Jeremiah 5
1 [Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
Прођите по улицама јерусалимским, и видите сада и разберите и потражите по улицама његовим, хоћете ли наћи човека, има ли ко да чини што је право и да тражи истину, па ћу опростити.
2 But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
Ако и говоре: Тако да је жив Господ! Опет се криво куну.
3 Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
Господе! Не гледају ли очи Твоје на истину! Бијеш их, али их не боли; сатиреш их, али неће да приме науке, тврђе им је лице од камена, неће да се обрате.
4 I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
И ја рекох: Сиромаси су, лудо раде, јер не знају пут Господњи, закон Бога свог.
5 So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
Идем к властељима, и њима ћу говорити, јер они знају пут Господњи, закон Бога свог; али и они изломише јарам, покидаше свезе.
6 Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
За то ће их побити лав из шуме, вук ће их вечерњи потрти, рис ће вребати код градова њихових, ко год изиђе из њих биће растргнут, јер је много греха њихових и силни су одмети њихови.
7 Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
Како ћу ти опростити то? Синови твоји оставише мене, и куну се онима који нису богови. Како их наситих, стадоше чинити прељубу, и у кућу курвину стичу се гомилом.
8 [Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
Јутром су кад устају као товни коњи, сваки рже за женом ближњег свог.
9 (Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
За то ли нећу походити? Вели Господ, и душа моја неће ли се осветити таквом народу?
10 [I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
Изађите му на зидове и развалите, али немојте сасвим затрти, скините му преворнице, јер нису Господње.
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
Јер ме сасвим изневери дом Израиљев и дом Јудин, вели Господ.
12 They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
Ударише у бах Господу и рекоше: Није тако, неће нас зло задесити, и нећемо видети мача ни глади.
13 What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
А ти пророци отићи ће у ветар, и речи нема у њима, њима ће бити тако.
14 So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
Зато овако вели Господ Господ над војскама: Кад тако говорите, ево ја ћу учинити да речи моје у устима твојим буду као огањ, а овај народ дрва, те ће их спалити.
15 Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
Гле, ја ћу довести на вас народ из далека, доме Израиљев, вели Господ, народ јак, народ стар, народ коме језика нећеш знати нити ћеш разумети шта говори;
16 Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
Коме је тул као гроб отворен, сви су јаки.
17 They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
И појешће летину твоју и хлеб твој, што синови твоји и кћери твоје хтеше јести, појешће овце твоје и говеда твоја, појешће винову лозу твоју и смокве твоје, и мачем ће затрти тврде градове твоје у које се уздаш.
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Али ни тада, вели Господ, нећу вас сасвим затрти.
19 And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
Јер кад кажете: Зашто нам чини Господ Бог наш све ово? Тада им реци: Како остависте мене и служисте туђим боговима у земљи својој, тако ћете служити туђинцима у земљи која није ваша.
20 [Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
Јавите ово у дому Јаковљевом, и огласите у Јуди, говорећи:
21 Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
Чујте ово, луди и безумни народе, који имате очи, а не видите, који имате уши, а не чујете.
22 Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
Мене ли се нећете бојати? Вели Господ; од мене ли нећете дрхтати? Који поставих песак мору за међу вечном наредбом, и неће прећи преко ње; ако му и устају вали, неће надјачати, ако и буче, неће је прећи.
23 But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
Али је у народа овог срце упорно и непокорно; одступише и отидоше.
24 You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
Нити рекоше у срцу свом: Бојмо се Господа Бога свог, који нам даје дажд рани и позни на време, и чува нам недеље одређене за жетву.
25 It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
Безакоња ваша одвраћају то, и греси ваши одбијају добро од вас.
26 Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
Јер се налазе у народу мом безбожници, који вребају као птичари кад се притаје, мећу замке да хватају људе.
27 Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
Као крлетка пуна птица тако су куће њихове пуне преваре; зато посташе велики и обогатише.
28 They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
Угојише се, сјају се, мимоилазе зло, не чине правде ни сирочету, и опет им је добро, и не дају правице убогима.
29 So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
Зато ли нећу походити? Вели Господ, и душа моја неће ли се осветити таквом народу?
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
Чудо и страхота бива у земљи.
31 Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
Пророци пророкују лажно, и свештеници господују преко њих, и народу је мом то мило. А шта ћете радити на последак?
