Jeremiah 14
1 After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
Слово Господа, которое было к Иеремии по случаю бездождия.
2 [The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
Плачет Иуда, ворота его распались, почернели на земле, и вопль поднимается в Иерусалиме.
3 The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
Вельможи посылают слуг своих за водою; они приходят к колодезям и не находят воды; возвращаются с пустыми сосудами; пристыженные и смущенные, они покрывают свои головы.
4 The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
Так как почва растрескалась оттого, что не было дождя на землю, то и земледельцы в смущении и покрывают свои головы.
5 Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
Даже и лань рождает на поле и оставляет детей, потому что нет травы.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
И дикие ослы стоят на возвышенных местах и глотают, подобно шакалам, воздух; глаза их потускли, потому что нет травы.
7 [The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
Хотя беззакония наши свидетельствуют против нас, но Ты, Господи, твори с нами ради имени Твоего; отступничество наше велико, согрешили мы пред Тобою.
8 You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
Надежда Израиля, Спаситель его во время скорби! Для чего Ты - как чужой в этой земле, как прохожий, который зашел переночевать?
9 Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
Для чего Ты - как человек изумленный, как сильный, не имеющий силы спасти? И однако же Ты, Господи, посреди нас, и Твое имя наречено над нами; не оставляй нас.
10 And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
Так говорит Господь народу сему: за то, что они любят бродить, не удерживают ног своих, за то Господь не благоволит к ним, припоминает ныне беззакония их и наказывает грехи их.
11 [Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
И сказал мне Господь: ты не молись о народе сем во благо ему.
12 When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
Если они будут поститься, Я не услышу вопля их; и если вознесут всесожжение и дар, не приму их; но мечом и голодом, и моровою язвою истреблю их.
13 Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
Тогда сказал я: Господи Боже! вот, пророки говорят им: “не увидите меча, и голода не будет у вас, но постоянный мир дам вам на сем месте”.
14 Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
И сказал мне Господь: пророки пророчествуют ложное именем Моим; Я не посылал их и не давал им повеления, и не говорил им; они возвещают вам видения ложные и гадания, и пустое и мечты сердца своего.
15 So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
Поэтому так говорит Господь о пророках: они пророчествуют именем Моим, а Я не посылал их; они говорят: “меча и голода не будет на сей земле”: мечом и голодом будут истреблены эти пророки,
16 And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
и народ, которому они пророчествуют, разбросан будет по улицам Иерусалима от голода и меча, и некому будет хоронить их, - они и жены их, и сыновья их, и дочери их; и Я изолью на них зло их.
17 [So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
И скажи им слово сие: да льются из глаз моих слезы ночь и день, и да не перестают; ибо великим поражением поражена дева, дочь народа моего, тяжким ударом.
18 If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
Выхожу я на поле, - и вот, убитые мечом; вхожу в город, - и вот истаевающие от голода; даже и пророк и священник бродят по земле бессознательно.
19 [Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
Разве Ты совсем отверг Иуду? Разве душе Твоей опротивел Сион? Для чего поразил нас так, что нет нам исцеления? Ждем мира, и ничего доброго нет; ждем времени исцеления, и вот ужасы.
20 Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
Сознаем, Господи, нечестие наше, беззаконие отцов наших; ибо согрешили мы пред Тобою.
21 But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
Не отрини нас ради имени Твоего; не унижай престола славы Твоей: вспомни, не разрушай завета Твоего с нами.
22 Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
Есть ли между суетными богами языческими производящие дождь? или может ли небо само собою подавать ливень? не Ты ли это, Господи, Боже наш? На Тебя надеемся мы; ибо Ты творишь все это.
