Jeremias 5
1 Run you about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you can find [one], if there is any one that does judgement, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, says the Lord.
»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.
2 The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?
Čeprav govorijo: › Gospod živi, ‹ zagotovo lažno prisegajo.«
3 O Lord, your eyes are upon faithfulness: you have scourged them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
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.
4 Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgement of God.
Zato sem rekel: »Ti so zagotovo ubogi; nespametni so, kajti ne poznajo Gospodove poti niti sodbe njihovega Boga.
5 I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgement of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.
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.
6 Therefore has a lion out of the forest struck them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to [their] houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.
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.
7 In what [way] shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.
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.
8 They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour's wife.
Bili so kakor zjutraj nahranjeni konji. Vsakdo je hrzal za ženo svojega soseda.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.
Mar [jih] ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod: ›Mar se ne bo moja duša maščevala na takšnem narodu, kot je ta?
10 Go up upon her battlements, and break [them] down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's.
Pojdite gor na njene zidove in uničujte, toda ne naredite popolnega konca. Odvzemite njene obzidke, kajti le-ti niso Gospodovi.
11 For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord: the house of Juda also
Kajti Izraelova hiša in Judova hiša sta zelo zahrbtno postopali zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.
12 have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.
Skrivali so Gospoda in rekli: › To ni on; niti hudo ne bo prišlo nad nas; niti ne bomo videli meča niti lakote.
13 Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.
Preroki bodo postali veter in besede ni v njih. Tako jim bo storjeno.«
14 Therefore thus says the Lord Almighty, Because you have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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.
15 Behold, I [will] bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, says the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand.
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.
16 [They are] all mighty men:
Njihov tul za puščice je kakor odprt mavzolej, vsi so mogočni možje.
17 and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
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.
18 And it shall come to pass in those days, says the Lord your God, that I will not utterly destroy you.
Kljub temu v tistih dneh, « govori Gospod, »z vami ne bom naredil popolnega konca.
19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Therefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you shall say to them, Because you served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
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.‹
20 Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.
Razglasite to v Jakobovi hiši in objavite to v Judu, rekoč:
21 Hear you now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:
›Poslušajte sedaj to, oh nespametno ljudstvo in brez razumevanja; ki imate oči, pa ne vidite; ki imate ušesa, pa ne slišite.
22 will you not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, [as] a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
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.
23 But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:
Toda to ljudstvo ima puntarsko in uporno srce; spuntali so se in odšli.
24 and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfilment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved [it] for us.
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.
25 Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.
Vaše krivičnosti so te stvari obrnile proč in vaši grehi so pred vami zadržali dobre stvari.
26 For amongst my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].
Kajti med mojim ljudstvom so najdeni zlobni možje. Prežijo v zasedi kakor tisti, ki nastavljajo pasti; oni nastavijo past, ujamejo ljudi.
27 As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Kakor je kletka polna ptic, tako so njihove hiše polne prevare. Zato so postali veliki in obogateli.
28 and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgement; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
Postali so debeli, sijejo. Da, presegajo dejanja zlobnih. Ne sodijo primera sirot, vendar uspevajo in pravici pomoči potrebnih ne sodijo.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Mar ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod: ›Ali ne bo moja duša maščevana na takem narodu, kot je ta?
30 Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;
Čudovita in strašna stvar je zagrešena v deželi.
31 the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved [to have it] thus: and what will you do for the future.
Preroki prerokujejo napačno in duhovniki vladajo s svojimi sredstvi. Moje ljudstvo ima rado to tako. Kaj pa boste storili ob koncu tega?‹«
