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.
Скупите се из Јерусалима, синови Венијаминови, и у Текуји затрубите у трубу, и подигните знак огњен над Вет-Акеремом, јер се види зло од севера и велика погибао.
2 Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
Учиних кћер сионску да је као лепа и нежна девојка.
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.
К њој ће доћи пастири са стадима својим, разапеће око ње шаторе, сваки ће опасти своје место.
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,
Спремите рат на њу, устаните да ударимо у подне. Тешко нама, јер дан наже, и сенке вечерње одуљаше.
5 we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
Устаните да ударимо обноћ и развалимо дворове њене.
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.
Јер овако говори Господ над војскама: Сеците дрва, и начините опкопе према Јерусалиму; то је град који треба походити; колики је год, насиље је у њему.
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.
Као што извор точи воду своју, тако он точи злоћу своју; насиље и отимање чује се у њему, преда мном су једнако болови и ране.
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.”
Поправи се, Јерусалиме, да се не отргне душа моја од тебе, да те не обратим у пустињу, у земљу где се не живи.
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)].”
Овако говори Господ над војскама: Остатак ће се Израиљев пабирчити као винова лоза. Турај руку своју као берач у котарице.
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.
Коме ћу говорити и сведочити да чују? Гле, ухо им је необрезано, те не могу чути; гле, реч је Господња њима подсмех, није им мила.
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.
За то сам пун гнева Господњег; изнемогох устежући га; просућу га на децу по улицама и на сабране младиће, и човек и жена ухватиће се, и стари и временити.
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.
И куће ће њихове припасти другима, и њиве и жене, кад махнем руком својом на становнике ове земље, вели Господ.
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].
Јер од малог до великог сви се дадоше на лакомство, и пророк и свештеник, сви су варалице.
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.
И лече ране кћери народа мог овлаш, говорећи: Мир, мир; а мира нема.
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.”
Еда ли се постидеше што чинише гад? Нити се постидеше нити знају за стид; за то ће попадати међу онима који падају; кад их походим, попадаће, вели Господ.
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!’
Господ рече овако: Станите на путевима и погледајте, и питајте за старе стазе, који је пут добар, па идите по њему, и наћи ћете мир души својој. А они рекоше: Нећемо да идемо.
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.’
И поставих вам стражаре говорећи: Пазите на глас трубни. А они рекоше: Нећемо да пазимо.
18 Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
Зато чујте, народи, и познај, зборе, шта је међу њима.
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.
Чуј, земљо! Ево ја ћу пустити зло на овај народ, плод мисли њихових, јер не пазе на моје речи, и одбацише закон мој.
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.
Шта ће ми тамјан, што долази из Саве, и добри цимет из далеке земље? Жртве ваше паљенице нису ми угодне, нити су ми приноси ваши мили.
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.”
Зато овако говори Господ: Ево ја ћу метнути овом народу сметње, о које ће се спотаћи и очеви и синови, сусед и пријатељ му, и погинуће.
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].
Овако говори Господ: Ево народ ће доћи из земље северне, и велик ће народ устати од крајева земаљских.
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.”
Лук и копље носиће, жестоки ће бити и немилостиви, глас ће им бучати као море, и јахаће на коњима, спремни као јунаци да се бију с тобом, кћери сионска.
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.
Кад чујемо глас о њему, клонуће нам руке, туга ће нас спопасти и болови као породиљу.
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.’”
Не излазите у поље, и путем не идите, јер је мач непријатељев и страх унаоколо.
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].”
Кћери народа мог, припаши кострет и ваљај се у пепелу, жали као за сином јединцем и ридај горко, јер ће брзо доћи на нас затирач.
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.
Поставих те да си стражара и град народу мом да дознајеш и извиђаш пут њихов.
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.
Сви су одметници над одметницима, иду те опадају, бронза су и гвожђе, сви су покварени.
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.
Изгореше мехови, огањ сажеже олово, узалуд се претапа, јер се зла не могу одлучити.
30 [I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
Они ће се звати сребро лажно, јер их Господ одбаци.
