Jeremiah 9
1 How I wish my head was a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Then I would weep day and night over all my people who have been killed.
О, да би глава моја била вода, а очи моје извори сузни! Да плачем дању и ноћу за побијенима кћери народа свог.
2 I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because they're all adulterers, a bunch of traitors!
О, да ми је у пустињи станак путнички! Да оставим народ свој и да отидем од њих, јер су сви прељубочинци, збор невернички;
3 Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. They go from one evil thing to the next, forgetting all about me, declares the Lord.
И запињу језик свој као лук да лажу, и осилише на земљи, али не за истину, него иду из зла у зло, нити знају за ме, говори Господ.
4 Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and every friend slanders other people.
Чувајте се сваки пријатеља свог и ни једном брату не верујте; јер сваки брат ради да поткине другог, и сваки пријатељ иде те опада.
5 Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; they tire themselves out doing wrong.
И сваки вара пријатеља свог и не говори истине, уче језик свој да говори лаж, муче се да чине зло.
6 Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.
Стан ти је усред преваре; ради преваре неће да знају за ме, говори Господ.
7 So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a furnace. What else can I do because of what my people have done?
Зато овако говори Господ над војскама: Гле, претопићу их, и окушаћу их; јер шта бих чинио ради кћери народа свог?
8 Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outside while plotting against them inside.
Језик им је стрела смртна, говори превару; устима говоре о миру с пријатељем својим, а у срцу намештају заседу.
9 Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation has done?
Зато ли их нећу походити? Говори Господ; душа моја неће ли се осветити таквом народу?
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains, I will sing a funeral song over the pastures in the countryside, because they have been so badly burned that no one can pass through, and there are no cattle to make any noise. The birds have flown and the wild animals have run away.
За овим горама ударићу у плач и у ридање, и за торовима у пустињи у нарицање; јер изгореше да нико не пролази нити се чује глас од стада, и птице небеске и стока побегоше и отидоше.
11 I'm going to make Jerusalem into a heap of rubble, a place where jackals live. I will destroy the towns of Judah, leaving them empty.
И обратићу Јерусалим у гомилу, у стан змајевски; и градове Јудине обратићу у пустош, да неће нико онуда живети.
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Has the Lord told anyone so they can explain what's happened? Why has the land been destroyed and burned so it's like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Ко је мудар да би разумео? И коме говорише уста Господња, да би објавио зашто земља пропаде и изгоре као пустиња да нико не пролази?
13 The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They haven't followed them; they haven't done what I told them.
Јер Господ рече: Што оставише закон мој, који метнух пред њих, и не слушаше глас мој и не ходише за њим,
14 On the contrary, they have followed their own stubborn way of thinking, and went to worship the Baals, just as their forefathers taught them.
Него ходише за мислима срца свог и за Валима, чему их научише оци њихови,
15 So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.
За то овако вели Господ над војскама, Бог Израиљев: Ево ја ћу нахранити тај народ пеленом и напојићу их жучи.
16 I'm about to scatter them among nations unfamiliar to them and their forefathers, and I will send enemies with swords to chase after them until I have wiped them out.
И расејаћу их међу народе, којих не познаваше ни они ни оци њихови; и пуштаћу за њима мач докле их не истребим.
17 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Be aware of what's happening! Call for the professional women mourners, ask for the best of them.
Овако вели Господ над војскама: Гледајте и зовите нарикаче нека дођу, и пошљите по веште нека дођу,
18 Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out, so our tears will flow like streams.
И нека брже наричу за нама, да се роне сузе од очију наших, и од веђа наших да тече вода.
19 The sound of weeping comes from Zion, “We're completely devastated! We're totally ashamed, because we've had to abandon our country, because our houses have been demolished.”
Јер се гласно ридање чу од Сиона: Како пропадосмо! Посрамисмо се врло, јер се растављамо са земљом, јер обарају станове наше.
20 Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing songs of sadness.
Зато, жене, чујте реч Господњу и нека прими ухо ваше реч уста Његових, и учите кћери своје ридати и једна другу нарицати.
21 Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.
Јер се попе смрт на прозоре наше и уђе у дворове наше да истреби децу с улица и младиће с путева.
22 Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in the fields, lying there like stalks of freshly-cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to collect them.
Реци: Овако говори Господ: и мртва ће телеса људска лежати као гној по њиви и као руковети за жетеоцем, којих нико не купи.
23 This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
Овако вели Господ: Мудри да се не хвали мудрошћу својом, ни јаки да се не хвали снагом својом, ни богати да се не хвали богатством својим.
24 Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I am the Lord who acts with trustworthy love, who shows fairness, and who does what is right everywhere on earth, because these mean the most to me, declares the Lord.
Него ко се хвали, нека се хвали тим што разуме и познаје мене да сам ја Господ који чиним милост и суд и правду на земљи, јер ми је то мило, говори Господ.
25 Watch out, for the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are only physically circumcised.
Ето, иду дани, вели Господ, кад ћу походити све, обрезане и необрезане,
26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the desert people who trim their hair on the sides of their heads—all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the Israelites are spiritually uncircumcised.
Мисирце и Јудејце и Едомце и синове Амонове и Моавце и све који се с краја стрижу, који живе у пустињи; јер су сви ти народи необрезани, и сав је дом Израиљев необрезаног срца.
