Jeremiah 37
1 And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,
Nakon Konije, sina Jojakimova, zakralji se Sidkija, sin Jošijin. Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, postavi ga za kralja u zemlji judejskoj.
2 and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of 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 And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”
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 And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
Jeremija u ono vrijeme još zalažaše među narod i još ga ne bijahu bacili u tamnicu.
5 and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.
A vojska je faraonova nadirala iz Egipta: čuvši to, Kaldejci, koji opsjedahu Jeruzalem, udaljiše se od grada.
6 And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Tada se javi riječ Jahvina proroku Jeremiji:
7 “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, 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 and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire.
Kaldejci će opet napasti ovaj grad, osvojiti ga i spaliti.'
9 Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
Ovako govori Jahve: 'Ne zanosite se mišlju: 'Kaldejci će otići od nas', jer oni neće otići!
10 for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire.”
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 And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,
Kad je vojska kaldejska zbog vojske faraonove morala prekinuti opsadu Jeruzalema,
12 that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.
i Jeremija htjede otići iz Jeruzalema da ode u zemlju Benjaminovu te ondje od rođaka dobije dio.
13 And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
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 And Jeremiah says, “Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads,
“Nije istina, ne želim prebjeći Kaldejcima!” Ali i ne slušajući Jeremiju, Jirijaj ga uhvati i odvede dostojanstvenicima.
15 and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house.
Dostojanstvenici se razljutiše na Jeremiju te ga istukoše i zatvoriše u kuću pisara Jonatana, koju bijahu pretvorili u tamnicu.
16 When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
Tako Jeremija dospje u nadsvođen podrum. Ondje Jeremija ostade mnogo vremena.
17 and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah says, “There is,” and he says, “You are given into the hand of 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 And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, “What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house?
Onda Jeremija kaza kralju Sidkiji: “Što skrivih tebi, tvojim slugama i ovom narodu te me baciste u tamnicu?
19 And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?
Gdje su sada vaši proroci koji vam prorekoše: 'Kralj babilonski neće udariti na vas ni na ovu zemlju?'
20 And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not 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 And King Zedekiah commands, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give a cake of bread to him daily from the bakers’ street, until the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwells in the court of the prison.
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.
