Jezekilj 36

1 Ti, sine èovjeèji, prorokuj gorama Izrailjevijem, i reci: gore Izrailjeve, èujte rijeè Gospodnju.

You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says.

2 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: što neprijatelj govori za vas: ha ha! vjeène visine postaše naše našljedstvo;

This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies [happily] said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’”

3 Zato prorokuj i reci: ovako veli Gospod Gospod: što vas pustoše i proždiru sa svijeh strana, da postanete našljedstvo ostalijem narodima, i postaste prièa i rug narodima,

Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: [Armies of other nations] attacked you [DOU] from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you.

4 Zato, gore Izrailjeve, èujte rijeè Gospoda Gospoda; ovako veli Gospod gorama Izrailjevijem i humovima, potocima i dolinama, i pustijem razvalinama i gradovima ostavljenijem, koje postaše grabež i potsmijeh ostalijem narodima unaokolo,

Therefore, you mountains in Israel, listen to this message from me. I, Yahweh the Lord, have something to say to the hills and mountains, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and towns whose valuable possessions have been taken and their people ridiculed by the people of other nations around them. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: I am very angry [DOU] with the people of Edom and other nations; they have forced you [Israeli people] to endure them insulting you.

5 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: u ognju revnosti svoje govorih protiv ostalijeh naroda i protiv sve Edomske, što osvojiše moju zemlju radujuæi se iz svega srca i rugajuæi se iz duše da bi je oplijenili.

6 Zato prorokuj za zemlju Izrailjevu, i reci gorama i humovima, potocima i dolinama: ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo, ja govorih u revnosti svojoj i u jarosti svojoj; što podnosite sramotu od naroda,

7 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: ja podigoh ruku svoju da æe narodi što su oko vas nositi sramotu svoju.

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Lifting up my arm, I solemnly declare that the people of the nations that are around you will also endure being insulted.

8 A vi, gore Izrailjeve, puštaæete grane svoje, i rod svoj nosiæete narodu mojemu Izrailju, jer æe skoro doæi.

But [I say to] you mountains in Israel that huge crops of fruit will grow on your trees for my Israeli people, because they will soon return home [from Babylonia].

9 Jer evo me kod vas, i gledaæu vas, i biæete raðene i zasijevane.

I (am concerned about/will take care of) you, and I will bless you. I will [enable farmers to] plow the ground and plant seed there.

10 I umnožiæu u vama ljude, dom Izrailjev savkoliki, i gradovi æe se naseliti i pustoline sagraditi.

I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild [houses where there are now only] ruins.

11 Umnožiæu u vama ljude i stoku, i namnožiæe se i naploditi, i naseliæu vas kako bijaste prije; i uèiniæu vam dobra više nego prije; i poznaæete da sam ja Gospod.

I will cause the number of people and domestic animals to increase. People will have many children [IDM, DOU]. I will enable people to live there like they did previously, and I will enable them to prosper like they did before. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].

12 I dovešæu k vama ljude, narod svoj Izrailja, i naslijediæe vas, i biæete im našljedstvo, i neæete ih više zatirati.

I will enable my Israeli people to walk through your mountains. They will own you; you will be their permanent possession. Never again will their children die.

13 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: što vam govore da ste zemlja koja proždire ljude i zatire svoje narode,

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: People say that [only a small amount of food is produced on your mountains, and as a result the people of Israel] die from hunger.

14 Zato neæeš više proždirati ljudi, i naroda svojih neæeš više zatirati, govori Gospod Gospod.

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that no longer will that happen.

15 I neæu dati da se više u tebi èuje sramota od naroda, i ruga od naroda neæeš više podnositi, i neæeš više zatirati svojih naroda, govori Gospod Gospod.

No longer will the people of other nations ridicule you; no longer will they laugh at you; no longer will [the armies of] other nations conquer you. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have declared that it will happen.”

16 Opet mi doðe rijeè Gospodnja govoreæi:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

17 Sine èovjeèji, dom Izrailjev živeæi u svojoj zemlji oskvrni je svojim putem i svojim djelima; put njihov bijaše preda mnom kao neèistota žene odvojene.

“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they (defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me) by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was [disgusting], like [SIM] the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods.

18 Zato izlih gnjev svoj na njih radi krvi koju proliše na zemlju i radi gadnijeh bogova njihovijeh, kojima je oskvrniše.

So I severely punished [MTY] them, because they had murdered [MTY] many people and because they had defiled the land by [worshiping] idols there.

19 I rasijah ih po narodima, i razasuše se po zemljama; po putovima njihovijem i po djelima njihovijem sudih im.

I caused them to be scattered among many nations [DOU]. I punished [MTY] them like they deserved to be punished because of their very evil behavior [DOU].

