Jeremiah 6
1 “You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
Paetkaa, benjaminilaiset, Jerusalemista, puhaltakaa pasunaan Tekoassa ja nostakaa merkki Beet-Keremin kohdalle; sillä pohjoisesta nousee onnettomuus ja suuri hävitys.
2 Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
Tytär Siionin, suloisen ja hemmotellun, minä hukutan.
3 [Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
Hänen tykönsä tulee paimenia laumoinensa, he pystyttävät telttansa häntä vastaan yltympäri, syöttävät alansa kukin.
4 [The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
Julistakaa häntä vastaan pyhä sota. "Nouskaa ja menkäämme puolipäivän aikaan! Voi meitä, sillä päivä painuu, sillä illan varjot pitenevät!
5 we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
Nouskaa ja menkäämme yöllä ja hävittäkäämme hänen linnansa."
6 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
Sillä näin sanoo Herra Sebaot: Kaatakaa puita ja luokaa valli Jerusalemia vastaan. Se on kaupunki, jota on rangaistava; siinä on pelkkää väkivaltaa.
7 [It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
Niinkuin kaivo pitää vetensä tuoreena, niin sekin pitää pahuutensa tuoreena; sortoa, hävitystä kuuluu sieltä, minun edessäni on aina kipu ja haavat.
8 Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
Ota ojentuaksesi, Jerusalem, ettei minun sieluni vieraannu sinusta, etten tee sinua autioksi, asumattomaksi maaksi.
9 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
Näin sanoo Herra Sebaot: Israelin jäännöksestä pidetään jälkikorjuu niinkuin viinipuusta; ojenna kätesi köynnöksiä kohti niinkuin viininkorjaaja.
10 [Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
Kenelle minä puhuisin, ketä varoittaisin, että he kuulisivat? Katso, heidän korvansa ovat ympärileikkaamattomat, eivät he voi kuunnella. Katso, Herran sana on tullut heille pilkaksi, ei se heille kelpaa.
11 So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
Minä olen täynnä Herran vihaa, en jaksa sitä pidättää; vuodata se lapsukaisiin kadulla, niin myös nuorukaisparveen. Sillä niin mies kuin vaimokin vangitaan, niin vanhus kuin ikäloppu.
12 [Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
Heidän talonsa joutuvat vieraille, niin myös pellot ja vaimot; sillä minä ojennan käteni maan asukkaita vastaan, sanoo Herra.
13 Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
Sillä kaikki, niin pienet kuin suuretkin, pyytävät väärää voittoa, kaikki, niin profeetat kuin papitkin, harjoittavat petosta.
14 [They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
He parantavat minun kansani vamman kepeästi, sanoen: "Rauha, rauha!" vaikka ei rauhaa ole.
15 They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
He joutuvat häpeään, sillä he ovat tehneet kauhistuksia; mutta heillä ei ole hävyntuntoa, he eivät osaa hävetä. Sentähden he kaatuvat kaatuvien joukkoon, sortuvat, kun minä heitä rankaisen, sanoo Herra.
16 This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
Näin on Herra sanonut: "Astukaa teille ja katsokaa ja kysykää muinaisia polkuja, kysykää, mikä on hyvä tie, ja vaeltakaa sitä, niin te löydätte levon sieluillenne". Mutta he vastasivat: "Emme vaella".
17 I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
Ja minä olen asettanut teille vartijat: "Kuunnelkaa pasunan ääntä". Mutta he vastasivat: "Emme kuuntele".
18 Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
Sentähden kuulkaa, te kansat, ja tiedä, seurakunta, mitä heille on tapahtuva.
19 Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
Kuule, maa! Katso, minä tuotan onnettomuuden tälle kansalle, heidän hankkeittensa hedelmän, sillä he eivät ole kuunnelleet minun sanojani, vaan ovat hyljänneet minun lakini.
20 [You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
Mitä on minulle suitsutus, joka tulee Sabasta, ja paras kalmoruoko kaukaisesta maasta? Teidän polttouhrinne eivät ole minulle otolliset, eivätkä teidän teurasuhrinne minulle kelpaa.
21 Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra: Katso, minä asetan tälle kansalle kompastuskiviä, joihin he kompastuvat, isät ja pojat yhdessä, ja naapuri naapurinsa kanssa hukkuu.
22 Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
Näin sanoo Herra: Katso, kansa tulee pohjoisesta maasta, suuri kansa nousee maan perimmäisiltä ääriltä.
23 They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
He käyttävät jousta ja keihästä, ovat julmat ja armahtamattomat. Heidän pauhinansa on kuin pauhaava meri, ja he ratsastavat hevosilla, varustettuina kuin soturi taisteluun sinua vastaan, tytär Siion.
24 [The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
Kun kuulemme siitä sanoman, niin meidän kätemme herpoavat; ahdistus valtaa meidät, tuska, niinkuin synnyttäväisen.
25 [So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
Älkää menkö vainiolle, älkää vaeltako tiellä, sillä vihollisen miekka-kauhistus on kaikkialla!
26 [So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
Tytär, minun kansani! Kääriydy säkkiin, vieriskele tuhassa; pidä itkiäiset, niinkuin ainokaista poikaa itketään, katkerat valittajaiset, sillä äkkiarvaamatta käy kimppuumme hävittäjä.
27 [Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
Minä olen asettanut sinut kansani koettelijaksi, suojavarustukseksi, että oppisit tuntemaan ja koettelisit heidän vaelluksensa.
28 You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
Kaikki he ovat pääniskureita, liikkuvat panettelijoina; he ovat vaskea ja rautaa, ovat kelvottomia kaikki tyynni.
29 [A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
Palkeet puhkuvat, tulesta lähtee vain lyijyä. Turhaan on sulatettu ja sulatettu: pahat eivät ole erottuneet.
30 [I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
Hylkyhopeaksi heitä sanotaan, sillä Herra on heidät hyljännyt.
