Jeremiah 4
1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, Declareth Yahweh, Unto me, mayst thou return, —And if thou wilt remove thine abominations from before me, Then shalt thou not become a wanderer.
»Če se hočeš vrniti, oh Izrael, « govori Gospod, »se vrni k meni. Če hočeš odstraniti svoje ogabnosti izpred mojega pogleda, potem ne boš odtaval.
2 If thou wilt swear, By the life of Yahweh! in faithfulness in justice and in righteousness, Then shall the nations bless themselves in him, And, in him, shall they glory.
Prisegel boš: › Gospod živi v resnici in sodbi in v pravičnosti‹« in narodi se bodo blagoslavljali v njem in v njem bodo slavili.
3 For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, —And do not sow among thorns.
Kajti tako govori Gospod Judovim možem in Jeruzalemu: »Pobranajte svoja neposejana tla in ne sejte med trnjem.
4 Circumcise yourselves unto Yahweh So shall ye remove the impurity of your heart, ye men of Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, —Lest mine indignation, go forth as fire, and burn and there be none to quench it, Because of the wickedness of your doings.
Obrežite se Gospodu in odstranite prednje kožice svojega srca, vi, Judovi možje in prebivalci Jeruzalema, da ne bi moja razjarjenost prišla kakor ogenj in tako požgala, da nihče ne more pogasiti – zaradi hudobije vaših ravnanj.
5 Declare ye in Judah And in Jerusalem, let it be heard, And say, Blow ye a horn in the land, —Cry, with frill voice And say, Gather yourselves together, And let us enter the defenced cities.
Razglasite v Judu in objavite v [prestolnici] Jeruzalem in recite: ›Zatrobite na šofar v deželi.‹ Kličite, zberite se skupaj in recite: ›Zberite se skupaj in pojdimo v obrambna mesta.‹
6 Lift up an ensign—Zion-ward, Bring into safety, do not tarry, —For, calamity, am, I, bringing in from the North, Even, a great destruction:
Postavite prapor proti Sionu. Umaknite se, ne ostanite, kajti jaz bom privedel hudo iz severa in veliko uničenje.
7 There hath come up a lion out of his thicket, Yea, a destroyer of nations—hath set forward, hath come forth out of his place, —To make thy land a desolation, Thy cities, shall fall in ruins, so as to have no inhabitant.
Lev je prišel iz svoje goščave in uničevalec poganov je na svoji poti; odšel je iz svojega kraja, da tvojo deželo naredi zapuščeno in tvoja mesta bodo opustošena, brez prebivalca.
8 On this account, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl, —Because the glow of the anger of Yahweh hath not turned from us.
Zaradi tega se opašite z vrečevino, žalujte in tulite, kajti kruta Gospodova jeza ni odvrnjena od nas.
9 And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh, That the courage of the king shall fail, And the courage of the princes, —And the priests shall be astonished, And, the prophets, shall be amazed.
Zgodilo se bo na ta dan, « govori Gospod, » da bo srce kralja in srce princev oslabelo in duhovniki bodo osupli in preroki se bodo spraševali.«
10 Then said I, —Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Surely, thou hast suffered this people and Jerusalem to be beguiled, saying, Peace, shall ye have, —whereas the sword shall reach unto the soul.
Potem sem rekel: »Ah, Gospod Bog! Zagotovo si zelo prevaral to ljudstvo in Jeruzalem, rekoč: ›Imeli boste mir, ‹ medtem ko meč sega do duše.«
11 At that time, shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem, —The sharp wind of the bare heights in the desert, cometh towards the daughter of my people, —not to winnow nor to cleanse.
Ob tistem času bo rečeno temu ljudstvu in [prestolnici] Jeruzalem: »Suh veter visokih krajev v divjini proti hčeri mojega ljudstva, ne da preveja niti da očisti,
12 A wind too strong for these, cometh in for me. Now, will, I also, pronounce sentences upon them:
celó poln veter iz tistih krajev bo prišel k meni. Sedaj bom tudi jaz izrekel obsodbo zoper njih.«
13 Lo! like clouds, shall he come up, Even as a storm-wind, his chariots, Swifter than eagles, his horses, —Woe to us for we are laid waste!
Glej, prišel bo gor kakor oblaki in njegovi bojni vozovi bodo kakor vrtinčast veter. Njegovi konji so bolj nagli kakor orli. Gorje nam! Kajti oplenjeni smo.
14 Wash from wickedness thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, —How long, shall lodge within thee thy wicked devices?
»Oh [prestolnica] Jeruzalem, umij svoje srce pred zlobnostjo, da boš lahko rešena. Doklej bodo tvoje prazne misli prenočevale znotraj tebe?
15 For a voice, declareth from Dan, —And publisheth trouble from the hill country of Ephraim.
Kajti glas razglaša od Dana in objavlja stisko od gore Efrájim.
