< Jeremias 38 >

1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be a God to the family of Israel, and they shall be to me a people.
Potem so Matánov sin Šefatjá, Pašhúrjev sin Gedaljá, Šelemjájev sin Juhál in Malkijájajev sin Pašhúr slišali besede, ki jih je Jeremija govoril vsemu ljudstvu, rekoč:
2 Thus says the Lord, I found him warm in the wilderness with them that were slain with the sword: go you and destroy not Israel.
»Tako govori Gospod: ›Kdor preostaja v tem mestu, bo umrl pod mečem, z lakoto in s kužno boleznijo, toda kdor gre naprej h Kaldejcem, bo živel, kajti svoje življenje bo imel za plen in bo živel.‹
3 The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn you in compassion.
Tako govori Gospod: ›To mesto bo zagotovo izročeno v roko kralja babilonske vojske, ki ga bo zavzel.‹«
4 For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall yet take your timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.
Zato so princi rekli kralju: »Rotimo te, naj bo ta človek usmrčen, kajti on tako slabi roke bojevnikov, ki preostajajo v tem mestu in roke vsega ljudstva, ko jim govori takšne besede, kajti ta človek ne išče blaginje tega ljudstva, temveč škodo.«
5 For you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you, and praise.
Potem je kralj Sedekíja rekel: »Glejte, v vaši roki je, kajti kralj ni tisti, ki lahko stori kakršnokoli stvar zoper vas.«
6 For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise you, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God.
Potem so prijeli Jeremija in ga vrgli v odprtino jame Malkijája, sina Hameleha, ki je bila na dvorišču ječe in Jeremija so spustili dol z vrvmi. Tam v jami pa ni bilo vode, ampak blato. Tako se je Jeremija pogreznil v blato.
7 For thus says the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice you, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise you: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel.
Torej ko je Ebed Meleh, Etiopijec, eden izmed evnuhov, ki je bil v kraljevi hiši, slišal, da so Jeremija vtaknili v jamo; kralj je takrat sedel v Benjaminovih velikih vratih;
8 Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.
je Ebed Meleh odšel naprej iz kraljeve hiše in kralju spregovoril, rekoč:
9 They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
»Moj gospod kralj, ti možje so storili zlo v vsem, kar so storili preroku Jeremiju, ki so ga vrgli v jamo, in verjetno bo umrl zaradi lakote na kraju, kjer je, kajti v mestu ni več kruha.«
10 Hear the words of the Lord, you nations, and proclaim [them] to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.
Potem je kralj ukazal Etiopijcu Ebed Melehu, rekoč: »Vzemi od tod trideset mož s seboj in dvigni preroka Jeremija iz jame, preden umre.«
11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them [that were] stronger than he.
Tako je Ebed Meleh s seboj vzel može in odšel v kraljevo hišo pod zakladnico in od tam vzel stara zakrpana oblačila in stare cunje ter jih z vrvmi spustil dol v jamo k Jeremiju.
12 And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, [even] to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.
Etiopijec Ebed Meleh je rekel Jeremiju: »Deni si ta stara zakrpana oblačila in stare cunje pod svoja ramena pod vrvi.« Jeremija je tako storil.
13 Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry.
Tako so Jeremija potegnili gor z vrvmi in ga vzeli iz jame in Jeremija je ostal na dvorišču ječe.
14 I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus says the Lord.
Potem je kralj Sedekíja poslal in vzel preroka Jeremija k sebi v tretji vhod, ki je v Gospodovi hiši. Kralj je rekel Jeremiju: »Vprašal te bom stvar, ničesar ne prikrij pred menoj.«
15 A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
Potem je Jeremija rekel Sedekíju: »Če ti to razglasim, mar me ne boš zagotovo usmrtil? In če ti dam nasvet, mar mi boš prisluhnil?«
16 Thus says the Lord; Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears: for their is a reward for your works; and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies.
