Jeremiah, 9

1. “Who will provide water for my head, and a fount of tears for my eyes? And then I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.

1. "Da imam u pustinji obitavalište, ostavio bih narod svoj i daleko od njih otišao. Jer svi su oni preljubnici, rulja izdajnièka.

2. Who will provide me, in the wilderness, with a lodging place along the road? And then I will forsake my people, and withdraw from them. For they are all adulterers, a union of transgressors.

2. Kao luk napinju jezik, laž, a ne istina, prevladava na zemlji. Iz zla u zlo srljaju, mene ne poznaju" - rijeè je Jahvina!

3. And they have bent their tongue, like a bow, to send forth lies and not the truth. They have been strengthened upon the earth. And they have gone from one evil to another. But they have not known me, says the Lord.

3. "Nek se svatko èuva prijatelja, a brat bratu neka ne vjeruje, jer brat svaki nasljeduje Jakova, a svaki prijatelj raznosi klevete.

4. Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.

4. Jedan drugoga varaju, istine ne govore, privikoše jezik da govori laži; izopaèeni, ne mogu se više

5. And a man will deride his brother, and they will not speak the truth. For they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they have labored to commit iniquity.

5. vratiti. Nasilje na nasilje! Prijevara za prijevarom! Neæe da spoznaju mene" - rijeè je Jahvina.

6. Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord.”

6. Stog ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: "Evo, pretopit æu ih i ispitati, tÓa kako da i postupaju prema kæeri naroda moga?

7. Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them, and I will test them. For what else can I do before the face of the daughter of my people?

7. Jezik im je strijela ubojita, na ustima rijeè prijevarna. 'Mir s tobom', pozdravljaju bližnjega, ali mu u srcu zamku spremaju.

8. Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush for him.

8. Pa da ih zbog toga ne kaznim - rijeè je Jahvina - narodu takvu da se ne osvetim?"

9. Shall I not visit upon them concerning these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind?

9. "Zaplaèite, tugujte nad brdima, nad ispašama pustinjskim narièite! Jer izgorješe, nitko ne prolazi, glas stada više se ne èuje. Od ptice nebeske do stoke sve pobježe, svega nestade.

10. I will take up weeping and lamentation over the mountains, and mourning over the beautiful places in the desert. For they have been scorched because no man is passing through them. And they have not heard the voice of any occupant. From the birds of the air, even to the cattle, they have migrated and withdrawn.

10. Od Jeruzalema uèinit æu gomilu kamenja, brlog èagaljski, gradove judejske pretvorit æu u pustoš gdje nitko ne stanuje."

11. And I will make Jerusalem into piles of sand and into a lair for serpents. And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, so much so that there will be no inhabitant.

11. Tko je mudar da bi to razumio, kome su usta Jahvina govorila da objavi zašto zemlja izgorje kao pustinja i nitko njome više ne prolazi?

12. Who is the wise man who understands this, and to whom a word from the mouth of the Lord may be given, so that he may announce this: why the land has perished, and has been scorched like a desert, so much so that no one passes through it?”

12. I reèe Jahve: "Jer ostaviše Zakon moj koji im dadoh i jer ne slušahu glasa mojega, niti ga slijeðahu,

13. And the Lord said: “It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it.

13. nego slijeðahu okorjelo srce svoje i baale kojima ih oci njihovi nauèiše,

14. And they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after Baal, which they learned from their fathers.”

14. ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: Evo, nahranit æu narod ovaj pelinom i napojiti ga vodom zatrovanom.

15. For this reason, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed this people with absinthe, and I will give them the water of gall to drink.

15. I raspršit æu ih meðu narode kojih ne poznavahu oni ni oci njihovi. A za njima æu poslati maè da ih zatre." Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama:

16. And I will disperse them among nations, which they and their fathers have not known. And I will send the sword after them, until they are consumed.”

16. "Pazite! Pozovite narikaèe! Neka doðu! Pošaljite po najvještije! Neka doðu!

17. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Consider and call upon the women mourners, and let them approach. And send to those women who are wise, and let them hurry.

17. Neka pohite da zapjevaju tužbalicu nad nama! Da suze poteku iz oèiju naših, da voda poteèe s trepavica naših!

18. ‘Let them hasten to take up a lamentation over us. Let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run with water.’

18. Sa Siona dopire tužbalica: 'O, kako smo upropašteni, osramoæeni veoma! Jer moramo zemlju ostaviti i stanove svoje napustiti.'"

19. For a voice of lamentation has been heard from Zion: ‘How is it that we have been devastated and greatly confounded? Our tabernacles have been thrown down because we have forsaken the land.’ ”

19. I zato, o žene, èujte rijeè Jahvinu, i neka uho vaše primi rijeè iz usta njegovih. Uèite kæeri svoje jadati, jedna drugu naricati:

20. “Therefore, listen, O women, to the word of the Lord! And let your ears take up the word of his mouth. And teach your daughters to lament. And let each one teach her neighbor to mourn:

20. "Smrt se ušulja kroz prozore naše, uðe u dvore naše, djecu pokosi nasred ulice, mladiæe nasred trgova.

21. ‘For death has climbed through our windows. It has entered our houses to perish the little children from the outdoors, the youths from the streets.’ ”

21. I mrtva tjelesa leže kao gnoj po oranicama, kao snoplje za žeteocem, a nikoga da ih skupi."

22. “Speak: Thus says the Lord: And the corpses of men will fall like manure over the face of the countryside, and like hay behind the back of the reaper, and there will be no one to gather it.”

22. Ovako govori Jahve: "Mudri neka se ne hvale mudrošæu, ni junak neka se ne hvali hrabrošæu, ni bogati neka se ne hvali bogatstvom.

23. Thus says the Lord: “The wise man should not glory in his wisdom, and the strong man should not glory in his strength, and the rich man should not glory in his riches.

23. A tko se hvaliti hoæe, neka se hvali time što ima mudrost da mene spozna. Jer ja sam Jahve koji tvori dobrotu, pravo i pravdu na zemlji, jer to mi je milo" - rijeè je Jahvina.

24. But he who glories should glory in this: to know me and to know me well. For I am the Lord, who accomplishes mercy and judgment and justice upon the earth. For these things are pleasing to me, says the Lord.

24. "Evo, bliže se dani" - rijeè je Jahvina - "kaznit æu sve koji su obrezani na tijelu:

25. Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit upon all who are uncircumcised:

25. Egipat, Judeju, Edom, sinove Amonove i Moab i sve one što briju zaliske i prebivaju u pustinji. Jer svi su ti narodi neobrezani i sav dom Izraelov neobrezana je srca!"

26. upon Egypt, and upon Judah, and upon Edom, and upon the sons of Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon all who have shaved off their hair, living in the desert. For all the nations are uncircumcised in body, but all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

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