Jeremija 15

1 Potem mi je Gospod rekel: »Čeprav bi pred menoj stala Mojzes in Samuel, vendar moj um ne bi mogel biti k temu ljudstvu. Vrzi jih iz mojega pogleda in naj gredo naprej.

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

2 Zgodilo se bo, če ti rečejo: ›Kam naj gremo naprej?‹ Potem jim boš rekel: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Tisti, ki ste za smrt, k smrti; tisti, ki ste za meč, k meču; tisti, ki ste za lakoto, k lakoti in tisti, ki ste za ujetništvo, k ujetništvu.‹

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

3 Nad njimi bom določil štiri vrste, ‹ govori Gospod: ›meč, da ubija in pse, da trgajo ter perjad neba in zemeljske živali, da požirajo in uničujejo.

And I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

4 Povzročil jim bom, da bodo odstranjeni v vsa kraljestva zemlje, zaradi Manáseja, sina Ezekíja, Judovega kralja, za to, kar je storil v Jeruzalemu.

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

5 Kajti kdo bo imel usmiljenje nad teboj, oh [prestolnica] Jeruzalem? Kdo te bo obžaloval? Kdo bo šel vstran, da te vpraša, kako si?

For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall lament for you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do?

6 Zapustila si me, ‹ govori Gospod, ›umaknila si se nazaj. Zato bom zoper tebe iztegnil svojo roko in te uničil; izmučen sem od kesanja.

You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.

7 Vejál jih bom z vejálnikom v velikih vratih dežele; oropal jih bom otrok, uničil bom svoje ljudstvo, ker se niso vrnili iz svojih poti.

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.

8 Njihove vdove so mi [številčno] narasle nad peskom morja. Zoper mater mladeničev sem nadnje opoldan privedel plenitelja. Storil sem mu, da je nenadoma padel nanjo in strahote so padle nad mesto.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

9 Tista, ki jih je rodila sedem, peša. Izročila je duha. Njeno sonce je zašlo, medtem ko je bil še dan. Bila je osramočena in zmedena. Preostanek izmed njih bom izročil meču pred njihovimi sovražniki, ‹« govori Gospod.

She that has borne seven languishes: she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD.

10 »Gorje meni, moja mati, da si me rodila, človeka prepira in človeka spora celotni zemlji! Niti nisem posojal za obresti niti mi ljudje niso posojali za obresti, vendar me vsakdo izmed njih preklinja.«

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on interest, nor men have lent to me on interest; yet every one of them does curse me.

11 Gospod je rekel: »Resnično, dobro bo s tvojim preostankom. Resnično, povzročil bom, da bo sovražnik dobro ravnal s teboj v času zla in v času stiske.

The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with your remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to plead you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

12 Se bo železo zlomilo, severno železo in jeklo?

Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

13 Tvoje imetje in tvoje zaklade bom izročil v plen brez cene in to za vse tvoje grehe, celo v vseh tvojih mejah.

Your substance and your treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.

14 Storil ti bom, da v deželo, ki je ne poznaš, preideš s svojimi sovražniki. Kajti ogenj je vnet v moji jezi, ki bo gorel na vas.«

And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land which you know not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

15 Oh Gospod, ti veš. Spomni se me in me obišči in me maščuj nad mojimi preganjalci. V svoji potrpežljivosti me ne odvzemi proč. Vedi, da sem zaradi tebe trpel grajo.

O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke.

16 Tvoje besede so bile najdene in sem jih jedel, in tvoja beseda mi je bila radost in veselje mojega srca, kajti imenovan sem po tvojem imenu, oh Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki.

Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.

17 Nisem sedel v zboru zasmehovalcev niti se nisem razveseljeval; sam sem sedel zaradi tvoje roke, kajti napolnil si me z ogorčenjem.

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation.

18 Zakaj je moja bolečina neprestana in moja rana, ki odklanja biti ozdravljena, nezaceljiva? Ali mi hočete biti vsi skupaj kakor lažnivec in kakor vode, ki odpovedo?

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

19 Zato tako govori Gospod: »Če se spreobrneš, potem te bom ponovno privedel in boš stal pred menoj. Če odvzameš dragoceno iz hudobnega, boš kakor moja usta. Oni naj se vrnejo k tebi, toda ti se ne vrni k njim.

Therefore thus says the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return unto you; but return not you unto them.

20 Temu ljudstvu te bom naredil za ograjen bronast zid. Borili se bodo zoper tebe, toda ne bodo prevladali zoper tebe, kajti jaz sem s teboj, da te rešim in da te osvobodim, ‹ govori Gospod.

And I will make you unto this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.

21 ›Rešil te bom iz roke zlobnih in odkupil te bom iz roke strašnih.‹«

And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.