Jeremija 18
1 Rijeè koja doðe Jeremiji od Gospoda govoreæi:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Ustani, i siði u kuæu lonèarevu, i ondje æu ti kazati rijeèi svoje.
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3 Tada siðoh u kuæu lonèarevu, i gle, on raðaše posao na svom kolu.
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 I pokvari se u ruci lonèaru sud koji graðaše od kala, pa naèini iznova od njega drugi sud, kako bijaše volja lonèaru da naèini.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Tada doðe mi rijeè Gospodnja govoreæi:
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6 Ne mogu li èiniti od vas kao ovaj lonèar, dome Izrailjev? govori Gospod; gle, što je kao u ruci lonèarevoj, to ste vi u mojoj ruci, dome Izrailjev.
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.
7 Kad bih rekao za narod i za carstvo da ga istrijebim i razorim i zatrem;
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8 Ako se obrati narod oda zla, za koje bih rekao, i meni æe biti žao sa zla, koje mišljah da mu uèinim.
If that nation, against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 A kad bih rekao za narod i za carstvo da ga sazidam i nasadim;
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10 Ako uèini što je zlo preda mnom ne slušajuæi glasa mojega, i meni æe biti žao dobra koje rekoh da mu uèinim.
If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
11 Zato sada reci Judejcima i Jerusalimljanima govoreæi: ovako veli Gospod: evo spremam na vas zlo, i mislim misli na vas; vratite se dakle svaki sa svojega puta zloga, i popravite putove svoje i djela svoja.
Now therefore come, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plot against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12 A oni rekoše: nema ništa od toga, nego æemo iæi za svojim mislima i èiniæemo svaki po misli srca svojega zloga.
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
13 Zato ovako govori Gospod: pitajte po narodima je li ko èuo tako što? grdilo veliko uèini djevojka Izrailjeva.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
14 Ostavlja li snijeg Livanski sa stijene moja polja? ostavljaju li se vode studene, koje teku?
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15 A narod moj mene zaboravi, kadi taštini, i spotièu se na svojim putovima, na starijem stazama, da hode stazama puta neporavnjena,
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 Da bih obratio zemlju njihovu u pustoš, na vjeènu sramotu, da se èudi ko god proðe preko nje i maše glavom svojom.
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Kao ustokom razmetnuæu ih pred neprijateljem; leða a ne lice pokazaæu im u nevolji njihovoj.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 A oni rekoše: hodite da smislimo što Jeremiji, jer neæe nestati zakona svešteniku ni svjeta mudarcu ni rijeèi proroku; hodite ubijmo ga jezikom i ne pazimo na rijeèi njegove.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19 Pazi na me, Gospode, i èuj glas mojih protivnika.
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20 Eda li æe se zlo vratiti za dobro, kad mi kopaju jamu? Opomeni se da sam stajao pred tobom govoreæi za njihovo dobro, da bih odvratio gnjev tvoj od njih.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21 Zato predaj sinove njihove gladi i uèini da izginu od maèa, i žene njihove da budu sirote i udove, i muževi njihovi da se pogube, mladiæe njihove da pobije maè u boju.
Therefore deliver their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22 Neka se èuje vika iz kuæa njihovijeh, kad dovedeš na njih vojsku iznenada; jer iskopaše jamu da me uhvate, i zamke namjestiše nogama mojim.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 A ti, Gospode, znaš sve što su naumili meni da me ubiju, nemoj im oprostiti bezakonja ni grijeha njihova izbrisati ispred sebe; nego neka popadaju pred tobom, u gnjevu svom radi suprot njima.
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thy anger.
