Књига пророка Јеремије 9
1 О, да би глава моја била вода, а очи моје извори сузни! Да плачем дању и ноћу за побијенима кћери народа свог.
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
2 О, да ми је у пустињи станак путнички! Да оставим народ свој и да отидем од њих, јер су сви прељубочинци, збор невернички;
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
3 И запињу језик свој као лук да лажу, и осилише на земљи, али не за истину, него иду из зла у зло, нити знају за ме, говори Господ.
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
4 Чувајте се сваки пријатеља свог и ни једном брату не верујте; јер сваки брат ради да поткине другог, и сваки пријатељ иде те опада.
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
5 И сваки вара пријатеља свог и не говори истине, уче језик свој да говори лаж, муче се да чине зло.
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
6 Стан ти је усред преваре; ради преваре неће да знају за ме, говори Господ.
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
7 Зато овако говори Господ над војскама: Гле, претопићу их, и окушаћу их; јер шта бих чинио ради кћери народа свог?
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
8 Језик им је стрела смртна, говори превару; устима говоре о миру с пријатељем својим, а у срцу намештају заседу.
His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
9 Зато ли их нећу походити? Говори Господ; душа моја неће ли се осветити таквом народу?
Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
10 За овим горама ударићу у плач и у ридање, и за торовима у пустињи у нарицање; јер изгореше да нико не пролази нити се чује глас од стада, и птице небеске и стока побегоше и отидоше.
Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.
11 И обратићу Јерусалим у гомилу, у стан змајевски; и градове Јудине обратићу у пустош, да неће нико онуда живети.
And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.
12 Ко је мудар да би разумео? И коме говорише уста Господња, да би објавио зашто земља пропаде и изгоре као пустиња да нико не пролази?
Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?
13 Јер Господ рече: Што оставише закон мој, који метнух пред њих, и не слушаше глас мој и не ходише за њим,
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
14 Него ходише за мислима срца свог и за Валима, чему их научише оци њихови,
But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
15 За то овако вели Господ над војскама, Бог Израиљев: Ево ја ћу нахранити тај народ пеленом и напојићу их жучи.
So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.
16 И расејаћу их међу народе, којих не познаваше ни они ни оци њихови; и пуштаћу за њима мач докле их не истребим.
And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.
17 Овако вели Господ над војскама: Гледајте и зовите нарикаче нека дођу, и пошљите по веште нека дођу,
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:
18 И нека брже наричу за нама, да се роне сузе од очију наших, и од веђа наших да тече вода.
Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.
19 Јер се гласно ридање чу од Сиона: Како пропадосмо! Посрамисмо се врло, јер се растављамо са земљом, јер обарају станове наше.
For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house.
20 Зато, жене, чујте реч Господњу и нека прими ухо ваше реч уста Његових, и учите кћери своје ридати и једна другу нарицати.
But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.
21 Јер се попе смрт на прозоре наше и уђе у дворове наше да истреби децу с улица и младиће с путева.
For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
22 Реци: Овако говори Господ: и мртва ће телеса људска лежати као гној по њиви и као руковети за жетеоцем, којих нико не купи.
The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.
23 Овако вели Господ: Мудри да се не хвали мудрошћу својом, ни јаки да се не хвали снагом својом, ни богати да се не хвали богатством својим.
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
24 Него ко се хвали, нека се хвали тим што разуме и познаје мене да сам ја Господ који чиним милост и суд и правду на земљи, јер ми је то мило, говори Господ.
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
25 Ето, иду дани, вели Господ, кад ћу походити све, обрезане и необрезане,
See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;
26 Мисирце и Јудејце и Едомце и синове Амонове и Моавце и све који се с краја стрижу, који живе у пустињи; јер су сви ти народи необрезани, и сав је дом Израиљев необрезаног срца.
On Egypt and on Judah and on Edom and on the children of Ammon and on Moab and on all who have the ends of their hair cut, who are living in the waste land: for all these nations and all the people of Israel are without circumcision in their hearts.
