Jeremiah, 16

1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

1. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina i reèe:

2. “You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.

2. "Ne uzimaj sebi žene; i nemaj ni sinova ni kæeri na ovome mjestu.

3. For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land:

3. Jer ovako govori Jahve o kæerima i sinovima koji æe se roditi na ovome mjestu i o majkama koje æe ih raðati i o oèevima koji æe ih imati u ovoj zemlji:

4. They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”

4. Oni æe umrijeti smræu prebolnom, nitko ih neæe oplakivati, niti æe ih sahraniti. Pretvorit æe se u gnoj za oranice, izginut æe od maèa i gladi, a njihova æe trupla biti hrana pticama nebeskim i zvijerima zemaljskim."

5. For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.

5. Da, ovako govori Jahve: "Ne smiješ uæi u kuæu žalosti, ne idi naricati niti ih sažaljevati. Jer ja sam tom narodu uskratio mir svoj - rijeè je Jahvina - ljubav i samilost.

6. Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.

6. Pomrijet æe veliko i malo u ovoj zemlji i nitko ih neæe pokopati. Nitko neæe naricati nad njima, niti æe zbog njih praviti ureza, niti kose šišati.

7. And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.

7. Za onog u žalosti neæe kruh lomiti, da ga utješe zbog pokojnika, nitiæe mu tko pružiti pehar utjehe zbog smrti njegova oca ili majke njegove.

8. And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink.”

8. Ne ulazi u kuæu slavlja da s njima sjediš i gostiš se."

9. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will take away from this place, in your sight and in your days, the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.

9. Jer ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: "Evo, uèinit æu da s ovog mjesta i pred vašim oèima i u ovim danima išèeznu poklici radosti i veselja i glasovi zaruènika i zaruènice.

10. And when you announce all these words to this people, they will say to you: ‘Why would the Lord pronounce all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’

10. A kad objaviš tom narodu sve ove rijeèi, pa te upitaju: 'Zašto nam Jahve zaprijeti svom ovom golemom nesreæom; u èemu je zloèinstvo naše i u èemu su grijesi naši što ih poèinismo protiv Jahve, Boga našega?' -

11. And you shall say to them: It is because your fathers abandoned me, says the Lord. And they went after strange gods, and they served them and adored them. And they abandoned me, and they did not keep my law.

11. onda im odgovori: 'U tom što me ostaviše oci vaši - rijeè je Jahvina - i trèaše za tuðim bogovima da im služe i da im se klanjaju, a mene ostaviše i Zakona se moga ne držaše.

12. But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.

12. A vi još gore uèiniste nego oci vaši, jer evo, svaki se povodi za okorjelošæu zloga srca svoga, a mene ne sluša.

13. And so, I will cast you out of this land, into a land that you do not know, and that your fathers did not know. And in that place, you will serve, day and night, strange gods who will not give you rest.

13. Zato æu vas istjerati iz ove zemlje u zemlju koja vam je neznana, kao što bijaše i ocima vašim. Ondje æete služiti tuðim bogovima danju i noæu: jer neæu vam se više smilovati!'"

14. Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’

14. "Zato, evo, dolaze dani - rijeè je Jahvina - kad se više neæe govoriti: 'Živoga mi Jahve koji sinove Izraelove izvede iz Egipta',

15. but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.

15. nego: 'Živoga mi Jahve koji sinove Izraelove izvede iz zemlje sjeverne i iz svih zemalja kamo ih bijaše prognao.' Vratit æu ih u zemlju njihovu koju dadoh ocima njihovim.

16. Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them. And after this, I will send many hunters to them, and they will hunt for them on every mountain, and on every hilltop, and in the caverns of the rocks.

16. Evo, poslat æu mnoga ribara - rijeè je Jahvina - koji æe ih uloviti. A zatim æu dovesti mnoge lovce koji æe ih goniti sa svih gora, i sa svih brežuljaka, i iz svih peæinskih rasjeklina.

17. For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.

17. Jer moje oèi prate sve njihove putove: neæe mi izmaæi, niti se bezakonje njihovo može sakriti od oèiju mojih.

18. But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”

18. Dvostruko æu naplatiti njihovo bezakonje i grijehe njihove, jer su truplima svojih grozota oskvrnuli moju zemlju i moju baštinu ispunili gnusobama."

19. “O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’

19. Jahve, snago moja i moja utvrdo, utoèište moje u danima nevolje! K tebi æe doæi narodi s krajeva zemlje. I govorit æe: Samu nam laž oci namriješe, Ništavost i Nemoæ.

20. How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”

20. TÓa stvara li èovjek sam sebi bogove, to nikako nisu bogovi.

21. “Concerning this, behold: I will make it clear to them, in this turn. I will reveal to them my hand and my virtue. And they will know that the Lord is my name.”

21. Uèinit æu, evo, da osjete, da ovaj put zaista oæute moju ruku i snagu moju, i znat æe da mi je ime Jahve.