Книга пророка Иеремии 4
1 Аще обратишися, Израилю, глаголет Господь, ко Мне обратися: и аще отимеши мерзости твоя от уст твоих, и от лица Моего убоишися,
Israel, if you want to come back, then come back to me, declares the Lord. If you get rid of these disgusting idols I see, and don't wander away,
2 и кленешися, живет Господь, во истине и в суде и в правде, и благословят в Нем языцы и в Нем восхвалят Бога во Иерусалиме.
and if when you make your vows, you do so only to me, sincerely, truly, and honestly, then the nations will be blessed by me, and they will praise me.
3 Сия бо глаголет Господь мужем Иудиным и обитателем Иерусалимлим: поновите себе поля и не сейте на тернии:
This is what the Lord is saying to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Plow your unplowed ground, and don't sow among the thorns.
4 обрежитеся Богу вашему и обрежите жестосердие ваше, мужие Иудины и обитающии во Иерусалиме, да не изыдет яко огнь ярость Моя, и возгорится, и не будет угашаяй, ради лукавства начинаний ваших.
Dedicate yourselves to the Lord; be totally committed to him, people of Judah and Jerusalem. Otherwise, my anger will blaze like fire, burning so hard that no one can put it out because of the evil you've done.
5 Возвестите во Иудеи, и да услышится во Иерусалиме: глаголите, воспойте трубою на земли, возопийте зело и рцыте: соберитеся, и внидем во грады тверды.
Announce this warning throughout Judah and Jerusalem! Tell them: Blow the trumpet everywhere in the country! Shout out, “Hurry! Let's run to the fortified towns for protection!”
6 Воздвигше (знамение) бежите в Сион, потщитеся, не стойте, яко злая Аз навожду от севера и сотрение велико.
Raise the danger flag; go to Zion! Find somewhere safe! Don't hesitate! I'm bringing enemies from the north who will cause terrible destruction.
7 Взыде лев от ложа своего, и погубляяй языки воздвижеся и изыде от места своего, да положит землю твою в пустыню, и гради твои разорятся, оставшии без обитателей.
A lion has left his hiding place; a destroyer of nations has started out. He has left his den to come and turn your country into a wasteland. Your towns will be demolished, and no one will live there.
8 О сих препояшитеся во вретища и плачите и рыдайте, яко не отвратися гнев ярости Господни от вас.
Wear clothes made of sackcloth, weep and wail, crying out, “The Lord's furious anger against us hasn't stopped.”
9 И будет в день той, глаголет Господь, погибнет сердце царево и сердце началников, и священницы ужаснутся, и пророцы удивятся.
When that happens declares the Lord, the king and officials will lose heart, the priests will be devastated, and the prophets will be shocked.
10 И рекох: о, Владыко Господи, еда обольстил еси люди сия и Иерусалима, рекий: мир будет вам? И се, пройде мечь даже до души их.
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, you have completely fooled the people of Jerusalem by telling them, ‘You will have peace,’ while holding a sword to our throats.”
11 Во время оно речется людем сим и Иерусалиму: дух заблуждения в пустыни, путь дщере людий Моих, не ко очищению, ниже во святое:
At that time the people of Jerusalem will be told, “A burning wind from the bare hills of the desert is blowing toward the Jerusalem, but not to blow away the chaff or the dust.
12 дух исполнения от сих приидет Мне, и ныне Аз возглаголю суды Моя к ним.
No, this wind is too strong for that, and it comes from me. Now I'm also going to tell them how I will punish them.”
13 Се, яко облак взыдет, и яко вихрь колесницы его, быстрее орлов кони его: горе нам, яко бедствуем.
Look, he's rushing in like stormclouds; his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses fly faster than eagles. “What a disaster! We're ruined!”
14 Омый от лукавства сердце твое, Иерусалиме, да спасешися: доколе будут в тебе помышления бед твоих?
Clean the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you can be saved. How long will you hold onto your evil thoughts?
15 Глас бо возвещающаго от Дана приидет, и слышана будет болезнь от горы Ефремли.