Tako je kralj Sedekíja na skrivnem prisegel Jeremiju, rekoč: » Kakor živi Gospod, ki nam je naredil to dušo, te ne bom usmrtil niti te ne bom dal v roko teh mož, ki ti strežejo po življenju.«
17 [There shall be] an dwelling [home] for your children.
Potem je Jeremija rekel Sedekíju: »Tako govori Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: ›Če boš zagotovo šel naprej k princem babilonskega kralja, potem bo tvoja duša živela in to mesto ne bo sežgano z ognjem in živel boš ti in tvoja hiša,
18 I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn you me, and I shall turn; for you [are] the Lord my God.
toda če ne boš šel naprej k princem babilonskega kralja, potem bo to mesto dano v roke Kaldejcem in požgali ga bodo z ognjem in ne boš pobegnil iz njihove roke.«
19 For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed you that I bore reproach from my youth.
Kralj Sedekíja pa je rekel Jeremiju: »Bojim se Judov, ki so prebegnili h Kaldejcem, da me ne bi izročili v njihovo roko in bi se mi posmehovali.«
20 Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste [to help] him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.
Toda Jeremija je rekel: »Ne bodo te izročili. Ubogaj, rotim te, glas Gospoda, ki ti ga govorim. Tako bo dobro s teboj in tvoja duša bo živela.
21 Prepare yourself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to your ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which you went, return mourning to your cities.
Toda če zavrneš iti naprej, je to beseda, ki mi jo je pokazal Gospod:
22 How long, O disgraced daughter, will you turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
›Glej, vse ženske, ki so preostale v hiši Judovega kralja, bodo privedene k princem babilonskega kralja in te ženske bode rekle: ›Tvoji prijatelji so te zavedli in prevladali zoper tebe. Tvoja stopala so pogreznjena v blato in oni so se umaknili nazaj.‹
23 For thus says the Lord; They shall yet speak this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn his captivity; blessed be the Lord on his righteous holy mountain!
Tako bodo privedli ven vse tvoje žene in tvoje otroke h Kaldejcem in ne boš ušel iz njihove roke, temveč boš zajet z roko babilonskega kralja in povzročil boš, da bo to mesto sežgano z ognjem.‹«
24 And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and [the shepherd] shall go forth with the flock.
Potem je Sedekíja rekel Jeremiju: »Naj noben človek ne izve o teh besedah in ne boš umrl.
25 For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.
Toda če princi slišijo, da sem govoril s teboj in pridejo k tebi in ti rečejo: ›Razglasi nam sedaj, kaj si rekel kralju, ne skrivaj tega pred nami in ne bomo te usmrtili; in tudi kaj je kralj rekel tebi.‹
26 Therefore I awake, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Potem jim boš rekel: ›Svojo ponižno prošnjo sem predstavil pred kraljem, da mi ne bi povzročil, da se vrnem v Jonatanovo hišo, da bi tam umrl.‹
27 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast.
Potem so prišli vsi princi k Jeremiju in ga vprašali in ta jim je povedal glede na vse te besede, ki jih je kralj zapovedal. Tako so prenehali govoriti z njim, kajti zadeva ni bila zaznana.
28 And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.
Tako je Jeremija prebival na dvorišču ječe do dne, ko je bil Jeruzalem zavzet. Bil je tam, ko je bil Jeruzalem zavzet.
29 In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge.
30 But every one shall die in his own sin; and the teeth of him that eats the sour grape shall be set on edge.
31 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda:
32 not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
33 For this is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the Lord, I will surely put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
34 And they shall not at all teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
35 Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and [makes] a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 if these ordinances cease from before me, says the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever.
37 Though the sky should be raised to a [greater] height, says the Lord, and though the ground of the earth should be sunk [lower] beneath, yet I will not cast off the family of Israel, says the Lord, for all that they have done.
38 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner.
39 And the measurement of it shall proceed in front of them as far as the hills of Gareb, and it shall be compassed with a circular wall of choice stones.
40 And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever.

< Jeremias 38 >