Jeremija 21

1 Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od Gospoda, ko je kralj Sedekíja k njemu poslal Malkijájevega sina Pašhúrja in duhovnika Cefanjája, Maasejájevega sina, rekoč:

This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah to talk with him. They said,

2 »Poizvedi, prosim te za nas od Gospoda, kajti babilonski kralj Nebukadnezar pripravlja vojno zoper nas; če bo tako, da bo Gospod postopal z nami glede na vsa njegova čudovita dela, da bo ta lahko odšel od nas.«

“Please speak with Lord on our behalf because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will do some miracle for us like all those miracles he used to do, so that Nebuchadnezzar will retreat from us.”

3 Potem jim je Jeremija rekel: »Tako boste rekli Sedekíju:

But Jeremiah replied, “Tell Zedekiah this:

4 ›Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Bog: ›Glejte, nazaj bom obrnil bojna orožja, ki so v vaših rokah, s katerimi se borite zoper babilonskega kralja in zoper Kaldejce, ki vas oblegajo zunaj obzidij in jih zbral v sredi tega mesta.

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I'm going to turn the weapons you're holding against you, the weapons you're using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonian army outside the wall besieging you. I'm going to bring them right into the center of this city.

5 Jaz sam se bom z iztegnjeno roko boril proti vam in z močnim laktom, celó v jezi in v razjarjenosti in v velikem besu.

I myself will fight against you with all my power and might, with the full force of my furious anger.

6 Udaril bom prebivalce tega mesta, tako ljudi in živali. Umrli bodo od velike kužne bolezni.

I will kill those living in this city, human beings and animals. They will die from a terrible plague.

7 Potem, ‹ govori Gospod, ›bom izročil Judovega kralja Sedekíja in njegove služabnike in ljudstvo in tiste, ki so preostali v tem mestu od kužne bolezni, od meča in od lakote, v roko babilonskega kralja Nebukadnezarja in v roko njihovih sovražnikov in v roko tistih, ki jim strežejo po življenju in ta jih bo udaril z ostrino meča; ne bo jim prizanesel niti ne bo imel sočutja niti usmiljenja.

After that, declares the Lord, I'm going to hand you over, Zedekiah king of Judah, as well as your officers and the people who are left in this city after the plague and war and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to your enemies who want you dead. He will attack you; he won't spare you or show you any pity or mercy.

8 Temu ljudstvu boš rekel: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Glejte, pred vas sem postavil pot življenja in pot smrti.

Tell the people this as well: This is what the Lord says: Look, I'm placing before you the path of life and the path of death.

9 Kdor ostaja v tem mestu, bo umrl pod mečem, od lakote in od kužne bolezni. Toda kdor gre ven in pobegne h Kaldejcem, ki vas oblegajo, bo živel in mu bo njegovo življenje za plen.

If you stay in this city you'll die either by sword and famine and plague, but if you leave and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging you, you will live. In fact it will be like gaining your life as plunder from a war.

10 Kajti svoj obraz sem naravnal zoper to mesto v zlo in ne v dobro, ‹ govori Gospod; ›le-to bo dano v roko babilonskega kralja in požgal ga bo z ognjem.‹

For I am determined to bring disaster on this city, and not blessings, declares the Lord. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.

11 Glede hiše Judovega kralja reci: ›Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo:

In addition tell the royal family of the king of Judah to listen to the Lord's message:

12 ›Oh Davidova hiša, ‹ tako govori Gospod: ›Izvršujte sodbo zjutraj in osvobodite tega, ki je oplenjen, iz roke zatiralca, da ne bi moja razjarjenost odšla ven kakor ogenj in gorela, da tega nihče ne more pogasiti zaradi zla vaših početij.

Descendants of David, this is what the Lord says: Make sure you judge fairly every day. Protect those who are being unjustly treated from those corrupt people, otherwise because of their evil actions my anger will blaze out like fire that can't be put out.

13 Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, oh prebivalec doline in skala ravnine, ‹ govori Gospod, ›ki praviš: ›Kdo bo prišel dol zoper nas? Ali kdo bo vstopil v naša prebivališča?‹

Watch out, because I'm going to fight against you people who live above the valley on top of a flat rock, declares the Lord. You say, ‘Who can attack us? Who can break down our defenses?’

14 Toda kaznoval vas bom glede na sad vaših dejanj, ‹ govori Gospod ›in jaz bom vnel ogenj v njegovem gozdu in ta bo požrl vse stvari naokoli njega.‹«

I'm going to punish you as you deserve for what you've done, declares the Lord. I will set your forest on fire and it will burn up everything around you.”