Jeremija 15

1 Potem mi je Gospod rekel: »Čeprav bi pred menoj stala Mojzes in Samuel, vendar moj um ne bi mogel biti k temu ljudstvu. Vrzi jih iz mojega pogleda in naj gredo naprej.

Then said the LORD unto me: 'Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be toward this people; cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.

2 Zgodilo se bo, če ti rečejo: ›Kam naj gremo naprej?‹ Potem jim boš rekel: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Tisti, ki ste za smrt, k smrti; tisti, ki ste za meč, k meču; tisti, ki ste za lakoto, k lakoti in tisti, ki ste za ujetništvo, k ujetništvu.‹

And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? then thou shall tell them: Thus saith the LORD: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

3 Nad njimi bom določil štiri vrste, ‹ govori Gospod: ›meč, da ubija in pse, da trgajo ter perjad neba in zemeljske živali, da požirajo in uničujejo.

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

4 Povzročil jim bom, da bodo odstranjeni v vsa kraljestva zemlje, zaradi Manáseja, sina Ezekíja, Judovega kralja, za to, kar je storil v Jeruzalemu.

And I will cause them to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

5 Kajti kdo bo imel usmiljenje nad teboj, oh [prestolnica] Jeruzalem? Kdo te bo obžaloval? Kdo bo šel vstran, da te vpraša, kako si?

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

6 Zapustila si me, ‹ govori Gospod, ›umaknila si se nazaj. Zato bom zoper tebe iztegnil svojo roko in te uničil; izmučen sem od kesanja.

Thou hast cast Me off, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward; Therefore do I stretch out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

7 Vejál jih bom z vejálnikom v velikih vratih dežele; oropal jih bom otrok, uničil bom svoje ljudstvo, ker se niso vrnili iz svojih poti.

And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways.

8 Njihove vdove so mi [številčno] narasle nad peskom morja. Zoper mater mladeničev sem nadnje opoldan privedel plenitelja. Storil sem mu, da je nenadoma padel nanjo in strahote so padle nad mesto.

Their widows are increased to Me above the sand of the seas; I bring upon them, against the mother, a chosen one, even a spoiler at noonday; I cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

9 Tista, ki jih je rodila sedem, peša. Izročila je duha. Njeno sonce je zašlo, medtem ko je bil še dan. Bila je osramočena in zmedena. Preostanek izmed njih bom izročil meču pred njihovimi sovražniki, ‹« govori Gospod.

She that hath borne seven languisheth; her spirit droopeth; her sun is gone down while it was yet day, she is ashamed and confounded; and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.'

10 »Gorje meni, moja mati, da si me rodila, človeka prepira in človeka spora celotni zemlji! Niti nisem posojal za obresti niti mi ljudje niso posojali za obresti, vendar me vsakdo izmed njih preklinja.«

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

11 Gospod je rekel: »Resnično, dobro bo s tvojim preostankom. Resnično, povzročil bom, da bo sovražnik dobro ravnal s teboj v času zla in v času stiske.

The LORD said: 'Verily I will release thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

12 Se bo železo zlomilo, severno železo in jeklo?

Can iron break iron from the north and brass?

13 Tvoje imetje in tvoje zaklade bom izročil v plen brez cene in to za vse tvoje grehe, celo v vseh tvojih mejah.

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

14 Storil ti bom, da v deželo, ki je ne poznaš, preideš s svojimi sovražniki. Kajti ogenj je vnet v moji jezi, ki bo gorel na vas.«

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

15 Oh Gospod, ti veš. Spomni se me in me obišči in me maščuj nad mojimi preganjalci. V svoji potrpežljivosti me ne odvzemi proč. Vedi, da sem zaradi tebe trpel grajo.

Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.

16 Tvoje besede so bile najdene in sem jih jedel, in tvoja beseda mi je bila radost in veselje mojega srca, kajti imenovan sem po tvojem imenu, oh Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts.

17 Nisem sedel v zboru zasmehovalcev niti se nisem razveseljeval; sam sem sedel zaradi tvoje roke, kajti napolnil si me z ogorčenjem.

I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of Thy hand; for Thou hast filled me with indignation.

18 Zakaj je moja bolečina neprestana in moja rana, ki odklanja biti ozdravljena, nezaceljiva? Ali mi hočete biti vsi skupaj kakor lažnivec in kakor vode, ki odpovedo?

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

19 Zato tako govori Gospod: »Če se spreobrneš, potem te bom ponovno privedel in boš stal pred menoj. Če odvzameš dragoceno iz hudobnega, boš kakor moja usta. Oni naj se vrnejo k tebi, toda ti se ne vrni k njim.

Therefore thus saith the LORD: If thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

20 Temu ljudstvu te bom naredil za ograjen bronast zid. Borili se bodo zoper tebe, toda ne bodo prevladali zoper tebe, kajti jaz sem s teboj, da te rešim in da te osvobodim, ‹ govori Gospod.

And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

21 ›Rešil te bom iz roke zlobnih in odkupil te bom iz roke strašnih.‹«

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.