Jeremija 2
1 Poleg tega mi je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 »Pojdi in jokaj v ušesa [prestolnice] Jeruzalem, rekoč: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Spominjam se tebe, prijaznosti tvoje mladosti, ljubezni tvojih zaročencev, ko si šla za menoj v divjino, v deželo, ki ni bila posejana.‹
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Izrael je bil svetost Gospodu in prvi sadovi njegovega donosa. Vse, ki ga požirajo, bo jezil; zlo bo prišlo nadnje, ‹« govori Gospod.
Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD.
4 Poslušajte besedo od Gospoda, oh Jakobova hiša in vse družine Izraelove hiše:
Hear all of you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 »Tako govori Gospod: ›Kakšno krivičnost so vaši očetje našli v meni, da so odšli daleč od mene in hodili za ničevostjo in postali ničevost?
Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Niti niso rekli: ›Kje je Gospod, ki nas je privedel gor iz egiptovske dežele, ki nas je vodil skozi divjino, skozi deželo puščav in jam, skozi deželo suše in smrtne sence, skozi deželo, skozi katero noben človek ne gre in kjer noben človek ne prebiva?‹
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 Privedel sem vas v obilno deželo, da jeste njen sad in njeno dobroto, toda ko ste vstopili, ste omadeževali mojo deželo in mojo dediščino naredili ogabnost.
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when all of you entered, all of you defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 Duhovniki niso rekli: ›Kje je Gospod?‹ Tisti, ki so se ukvarjali s postavo, me niso poznali. Tudi pastirji so se pregrešili zoper mene in preroki so prerokovali pri Báalu in hodili za stvarmi, ki ne storijo koristi.
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 Zato se bom še pravdal z vami, ‹ govori Gospod ›in z vašimi otrok otroki se bom pravdal.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
10 Kajti šel bom čez otoke Kitéjcev in videl in poslal v Kedár in marljivo preudaril in videl, če je tam takšna stvar.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Je narod spremenil svoje bogove, ki vendar niso bogovi? Toda moje ljudstvo je zamenjalo svojo slavo za to, kar ne koristi.
Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
12 Bodite osupla, oh ve nebesa, ob tem in bodite strašno prestrašena, bodite zelo zapuščena, ‹ govori Gospod.
Be astonished, O all of you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be all of you very desolate, says the LORD.
13 ›Kajti moje ljudstvo je zagrešilo dve hudobiji; zapustili so mene, studenec živih vodá in si izklesali vodne zbiralnike, razpokane vodne zbiralnike, ki ne morejo držati vode.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Ali je Izrael služabnik? Ali je doma rojeni suženj? Zakaj je oplenjen?
Is Israel a servant? is he a native slave? why is he spoiled?
15 Mladi levi so rjoveli nanj in vpili. Njegovo deželo so naredili opustošeno. Njegova mesta so požgana, brez prebivalcev.
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Tudi otroci Nofa in Tahpanhésa so zlomili krono tvoje glave.
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Ali si nisi tega priskrbela k sebi v tem, da si zapustila Gospoda, svojega Boga, ko te je vodil po poti?
Have you not procured this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 In sedaj, kaj imaš opraviti na egiptovski poti, da piješ vode iz Sihorja? Ali kaj imaš opraviti na asirski poti, da piješ vode iz reke?
And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Tvoja lastna zlobnost te bo grajala in tvoja zdrknjenja nazaj te bodo opominjala. Vedi torej in vidi, da je to huda stvar in grenka, da si zapustila Gospoda, svojega Boga in da mojega strahu ni v tebi, ‹ govori Gospod, Bog nad bojevniki.
your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
20 ›Kajti od starih časov sem prelomil tvoj jarem in raztrgal tvoje vezi; ti pa praviš: ›Jaz ne bom grešila; ‹ ko tavaš na vsakem visokem hribu in tavaš pod vsakim zelenim drevesom in igraš vlačugo.
For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot.
21 Vendar sem te zasadil [kot] plemenito trto, popolnoma pravo seme. Kako si se mi potem obrnila v degenerirano sadiko tuje trte?
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 Kajti čeprav se umivaš s solitrom in si jemlješ precej mila, je vendar tvoja krivičnost zaznamovana pred menoj, ‹ govori Gospod Bog.
For though you wash you with alkali, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord GOD.
23 Kako lahko rečeš: ›Nisem onesnažena, nisem odšla za Báali?‹ Poglej svojo pot v dolini, spoznaj, kaj si storila. Ti si hitri [enogrbi] velblod, ki prečka svoje poti,
How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24 divja oslica, vajena divjine, ki voha veter po svojem zadovoljstvu; kdo jo ob njeni priložnosti lahko odvrne proč? Vsi tisti, ki jo iščejo, se ne bodo izmučili; v njenem mesecu jo bodo našli.
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25 Zadrži svoje stopalo pred bosostjo in svoje grlo pred žejo. Toda ti praviš: ›Tam ni upanja. Ne, kajti ljubila sem tujce in za njimi bom šla.‹
Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26 Kakor je tat osramočen, ko je najden, tako je osramočena Izraelova hiša; oni, njihovi kralji, njihovi princi, njihovi duhovniki in njihovi preroki,
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
27 rekoč lesu: ›Ti si moj oče; ‹ in skali: ›Ti si me rodila.‹ Kajti obrnili so mi svoj hrbet in ne svojega obraza. Toda v času njihove stiske bodo rekli: ›Vstani in nas reši.‹
Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 Toda kje so tvoji bogovi, ki si jih naredila? Naj vstanejo, če te lahko rešijo v času tvoje stiske, kajti glede na število tvojih mest so tvoji bogovi, oh Juda.
But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
29 Zakaj se hočete pravdati z menoj? Vsi vi ste se pregrešili zoper mene, ‹ govori Gospod.
Wherefore will all of you plead with me? all of you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.
30 ›V prazno sem udaril vaše otroke; nobenega grajanja niso prejeli. Vaš lastni meč je požrl vaše preroke kakor uničujoč lev.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 Oh rod, poglejte Gospodovo besedo. Ali sem bil Izraelu divjina? Dežela teme? Zakaj pravi moje ljudstvo: ›Mi smo gospodje, nič več ne bomo prišli k tebi?‹
O generation, see all of you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto you?
32 Mar lahko devica pozabi svoje ornamente ali nevesta svoj okras? Vendar me moje ljudstvo pozablja brez števila dni.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Zakaj krajšaš svojo pot, da iščeš ljubezen? Zato si tudi zlobne učila svojih poti.
Why trim you your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways.
34 Tudi v krajcih tvojega oblačila je najdena kri duš ubogih nedolžnih. Nisem je našel s skrivnim iskanjem, temveč na vseh teh.
Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocent persons: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
35 Vendar praviš: ›Ker sem nedolžna, se bo njegova jeza zagotovo obrnila od mene.‹ Glej, jaz se bom pravdal s teboj, ker praviš: ›Nisem grešila.‹
Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
36 Zakaj toliko hodiš sem ter tja, da bi spremenila svojo pot? Tudi ti boš osramočena od Egipta, kakor si bila osramočena od Asirije.
Why arm you about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Da, šla boš naprej od njega, s svojimi rokami na svoji glavi, kajti Gospod je zavrnil tvoje zaupnosti in ne boš uspela v njih.‹«
Yea, you shall go forth from him, and your hands upon your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them.
