Jeremiah 7
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od Gospoda, rekoč:
2 “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim this word there, and say, ‘Hear the LORD’s word, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.’”
»Stopi v velika vrata Gospodove hiše in razglasi to besedo in reci: ›Poslušajte Gospodovo besedo, vsi vi iz Juda, ki vstopate pri teh velikih vratih, da obožujete Gospoda.
3 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: ›Poboljšajte svoje poti in svoja dejanja in jaz vam bom povzročil, da prebivate na tem kraju.
4 Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘The LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, the LORD’s temple, are these.’
Ne zaupajte v lažnive besede, rekoč: › Gospodov tempelj, ‹ › Gospodov tempelj, ‹ › Gospodov tempelj so ti.‹
5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
Kajti če temeljito poboljšate svoje poti in svoja dejanja, če temeljito izvršite sodbo med človekom in njegovim sosedom,
6 if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt,
če ne zatirate tujca, sirote, vdove, in na tem kraju ne prelivate nedolžne krvi niti v svojo škodo ne hodite za drugimi bogovi,
7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more.
potem vam bom povzročil, da prebivate na tem kraju, v deželi, ki sem jo dal vašim očetom na veke vekov.
8 Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.
Glejte, zaupate v lažnive besede, ki ne morejo koristiti.
9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
Ali boste kradli, morili, počeli zakonolomstvo, krivo prisegali, zažigali kadilo Báalu in hodili za drugimi bogovi, ki jih ne poznate
10 then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations?
in prišli ter stali pred menoj v tej hiši, ki je imenovana z mojim imenom in rekli: »Rešeni smo, da bi počeli vse te ogabnosti?
11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says the LORD.
Ali je ta hiša, ki je imenovana z mojim imenom, v vaših očeh postala brlog roparjev? Glejte, celo jaz sem to videl, « govori Gospod.
12 “But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
»Toda pojdite sedaj k mojemu kraju, ki je bil v Šilu, kjer sem najprej postavil svoje ime in poglejte, kaj sem mu storil zaradi zlobnosti svojega ljudstva Izraela.
13 Now, because you have done all these works,” says the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn’t hear; and I called you, but you didn’t answer;
In sedaj, ker ste storili vsa ta dejanja, « govori Gospod »in sem vam govoril, vas zgodaj vzdigoval in govoril, toda niste slišali; in vas klical, toda niste odgovorili;
14 therefore I will do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
zato bom tej hiši, ki je imenovana z mojim imenom, v katerega zaupate in kraju, ki sem ga dal vam in vašim očetom, storil kakor sem storil Šilu.
15 I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole offspring of Ephraim.
Zavrgel vas bom iz svojega pogleda, kakor sem zavrgel vse vaše brate, celó celotno Efrájimovo seme.
16 “Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
Zato ne moli za to ljudstvo, niti ne povzdiguj klica, niti molitve zanje, niti ne posreduj k meni, kajti jaz te ne bom poslušal.
17 Don’t you see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Mar ne vidiš, kaj počno v Judovih mestih in na ulicah [prestolnice] Jeruzalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Otroci nabirajo les, očetje netijo ogenj in ženske gnetejo svoje testo, da naredijo kolače kraljici neba in da izlivajo pitne daritve k drugim bogovom, da bi me lahko dražili k jezi.
19 Do they provoke me to anger?” says the LORD. “Don’t they provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”
Mar me dražijo do jeze?« govori Gospod: » Mar ne dražijo sami sebe, do zmešnjave njihovih lastnih obrazov?«
20 Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man, on animal, on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and will not be quenched.”
Zato tako govori Gospod Bog: »Glej, moja jeza in moja razjarjenost bo izlita na tem kraju, na človeka, na žival, na drevesa polja in na sad tal; ta bo gorela in ne bo pogašena.«
21 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki, Izraelov Bog: »Položite svoje žgalne daritve k svojim klavnim daritvam in jejte meso.
22 For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;
Kajti nisem govoril vašim očetom niti jim nisem zapovedal na dan, ko sem jih privedel iz egiptovske dežele, glede žgalnih daritev ali klavnih daritev,
23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’
toda ukazal sem jim to stvar, rekoč: ›Ubogajte moj glas in jaz bom vaš Bog in vi boste moje ljudstvo; hodite po vseh poteh, ki sem vam jih zapovedal, da vam bo lahko dobro.‹
24 But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Toda niso prisluhnili niti nagnili svojega ušesa, temveč so hodili po nasvetih in po zamislih svojega zlega srca in odšli nazaj in ne naprej.
25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
Od dneva, ko so vaši očetje izšli iz egiptovske dežele, do tega dne, sem vam celo pošiljal vse svoje služabnike preroke, dnevno sem jih zgodaj vzdigoval in pošiljal.
26 Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.
Vendar mi niso prisluhnili niti nagnili svojega ušesa, temveč so otrdili svoj vrat. Ravnali so huje kakor njihovi očetje.
27 “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
Zato jim boš govoril vse te besede, toda ne bodo ti prisluhnili. Tudi klical boš k njim, toda ne bodo ti odgovorili.
28 You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to the LORD their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’
Toda rekel jim boš: ›To je narod, ki ne uboga glasu Gospoda, svojega Boga niti ne prejema grajanja. Resnica je izginila in je iztrebljena iz njihovih ust.‹«
29 Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Ostriži svoje lase, oh [prestolnica] Jeruzalem in jih odvrzi proč in povzemi žalostinko na visokih krajih, kajti Gospod je zavrnil in zapustil rod svojega besa.
30 “For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight,” says the LORD. “They have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
Kajti Judovi otroci so storili zlo v mojem pogledu, « govori Gospod. »Svoje ogabnosti so postavili v hiši, ki se imenuje z mojim imenom, da jo oskrunijo.
31 They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I didn’t command, nor did it come into my mind.
Zgradili so visoke kraje Tofeta, ki je v dolini sina Hinómovega, da svoje sinove in svoje hčere sežigajo v ognju, kar jim nisem zapovedal niti ni prišlo v moje srce.
32 Therefore behold, the days come”, says the LORD, “that it will no more be called ‘Topheth’ or ‘The valley of the son of Hinnom’, but ‘The valley of Slaughter’; for they will bury in Topheth until there is no place to bury.
Zato, glej, prihajajo dnevi, « govori Gospod, »da ta ne bo več imenovan Tofet niti dolina sina Hinómovega, temveč dolina klanja, kajti v Tofetu bodo pokopavali, dokler tam ne bo več prostora.
33 The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth. No one will frighten them away.
Trupla tega ljudstva bodo meso za perjad neba in zemeljske zveri in nihče jih ne bo podil proč.
34 Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a waste.”
Potem bom povzročil, da od Judovih mest in od ulic [prestolnice] Jeruzalem preneha glas smeha, glas veselja, glas ženina in glas neveste, kajti dežela bo zapuščena.
