Jeremiah 15
1 Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
Ma l’Eterno mi disse: “Quand’anche Mosè e Samuele si presentassero davanti a me, l’anima mia non si piegherebbe verso questo popolo; caccialo via dalla mia presenza, e ch’ei se ne vada!
2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
E se pur ti dicono: Dove ce ne andremo? tu risponderai loro: Così dice l’Eterno: Alla morte, i destinati alla morte; alla spada, i destinati alla spada; alla fame, i destinati alla fame; alla cattività, i destinati alla cattività.
3 I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
Io manderò contro di loro quattro specie di flagelli, dice l’Eterno: la spada, per ucciderli; i cani, per trascinarli; gli uccelli del cielo e le bestie della terra, per divorarli e per distruggerli.
4 Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
E farò sì che saranno agitati per tutti i regni della terra, a cagione di Manasse, figliuolo di Ezechia, re di Giuda, e di tutto quello ch’egli ha fatto in Gerusalemme.
5 You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
Poiché chi avrebbe pietà di te, o Gerusalemme? Chi ti compiangerebbe? Chi s’incomoderebbe per domandarti come stai?
6 You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
Tu m’hai respinto, dice l’Eterno; ti sei tirata indietro; perciò io stendo la mano contro di te, e ti distruggo; sono stanco di pentirmi.
7 At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
Io ti ventolo col ventilabro alle porte del paese, privo di figli il mio popolo, e lo faccio perire, poiché non si converte dalle sue vie.
8 I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
Le sue vedove son più numerose della rena del mare; io faccio venire contro di loro, contro la madre de’ giovani, un nemico che devasta in pien mezzodì; faccio piombar su lei, a un tratto, angoscia e terrore.
9 A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
Colei che avea partorito sette figliuoli è languente, esala lo spirito; il suo sole tramonta mentr’è giorno ancora; è coperta di vergogna, di confusione; e il rimanente di loro io lo do in balìa della spada de’ loro nemici, dice l’Eterno”.
10 [I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”
Me infelice! o madre mia, poiché m’hai fatto nascere uomo di lite e di contesa per tutto il paese! Io non do né prendo in imprestito, e nondimeno tutti mi maledicono.
11 But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
L’Eterno dice: Per certo, io ti riserbo un avvenire felice; io farò che il nemico ti rivolga supplicazioni nel tempo dell’avversità, nel tempo dell’angoscia.
12 [Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
Il ferro potrà esso spezzare il ferro del settentrione ed il rame?
13 I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
Le tue facoltà e i tuoi tesori io li darò gratuitamente come preda, a cagione di tutti i tuoi peccati, e dentro tutti i tuoi confini.
14 I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
E li farò passare coi tuoi nemici in un paese che non conosci; perché un fuoco s’è acceso nella mia ira, che arderà contro di voi.
15 [Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
Tu sai tutto, o Eterno; ricordati di me, visitami, e vendicami de’ miei persecutori; nella tua longanimità, non mi portar via! riconosci che per amor tuo io porto l’obbrobrio.
16 Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
Tosto che ho trovato le tue parole, io le ho divorate; e le tue parole sono state la mia gioia, l’allegrezza del mio cuore, perché il tuo nome è invocato su me, o Eterno, Dio degli eserciti.
17 When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
Io non mi son seduto nell’assemblea di quelli che ridono, e non mi son rallegrato, ma per cagion della tua mano mi son seduto solitario, perché tu mi riempivi d’indignazione.
18 So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
Perché il mio dolore è desso perpetuo, e la mia piaga, incurabile, ricusa di guarire? Vuoi tu essere per me come una sorgente fallace, come un’acqua che non dura?
19 Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
Perciò, così parla l’Eterno: Se tu torni a me, io ti ricondurrò, e tu ti terrai dinanzi a me; e se tu separi ciò ch’è prezioso da ciò ch’è vile, tu sarai come la mia bocca; ritorneranno essi a te, ma tu non tornerai a loro.
20 They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
Io ti farò essere per questo popolo un forte muro di rame; essi combatteranno contro di te, ma non potranno vincerti, perché io sarò teco per salvarti e per liberarti, dice l’Eterno.
21 [Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
E ti libererò dalla mano de’ malvagi, e ti redimerò dalla mano de’ violenti.
