u kuću pisara Jonatana, da ondje ne umrem!”
21 King Zedekiah gave the order for Jeremiah to be held in the guard's courtyard and be provided with a loaf of bread every day from a bakery until there was no bread left in the city. So Jeremiah stayed in the guard's courtyard.
Tada kralj Sidkija naredi i Jeremiju odvedoše u tamničko dvorište te mu davahu svaki dan pogaču kruha iz Pekarske ulice, sve dok nije ponestalo kruha u gradu. I tako Jeremija ostade u tamničkom dvorištu.
