Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
»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 And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.
Čeprav govorijo: › Gospod živi, ‹ zagotovo lažno prisegajo.«
3 O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to 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 And I said: 'Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the ordinance of their God;
Zato sem rekel: »Ti so zagotovo ubogi; nespametni so, kajti ne poznajo Gospodove poti niti sodbe njihovega Boga.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of the LORD, and the ordinance of their God.' But these had altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bands.
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 Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them, a wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, a leopard watcheth over their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their backslidings are increased.
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 Wherefore should I pardon thee? The children have forsaken Me, and sworn by no-gods; and when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the 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 are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
Bili so kakor zjutraj nahranjeni konji. Vsakdo je hrzal za ženo svojega soseda.
9 Shall I not punish for these things? saith 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 ye up into her rows, and destroy, but make not a full end; take away her shoots; for they are not 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 and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against Me, saith the LORD.
Kajti Izraelova hiša in Judova hiša sta zelo zahrbtno postopali zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.
12 They have belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;
Skrivali so Gospoda in rekli: › To ni on; niti hudo ne bo prišlo nad nas; niti ne bomo videli meča niti lakote.
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them; thus be it done unto them.'
Preroki bodo postali veter in besede ni v njih. Tako jim bo storjeno.«
14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make My words in thy 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 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD; it is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
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 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Njihov tul za puščice je kakor odprt mavzolej, vsi so mogočni možje.
17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall batter thy fortified cities, wherein thou trusteth, 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 But even in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Kljub temu v tistih dneh, « govori Gospod, »z vami ne bom naredil popolnega konca.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say: 'Wherefore hath the LORD our God done all these things unto us?' then shalt Thou say unto them: 'Like as ye have forsaken Me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye 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 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and announce it in Judah, saying:
Razglasite to v Jakobovi hiši in objavite to v Judu, rekoč:
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, that have eyes, and see not, that 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 Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence? Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they 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 hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone.
Toda to ljudstvo ima puntarsko in uporno srce; spuntali so se in odšli.
24 Neither say they in their heart: 'Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth the former rain, and the latter in due season; that keepeth for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
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 iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.
Vaše krivičnosti so te stvari obrnile proč in vaši grehi so pred vami zadržali dobre stvari.
26 For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Kajti med mojim ljudstvom so najdeni zlobni možje. Prežijo v zasedi kakor tisti, ki nastavljajo pasti; oni nastavijo past, ujamejo ljudi.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;
Kakor je kletka polna ptic, tako so njihove hiše polne prevare. Zato so postali veliki in obogateli.
28 They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they might make it to prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Postali so debeli, sijejo. Da, presegajo dejanja zlobnih. Ne sodijo primera sirot, vendar uspevajo in pravici pomoči potrebnih ne sodijo.
29 Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; 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 An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
Čudovita in strašna stvar je zagrešena v deželi.
31 The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, and the priests bear rule at their beck; and My people love to have it so; What then will ye do in the end thereof?
Preroki prerokujejo napačno in duhovniki vladajo s svojimi sredstvi. Moje ljudstvo ima rado to tako. Kaj pa boste storili ob koncu tega?‹«
