Jeremiah 3

1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.

Pravijo: »Če človek odpusti svojo ženo in gre ona od njega in postane od nekega drugega moškega, ali se bo on ponovno vrnil k njej? Ali ne bi bila ta dežela silno oskrunjena? Ti pa si igrala pocestnico z mnogimi ljubimci; vendar se ponovno vrni k meni, « govori Gospod.

2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

»Povzdigni svoje oči k visokim krajem in poglej, kje vse nisi bila poležena z [njimi]. Na poteh si sedela zanje, kakor Arabec v divjini in deželo si oskrunila s svojimi vlačugarstvi in svojo zlobnostjo.

3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.

Zato so bili nalivi zadržani in ni bilo poznega dežja; in ti imaš vlačugino čelo; odklonila si, da bi bila osramočena.

4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?

Mar ne boš od tega časa klicala k meni: ›Moj oče, ti si vodič od moje mladosti?‹«

5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”

Ali bo svojo jezo hranil na veke? Ali jo bo držal do konca? Glej, govoril si in storil hude stvari, kot ti lahko.

6 Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.

Gospod mi je tudi rekel v dneh kralja Jošíja: »Ali si videl to, kar je storila odpadnica Izrael? Odhajala je na vsako visoko goro in pod vsako zeleno drevo in tam igrala pocestnico.

7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Potem ko je storila vse te stvari, sem rekel: ›Obrni se k meni.‹ Toda ni se vrnila. In njena verolomna sestra Juda je to videla.

8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.

Videl sem, ko sem jo zaradi vseh vzrokov, s čimer je odpadnica Izrael zagrešila zakonolomstvo, odslovil in ji dal ločitveni list, se njena verolomna sestra Juda kljub temu ni bala, temveč je tudi ona odšla in prav tako igrala pocestnico.

9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.

Pripetilo se je skozi lahkomiselnost njenega vlačugarstva, da je omadeževala deželo in zagrešila zakonolomstvo s skalami in z lesom.

10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretence,” says the LORD.

Vendar se zaradi vsega tega njena verolomna sestra Juda ni obrnila k meni z vsem svojim srcem, temveč hlinjeno, « govori Gospod.

11 The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Gospod mi je rekel: »Odpadnica Izrael se je bolj opravičila kakor verolomna Juda.

12 Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep anger forever.

Pojdi in razglasi te besede proti severu in reci: ›Vrni se, ti odpadnica Izrael, ‹ govori Gospod › in svoji jezi ne bom povzročil, da pade na vas, kajti jaz sem usmiljen, ‹ govori Gospod, › in jeze ne bom držal na veke.

13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.

Samo priznaj svojo krivičnost, da si se pregrešila zoper Gospoda, svojega Boga in si svoje poti razkropila k tujcem pod vsakim zelenim drevesom in nisi ubogala mojega glasu, ‹ govori Gospod.

14 “Return, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

›Obrnite se, odpadli otroci, ‹ govori Gospod. ›Kajti jaz sem poročen z vami. Vzel vas bom enega iz mesta in dva iz družine in vas privedel k Sionu.

15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Dal vam bom pastirje po svojem srcu, ki vas bodo hranili z znanjem in razumevanjem.

16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of the LORD’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.

Zgodilo se bo, ko boste pomnoženi in povečani v deželi, v tistih dneh, ‹ govori Gospod, ›ne bodo več rekli: ›Skrinja Gospodove zaveze.‹ Niti to ne bo prišlo na misel, niti se tega ne bodo spomnili, niti je ne bodo obiskali, niti to ne bo več storjeno.

17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The LORD’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the LORD’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

Ob tistem času bodo [prestolnico] Jeruzalem imenovali Gospodov prestol. Vsi narodi bodo zbrani k njej, k imenu Gospoda, k [prestolnici] Jeruzalem. Niti ne bodo več hodili po zamisli svojih zlih src.

18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.

V tistih dneh bo Judova hiša hodila z Izraelovo hišo in skupaj bodo prišli iz severne dežele k deželi, ki sem jo dal v dediščino vašim očetom.

19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’

Toda rekel sem: ›Kako te bom postavil med otroke in ti dal prijetno deželo, čedno dediščino vojske narodov?‹ Rekel sem: ›Klicala me boš: ›Moj oče‹ in ne boš se odvrnila od mene.‹

20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.

Zagotovo, kakor žena zahrbtno odide od svojega soproga, tako ste zahrbtno ravnali z menoj, oh hiša Izraelova, ‹ govori Gospod

21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.

›Glas je bil slišan na visokih krajih, jokanje in ponižne prošnje Izraelovih otrok, kajti izkrivili so svojo pot in pozabili Gospoda, svojega Boga.

22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

Vrnite se, vi odpadli otroci in ozdravil bom vaša odvračanja.‹« »Glej, mi prihajamo k tebi, kajti ti si Gospod, naš Bog.

23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

Resnično, zaman je upati na rešitev duše s hribov in od množice gora. Zares, v Gospodu, našem Bogu, je Izraelova rešitev duš.

24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Kajti sramota je od naše mladosti požrla trud naših očetov; njihove trope in njihove črede, njihove sinove in njihove hčere.

25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”

Uležemo se v svoji sramoti in naša zmešnjava nas pokriva, kajti grešili smo zoper Gospoda, svojega Boga, mi in naši očetje, od svoje mladosti, celo do današnjega dne in nismo ubogali glasu Gospoda, svojega Boga.«