Jeremija 18

1 Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od Gospoda, rekoč:

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

2 »Vstani in pojdi dol k lončarjevi hiši in tam ti bom povzročil, da boš slišal moje besede.«

'Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear My words.'

3 Potem sem odšel dol k lončarjevi hiši in glej, izdeloval je delo na kolesih.

Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.

4 Posoda, ki jo je naredil iz ila je bila iznakažena v lončarjevi roki. Tako je še enkrat naredil drugo posodo, kakor se je lončarju zdelo dobro, da jo naredi.

And whensoever the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5 Potem je k meni prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

6 »Oh Izraelova hiša, mar ne morem narediti z vami kakor ta lončar?« govori Gospod. »Glejte, kakor je ilo v lončarjevi roki, tako ste vi v moji roki, oh Izraelova hiša.

'O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

7 V kakšnem trenutku bom govoril glede naroda in glede kraljestva, da ga izruvam, poderem in uničim.

At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

8 Če [pa] se ta narod, zoper katerega sem proglasil, obrne od svojega zla, se bom pokesal od zla, ki sem jim ga mislil storiti.

but if that nation turn from their evil, because of which I have spoken against it, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto it.

9 V kakšnem trenutku bom govoril glede naroda in glede kraljestva, da ga zgradim in zasadim.

And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

10 Če [pa] dela zlo v mojem pogledu, da ne uboga mojega glasu, potem se bom pokesal dobrega, s katerim sem rekel, da bi jim koristil.

but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it.

11 Zdaj torej pojdi, govori Judovim možem in prebivalcem Jeruzalema, rekoč: ›Tako govori Gospod; ›Glejte, zoper vas oblikujem zlo in zoper vas naklepam naklep. Torej se vrnite, vsakdo iz svoje hudobne poti in naredite svoje poti in svoja dejanja dobra.‹«

Now therefore do thou speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you; return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

12 Rekli so: »Tam ni nobenega upanja, temveč bomo hodili po svojih lastnih naklepih in vsakdo izmed nas bo počel zamisel svojega zlega srca.«

But they say: There is no hope; but we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'

13 Zato tako govori Gospod: »Vprašajte torej med pogani, kdo je slišal takšne stvari. Izraelova devica je storila zelo strašno stvar.

Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

14 Mar bo človek zapustil libanonski sneg, ki prihaja iz poljske skale? Mar bodo hladne tekoče vode, ki prihajajo iz drugega kraja, zapuščene?

Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?

15 Ker me je moje ljudstvo pozabilo so zažigali kadilo ničnostim in le-ti so jim storili, da se spotikajo na svojih poteh od starodavnih steza, da hodijo po stezah, na poti, ki ni nasuta,

For My people hath forgotten Me, they offer unto vanity; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

16 da naredijo svojo deželo zapuščeno in neprestan posmeh; vsak, kdor gre tam mimo, bo osupel in bo zmajeval z glavo.

To make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

17 Pred sovražnikom jih bom razkropil kakor z vzhodnim vetrom; pokazal jim bom hrbet in ne obraza, na dan njihove katastrofe.«

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not their face, in the day of their calamity.

18 Potem so rekli: »Pridite in naklepajmo naklepe zoper Jeremija; kajti postava ne bo izginila od duhovnika, niti nasvet od modrega, niti beseda od preroka. Pridite in udarimo ga z jezikom in ne dajmo pozornosti katerikoli izmed njegovih besed.«

Then said they: 'Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.'

19 Nakloni mi pozornost, oh Gospod in prisluhni glasu tistih, ki se pričkajo z menoj.

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

20 Mar bo zlo poplačilo za dobro? Kajti izkopali so jamo za mojo dušo. Spomni se, da sem stal pred teboj, da govorim dobro zanje in da odvrnem tvoj bes od njih.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before Thee to speak good for them, to turn away Thy wrath from them.

21 Zato njihove otroke izroči lakoti in njihovo kri izlij s silo meča; in naj bodo njihove žene oropane svojih otrok in bodo vdove; in naj bodo njihovi možje usmrčeni; naj bodo njihovi mladeniči v bitki umorjeni z mečem.

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and hurl them to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

22 Naj bo krik slišan od njihovih hiš, ko boš nadnje nenadoma privedel krdelo, kajti izkopali so jamo, da bi me ujeli in skrili pasti za moja stopala.

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

23 Vendar, Gospod, ti poznaš vse njihove namere zoper mene, da me ubijejo. Ne odpusti njihove krivičnosti niti njihovega greha ne izbriši pred svojim pogledom, temveč naj bodo zrušeni pred teboj; tako postopaj z njimi v času svoje jeze.

Yet, LORD, Thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from Thy sight; but let them be made to stumble before Thee; Deal Thou with them in the time of Thine anger.