News is shouted out from Dan, announcing disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
16 Рцыте языком: се, приидоша: возвестите во Иерусалиме: полцы идут от земли дальния и даша на грады Иудины глас свой,
“Let the nations know! Look what's happening! Announce this to Jerusalem: An army is coming to besiege you from a distant country; shouting war-cries against the towns of Judah.
17 аки стражы селнии быша над ним окрест: яко пренебрегл Мя еси, глаголет Господь.
They encircle her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me, declares the Lord.
18 Пути твоя и начинания твоя сотвориша тебе сия: сие лукавство твое, понеже горько, яко прикоснуся сердцу твоему.
You've brought this on yourself by your own attitudes and actions. This is your punishment, and it's so painful, it's like being stabbed in the heart!”
19 Чрево мое, чрево мое болит мне, и чувства сердца моего, смущается душа моя, терзается сердце мое: не умолчу, яко глас трубы услышала душа моя, вопль рати и беды:
“I'm in agony, absolute agony! My heart is breaking! It's beating wildly in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I can't keep quiet because I've heard the trumpet, the signal for battle.
20 сотрение (на сотрение) призывается, понеже опустела вся земля, внезапу опусте жилище мое, расторгошася кожы моя.
News of one disaster after another comes flooding in, for the whole country is in ruins. My own home is destroyed in a moment, and everything inside.
21 Доколе зрети имам бежащих, слышащь гласы трубныя?
How long do I have to see the flags of war and hear the trumpets of battle?”
22 Понеже вождеве людий Моих Мене не познаша: сынове буии суть и безумни, мудри суть, еже творити злая, благо же творити не познаша.
“My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are foolish children who just don't understand. They're experts at doing evil, but they don't know how to do good.”
23 Воззрех на землю, и се, ничтоже, и на небо, и не бе света его.
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; I looked to the heavens, and its light was gone.
24 Видех горы, и трепетаху, и вси холми возмутишася.
I looked at the mountains, and saw that they were shaking; all the hills were swaying to and fro.
25 Воззрех, и се, не бе человека, и вся птицы небесныя ужасахуся.
I looked, and nobody was left; all the birds had flown away.
26 Видех, и се, Кармил пуст, и вси гради сожжени огнем от лица Господня, и от лица гнева ярости Его погибоша.
I looked, and the productive fields were a desert. All the towns were demolished because of the Lord's furious anger.
27 Сия глаголет Господь: пуста будет вся земля, скончания же не сотворю.
This is what the Lord says: “The whole country will be devastated, but I won't do so completely.
28 О сих да плачет земля, и да помрачится небо свыше: понеже глаголах, и не раскаюся: устремихся и не отвращуся от него.
The earth will mourn and the heavens above will go dark. I have spoken; this is what I have ordered. I'm not going to stop or change my mind.”
29 От гласа яздящих и напряженна лука побеже всяка страна: внидоша в разселины и в дубравы сокрышася и на камение взыдоша: вси гради оставлени суть, не обитает в них человек.
People from every town: run away when they hear the enemy horsemen and archers coming. They hide in the forest and among the rocks. All the towns are abandoned; no one lives in them.
30 Ты же, запустелая, что сотвориши? Аще облечешися во багряницу и украсишися монисты златыми, аще намажеши стивием очи твои, всуе украшение твое: отринуша тя любовницы твои, души твоея ищут.
You, Jerusalem, now desolate, what are you going to do? Even though you dress in scarlet clothes, and put on gold jewelry, and paint your eyes with make-up, all your dressing-up is pointless! Your lovers hate you; they want to kill you!
31 Глас бо яко родящия слышах стенания твоего: аки первородящия глас дщере Сиони истает, и опустит руце свои: горе мне, яко изчезает душа моя над убиенными.
I hear the cries like a woman in labor, the agonizing moans of a woman giving birth to her first child. These are the cries of the Daughter of Zion gasping for air, holding out her hands, saying, “Please help me, I'm being murdered!”
