Jeremiah 14
1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
Riječ Jahvina Jeremiji o velikoj suši:
2 Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Judeja je tugom obrvana i ginu njeni gradovi, sumorno leže na zemlji, krik Jeruzalema do neba se vije.
3 Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
Odličnici šalju sluge po vodu: dolaze do studenaca, ali vode ne nalaze, vraćaju se praznih vrčeva, postiđeni, posramljeni, pokriše glavu svoju.
4 Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
Zemlja je sva ispucala jer kiše nema. Ratari se postidješe, pokriše glave.
5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
Pa i košuta u polju ostavlja mlado jer trave nema.
6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
Divlji magarci, stojeć' na goletima, dašću kao čagalj, oči im malaksale jer nema zelenila.
7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
Bezakonja naša protiv nas svjedoče, smiluj se, o Jahve, rad' imena svoga! Jer otpadosmo od tebe, tebi sagriješismo,
8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
o nado Izraelova, spasitelju njegov u danima nevolje! Zašto si kao stranac u ovoj zemlji, kao putnik što se uvrati da prenoći?
9 Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
Zašto si kao prestravljen čovjek, kao junak koji ne može pomoći? TÓa ti si među nama, o Jahve, mi se tvojim zovemo imenom - nemoj nas ostaviti!
10 This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
Ovako govori Jahve o narodu ovome: Jest, oni vole tumarati i ne štede svojih nogu, i zato ih Jahve ne voli. I sada se spominje bezakonja njihova i kažnjava grijehe njihove.
11 And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
I reče mi Jahve: “Ne traži milosti za ovaj narod.
12 When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.
Ako će i postiti, neću uslišiti njihovih vapaja. Ako će i prinijeti paljenicu i prinos, neće mi omiljeti. Jer mačem, glađu i kugom ja ću ih zatrti.”
13 Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.
Tada rekoh: “Ah, Jahve Gospode! Eno, proroci im govore: 'Nećete vidjeti mača, niti će vam biti gladi, nego ću vam dati postojan mir na ovome mjestu.'”
14 Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.
A Jahve mi reče: “Laž prorokuju ti proroci u moje ime; niti ih poslah niti im nalog kakav dadoh - ja im i nisam govorio. Oni vam prorokuju lažna viđenja, isprazna gatanja i snove srca svoga.”
15 So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.
Zato ovako govori Jahve: “Proroci ti što u moje ime prorokuju, a ja ih nisam poslao, te govore da neće biti ni mača ni gladi u zemlji ovoj, sami će od mača i gladi poginuti.
16 And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.
A narod ovaj kojemu prorokuju ležat će po ulicama jeruzalemskim, pokošen mačem i glađu, i neće biti čovjeka da ga pokopa - njih, žene njihove, sinove i kćeri njihove. Tako ću na njih izliti zloću njihovu.”
17 And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
A ti im reci ovako: Nek' oči moje suze rone danju i noću, i neka ne prestanu, jer je strašno slomljena djevica, kći naroda moga, ranom neobično ljutom.
18 If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
Pođem li u polje, evo mačem pobijenih! Vratim li se u grad, evo od gladi iznemoglih! Čak i proroci i svećenici lutaju po zemlji i ništa ne znaju.
19 Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
TÓa zar si Judeju sasvim odbacio? Zar ti duši omrznu Sion? Zašto nas tako biješ te nam više nema lijeka? Nadasmo se miru, ali dobra nema, čekasmo vrijeme ozdravljenja, al' evo užasa!
20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
O Jahve, bezbožnost svoju priznajemo, bezakonje otaca svojih; doista, tebi sagriješismo!
21 Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.
Ne odbaci nas, rad' imena svoga, ne sramoti prijesto Slave svoje, spomeni se i nemoj razvrći Saveza svog s nama!
22 Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
Zar ispraznost bezbožnika dažda daje? Ili zar nebesa sama kiše? Zar ne daješ ti to, Jahve, Bože naš? Zato se u te uzdamo, jer ti sve to činiš.
