Jeremija 5
1 Proðite po ulicama Jerusalimskim, i vidite sada i razberite i potražite po ulicama njegovijem, hoæete li naæi èovjeka, ima li ko da èini što je pravo i da traži istinu, pa æu oprostiti.
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
2 Ako i govore: tako da je živ Gospod! opet se krivo kunu.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
3 Gospode! ne gledaju li oèi tvoje na istinu! Biješ ih, ali ih ne boli; satireš ih, ali neæe da prime nauke, tvrðe im je lice od kamena, neæe da se obrate.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
4 I ja rekoh: siromasi su, ludo rade, jer ne znaju puta Gospodnjega, zakona Boga svojega.
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
5 Idem k vlastelima, i njima æu govoriti, jer oni znaju put Gospodnji, zakon Boga svojega; ali i oni izlomiše jaram, pokidaše sveze.
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
6 Zato æe ih pobiti lav iz šume, vuk æe ih veèernji potrti, ris æe vrebati kod gradova njihovijeh, ko god izide iz njih biæe rastrgnut, jer je mnogo grijeha njihovijeh i silni su odmeti njihovi.
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
7 Kako æu ti oprostiti to? Sinovi tvoji ostaviše mene, i kunu se onima koji nijesu bogovi. Kako ih nasitih, stadoše èiniti preljubu, i u kuæu kurvinu stjeèu se gomilom.
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
8 Jutrom su kad ustaju kao tovni konji, svaki rže za ženom bližnjega svojega.
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Zato li neæu pohoditi? veli Gospod, i duša moja neæe li se osvetiti takom narodu?
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
10 Izidite mu na zidove i razvalite, ali nemojte sasvijem zatrti, skinite mu prijevornice, jer nijesu Gospodnje.
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
11 Jer me sasvijem iznevjeri dom Izrailjev i dom Judin, veli Gospod.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,”
12 Udariše u bah Gospodu i rekoše: nije tako, neæe nas zlo zadesiti, i neæemo vidjeti maèa ni gladi.
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
13 A ti proroci otiæi æe u vjetar, i rijeèi nema u njima, njima æe biti tako.
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
14 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod nad vojskama: kad tako govorite, evo ja æu uèiniti da rijeèi moje u ustima tvojim budu kao oganj, a ovaj narod drva, te æe ih spaliti.
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
15 Gle, ja æu dovesti na vas narod iz daleka, dome Izrailjev, veli Gospod, narod jak, narod star, narod kojem jezika neæeš znati niti æeš razumjeti što govori;
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
16 Kojemu je tul kao grob otvoren, svi su jaki.
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
17 I poješæe ljetinu tvoju i hljeb tvoj, što sinovi tvoji i kæeri tvoje šæahu jesti, poješæe ovce tvoje i goveda tvoja, poješæe vinovu lozu tvoju i smokve tvoje, i maèem æe zatrti tvrde gradove tvoje u koje se uzdaš.
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
18 Ali ni tada, veli Gospod, neæu vas sasvijem zatrti.
“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
19 Jer kad reèete: zašto nam èini Gospod Bog naš sve ovo? tada im reci: kako ostaviste mene i služiste tuðim bogovima u zemlji svojoj, tako æete služiti tuðincima u zemlji koja nije vaša.
And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
20 Javite ovo u domu Jakovljevu, i oglasite u Judi, govoreæi:
Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:
21 Èujte ovo, ludi i bezumni narode, koji imate oèi a ne vidite, koji imate uši a ne èujete.
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
22 Mene li se neæete bojati? veli Gospod; od mene li neæete drktati? koji postavih pijesak moru za meðu vjeènom naredbom, i neæe prijeæi preko nje; ako mu i ustaju vali, neæe nadjaèati, ako i buèe, neæe je prijeæi.
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
23 Ali je u naroda ovoga srce uporno i nepokorno; otstupiše i otidoše.
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
24 Niti rekoše u srcu svom: bojmo se Gospoda Boga svojega, koji nam daje dažd rani i pozni na vrijeme, i èuva nam nedjelje odreðene za žetvu.
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
25 Bezakonja vaša odvraæaju to, i grijesi vaši odbijaju dobro od vas.
Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
26 Jer se nalaze u narodu mom bezbožnici, koji vrebaju kao ptièari kad se pritaje, meæu zamke da hvataju ljude.
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
27 Kao krletka puna ptica tako su kuæe njihove pune prijevare; zato postaše veliki i obogatiše.
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
28 Ugojiše se, sjaju se, mimoilaze zlo, ne èine pravde ni siroèetu, i opet im je dobro, i ne daju pravice ubogima.
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
29 Zato li neæu pohoditi? veli Gospod, i duša moja neæe li se osvetiti takvom narodu?
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
30 Èudo i strahota biva u zemlji.
A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
31 Proroci prorokuju lažno, i sveštenici gospoduju preko njih, i narodu je mojemu to milo. A šta æete raditi na pošljedak?
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
