Jeremiah 2

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Poleg tega mi je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

2 "Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "I remember you, the devotion of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

»Pojdi in jokaj v ušesa [prestolnice] Jeruzalem, rekoč: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Spominjam se tebe, prijaznosti tvoje mladosti, ljubezni tvojih zaročencev, ko si šla za menoj v divjino, v deželo, ki ni bila posejana.‹

3 Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says the LORD."

Izrael je bil svetost Gospodu in prvi sadovi njegovega donosa. Vse, ki ga požirajo, bo jezil; zlo bo prišlo nadnje, ‹« govori Gospod.

4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

Poslušajte besedo od Gospoda, oh Jakobova hiša in vse družine Izraelove hiše:

5 Thus says the LORD, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

»Tako govori Gospod: ›Kakšno krivičnost so vaši očetje našli v meni, da so odšli daleč od mene in hodili za ničevostjo in postali ničevost?

6 Neither did they say, 'Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?'

Niti niso rekli: ›Kje je Gospod, ki nas je privedel gor iz egiptovske dežele, ki nas je vodil skozi divjino, skozi deželo puščav in jam, skozi deželo suše in smrtne sence, skozi deželo, skozi katero noben človek ne gre in kjer noben človek ne prebiva?‹

7 I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

Privedel sem vas v obilno deželo, da jeste njen sad in njeno dobroto, toda ko ste vstopili, ste omadeževali mojo deželo in mojo dediščino naredili ogabnost.

8 The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Duhovniki niso rekli: ›Kje je Gospod?‹ Tisti, ki so se ukvarjali s postavo, me niso poznali. Tudi pastirji so se pregrešili zoper mene in preroki so prerokovali pri Báalu in hodili za stvarmi, ki ne storijo koristi.

9 "Therefore I will yet contend with you," says the LORD, "and I will contend with your children's children.

Zato se bom še pravdal z vami, ‹ govori Gospod ›in z vašimi otrok otroki se bom pravdal.

10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

Kajti šel bom čez otoke Kitéjcev in videl in poslal v Kedár in marljivo preudaril in videl, če je tam takšna stvar.

11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

Je narod spremenil svoje bogove, ki vendar niso bogovi? Toda moje ljudstvo je zamenjalo svojo slavo za to, kar ne koristi.

12 "Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says the LORD.

Bodite osupla, oh ve nebesa, ob tem in bodite strašno prestrašena, bodite zelo zapuščena, ‹ govori Gospod.

13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

›Kajti moje ljudstvo je zagrešilo dve hudobiji; zapustili so mene, studenec živih vodá in si izklesali vodne zbiralnike, razpokane vodne zbiralnike, ki ne morejo držati vode.

14 Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?

Ali je Izrael služabnik? Ali je doma rojeni suženj? Zakaj je oplenjen?

15 The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

Mladi levi so rjoveli nanj in vpili. Njegovo deželo so naredili opustošeno. Njegova mesta so požgana, brez prebivalcev.

16 The people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also shaved the crown of your head.

Tudi otroci Nofa in Tahpanhésa so zlomili krono tvoje glave.

17 "Haven't you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?

Ali si nisi tega priskrbela k sebi v tem, da si zapustila Gospoda, svojega Boga, ko te je vodil po poti?

18 Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

In sedaj, kaj imaš opraviti na egiptovski poti, da piješ vode iz Sihorja? Ali kaj imaš opraviti na asirski poti, da piješ vode iz reke?

19 "Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the LORD of hosts.

Tvoja lastna zlobnost te bo grajala in tvoja zdrknjenja nazaj te bodo opominjala. Vedi torej in vidi, da je to huda stvar in grenka, da si zapustila Gospoda, svojega Boga in da mojega strahu ni v tebi, ‹ govori Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki.

20 "For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve;' for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

›Kajti od starih časov sem prelomil tvoj jarem in raztrgal tvoje vezi; ti pa praviš: ›Jaz ne bom grešila; ‹ ko tavaš na vsakem visokem hribu in tavaš pod vsakim zelenim drevesom in igraš vlačugo.

21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

Vendar sem te zasadil [kot] plemenito trto, popolnoma pravo seme. Kako si se mi potem obrnila v degenerirano sadiko tuje trte?

22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says the LORD.

Kajti čeprav se umivaš s solitrom in si jemlješ precej mila, je vendar tvoja krivičnost zaznamovana pred menoj, ‹ govori Gospod Bog.

23 "How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Kako lahko rečeš: ›Nisem onesnažena, nisem odšla za Báali?‹ Poglej svojo pot v dolini, spoznaj, kaj si storila. Ti si hitri [enogrbi] velblod, ki prečka svoje poti,

24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

divja oslica, vajena divjine, ki voha veter po svojem zadovoljstvu; kdo jo ob njeni priložnosti lahko odvrne proč? Vsi tisti, ki jo iščejo, se ne bodo izmučili; v njenem mesecu jo bodo našli.

25 "Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.'

Zadrži svoje stopalo pred bosostjo in svoje grlo pred žejo. Toda ti praviš: ›Tam ni upanja. Ne, kajti ljubila sem tujce in za njimi bom šla.‹

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets;

Kakor je tat osramočen, ko je najden, tako je osramočena Izraelova hiša; oni, njihovi kralji, njihovi princi, njihovi duhovniki in njihovi preroki,

27 who tell wood, 'You are my father;' and a stone, 'You have brought me out:' for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, 'Arise, and save us.'

rekoč lesu: ›Ti si moj oče; ‹ in skali: ›Ti si me rodila.‹ Kajti obrnili so mi svoj hrbet in ne svojega obraza. Toda v času njihove stiske bodo rekli: ›Vstani in nas reši.‹

28 "But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble. For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they were sacrificing to Baal.

Toda kje so tvoji bogovi, ki si jih naredila? Naj vstanejo, če te lahko rešijo v času tvoje stiske, kajti glede na število tvojih mest so tvoji bogovi, oh Juda.

29 "Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says the LORD.

Zakaj se hočete pravdati z menoj? Vsi vi ste se pregrešili zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.

30 "I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

›V prazno sem udaril vaše otroke; nobenega grajanja niso prejeli. Vaš lastni meč je požrl vaše preroke kakor uničujoč lev.

31 Generation, consider the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'

Oh rod, poglejte Gospodovo besedo. Ali sem bil Izraelu divjina? Dežela teme? Zakaj pravi moje ljudstvo: ›Mi smo gospodje, nič več ne bomo prišli k tebi?‹

32 "Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

Mar lahko devica pozabi svoje ornamente ali nevesta svoj okras? Vendar me moje ljudstvo pozablja brez števila dni.

33 How well you prepare your way to seek love. Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.

Zakaj krajšaš svojo pot, da iščeš ljubezen? Zato si tudi zlobne učila svojih poti.

34 Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Tudi v krajcih tvojega oblačila je najdena kri duš ubogih nedolžnih. Nisem je našel s skrivnim iskanjem, temveč na vseh teh.

35 "Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Look, I will judge you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

Vendar praviš: ›Ker sem nedolžna, se bo njegova jeza zagotovo obrnila od mene.‹ Glej, jaz se bom pravdal s teboj, ker praviš: ›Nisem grešila.‹

36 Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

Zakaj toliko hodiš sem ter tja, da bi spremenila svojo pot? Tudi ti boš osramočena od Egipta, kakor si bila osramočena od Asirije.

37 From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

Da, šla boš naprej od njega, s svojimi rokami na svoji glavi, kajti Gospod je zavrnil tvoje zaupnosti in ne boš uspela v njih.‹«