16 Put ye in mind the nations Lo! publish ye against Jerusalem, Blockaders! are coming in from a land afar off, —And have uttered against the cities of Judah their voice:
Dajte omenjati narodom, glejte, objavite zoper [prestolnico] Jeruzalem, da stražarji prihajajo iz daljne dežele in objavite njihov glas zoper Judova mesta.
17 As the keepers of a field, have they come against her round about, —For against me, hath she rebelled, Declareth Yahweh.
Kakor čuvaji polja so oni zoper njo vsenaokrog, zato ker je bila uporna zoper mene, « govori Gospod.
18 Thine own way And thine own doings, Have done these things unto thee, —This thy wickedness, Surely it is bitter, Surely it hath reached unto thy heart.
»Tvoja pot in tvoja početja so ti povzročila te stvari; to je tvoja zlobnost, ker je ta grenka, ker ta sega v tvoje srce.
19 My bowels! My bowels! I am pained in the walls of my heart My heart beateth aloud to me I cannot be still! For the sound of a horn, hast thou heard O my soul, The loud shout of war!
Moja notranjost, moja notranjost! Zaskrbljen sem prav v svojem srcu; moje srce dela v meni hrup; ne morem ohraniti miru, ker si slišala, oh moja duša, zvok šofarja, alarm vojne.
20 Breach upon breach, they cry, For ruined, is all the land, —Suddenly, are ruined my tents, In a moment, my curtains!
Uničenje na uničenje je razkričano, kajti celotna dežela je oplenjena. Moji šotori so nenadoma oplenjeni in moje zavese v trenutku.
21 How long shall I keep on seeing a standard, —continue to hear the sound of a horn?
Doklej bom videl prapor in slišal zvok šofarja?
22 Surely, perverse, is my people Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea without understanding, they are: Wise, they are to commit wickedness, But how to do well, they know not!
Kajti moje ljudstvo je nespametno, niso me spoznali; neumni otroci so in nobenega razumevanja nimajo. Modri so, da počno hudo, toda za početje dobrega nimajo spoznanja.«
23 I beheld, The earth; and lo! it was waste and wild, —The heavens also and their light was not:
Pogledal sem zemljo in glej, ta je bila brez oblike ter prazna; in [na] nebo, pa ni imelo nobene svetlobe.
24 I beheld, The mountains, and lo! they were trembling, —And all the hills, had been violently moved:
Pogledal sem gore in glej, trepetale so in vsi hribi so se rahlo gibali.
25 I beheld, And lo! there was no human being, —Yea, all the birds of the heavens! had fled:
Pogledal sem in glej, tam ni bilo nobenega človeka in vse nebeške ptice so odletele.
26 I beheld, And lo! the garden-land, was a desert, —And, all its cities, had been broken down, Because of Yahweh, Because of the glow of his anger!
Pogledal sem in glej, rodoviten kraj je bila divjina in vsa njegova mesta so bila zrušena ob Gospodovi prisotnosti in z njegovo kruto jezo.
27 For, thus, saith Yahweh, A desolation, shall all the land become—Nevertheless a full end, will I not make.
Kajti tako je rekel Gospod: »Celotna dežela bo zapuščena, vendar ne bom naredil popolnega konca.
28 For this cause, shall the land mourn, and the heavens above be overcast: Because I have spoken have purposed, and have not repented nor will I turn back therefrom.
Zaradi tega bo zemlja žalovala in nebo nad [njo] bo črno. Ker sem to govoril, sem to namenil in se ne bom kesal niti se ne bom obrnil nazaj od tega.«
29 At the noise of horseman and archer, The whole city is in flight, They have entered dark thickets, Yea unto the crags, have they gone up, —Every city, is forsaken, There remaineth not in them a man!
Celotno mesto bo pobegnilo zaradi zvoka konjenikov in lokostrelcev; šli bodo v goščave in plezali na skale. Vsako mesto bo zapuščeno in ni človeka, da tam prebiva.
30 And when, thou, art laid waste, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with crimson Though thou deck thyself with ornaments of gold Though thou enlarge with antimony thine eyes, In vain, shalt thou make thyself fair, —Paramours have rejected thee, Thy life, will they seek!
Ko si oplenjena, kaj boš storila? Čeprav se oblačiš s temno rdečo, čeprav se krasiš z ornamenti iz zlata, čeprav si obrobljaš svoj obraz z ličenjem, se boš zaman naredila lepo; tvoji ljubimci te bodo prezirali, stregli ti bodo po življenju.
31 For a voice as of a woman in pangs, have I heard Anguish as of her that is bearing her firstborn. The voice of the daughter of Zion! She gaspeth for breath, She spreadeth forth her palms, —Surely woe to me! For my soul fainteth before murderers.
Kajti slišal sem glas ženske kakor v porodnih bolečinah in tesnobo kakor od tiste, ki rojeva svojega prvega otroka, glas sionske hčere, ki se objokuje, ki razširja svoji roki, rekoč: »Gorje mi sedaj! Kajti moja duša je izmučena zaradi morilcev.«
