Jeremiah, 31

1. “In that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

1. "U ono vrijeme - rijeè je Jahvina - bit æu Bog svim plemenima Izraelovim i oni æe biti narod moj."

2. Thus says the Lord: “The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest.”

2. Ovako govori Jahve: "Naðe milost u pustinji narod koji uteèe maèu: Izrael ide u svoje prebivalište.

3. The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.

3. Iz daljine mu se Jahve ukaza: Ljubavlju vjeènom ljubim te, zato ti saèuvah milost.

4. And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.

4. Opet æu te sazdati, i bit æeš sazdana, djevice Izraelova. Opet æeš se resit' bubnjiæima, u veselo kolo hvatati.

5. Still shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and they will not gather the vintage until the time arrives.

5. Opet æeš saditi vinograde na brdima Samarije: koji nasade posade, oni æe i trgati.

6. For there will be a day on which the guardians on mount Ephraim will cry out: ‘Arise! And let us ascend on Zion to the Lord our God!’ ”

6. Jer dolazi dan te æe stražari vikati na brdu efrajimskom: 'Na noge! Na Sion se popnimo, k Jahvi, Bogu svojemu!'"

7. For thus says the Lord: “Exult in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout, and sing, and say: ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’

7. Jer ovako govori Jahve: "Klièite od radosti Jakovu, pozdravite burno prvaka naroda! Neka se ori vaš glas! Objavite slavopojkom: Jahve spasi narod svoj, Ostatak Izraelov!

8. Behold, I will lead them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, she who is with child, together with she who is giving birth: a great assembly returning to this place.

8. Evo, ja ih vodim iz zemlje sjeverne, skupljam ih s krajeva zemlje: s njima su slijepi i hromi, trudnice i rodilje: vraæa se velika zajednica.

9. They will approach with weeping. And I will lead them back with mercy. And I will lead them through the torrents of water, by an upright way, and they will not stumble in it. For I have become Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”

9. Evo, u suzama poðoše, utješene sad ih vraæam! Vodit æu ih kraj potoènih voda, putem ravnim kojim neæe posrnuti, jer ja sam otac Izraelu, Efrajim je moj prvenac."

10. Listen to the word of the Lord, O Gentiles, and announce it amid the islands that are far away, and say: “Whoever has scattered Israel will gather him, and he will guard him as a shepherd guards his flock.”

10. Èujte, o narodi, rijeè Jahvinu, objavite je širom dalekih otoka: "Onaj što rasprši Izraela, opet ga sabire i èuva ga k'o pastir stado svoje!"

11. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and he has freed him from the hand of one more powerful.

11. Jer Jahve oslobodi Jakova, izbavi ga iz ruku jaèeg od njega.

12. And they will arrive and give praise on Mount Zion. And they will flow together, to the good things of the Lord, over grain, and wine, and oil, and the offspring of cattle and herds. And their soul will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer be hungry.

12. I oni æe, radosno klièuæi, na vis sionski da se naužiju dobara Jahvinih: žita, ulja, mladog vina, jagnjadi i teladi, duša æe im biti kao vrt navodnjen, nikad više neæe ginuti.

13. Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.

13. Djevojke æe se veselit' u kolu, mlado i staro zajedno, jer æu im tugu u radost pretvoriti, utješit æu ih i razveselit' nakon žalosti.

14. And I will inebriate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be filled with my good things, says the Lord.”

14. Pretilinom æu im okrijepiti sveæenstvo i narod svoj nasititi dobrima" - rijeè je Jahvina.

15. Thus says the Lord: “A voice has been heard on high: of lamentation, mourning, and weeping; of Rachel crying for her sons and refusing to be consoled over them, because they are not.”

15. Ovako govori Jahve: "Èuj! U Rami se kukanje èuje i gorak plaè: Rahela oplakuje sinove svoje, i neæe da se utješi za djecom, jer njih više nema."

16. Thus says the Lord: “Let your voice cease from crying and your eyes from tears. For there is a reward for your work, says the Lord. And they will return from the land of the enemy.

16. Ovako govori Jahve: "Prestani kukati, otari suze u oèima! Patnje æe tvoje biti nagraðene: oni æe se vratiti iz zemlje neprijateljske.

17. And there is hope for your very end, says the Lord. And the sons will return to their own borders.

17. Ima nade za tvoje potomstvo - rijeè je Jahvina - sinovi tvoji vratit æe se u svoj kraj.

18. Listening, I heard Ephraim going into captivity: ‘You have chastised me, and I was instructed, like a young untamed bull. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For you are the Lord my God.

18. Dobro èujem Efrajimov jecaj: 'Ti me pokara, i ja se popravih kao june još neukroæeno. Obrati me, da se obratim, jer ti si, Jahve, Bog moj.

19. For after you converted me, I did penance. And after you revealed to me, I struck my thigh. I am confounded and ashamed. For I have endured the disgrace of my youth.’

19. Odvratih se od tebe, ali se pokajah, uvijek, i sad se u slabine tuèem. Stidim se i crvenim, jer nosim sramotu mladosti svoje!'"

20. Certainly, Ephraim is an honorable son to me; surely, he is a tender child. For I will still remember him, as in the time when I first spoke about him. Because my heart is stirred up over him, surely I will take pity on him, says the Lord.

20. "Zar mi je Efrajim sin toliko drag, dijete najmilije? Jer koliko god mu prijetim, bez prestanka živo na njega mislim i srce mi dršæe za njega od nježne samilosti" - rijeè je Jahvina.

