Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
RAB bana şöyle seslendi:
2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
“Git, şunları Yeruşalim halkına duyur. RAB diyor ki, “‘Gençliğindeki bağlılığını, Gelinliğindeki sevgini, Çölde, ekilmemiş toprakta Beni nasıl izlediğini anımsıyorum.
3 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
İsrail RAB için kutsal bir halk, Hasadının ilk ürünüydü. Onu yeren herkes suçlu sayılır, Başına felaket gelirdi’” diyor RAB.
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
RAB'bin sözünü dinleyin, Ey Yakup soyu, İsrail'in bütün boyları!
5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
RAB diyor ki, “Atalarınız bende ne haksızlık buldular da Benden uzaklaştılar? Değersiz putları izleyerek Kendileri de değersiz oldular.
6 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
‘Mısır'dan bizi çıkaran, Çölde, çukurlarla dolu çorak toprakta, Koyu karanlıkta kalan kurak toprakta, Kimsenin geçmediği, Kimsenin yaşamadığı toprakta Bize yol gösteren RAB nerede?’ diye sormadılar.
7 And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
Meyvesini, en iyi ürününü yiyesiniz diye Sizi verimli bir ülkeye getirdim. Oysa siz gelir gelmez ülkemi kirlettiniz, Mülkümü iğrenç bir yere çevirdiniz.
8 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
Kâhinler, ‘RAB nerede?’ diye sormadılar, Kutsal Yasa uzmanları beni tanımadılar, Yöneticiler bana başkaldırdılar; Peygamberler Baal adına peygamberlik edip İşe yaramaz putların ardınca gittiler.
9 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
“Bu yüzden sizden yine davacı olacağım” diyor RAB, “Torunlarınızdan da davacı olacağım.
10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
Gidin de Kittim kıyılarına bakın! Kedar ülkesine adam gönderip iyice inceleyin, Hiç böyle bir şey oldu mu, olmadı mı görün.
11 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
Hiçbir ulus ilahlarını değiştirdi mi? –Ki onlar zaten tanrı değildirler– Ama benim halkım görkemini İşe yaramaz putlara değişti.
12 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
Ey gökler, şaşın buna, Tir tir titreyin, şaşakalın” diyor RAB.
13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
“Çünkü halkım iki kötülük yaptı: Beni, diri suların pınarını bıraktı, Kendilerine sarnıçlar, Su tutmayan çatlak sarnıçlar kazdılar.
14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
İsrail uşak mı? Köle olarak mı doğdu? Öyleyse neden gümbür gümbür kükreyen Genç aslanlara av oldu? Ülkeyi viraneye çevirdiler, Kentler yerle bir edildi, kimsesiz bırakıldı!
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Nof ve Tahpanhes halkı Kafanı kırdı.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
Seni yolda yürüten Tanrın RAB'bi bırakmakla Başına bunları getirdin.
18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
Şimdi Şihor suyundan içmek için Mısır'a gitmek size yarar sağlar mı? Fırat suyundan içmek için Asur'a gitmek size ne sağlar?
19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
Seni kendi kötülüğün yola getirecek, Dönekliğin seni paylayacak. Tanrın RAB'bi bırakmanın, Benden korkmamanın Ne kadar kötü, ne kadar acı olduğunu gör de anla.” Rab, Her Şeye Egemen RAB böyle diyor.
20 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
“Boyunduruğunu çok önce kırdın, Bağlarını kopardın. ‘Kulluk etmeyeceğim’ dedin. Gerçekten de her yüksek tepede, Her bol yapraklı ağacın altında Fahişe gibi yatıp kalktın.
21 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
Oysa ben seni en iyi cinsten Seçme bir asma olarak dikmiştim. Nasıl oldu da yozlaşıp yabanıl asmaya döndün?
22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Çamaşır sodasıyla yıkansan, Bol kül suyu kullansan bile, Suçun önümde yine leke gibi duruyor” Diyor Egemen RAB.
23 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
“Öyleyken nasıl, ‘Ben kirlenmedim, Baallar'ı izlemedim’ diyebilirsin? Vadide nasıl davrandığına bak da Ne yaptığını anla. Sen orada burada dolaşan Ayağı tez bir dişi devesin.
24 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
Kösnüyüp havayı koklayan Kıra alışkın yaban eşeğisin. Azgınken kim tutabilir onu? Peşine düşenlerin yorulması gerekmez, Çiftleşme zamanı gelince onu bulurlar.
25 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
Yalınayak koşmaktan sakın, Susuzluktan boğazını koru. Ama sen, ‘Boş ver! Ben başka ilahları seviyorum, Onları izleyeceğim’ dedin.
26 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
“Hırsız yakalandığında nasıl utanırsa, İsrail'in halkı, kralları, önderleri, Kâhinleri, peygamberleri de öyle utanacak.
27 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
Onlar ağaca, ‘Babamsın’, Taşa, ‘Bizi sen doğurdun’ derler. Çünkü bana yüzlerini değil, Sırtlarını çevirdiler. Ama felakete uğrayınca, ‘Kalk da bizi kurtar’ diye yakarırlar.
28 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
Hani nerede kendiniz için yaptığınız ilahlar? Felakete uğradığınızda kurtarabiliyorlarsa, Kalkıp gelsinler. Kentlerinin sayısı kadar İlahların var, ey Yahuda halkı.”
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
“Neden bana dava açıyorsunuz? Hepiniz bana başkaldırdınız” diyor RAB.
30 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
“Halkınızı boşuna cezalandırdım, yola gelmediler. Kılıcınız yırtıcı aslan gibi öldürdü peygamberlerinizi.
31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
“Ey siz, bu kuşağın çocukları, RAB'bin sözünü anlayın! Ben İsrail için bir çöl, Kapkaranlık bir ülke mi oldum? Öyleyse halkım neden, ‘Başımıza buyruğuz, Artık sana dönmeyeceğiz’ diyor?
32 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
Erden kız takılarını, Gelin çeyizini unutabilir mi? Ama halkım sayısız günlerce unuttu beni.
33 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
Aşkı kovalamakta Ne kadar beceriklisin! Kötü kadınlara bile kendi yöntemlerini öğretebildin.
34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
Eteğin suçsuz yoksulların kanıyla lekelenmiş, Oysa ev soyarken yakalamadın onları. Bütün bunlara karşın,
35 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
‘Ben suçsuzum, Kuşkusuz RAB'bin bana öfkesi dindi’ diyorsun. Ama ‘Günah işlemedim’ dediğin için Yargılayacağım seni.
36 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
Neden boyuna döneklik yapıp duruyorsun? Asur'da düşkırıklığına uğradığın gibi, Mısır'da da düşkırıklığına uğrayacaksın.
37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
Oradan da ellerin başında çıkacaksın, Çünkü RAB senin güvendiklerini reddetti; Onlardan yarar sağlamayacaksın.”
