Jeremija 6

1 »Oh vi, Benjaminovi otroci, zberite se, da zbežite iz srede Jeruzalema in trobite na šofar v Tekói in postavite znamenje ognja v Bet Keremu. Kajti zlo se pojavlja iz severa in veliko uničenje.

Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.

2 Hčer sionsko sem primerjal z ljubko in prefinjeno žensko.

The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.

3 Pastirji s svojimi tropi bodo prišli k njej, svoje šotore bodo postavili naokoli nje, vsak bo pasel na svojem kraju.‹«

Keepers of sheep with their flocks will come to her; they will put up their tents round her; everyone will get food in his place.

4 »Pripravite vojno zoper njo. Vstanimo in gremo gor opoldan. Gorje nam! Kajti dan mineva, kajti sence večera so podaljšane.«

Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

5 »Vstanimo in gremo gor ponoči in uničimo njene palače.«

Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

6 Kajti tako je rekel Gospod nad bojevniki: »Posekajte drevesa in nasujte nasip zoper [prestolnico] Jeruzalem. To je mesto, ki bo obiskano; ona je celotno zatiranje v njeni sredi.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.

7 Kakor studenec bruha svoje vode, tako ona bruha svojo zlobnost. Nasilje in plen je slišati v njej; žalost in rane so nenehno pred menoj.

As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

8 Bodi poučena, oh [prestolnica] Jeruzalem, da ne bi moja duša odšla od tebe; da te ne bi naredil zapuščeno, deželo, ki ni naseljena.«

Undergo teaching, O Jerusalem, or my soul will be turned away from you, and I will make you a waste, an unpeopled land.

9 Tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki: »Temeljito bodo paberkovali Izraelov preostanek kakor trto. Svojo roko obrni nazaj kakor obiralci grozdja v košare.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Everything will be taken from the rest of Israel as the last grapes are taken from the vine; let your hand be turned to the small branches, like one pulling off grapes.

10 Komu naj govorim in dam svarilo, da bi lahko slišali? Glej, njihovo uho je neobrezano in ne morejo prisluhniti. Glej, Gospodova beseda jim je graja; v njej nimajo veselja.

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

11 Zato sem poln Gospodove razjarjenosti; izmučen sem z zadrževanjem. Izlil jo bom ven na otroke naokoli in skupaj na zbor mladeničev, kajti vzet bo celo soprog z ženo, ostarel s tistim, ki je izpolnjen z dnevi.

For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.

12 Njihove hiše bodo obrnjene k drugim, skupaj z njihovimi polji in ženami, kajti svojo roko bom iztegnil nad prebivalce dežele, « govori Gospod.

And their houses will be handed over to others, their fields and their wives together: for my hand will be stretched out against the people of the land, says the Lord.

13 »Kajti od najmanjših izmed njih, celo do največjih izmed njih, je vsak predan pohlepu, in od preroka, celo do duhovnika, vsak krivo postopa.

For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.

14 Kajti površno so ozdravili rano hčere mojega ljudstva, rekoč: ›Mir, mir, ‹ ko tam ni miru.

And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 Mar so bili osramočeni, ko so zagrešili ogabnost? Ne, sploh niso bili osramočeni niti niso mogli zardeti. Zato bodo padli med tistimi, ki padajo. Ob času, ko jih obiščem, bodo vrženi dol, « govori Gospod.

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.

16 Tako govori Gospod: »Ustavite se na poteh in glejte ter vprašajte za starimi stezami, kje je dobra pot, hodite po njej in našli boste počitek svojim dušam.« Rekli pa so: »Mi ne bomo hodili po njej.«

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

17 Prav tako sem nad vami postavil stražarje, rekoč: »Prisluhnite zvoku šofarja.« Toda rekli so: »Ne bomo prisluhnili.«

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

18 Zato poslušajte, vi narodi in vedite, oh skupnost, kaj je med njimi.

So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

19 Poslušaj, oh zemlja. Glej, nad to ljudstvo bom privedel zlo, celó sad njihovih misli, ker niso prisluhnili mojim besedam niti moji postavi, temveč so jo zavrnili.

Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.

20 S kakšnim namenom prihaja k meni kadilo iz Sabe in prijeten trst iz daljne dežele? Vaše žgalne daritve mi niso sprejemljive niti mi vaše klavne daritve niso prijetne.«

To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

21 Zato tako govori Gospod: »Glej, pred to ljudstvo bom položil kamne spotike in očetje in sinovi bodo skupaj padli nanje; sosed in njegov prijatelj se bosta pogubila.«

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will put stones in the way of this people: and the fathers and the sons together will go falling over them; the neighbour and his friend will come to destruction.

22 Tako govori Gospod: »Glej, ljudstvo prihaja iz severne dežele in velik narod bo dvignjen od zemljinih strani.

The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

23 Prijeli bodo lok in sulico; kruti so in nimajo usmiljenja; njihov glas rjovi kakor morje; in jahajo na konjih, postavljeni v vrste kakor možje za vojno zoper tebe, oh sionska hči.

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Zion.

24 »Slišali smo o njihovi slavi. Naše roke so oslabele. Tesnoba se nas je polastila in bolečina kakor žensko v porodnih mukah.

The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

25 Ne pojdi naprej na polje niti ne hodi po poti, kajti sovražnikov meč in strah sta na vsaki strani.«

Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

26 Oh hči mojega ljudstva, opaši se z vrečevino in se valjaj v pepelu. Naredi si žalovanje kakor za edinim sinom, najbolj grenko žalovanje, kajti plenilec bo nenadoma prišel nad nas.

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

27 Postavil sem te za stolp in trdnjavo med svojim ljudstvom, da lahko spoznaš in preizkusiš njihovo pot.

I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

28 Vsi so nadležni puntarji, hodijo z obrekovalci. Bron so in železo, vsi so izprijenci.

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

29 Mehovi so požgani, svinec je použit z ognjem; livar zaman tali, kajti zlobni niso izločeni.

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

30 Ljudje jih bodo imenovali zavrženo srebro, ker jih je Gospod zavrnil.«

They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.