Jeremija 5
1 »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.
Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
2 Čeprav govorijo: › Gospod živi, ‹ zagotovo lažno prisegajo.«
And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
3 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.
O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
4 Zato sem rekel: »Ti so zagotovo ubogi; nespametni so, kajti ne poznajo Gospodove poti niti sodbe njihovega Boga.
But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
5 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.
I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
6 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.
Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
7 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.
How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
8 Bili so kakor zjutraj nahranjeni konji. Vsakdo je hrzal za ženo svojega soseda.
They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Mar [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 visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
10 Pojdite gor na njene zidove in uničujte, toda ne naredite popolnega konca. Odvzemite njene obzidke, kajti le-ti niso Gospodovi.
Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
11 Kajti Izraelova hiša in Judova hiša sta zelo zahrbtno postopali zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.
For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
12 Skrivali so Gospoda in rekli: › To ni on; niti hudo ne bo prišlo nad nas; niti ne bomo videli meča niti lakote.
They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
13 Preroki bodo postali veter in besede ni v njih. Tako jim bo storjeno.«
The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
14 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.
Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
15 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.
Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
16 Njihov tul za puščice je kakor odprt mavzolej, vsi so mogočni možje.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
17 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.
And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
18 Kljub temu v tistih dneh, « govori Gospod, »z vami ne bom naredil popolnega konca.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
19 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.‹
And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
20 Razglasite to v Jakobovi hiši in objavite to v Judu, rekoč:
Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
21 ›Poslušajte sedaj to, oh nespametno ljudstvo in brez razumevanja; ki imate oči, pa ne vidite; ki imate ušesa, pa ne slišite.
Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
22 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.
Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
23 Toda to ljudstvo ima puntarsko in uporno srce; spuntali so se in odšli.
But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
24 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.
And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
25 Vaše krivičnosti so te stvari obrnile proč in vaši grehi so pred vami zadržali dobre stvari.
Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 Kajti med mojim ljudstvom so najdeni zlobni možje. Prežijo v zasedi kakor tisti, ki nastavljajo pasti; oni nastavijo past, ujamejo ljudi.
For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
27 Kakor je kletka polna ptic, tako so njihove hiše polne prevare. Zato so postali veliki in obogateli.
As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
28 Postali so debeli, sijejo. Da, presegajo dejanja zlobnih. Ne sodijo primera sirot, vendar uspevajo in pravici pomoči potrebnih ne sodijo.
They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
29 Mar ne bom obiskal zaradi teh stvari?‹ govori Gospod: ›Ali ne bo moja duša maščevana na takem narodu, kot je ta?
Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
30 Čudovita in strašna stvar je zagrešena v deželi.
Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
31 Preroki prerokujejo napačno in duhovniki vladajo s svojimi sredstvi. Moje ljudstvo ima rado to tako. Kaj pa boste storili ob koncu tega?‹«
The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
