Jeremija 38
1 A Sefatija sin Matanov i Godolija sin Pashorov i Juhal sin Selemijin i Pashor sin Malhijin èuše rijeèi koje govori Jeremija svemu narodu rekavši:
At that time, says the Lord, I will be a God to the family of Israel, and they shall be to me a people.
2 Ovako veli Gospod: ko ostane u tom gradu, poginuæe od maèa, od gladi ili od pomora; a ko otide ka Haldejcima, ostaæe živ, i duša æe mu njegova biti mjesto plijena, i biæe živ.
Thus says the Lord, I found him warm in the wilderness with them that were slain with the sword: go you and destroy not Israel.
3 Ovako veli Gospod: doista æe taj grad biti predan u ruke vojsci cara Vavilonskoga, i uzeæe ga.
The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn you in compassion.
4 I rekoše knezovi caru: da se pogubi taj èovjek, jer on oslabljava ruke vojnicima koji ostaše u ovom gradu, i ruke svemu narodu govoreæi im take rijeèi, jer taj èovjek ne traži dobra ovom narodu nego zlo.
For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall yet take your timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.
5 A car Sedekija reèe: eto, u vašim je rukama; jer car ne može ništa suprot vama.
For you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you, and praise.
6 Tada uzeše Jeremiju i baciše ga u jamu Malhije sina Amelehova, koja bijaše u trijemu od tamnice, i spustiše Jeremiju o užima; a u jami ne bješe vode, nego glib, i Jeremija se uvali u glib.
For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise you, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God.
7 Ali kad èu Avdemeleh Etiopljanin, dvoranin, koji bijaše u dvoru carevu, da su metnuli Jeremiju u onu jamu, a car sjeðaše na vratima Venijaminovijem,
For thus says the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice you, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise you: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Izide Avdemeleh iz dvora careva i reèe caru govoreæi:
Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.
9 Care gospodaru moj, zlo uèiniše ti ljudi u svemu što uèiniše Jeremiji proroku bacivši ga u jamu, jer bi i ondje gdje je bio od gladi umro, jer nema više hljeba u gradu.
They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Zato car zapovjedi Avdemelehu Etiopljaninu govoreæi: uzmi odavde trideset ljudi i izvadi Jeremiju proroka iz jame dok nije umro.
Hear the words of the Lord, you nations, and proclaim [them] to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.
11 Tada uze Avdemeleh ljude, i doðe u dom carev pod riznicu, i uze odande iznošenijeh haljina i starijeh rita, i spusti ih Jeremiji u jamu o užima.
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them [that were] stronger than he.
12 I reèe Avdemeleh Etiopljanin Jeremiji: podmetni te stare haljine i rite pod pazuha ispod uža. I uèini Jeremija tako.
And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, [even] to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.
13 I izvukoše Jeremiju na užima i izvadiše ga iz jame; i osta Jeremija u trijemu od tamnice.
Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.
14 Potom car Sedekija posla po Jeremiju proroka, te ga dovedoše preda nj u treæi ulazak koji bijaše u domu Gospodnjem; i reèe car Jeremiji: zapitaæu te nešto, nemoj mi zatajiti.
I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus says the Lord.
15 A Jeremija reèe Sedekiji: da ti kažem, neæeš li me pogubiti? a da te svjetujem, neæeš me poslušati.
A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
16 Tada se car Sedekija zakle Jeremiji nasamo govoreæi: tako da je živ Gospod, koji nam je stvorio ovu dušu, neæu te pogubiti niti æu te dati u ruke ljudima koji traže dušu tvoju.
Thus says the Lord; Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears: for their is a reward for your works; and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies.
17 Tada Jeremija reèe Sedekiji: ovako veli Gospod Bog nad vojskama, Bog Izrailjev: ako otideš ka knezovima cara Vavilonskoga, živa æe ostati duša tvoja, i grad ovaj neæe izgorjeti ognjem, i tako æeš ostati u životu ti i dom tvoj.
[There shall be] an dwelling [home] for your children.
18 Ako li ne otideš ka knezovima cara Vavilonskoga, ovaj æe grad biti predan u ruke Haldejcima, koji æe ga spaliti ognjem, i ti neæeš uteæi iz ruku njihovijeh.
I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn you me, and I shall turn; for you [are] the Lord my God.
19 A car Sedekija reèe Jeremiji: ja se bojim Judejaca koji su prebjegli ka Haldejcima, da me ne predadu u njihove ruke, te æe mi se narugati.
For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed you that I bore reproach from my youth.
20 A Jeremija reèe: neæe te predati; poslušaj glas Gospodnji, koji ti ja govorim, i dobro æe ti biti i živa æe biti tvoja duša.
Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste [to help] him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.
21 Ako li neæeš da izideš, ovo je što mi pokaza Gospod:
Prepare yourself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to your ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which you went, return mourning to your cities.
22 Gle, sve žene koje su ostale u domu cara Judina, odvešæe se ka knezovima cara Vavilonskoga, i one æe reæi: nagovoriše te i prevariše te prijatelji tvoji; noge ti se uvališe u glib, a oni se povukoše natrag.
How long, O disgraced daughter, will you turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
23 Sve žene tvoje i sinovi tvoji odvešæe se Haldejcima, i ti neæeš uteæi iz ruku njihovijeh; nego æeš dopasti u ruke caru Vavilonskom, i ovaj æe grad izgorjeti ognjem.
For thus says the Lord; They shall yet speak this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn his captivity; blessed be the Lord on his righteous holy mountain!
24 Tada reèe Sedekija Jeremiji: niko da ne dozna za te rijeèi, da ne pogineš.
And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and [the shepherd] shall go forth with the flock.
25 Ako li knezovi èuvši da sam govorio s tobom doðu k tebi i reku ti: kaži nam šta si govorio caru, nemoj tajiti od nas, pa te neæemo pogubiti, i šta je car tebi govorio?
For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.
26 Reci im: ja pripadoh k caru moleæi se da me ne pošlje natrag u dom Jonatanov da umrem ondje.
Therefore I awake, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
27 I doðoše svi knezovi k Jeremiji i pitaše ga; a on im odgovori sasvijem kako mu zapovjedi car. I okaniše ga se, jer ne doznaše ništa od toga.
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.
28 A Jeremija osta u trijemu od tamnice do dana kad uzeše Jerusalim; i on bijaše ondje kad uzeše Jerusalim.
And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.
In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge.
But every one shall die in his own sin; and the teeth of him that eats the sour grape shall be set on edge.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda:
not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
For this is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the Lord, I will surely put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
And they shall not at all teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and [makes] a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:
if these ordinances cease from before me, says the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever.
Though the sky should be raised to a [greater] height, says the Lord, and though the ground of the earth should be sunk [lower] beneath, yet I will not cast off the family of Israel, says the Lord, for all that they have done.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner.
And the measurement of it shall proceed in front of them as far as the hills of Gareb, and it shall be compassed with a circular wall of choice stones.
And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever.
