Geremia 8
1 In quel tempo, dice l’Eterno, si trarranno dai loro sepolcri le ossa dei re di Giuda, le ossa dei suoi principi, le ossa dei sacerdoti, le ossa dei profeti, le ossa degli abitanti di Gerusalemme,
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 e le si esporranno dinanzi al sole, dinanzi alla luna e dinanzi a tutto l’esercito del cielo, i quali essi hanno amato, hanno servito, hanno seguito, hanno consultato, e dinanzi ai quali si sono prostrati; non si raccoglieranno, non si seppelliranno, ma saranno come letame sulla faccia della terra.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 E la morte sarà preferibile alla vita per tutto il residuo che rimarrà di questa razza malvagia, in tutti i luoghi dove li avrò cacciati, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 E tu di’ loro: Così parla l’Eterno: Se uno cade non si rialza forse? Se uno si svia, non torna egli indietro?
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Perché dunque questo popolo di Gerusalemme si svia egli d’uno sviamento perpetuo? Essi persistono nella malafede, e rifiutano di convertirsi.
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Io sto attento ed ascolto: essi non parlano come dovrebbero; nessuno si pente della sua malvagità e dice: “Che ho io fatto?” Ognuno riprende la sua corsa, come il cavallo che si slancia alla battaglia.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Anche la cicogna conosce nel cielo le sue stagioni; la tortora, la rondine e la gru osservano il tempo quando debbon venire, ma il mio popolo non conosce quel che l’Eterno ha ordinato.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 Come potete voi dire: “Noi siam savi e la legge dell’Eterno è con noi!” Sì certo, ma la penna bugiarda degli scribi ne ha falsato il senso.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 I savi saranno confusi, saranno costernati, saranno presi; ecco, hanno rigettato la parola dell’Eterno; che sapienza possono essi avere?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Perciò io darò le loro mogli ad altri, e i loro campi a de’ nuovi possessori; poiché dal più piccolo al più grande, son tutti avidi di guadagno; dal profeta al sacerdote, tutti praticano la menzogna.
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 Essi curano alla leggera la piaga del mio popolo; dicono: “Pace, pace”, mentre pace non v’è.
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 Essi saranno confusi perché commettono delle abominazioni: non si vergognano affatto, non sanno che cosa sia arrossire; perciò cadranno fra quelli che cadono; quand’io li visiterò saranno rovesciati, dice l’Eterno.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Certo io li sterminerò, dice l’Eterno. Non v’è più uva sulla vite, non più fichi sul fico, e le foglie sono appassite! Io ho dato loro de’ nemici che passeranno sui loro corpi.
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 “Perché ce ne stiamo qui seduti? Adunatevi ed entriamo nelle città forti per quivi perire! Poiché l’Eterno, il nostro Dio, ci condanna a perire, ci fa bere delle acque avvelenate, perché abbiam peccato contro l’Eterno.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Noi aspettavamo la pace, ma nessun bene giunge; aspettavamo un tempo di guarigione, ed ecco il terrore!”
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 S’ode da Dan lo sbuffare de’ suoi cavalli; al rumore del nitrito de’ suoi destrieri, trema tutto il paese; poiché vengono, divorano il paese e tutto ciò che contiene, la città e i suoi abitanti.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 Poiché, ecco, io mando contro di voi de’ serpenti, degli aspidi, contro i quali non v’è incantagione che valga; e vi morderanno, dice l’Eterno.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Ove trovar conforto nel mio dolore? Il cuore mi langue in seno.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Ecco il grido d’angoscia della figliuola del mio popolo da terra lontana: “L’Eterno non è egli più in Sion? Il suo re non è egli più in mezzo a lei?” “Perché m’hanno provocato ad ira con le loro immagini scolpite e con vanità straniere?”
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 “La mèsse è passata, l’estate è finita, e noi non siamo salvati”.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Per la piaga della figliuola del mio popolo io son tutto affranto; sono in lutto, sono in preda alla costernazione.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Non v’è egli balsamo in Galaad? Non v’è egli colà alcun medico? Perché dunque la piaga della figliuola del mio popolo non è stata medicata?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
