Jeremias 24

1 The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jahve mi pokaza, i gle: dvije kotarice smokava stajahu pred Domom Jahvinim, pošto Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, odvede iz Jeruzalema i izagna u Babilon Jekoniju, sina Jojakimova, kralja judejskoga, zajedno s knezovima judejskim, kovačima i bravarima.

2 The one basket was [full] of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was [full] of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.

U jednoj kotarici bijahu izvrsne smokve, kakve već jesu rane smokve; a u drugoj bijahu pokvarene smokve, tako rđave da se ne mogahu jesti.

3 And the Lord said to me, What see you, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which can’t be eaten, for their badness.

I Jahve me upita: “Jeremija, što vidiš?” A ja odgovorih: “Smokve! Dobre su vrlo dobre, a loše su vrlo loše - tako loše da nisu za jelo.”

4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

5 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.

Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: “Kao na ove dobre smokve, tako ću milostivo pogledati na sužnje judejske koje sam s ovoga mjesta prognao u zemlju kaldejsku.

6 And I will fix mine eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

I milostivo ću svrnuti oči na njih i vratiti ih u ovu zemlju. Ponovo ću ih podići i neću ih više uništiti; opet ću ih posaditi i neću ih više iščupati.

7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to me with all their heart.

I dat ću im srce da me poznaju da sam ja Jahve, da budu narod moj, a ja Bog njihov, jer će se oni svim srcem svojim opet k meni obratiti.

8 And as the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, for their badness; thus says the Lord, So will I deliver Sedekias king of Juda, and his nobles, and the remnant of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and the dwellers in Egypt.

Ali kao s lošim smokvama koje su tako loše da nisu za jelo - da, riječ je Jahvina - tako ću postupiti i sa Sidkijom, kraljem judejskim, s njegovim knezovima i sa svim Jeruzalemcima što preostadoše u ovoj zemlji i s onima što se u Egiptu nastaniše.

9 And I will cause them to be dispersed into all the kingdoms of the earth, and they shall be for a reproach, and a proverb, and an [object of] hatred, and a curse, in every place whither I have driven them out.

Učinit ću da budu na užas svim kraljevstvima zemaljskim, na sramotu i porugu, na ruglo i kletvu posvuda kamo ih protjeram.

10 And I will send against them famine, and pestilence, and the sword, until they are consumed from off the land which I gave them.

I poslat ću na njih mač, glad i kugu dok se ne istrijebe sa zemlje koju dadoh njima i ocima njihovim.”