Jeremija 27
1 U poèetku carovanja Joakima sina Josijina cara Judina doðe ova rijeè Jeremiji od Gospoda govoreæi:
THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPOKE AGAINST BABYLON.
2 Ovako mi reèe Gospod: naèini sebi sveze i jaram, i metni sebi oko vrata.
Proclaim you among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not: say you, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.
3 Potom pošlji ih caru Edomskom i caru Moavskom i caru sinova Amonovijeh i caru Tirskom i caru Sidonskom, po poslanicima koji æe doæi u Jerusalim k Sedekiji caru Judinu.
For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.
4 I naruèi im neka reku svojim gospodarima: ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama Bog Izrailjev: ovako recite svojim gospodarima:
In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.
5 Ja sam stvorio zemlju i ljude i stoku, što je po zemlji, silom svojom velikom i mišicom svojom podignutom; i dajem je kome mi je drago.
They shall ask the way till [they come to] Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.
6 I sada ja dadoh sve te zemlje u ruke Navuhodonosoru caru Vavilonskom sluzi svojemu, dadoh mu i zvijerje poljsko da mu služi.
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
7 I svi æe narodi služiti njemu i sinu njegovu i unuku njegovu dokle doðe vrijeme i njegovoj zemlji, i veliki narodi i silni carevi pokore ga.
All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers [had] a pasture of righteousness.
8 A koji narod ili carstvo ne bi htio služiti Navuhodonosoru caru Vavilonskom, i ne bi htio saviti vrata svojega u jaram cara Vavilonskoga, taki æu narod pohoditi maèem i glaðu i pomorom, govori Gospod, dokle ih ne istrijebim rukom njegovom.
Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep.
9 Ne slušajte dakle proroka svojih ni vraèa svojih ni sanjaèa svojih ni gatara svojih ni bajaèa svojih, koji vam govore i vele: neæete služiti caru Vavilonskom.
For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.
10 Jer vam oni laž prorokuju, kako bih vas daleko odveo iz zemlje vaše i izagnao vas da izginete.
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied.
11 A narod koji bi savio vrat svoj pod jaram cara Vavilonskoga i služio mu, ostaviæu ga na zemlji njegovoj, govori Gospod, da je radi i stanuje u njoj.
Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering mine heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.
12 I Sedekiji caru Judinu rekoh sve ovo govoreæi: savijte vrat svoj pod jaram cara Vavilonskoga i služite njemu i narodu njegovu, pa æete ostati živi.
Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: [she is] the last of the nations, desolate,
13 Zašto da poginete ti i narod tvoj od maèa i od gladi i od pomora, kako reèe Gospod za narod koji ne bi služio caru Vavilonskom?
by reason of the Lord's anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and every one that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.
14 Ne slušajte dakle što govore proroci koji vam kažu i vele: neæete služiti caru Vavilonskom, jer vam oni prorokuju laž.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,
15 Jer ih ja nijesam poslao, govori Gospod, nego lažno prorokuju u moje ime, kako bih vas prognao da izginete i vi i proroci koji vam prorokuju.
and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.
16 I sveštenicima i svemu narodu govorih i rekoh: ovako veli Gospod: ne slušajte što govore vaši proroci koji vam prorokuju govoreæi: evo, posuðe doma Gospodnjega vratiæe se iz Vavilona skoro. Jer vam oni prorokuju laž.
Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, [and] him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 Ne slušajte ih; služite caru Vavilonskom, i ostaæete živi; zašto taj grad da opusti?
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon [has gnawed] his bones.
18 Ako li su proroci i ako je rijeè Gospodnja u njih, neka mole Gospoda nad vojskama da sudovi što su ostali u domu Gospodnjem i u domu cara Judina i u Jerusalimu ne otidu u Vavilon.
Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] take vengeance on the king of Babylon, and upon his land, as I took vengeance on the king of Assyria.
19 Jer ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama za stupove i za more i za podnožja i za druge sudove što su ostali u tom gradu,
And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied.
20 Kojih ne uze Navuhodonosor car Vavilonski kad odvede u ropstvo Jehoniju sina Joakimova cara Judina iz Jerusalima u Vavilon, i sve glavare Judine i Jerusalimske;
In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left
21 Jer ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama Bog Izrailjev za sudove što ostaše u domu Gospodnjem i u domu cara Judina u Jerusalimu:
on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you.
22 U Vavilon æe se odnijeti i ondje æe biti do dana kad æu ih pohoditi, veli Gospod, kad æu ih donijeti i vratiti na ovo mjesto.
A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans!
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, Babylon, that you will even be taken captive: you are found and taken, because you did resist the Lord.
The Lord has opened his treasury, and brought forth the weapons of his anger: for the Lord God [has] a work in the land of the Chaldeans.
For her times are come: open you her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her.
Dry you up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.
A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God.
Summon many against Babylon, [even] every one that bends the bow: camp against her round about; let no one of her [people] escape: render to her according to her works; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, says the Lord.
Behold, I am against you the haughty one, says the Lord: for your day is come, and the time of your retribution.
And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Thus says the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.
But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;
and he will sharpen a sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her nobles and upon her wise men;
a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots:
a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water,
and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven [images]; and in the islands, where they boasted.
Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, says the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:
[the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.
For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.