21. Establish a watchtower for yourself. Place yourself in bitterness. Direct your heart into the upright way, in which you used to walk. Return, return, O virgin of Israel, to these your cities!

21. "Postavi putokaze, podigni stupove! Sjeti se ceste, puta kojim si prošla. I vrati se, djevice Izraelova, vrati se u gradove svoje!

22. How long will you be absorbed in delights, O wandering daughter? For the Lord has created something new upon the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

22. Dokle æeš još oklijevati, kæeri odmetnice? Jer Jahve stvori nešto novo na zemlji: Žena æe okružiti Muža."

23. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Still they will speak this word in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I will convert their captivity: ‘May the Lord bless you, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.’

23. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: "U zemlji Judinoj, kad promijenim njezinu sudbinu, u njezinim æe se gradovima ovako govoriti: 'Blagoslovio te Jahve, prebivalište Pravednosti, Goro sveta!'"

24. And they will live in it: Judah together with all its cities, the farmer and those who drive the flocks.

24. "I u njoj æe se opet nastaniti Judeja sa svim svojim gradovima, ratari i oni što idu za stadima,

25. For I have inebriated the weary soul, and I have satisfied every hungry soul.

25. jer ja æu okrijepiti dušu iscrpljenu, obilno nahraniti dušu klonulu.

26. Over this, I was awakened, as if from a deep sleep. And I saw, and my sleep became sweet to me.

26. Kao ono: 'Èim se probudih, pogledah: sladak li bijaše sanak moj!'"

27. Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and with the offspring of cattle.

27. "Evo dolaze dani - rijeè je Jahvina - kad æu u domu Izraelovu i u domu Judinu posijati sjeme èovjeèje i sjeme životinjsko.

28. And just as I have watched over them, so that I may root up, and tear down, and scatter, and destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them, so that I may build and plant them, says the Lord.

28. I kao što sam nekoæ bdio da ih išèupam, razvalim, istrijebim, zatrem i nesreæu na njih svalim, tako æu sada brižno bdjeti da ih podignem i posadim.

29. In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’

29. U one dane neæe se više govoriti: 'Oci jedoše kiselo grožðe, a sinovima zubi trnu.'

30. Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.

30. Nego æe svatko umrijeti zbog vlastite krivice. I onomu koji bude jeo kiselo grožðe zubi æe trnuti."

31. Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will form a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

31. "Evo dolaze dani - rijeè je Jahvina - kad æu s domom Izraelovim i s domom Judinim sklopiti Novi savez.

32. not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, so as to lead them away from the land of Egypt, the covenant which they nullified, though I was the ruler over them, says the Lord.

32. Ne Savez kakav sam sklopio s ocima njihovim u dan kad ih uzeh za ruku da ih izvedem iz zemlje egipatske, Savez što ga oni razvrgoše premda sam ja gospodar njihov - rijeè je Jahvina.

33. But this will be the covenant that I will form with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord: I will give my law to their inner most being, and I will write it upon their heart. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

33. Nego, ovo je Savez što æu ga sklopiti s domom Izraelovim poslije onih dana - rijeè je Jahvina: Zakon æu svoj staviti u dušu njihovu i upisati ga u njihovo srce. I bit æu Bog njihov, a oni narod moj.

34. And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.

34. I neæe više uèiti drug druga ni brat brata govoreæi: 'Spoznajte Jahvu!' nego æe me svi poznavati, i malo i veliko - rijeè je Jahvina - jer æu oprostiti bezakonje njihovo i grijeha se njihovih neæu više spominjati."

35. Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun as the light of the day, who puts the moon and the stars in order as the light of the night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar: the Lord of hosts is his name.

35. Ovako govori Jahve, koji daje da sunce sjaje danju, a mjesec i zvijezde da svijetle noæu, koji burka more da mu valovi buèe - ime mu je Jahve nad Vojskama:

36. If these laws fail in my sight, says the Lord, then the offspring of Israel will also fail, so that they will not be a people in my sight for all time.”

36. "Ako se ikad ti zakoni poremete preda mnom - rijeè je Jahvina - onda æe i potomstvo Izraelovo prestati da bude narod pred licem mojim zauvijek!

37. Thus says the Lord: “If the heavens above are able to be measured, and if the foundations of the earth beneath can be examined, I also will cast aside all the offspring of Israel, because of all that they have done, says the Lord.

37. Ako se mogu izmjeriti nebesa gore, i dolje istražiti temelji zemlje, onda æu i ja odbaciti potomstvo Izraelovo zbog svega što poèiniše" - rijeè je Jahvina.

38. Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when a city will be built for the Lord from the tower of Hananel, even to the Gate of the Corner;

38. "Evo dolaze dani - rijeè je Jahvina - kada æe grad Jahvin biti opet sazidan, od Kule Hananelove do Vrata ugaonih.

39. and the measuring line will go on even further in his sight, over the hill of Gareb, and it will encircle Goah

39. I još æe se dalje protegnuti mjernièko uže, pravo do brežuljka Gareba, a onda okrenuti prema Goi.

40. and the entire Valley of dead bodies and ashes, and the entire region of death, even to the torrent of Kedron, and to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east. All this will be the holy place of the Lord. It will not be rooted up, and it will not be torn down, anymore, forever.”

40. I sva dolina trupla i pepela, i sva polja do potoka Kidrona, do ugla Konjskih vrata na istoku, bit æe svetinja Jahvina. I neæe više biti razaranja ni prokletstva."