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.
I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
2 О, да ми је у пустињи станак путнички! Да оставим народ свој и да отидем од њих, јер су сви прељубочинци, збор невернички;
I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
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.
[Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
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.
Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
5 И сваки вара пријатеља свог и не говори истине, уче језик свој да говори лаж, муче се да чине зло.
They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
6 Стан ти је усред преваре; ради преваре неће да знају за ме, говори Господ.
They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
7 Зато овако говори Господ над војскама: Гле, претопићу их, и окушаћу их; јер шта бих чинио ради кћери народа свог?
Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
8 Језик им је стрела смртна, говори превару; устима говоре о миру с пријатељем својим, а у срцу намештају заседу.
What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
9 Зато ли их нећу походити? Говори Господ; душа моја неће ли се осветити таквом народу?
Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
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.
So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
11 И обратићу Јерусалим у гомилу, у стан змајевски; и градове Јудине обратићу у пустош, да неће нико онуда живети.
[Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live 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?
[I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
13 Јер Господ рече: Што оставише закон мој, који метнух пред њих, и не слушаше глас мој и не ходише за њим,
Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
14 Него ходише за мислима срца свог и за Валима, чему их научише оци њихови,
Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
15 За то овако вели Господ над војскама, Бог Израиљев: Ево ја ћу нахранити тај народ пеленом и напојићу их жучи.
So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
16 И расејаћу их међу народе, којих не познаваше ни они ни оци њихови; и пуштаћу за њима мач докле их не истребим.
I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
17 Овако вели Господ над војскама: Гледајте и зовите нарикаче нека дођу, и пошљите по веште нека дођу,
This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
18 И нека брже наричу за нама, да се роне сузе од очију наших, и од веђа наших да тече вода.
Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
19 Јер се гласно ридање чу од Сиона: Како пропадосмо! Посрамисмо се врло, јер се растављамо са земљом, јер обарају станове наше.
Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
20 Зато, жене, чујте реч Господњу и нека прими ухо ваше реч уста Његових, и учите кћери своје ридати и једна другу нарицати.
You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
21 Јер се попе смрт на прозоре наше и уђе у дворове наше да истреби децу с улица и младиће с путева.
because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
22 Реци: Овако говори Господ: и мртва ће телеса људска лежати као гној по њиви и као руковети за жетеоцем, којих нико не купи.
There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
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.
Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
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.
Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
25 Ето, иду дани, вели Господ, кад ћу походити све, обрезане и необрезане,
There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
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.