20 I kad doðoše meðu narode, gdje god doðoše oskvrniše sveto ime moje, a za njih se govoraše da su Gospodnji narod i da su iz zemlje njegove izašli.

And wherever they went among those nations, they caused my reputation [MTY] to be disgraced. What has happened is that the people in those countries said about the Israeli people, ‘They belong to Yahweh, but they were forced to leave the land that he [gave to them].’

21 Ali mi se sažali radi svetoga imena mojega, koje oskvrni dom Izrailjev u narodima u koje doðe.

But I was concerned about my reputation, which the people of Israel had disgraced among the nations to which they were forced to go.

22 Zato reci domu Izrailjevu: ovako veli Gospod Gospod: neæu vas radi uèiniti, dome Izrailjev, nego radi svetoga imena svojega, koje oskvrniste u narodima u koje doðoste;

Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You Israeli people, it is not for your sake that I am going to do these things. Instead, it is for the sake of my sacred reputation, which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go.

23 I posvetiæu ime svoje veliko oskvrnjeno u narodima, koje vi oskvrniste meðu njima; i narodi æe poznati da sam ja Gospod, govori Gospod Gospod, kad se posvetim u vama pred njima.

I will show that my reputation is sacred, a reputation which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. And when I show the nations that I am holy, the people of those nations will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

24 Jer æu vas uzeti iz naroda, i pokupiæu vas iz svijeh zemalja, i dovešæu vas u vašu zemlju.

What I will do is to bring you back from those nations. I will gather you from all the countries [to which you were forced to go], and bring you back to your own land.

25 I pokropiæu vas vodom èistom, i biæete èisti; ja æu vas oèistiti od svijeh neèistota vaših i od svijeh gadnijeh bogova vaših.

[It will be as though] [MET] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and then you will be clean. I will cause you to be cleansed from everything that has defiled you, and I will cause you to stop worshiping idols.

26 I daæu vam novo srce, i nov æu duh metnuti u vas, i izvadiæu kameno srce iz tijela vašega, i daæu vam srce mesno.

I will give you a completely new way of thinking [IDM]. I will enable you to stop being stubborn [IDM], and I will enable you to obey me from your inner beings [IDM].

27 I duh svoj metnuæu u vas, i uèiniæu da hodite po mojim uredbama i zakone moje da držite i izvršujete.

I will put my Spirit within you and enable you to carefully obey all my laws [DOU].

28 I nastavaæete u zemlji koju sam dao ocima vašim, i biæete mi narod i ja æu vam biti Bog.

You will again live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

29 I oprostiæu vas svijeh neèistota vaših, i dozvaæu žito i umnožiæu ga, i neæu pustiti na vas gladi.

I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again.

30 I umnožiæu rod na drvetima i rod na njivi, te neæete više podnositi sramote meðu narodima sa gladi.

I will cause your fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit and your ground to produce plenty of good crops, with the result that you will no longer be ridiculed by the people of other nations because of your not having enough food.

31 I opomenuæete se zlijeh putova svojih i djela svojih koja ne bjehu dobra, i sami æete sebi biti mrski za bezakonja svoja i za gadove svoje.

When that happens, you will think about your previous evil behavior and wicked deeds, and you will (be very displeased with/hate) yourselves for your sins and the detestable things that you did.

32 Neæu vas radi uèiniti, govori Gospod Gospod; znajte; posramite se i postidite se putova svojih, dome Izrailjev.

But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I want you to know that it is not for your sake that I will do those things. You Israeli people ought to be ashamed of your behavior.

33 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: kad vas oèistim od svijeh bezakonja vaših, naseliæu gradove, i pustoline æe se opet sagraditi.

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: At the time that I forgive you for all the sins that you have committed, I will enable you to live in your towns again and to build houses where there are now only ruins.

34 I pusta æe se zemlja raditi, što je bila pusta pred svakim koji prolažaše.

People who walk through your country will see that your land is again cultivated instead of (being desolate/having nothing growing in it).

35 I reæi æe se: zemlja ova što bješe pusta posta kao vrt Edemski, i gradovi što bjehu pusti, razvaljeni i raskopani, utvrdiše se i naseliše se.

They will say, “This land that was ruined has become [very fertile/productive] like [SIM] the garden of Eden! The cities that were piles of ruins, empty and destroyed, now have walls around them, and people live in those cities.”

36 I narodi koji ostanu oko vas poznaæe da ja Gospod sagraðujem razvaljeno i zasaðujem opustjelo. Ja Gospod rekoh, i uèiniæu.

When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen], and I will cause it to happen.

37 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: još æe me tražiti dom Izrailjev da im uèinim, da ih umnožim ljudima kao stado.

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep,

38 Kao sveto stado, kao stado u Jerusalimu o praznicima njihovijem, tako æe pusti gradovi biti puni stada ljudi, i poznaæe da sam ja Gospod.

as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”