Jeremija 5
1 »Tecite sem ter tja skozi ulice [prestolnice] Jeruzalem in glejte sedaj in vedite in iščite na njenih širokih krajih, če lahko najdete človeka, če je tam kdorkoli, ki izvršuje sodbo, ki išče resnico in jaz bom to oprostil.
“Rush about through the streets of Jerusalem; search in her city squares, too. Then look and think about this: If you can find a man or anyone who is acting justly and trying to act faithfully, then I will forgive Jerusalem.
2 Čeprav govorijo: › Gospod živi, ‹ zagotovo lažno prisegajo.«
Although they say, 'As Yahweh lives,' yet they are swearing falsely.”
3 Oh Gospod, ali niso tvoje oči [stabilno] na resnici? Udaril si jih, toda niso žalovali; použil si jih, toda odklonili so, da sprejmejo grajanje. Svoje obraze so otrdili bolj kakor skala; odklonili so, da se vrnejo.
Yahweh, do your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck the people, but they do not feel pain. You have completely defeated them, but they still refuse to receive discipline. They make their faces harder than rock, for they refuse to repent.
4 Zato sem rekel: »Ti so zagotovo ubogi; nespametni so, kajti ne poznajo Gospodove poti niti sodbe njihovega Boga.
So I said, “Surely these are only poor people. They are foolish, for they do not know Yahweh's ways, nor their God's decrees.
5 Spravil se bom do velikih mož in jim govoril, kajti poznali so Gospodovo pot in sodbo svojega Boga.« Toda ti so povsem zlomili jarem in razpočili vezi.
I will go to the important people and declare God's messages to them, for they at least know Yahweh's ways, the decrees of their God.” But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God.
6 Zatorej jih bo ubil lev iz gozda in večerni volk jih bo oplenil, leopard bo stražil nad njihovimi mesti. Vsak, kdor gre od tam, bo raztrgan na koščke, ker so njihovi prestopki številni in njihova odpadanja so se povečala.
So a lion from a thicket will attack them. A wolf from the Arabah will ruin them. A lurking panther will come against their cities. Anyone who goes outside his city will be torn apart. For their transgressions increase. Their acts of faithlessness are unlimited.
7 Kako naj ti oprostim za to? Tvoji otroci so me zapustili in prisegali pri tistih, ki niso bogovi. Ko sem jih hranil do polnosti, so oni potem zagrešili zakonolomstvo in se s krdeli zbirali v hišah pocestnic.
Why should I pardon these people? Your sons have abandoned me and have made oaths by what are not gods. I fed them fully, but they committed adultery and walked in great numbers to the houses of prostitutes.
8 Bili so kakor zjutraj nahranjeni konji. Vsakdo je hrzal za ženo svojega soseda.
They were horses in heat. They roamed about wanting to mate. Each man neighed to his neighbor's wife.
9 Mar [jih] ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod: ›Mar se ne bo moja duša maščevala na takšnem narodu, kot je ta?
So should I not punish them—this is Yahweh's declaration— and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this?
10 Pojdite gor na njene zidove in uničujte, toda ne naredite popolnega konca. Odvzemite njene obzidke, kajti le-ti niso Gospodovi.
Go up onto her vineyards' terraces and destroy. But do not bring complete destruction to them. Trim their vines, since those vines do not come from Yahweh.
11 Kajti Izraelova hiša in Judova hiša sta zelo zahrbtno postopali zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.
For the houses of Israel and Judah have completely betrayed me—this is Yahweh's declaration.
12 Skrivali so Gospoda in rekli: › To ni on; niti hudo ne bo prišlo nad nas; niti ne bomo videli meča niti lakote.
They have spoken falsely about Yahweh and they said, “He will do nothing; no harm will come upon us, and we will not see sword or famine.
13 Preroki bodo postali veter in besede ni v njih. Tako jim bo storjeno.«
The prophets will become wind, the word is not in them, so let what they say be done to them.”
14 Zato tako govori Gospod Bog nad bojevniki: »Ker ste govorili to besedo, glej, bom naredil svojo besedo v tvojih ustih ogenj in to ljudstvo les in ta jih bo použil.
So Yahweh, the God of hosts says this, “Because you have said this, see, I am about to place my word in your mouth. It will be like a fire, and this people will be like wood! For it will consume them.
15 Glej! Nadte bom od daleč privedel narod, oh hiša Izraelova, « govori Gospod, »to je mogočen narod, to je starodaven narod, narod, čigar jezika ne poznaš niti ne razumeš kaj pravijo.
