Jeremija 9
1 Oh, da bi bila moja glava vode in moje oči studenec solza, da bi lahko dan in noč jokal zaradi umorjenih hčera svojega ljudstva!
O that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Oh, da bi imel v divjini kraj za nastanitev popotnikov; da bi lahko zapustil svoje ljudstvo in odšel od njih! Kajti vsi so zakonolomci, zbor zahrbtnih mož.
O that I had a traveller's lodge in the wilderness, That I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers; An assembly of revolters.
3 Svoje jezike krivijo za laži kakor svoj lok, toda niso hrabri za resnico na zemlji. Kajti napredujejo od zla k zlu, mene pa ne poznajo, ‹ govori Gospod.
They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness, And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah.
4 ›Vsakdo naj se pazi svojega soseda in ne zaupajte v kateregakoli brata, kajti vsak brat bo popolnoma izpodrinjen in vsak sosed bo hodil z obrekovalci.
Be on your guard each one against his neighbor, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother will supplant, And every neighbor will slander.
5 Zavajali bodo vsak svojega soseda in ne bodo govorili resnice. Svoj jezik so naučili, da govori laži in izmučili so se s početjem krivičnosti.
They deceive every one his neighbor, And do not speak the truth; They have accustomed their tongues to speak lies; They weary themselves in doing iniquity.
6 Tvoje prebivališče je v sredi prevare, zaradi prevare so odklonili, da me spoznajo, ‹ govori Gospod.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit, [[O prophet!]] Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
7 Zato tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki: ›Glej, stopil jih bom in jih preizkusil. Kajti kako naj bi delal za hčer svojega ljudstva?
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?
8 Njihov jezik je kakor izstreljena puščica; ta govori prevaro. Nekdo s svojimi usti govori miroljubno svojemu sosedu, toda v srcu preži.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; Every one of them speaketh treachery; With their mouth they speak peace to their neighbor, But in their heart they lay snares for him.
9 Ali jih ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod. ›Mar se ne bo moja duša maščevala na takšnem narodu, kot je ta?
Shall I not punish them for these things? saith Jehovah; Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Zaradi gora bom povzdignil jokanje in tarnanje in zaradi prebivališč divjine žalovanje, ker so požgani, tako da nihče ne more iti skozi njih; niti ljudje ne morejo slišati glasu živine. Tako perjad neba kakor živali polja so pobegnile, odšle so.
For the mountains will I lift up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the plains a lamentation, For they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; No more is heard the voice of the cattle; Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled, and are gone.
11 [Prestolnico] Jeruzalem bom naredil kupe in brlog zmajev. Judova mesta bom naredil zapuščena, brez prebivalca.
I will make Jerusalem heaps of stones, The dwelling-place of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Kdo je moder človek, da lahko to razume? Kdo je tisti, kateremu so Gospodova usta govorila, da lahko to oznani, čemu dežela propada in je požgana kakor divjina, da nihče ne gre skoznjo?‹
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this, And he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is it that the land perisheth, That it is burned up like a desert, which none passeth through?
13 Gospod govori: ›Ker so zapustili mojo postavo, ki sem jo postavil prednje in niso ubogali mojega glasu niti hodili v tem,
Jehovah himself hath said: It is because they have forsaken my law, Which I set before them, And have not hearkened to my voice, Nor walked according to it;
14 temveč so hodili po zamisli svojega lastnega srca in za Báali, kar so jih naučili njihovi očetje.‹
But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart, And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
15 Zato tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: ›Glej, hranil jih bom, celó to ljudstvo, s pelinom in piti jim bom dajal vodo iz žolča.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, And give them water of hemlock to drink.
16 Razkropil jih bom tudi med pogane, ki jih niso poznali niti oni niti njihovi očetje. Za njimi bom poslal meč, dokler jih ne použijem.‹
I will also scatter them among nations Which neither they nor their fathers have known, And I will send after them the sword, Till I have made an end of them.
17 Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki: ›Preudarite in pokličite žalovalke, da bi lahko prišle in pošljite po spretne ženske, da bi lahko prišle.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, And send to the skilful ones, that they may come;
18 Podvizajo naj se in povzamejo tarnanje za nas, da bodo naše oči lahko tekle s solzami in naše veke brizgale z vodami.
Let them make haste, and lift up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush forth with waters.
19 Kajti glas tarnanja je slišati iz Siona: ›Kako smo oplenjeni! Silno smo zbegani, ker smo zapustili deželo, ker so nas naša prebivališča izvrgla.‹‹
Behold, a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How are we spoiled! How are we put to shame! We must leave our native land; They have cast down our habitations.”
20 Vendar poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, oh ve ženske in naj vaše uho prejme besedo iz njegovih ust in svoje hčere učite tarnanja in vsaka svojo sosedo objokovanja.
Hear, O ye women, the word of Jehovah! Let your ear receive the word of his mouth! Teach your daughters a lamentation, And every one her companion a mournful dirge!
21 Kajti smrt se je povzpela skozi naša okna in vstopila v naše palače, da iztrebi otroke od zunaj in mladeniče iz ulic.
For death cometh in through our windows, It entereth our palaces; It cutteth off the children from the street, And the young men from the public places.
22 »Govori: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Celo trupla ljudi bodo padala kakor gnoj na odprtem polju in kakor prgišče za žanjcem in nihče jih ne bo zbral.‹
Declare it, saith Jehovah! The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, And as the handful behind the reaper, Which none gathereth up.
23 Tako govori Gospod: ›Ne dopusti, da moder človek slavi v svoji modrosti niti naj mogočen človek ne slavi v svoji moči, naj bogat človek ne slavi v svojih bogastvih.
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty glory in his might, Nor let the rich glory in his riches!
24 Temveč naj tisti, ki slavi, slavi v tem, da me razume in spoznava, da jaz sem Gospod, ki izvajam ljubečo skrbnost, sodbo in pravičnost na zemlji. Kajti v teh stvareh se veselim, ‹ govori Gospod.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he hath regard to me, and knoweth me, That I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, Justice, and righteousness upon the earth; For in these do I delight, saith Jehovah.
25 ›Glej, dnevi prihajajo, ‹ govori Gospod, ›da bom kaznoval vse tiste, ki so obrezani, z neobrezanimi:
Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will punish all the circumcised with the uncircumcised,
26 Egipt, Juda, Edóm, Amónove otroke, Moáb in vse, ki so na skrajnih vogalih, ki prebivajo v divjini, kajti vsi ti narodi so neobrezani in vse Izraelove hiše so v srcu neobrezane.‹«
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, And the sons of Ammon and Moab, And all with shaven cheeks, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.
