Книга пророка Иеремии 3
1 Аще отпустит муж жену свою, и отидет от него и будет мужу иному, еда возвращающися возвратится к нему паки? Еда непорочна будет и неосквернена жена та? Ты же соблудила еси с пастырьми многими, и возвращалася еси и ко Мне, глаголет Господь.
“[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 Воздвигни очи твои на правоту и виждь, где не смесилася еси? На путех сидела еси аки врана особящаяся и осквернила еси землю в любодеяниих и в лукавствех твоих,
“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 и имела еси пастырей многих в претыкание себе: лице жены блудницы бысть тебе, не хотела еси постыдетися ко всем.
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 Не аки ли домом Мене нарекла еси и Отцем и вождем девства твоего?
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 Еда пребудет во век, или сохранится в победу? Сия глаголала еси, и сотворила еси злая, и возмогла еси.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 И рече Господь ко мне во дни Иосии царя: видел ли еси, яже сотвори ми дом Израилев? Поидоша на всяку гору высоку и под всяко древо листвяно и соблудиша тамо.
[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 рекох по внегда прелюбодействовати ему во всех сих: ко Мне обратися. И виде преступление его преступница Иудеа сестра его.
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 видех, яко о всех (изобличен есть), в нихже ят бысть, в нихже любодействова дом Израилев: сего ради отпустих и и дах ему книгу распустную в руце его. Обаче не убояся преступница Иудеа (сестра его), но иде и соблудила есть и та:
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 бысть ни во что блуд ея, и оскверни землю, и соблудила есть с каменем и со древом.
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 во всех сих не обратися ко Мне преступница сестра ея Иудеа от всего сердца своего, но во лжи, рече Господь.
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 И рече Господь ко мне: оправда душу свою отступница Израиль, паче преступницы Иудеи:
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 прочти словеса та к северу, и речеши: обратися ко мне, доме Израилев, рече Господь: и не утвержду лица Моего на вас, яко милостив Аз есмь, рече Господь, и не прогневаюся на вы во веки.
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 Обаче веждь беззаконие твое, яко в Господа Бога твоего преступила еси, и расточила еси пути твоя чуждим под всяким древом листвяным, гласа же Моего не послушала еси, рече Господь.
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 Обратитеся, сынове отступившии, глаголет Господь: яко Аз возобладаю вами и поиму вы единаго от града и двух от племене, и введу вас в 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 дам вам пастыри по сердцу Моему, и упасут вас разумом и учением.
[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 будет, егда умножитеся и возрастете на земли, глаголет Господь, во дни оны не рекут ктому: кивот завета Святаго Израилева: не взыдет на сердце, ни воспомянется, ниже посетится, ниже сотворится ктому.
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 Во дни оны нарекут Иерусалима престол Господень, и соберутся к нему вси языцы во имя Господне во Иерусалим, и не пойдут ктому вслед похотей сердца своего злейшаго.
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 Во днех тех приидет дом Иудин ко дому Израилеву, и пойдут вкупе от земли северныя и от всех стран к земли, юже дах в наследие отцем их.
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 Аз же рех: да будет, Господи, яко положу тя в чада и дам тебе землю избранную, достояние Бога Вседержителя языков: и рекох: отцем наречете Мя и от Мене не отвратитеся.
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 Обаче якоже отвергается жена сожителя своего, тако отвержеся от Мене дом Израилев, рече Господь.
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 из устен слышан бысть плача и моления сынов Израилевых, яко беззаконноваша в путех своих, забыша Господа Бога святаго своего.
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 Возвратитеся, сынове возвращаюшиися, и изцелю сокрушения ваша. Се, рабы мы будем Тебе, Ты бо еси Господь 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 Истинно лживи быша холми и множество гор, токмо Господем Богом нашим спасение Израилево.
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 Студ же пояде труды отец наших, от юности нашея, овцы их и телцы их, и сыны их и дщери их.
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 Уснухом в постыдении нашем, и покры нас безчестие наше, яко Господу Богу нашему согрешихом, мы и отцы наши, от юности нашея даже до сего дне, и не послушахом гласа Господа Бога нашего.
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.”