Behold! I am about to bring a nation against you from far away, house of Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration— it is a lasting nation, an ancient nation! It is a nation whose language you do not know, nor will you understand what they say.
16 Njihov tul za puščice je kakor odprt mavzolej, vsi so mogočni možje.
Its quiver is like an open tomb. They are all soldiers.
17 Pojedli bodo tvojo žetev in tvoj kruh, ki naj bi ga jedli tvoji sinovi in tvoje hčere. Pojedli bodo tvoje trope in tvoje črede. Pojedli bodo tvoje trte in tvoja figova drevesa. Z mečem bodo izčrpali tvoja utrjena mesta, v katera zaupate.
So your harvest will be consumed, your sons and daughters also, and your food. They will eat your flocks and cattle; they will eat the fruit from your vines and fig trees. They will beat down with a sword your fortified cities that you trusted in.
18 Kljub temu v tistih dneh, « govori Gospod, »z vami ne bom naredil popolnega konca.
But even in those days—this is Yahweh's declaration—I do not intend to destroy you completely.
19 Zgodilo se bo, ko boste rekli: ›Zakaj nam Gospod, naš Bog, počne vse te stvari?‹ Potem jim boš odgovoril: ›Podobno kakor ste vi zapustili mene in služili tujim bogovom v svoji deželi, tako boste služili tujcem v deželi, ki ni vaša.‹
When you, Israel and Judah, say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' then you, Jeremiah, will say to them, 'Just as you abandoned Yahweh and served foreign gods in your land, so you must also serve strangers in a land that is not your own.'
20 Razglasite to v Jakobovi hiši in objavite to v Judu, rekoč:
Report this to the house of Jacob and let it be heard in Judah. Say,
21 ›Poslušajte sedaj to, oh nespametno ljudstvo in brez razumevanja; ki imate oči, pa ne vidite; ki imate ušesa, pa ne slišite.
'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding; who have eyes but you cannot see, and you have ears but you cannot hear.
22 Mar se me ne bojite?‹ govori Gospod. ›Ali ne boste trepetali ob moji prisotnosti, ko sem položil pesek za mejo morju z večnim odlokom, da ta ne more preiti? Čeprav se njegovi valovi premetavajo, vendar ne morejo prevladati; čeprav rjovijo, vendar ne morejo preiti preko.
Do you not fear me—this is Yahweh's declaration—or tremble before my face? I have placed a border of sand against the sea, an ongoing decree that it does not violate— even though the sea rises and falls, still it does not violate it. Even though its waves roar, they do not cross it.
23 Toda to ljudstvo ima puntarsko in uporno srce; spuntali so se in odšli.
But this people has a stubborn heart. It turns away in rebellion and goes away.
24 Niti ne pravijo v svojem srcu: ›Sedaj se bojmo Gospoda, svojega Boga, ki daje dež, tako zgodnji kakor pozni, v svojem obdobju. Prihranja nam tedne, določene za žetev.
For they do not say in their hearts, “Let us fear Yahweh our God, the one who brings the rain —the early rain and the late rains—in their right time, keeping the fixed weeks of the harvest for us.”
25 Vaše krivičnosti so te stvari obrnile proč in vaši grehi so pred vami zadržali dobre stvari.
Your iniquities kept these things from happening. Your sins have stopped good from coming to you.
26 Kajti med mojim ljudstvom so najdeni zlobni možje. Prežijo v zasedi kakor tisti, ki nastavljajo pasti; oni nastavijo past, ujamejo ljudi.
For wicked men are found with my people. They watch as someone crouches to capture birds; they set a trap and catch people.
27 Kakor je kletka polna ptic, tako so njihove hiše polne prevare. Zato so postali veliki in obogateli.
Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit. So they grow large and become rich.
28 Postali so debeli, sijejo. Da, presegajo dejanja zlobnih. Ne sodijo primera sirot, vendar uspevajo in pravici pomoči potrebnih ne sodijo.
They have become fat; they shine with well-being. They crossed over all bounds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause of the people, or the cause of the orphan. They prosper even though they have not given justice to the needy.
29 Mar ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod: ›Ali ne bo moja duša maščevana na takem narodu, kot je ta?
Should I not punish them for these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— and will I not take vengeance for myself on a nation like this?
30 Čudovita in strašna stvar je zagrešena v deželi.
Atrocities and horrors have occurred in the land.
31 Preroki prerokujejo napačno in duhovniki vladajo s svojimi sredstvi. Moje ljudstvo ima rado to tako. Kaj pa boste storili ob koncu tega?‹«
The prophets prophesy with deceit, and the priests rule with their own power. My people love it this way, but what will happen in the end?'”
