Књига пророка Јеремије 3
1 Говоре: Ако ко пусти жену своју, и она отишавши од њега уда се за другог, хоће ли се онај вратити к њој? Не би ли се сасвим оскврнила она земља? А ти си се курвала с многим милосницима; али опет врати се к мени, вели Господ.
“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
2 Подигни очи своје к висинама, и погледај где се ниси курвала; на путевима си седела чекајући их као Арапин у пустињи, и оскврнила си земљу курварством својим и злоћом својом.
“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
3 Зато се уставише дажди, и не би позног дажда; али у тебе беше чело жене курве, и не хте се стидети.
That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
4 Хоћеш ли одселе викати к мени: Оче мој, Ти си вођ младости моје?
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 Хоће ли се срдити једнако? Хоће ли се гневити до века? Ето, говориш, а чиниш зло колико год можеш.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 Још ми рече Господ за времена цара Јосије: Јеси ли видео шта учини одметница, Израиљ? Како одлази на свако високо брдо и под свако зелено дрво, и курва се онде.
[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
7 И, пошто учини све то, рекох: Врати се к мени; али се не врати; и то виде неверница, сестра њена, Јуда.
I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
8 И свиде ми се за све то што учини прељубу одметница Израиљ да је пустим и дам јој књигу распусну; али се не побоја неверница сестра јој Јуда, него отиде, те се и она прокурва.
The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
9 И срамотније курвањем својим оскврни земљу, јер чињаше прељубу с каменом и с дрветом.
They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
10 И код свега тога не врати се к мени неверница сестра јој Јуда свим срцем својим, него лажно, говори Господ.
The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
11 За то ми рече Господ: Одметница Израиљ оправда се више него неверница Јуда.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
12 Иди и вичи ове речи к северу, и реци: Врати се, одметнице Израиљу, вели Господ, и нећу пустити да падне гнев мој на вас, јер сам милостив, вели Господ, нећу се гневити до века.
So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
13 Само познај безакоње своје, да си се одметнула Господу Богу свом, те си тумарала к туђима под свако дрво зелено, и нисте слушали глас мој, вели Господ.
But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
14 Обратите се, синови одметници, вели Господ, јер сам ја муж ваш, и узећу вас, једног из града и два из породице, и одвешћу вас у Сион.
But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
15 И даћу вам пастире по срцу свом, који ће вас пасти знањем и разумом.
[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
16 И кад се умножите и народите у земљи, онда се, вели Господ, неће више говорити: Ковчег завета Господњег; нити ће им долазити на ум нити ће га помињати, нити ће ходити к њему, нити ће га више оправљати.
And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
17 У то ће се време Јерусалим звати престо Господњи, и сви ће се народи сабрати у њ, к имену Господњем у Јерусалиму, и неће више ићи по мисли срца свог злог.
At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
18 У то ће време дом Јудин ићи с домом Израиљевим, и доћи ће заједно из земље северне у земљу коју дадох у наследство оцима вашим.
At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
19 Али ја рекох: Како бих те поставио међу синове и дао ти земљу жељену, красно наследство мноштва народа? И рекох: Ти ћеш ме звати: Оче мој; и нећеш се одвратити од мене.
You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
20 Доиста као што жена изневери друга свог, тако изневеристе мене, доме Израиљев, вели Господ.
But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
21 Глас по високим местима нека се чује, плач, молбе синова Израиљевих, јер превратише пут свој, заборавише Господа Бога свог.
People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
22 Вратите се, синови одметници, и исцелићу одмете ваше. Ево, ми идемо к Теби, јер си Ти Господ Бог наш.
Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
23 Доиста, залуду су хумови, мноштво гора; доиста, у Господу је Богу нашем спасење Израиљево.
We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
24 Јер та срамота прождре труд отаца наших од детињства нашег, овце њихове и говеда њихова, синове њихове и кћери њихове.
From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
25 Лежимо у срамоти својој, и покрива нас руг наш; јер Господу Богу свом грешисмо ми и оци наши од детињства свог до данас, и не слушасмо глас Господа Бога свог.
So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
