Jeremiah 19

1 Thus said the Lord, Go and buy a bottle from a maker of earthenware, and [take] some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

Ovako mi reče Jahve: “Idi i kupi vrč glineni. Povedi sa sobom nekoliko starješina narodnih i svećeničkih.

2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Charsith, and proclaim there the words that I will speak unto thee.

Pođi u Dolinu Ben Hinom, na ulazu Vrata lončarskih. Ondje proglasi riječi koje ću ti kazati.

3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil over this place, so that the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

Reci im: Čujte riječ Jahvinu, kraljevi judejski i stanovnici jeruzalemski. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: 'Evo dovodim nesreću na ovo mjesto te će svima koji to čuju u ušima zazujati.

4 For the reason that they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burnt incense in it unto other gods, which they had not known, either they or their fathers, or the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

Zato što su me ostavili i otuđili ovo mjesto prinoseći kad tuđim bogovima kojih ne poznavahu oci njihovi ni kraljevi judejski; i zato što su mjesto ovo natopili krvlju nevinih;

5 And they have built the high-places of Ba'al, to burn their sons with fire as burnt-offerings unto Ba'al, which I had not commanded, nor spoken, and which had not come into my mind:

i zato što pogradiše uzvišice Baalove da mu spaljuju sinove kao žrtve, a to im ja nikada ne naredih niti zapovjedih, niti mi je takvo što na um palo.

6 Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called The Thopheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of slaughter.

Stoga, evo, dolaze dani - riječ je Jahvina - kad se ovo mjesto neće više zvati Tofet ni Dolina Ben Hinom nego Dolina klanja.

7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those that seek their life: and I will give their carcasses as food unto the fowls of the heaven, and unto the beasts of the earth.

Izjalovit ću na ovom mjestu naum Judeje i Jeruzalema i učiniti da svi poginu od neprijateljskog mača, od ruku onih što im rade o glavi. A trupla ću njihova dati za hranu pticama nebeskim i zvijerima poljskim.

8 And I will render this city desolate, and an [object of] derision: every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

A grad ću ovaj učiniti ruglom i užasom: svaki koji prođe mimo nj zgrozit će se i zviždati zbog svih nesreća njegovih.

9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his associate, in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and those that seek their life, shall distress them.

I dat ću im da jedu meso sinova i kćeri svojih. Da, svaki će jesti meso bližnjega svoga zbog preteške nevolje kojom će ih pritisnuti njihovi neprijatelji što im rade o glavi.'

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle before the eyes of the men that are going with thee.

Razbij vrč pred očima svojih pratilaca

11 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, In this manner will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be restored again; and in Thopheth shall they bury, for want of room to bury.

i reci im: Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: 'Tako ću razbiti ovaj narod i ovaj grad, kao što se razbija sud lončarski, te se više ne da popraviti. U Tofetu će se ukapati, jer inače neće biti mjesta za ukapanje.

12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to its inhabitants, and to make this city as Thopheth:

Tako ću postupiti s ovim mjestom - riječ je Jahvina - i sa stanovnicima njegovim. I učinit ću grad ovaj sličnim Tofetu.

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are unclean, shall become as the place of the Thopheth, with all the houses upon the roofs of which they have burnt incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings to other gods.

I sve kuće jeruzalemske i kuće kraljeva judejskih bit će onečišćene kao mjesto Tofet: sve kuće kojima se na krovovima kad prinosi svoj vojsci nebeskoj i lijevaju ljevanice tuđim bogovima.'”

14 Then came Jeremiah from the Thopheth, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he placed himself in the court of the house of the Lord; and said to all the people,

Kad se Jeremija vratio iz Tofeta, kamo ga Jahve bijaše poslao da prorokuje, stade u predvorju Doma Jahvina te uze govoriti svemu narodu:

15 Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have spoken against it; because they have hardened their neck, so as not to hear my words.

“Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: 'Evo, dovest ću na ovaj grad i na sve njegove gradiće sve zlo kojim sam im prijetio, jer ukrutiše vratove svoje ne slušajući riječi mojih.'”