Jeremiah 21

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

Rijeè koja doðe Jeremiji od Gospoda kad posla k njemu car Sedekija Pashora sina Melhijina i Sofoniju sina Masijina sveštenika, i poruèi:

2 "Please inquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us."

Upitaj Gospoda za nas, jer Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski zavojšti na nas; eda bi nam uèinio Gospod po svijem èudesima svojim, da otide od nas.

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall tell Zedekiah:

A Jeremija im reèe: ovako recite Sedekiji:

4 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Look, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

Ovako veli Gospod Bog Izrailjev: evo, ja æu okrenuti natrag oružje što je u vašim rukama, kojim se bijete s carem Vavilonskim i s Haldejcima koji su vas opkolili iza zidova, i skupiæu ih usred toga grada.

5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

I ja æu vojevati na vas rukom podignutom i mišicom krjepkom i gnjevom i jarošæu i žestinom velikom.

6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

I pobiæu stanovnike toga grada, i ljude i stoku; od pomora velikoga pomrijeæe.

7 Afterward," says the LORD, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy."'

A poslije, veli Gospod, daæu Sedekiju cara Judina i sluge njegove i narod, one koji ostanu u tom gradu od pomora, od maèa i od gladi, u ruke Navuhodonosoru caru Vavilonskom i u ruke neprijateljima njihovijem i u ruke onima koji traže dušu njihovu, te æe ih pobiti maèem, neæe ih žaliti ni štedjeti niti æe se smilovati.

8 To this people you shall say, "Thus says the LORD: 'Look, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

A narodu tome reci: ovako veli Gospod: evo ja stavljam pred vas put k životu i put k smrti.

9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

Ko ostane u tom gradu, poginuæe od maèa ili od gladi ili od pomora; a ko izaðe i preda se Haldejcima koji su vas opkolili, ostaæe živ, i duša æe mu biti mjesto plijena.

10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,' says the LORD: 'it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'

Jer okretoh lice svoje tome gradu na zlo a ne na dobro, govori Gospod; u ruke caru Vavilonskom biæe predan, i on æe ga spaliti ognjem.

11 Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of the LORD:

A za dom cara Judina èujte rijeè Gospodnju:

12 'House of David, thus says the LORD, "Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Dome Davidov, tako veli Gospod, sudite svako jutro, i kome se otima izbavljajte ga iz ruku nasilnikovijeh da ne izaðe kao oganj gnjev moj i razgori se da ga niko ne može ugasiti za zloæu djela vaših.

13 Look, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain," says the LORD; "you that say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our habitations?'

Evo me na tebe, koji sjediš u dolini, kao stijena u ravnici, govori Gospod, na vas, koji govorite: ko æe doæi na nas? i ko æe uæi u stanove naše?

14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the LORD; "and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."'"

Jer æu vas pokarati po plodu djela vaših, veli Gospod, i raspaliæu oganj u šumi njegovoj, koji æe proždrijeti sve što je oko njega.