Jeremiah, 29

1. And these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah, the prophet, sent from Jerusalem to the remnant of the elders of the transmigration, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had led away from Jerusalem to Babylon,

1. Evo, ovo su rijeèi poslanice koju prorok Jeremija iz Jeruzalema posla Ostatku izgnanstva - starješinama, sveæenicima i prorocima i svemu preostalom narodu što ga Nabukodonozor iz Jeruzalema bijaše odveo u Babilon,

2. after king Jeconiah, with the queen, and the eunuchs, and the leaders of Judah and of Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and engravers, had departed from Jerusalem.

2. pošto kralj Jekonija i kraljica-majka, dvorjanici, odliènici judejski i jeruzalemski, kovaèi i bravari ostaviše Jeruzalem.

3. It was sent by the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and by Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah, the king of Judah, sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, saying:

3. Poslanica je poslana po Elasi, sinu Šafanovu, i Gemarji, sinu Hilkijinu, koje Sidkija, kralj judejski, posla u Babilon Nabukodonozoru, kralju babilonskom. Evo sadržaja:

4. “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who have been taken away, whom I have caused to be transferred from Jerusalem to Babylon:

4. "Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, kralj Izraelov: 'Svima izgnanicima koje odvedoh iz Jeruzalema u Babilon!

5. Build houses and live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruit.

5. Gradite kuæe i nastanite se, sadite vrtove i uživajte urod njihov!

6. Take wives, and conceive sons and daughters. And give wives to your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters. And be multiplied there, and do not choose to be few in number.

6. Ženite se i raðajte sinove i kæeri! Ženite svoje sinove i udajite svoje kæeri da i oni raðaju sinove i kæeri! Množite se da se ne smanjite!

7. And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be taken away, and pray to the Lord on its behalf. For your peace will be in its peace.

7. Ištite mir zemlji u koju vas izagnah, molite se za nju Jahvi, jer na njezinu miru poèiva i vaš mir!'

8. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not allow your prophets and your diviners, who are in your midst, to seduce you. And you should pay no attention to your dreams, which you are dreaming.

8. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: 'Ne dajte da vas obmanjuju vaši proroci koji su meðu vama, vaši gataoci! Ne povodite se za snovima koje oni sanjaju!

9. For they prophesy falsely to you in my name, and I have not sent them, says the Lord.

9. Jer oni vam laž prorokuju u moje ime, a ja ih nisam poslao' - rijeè je Jahvina."

10. For thus says the Lord: When the seventy years will begin to be completed in Babylon, I will visit you. And I will raise up over you my good word, so that I may lead you back to this place.

10. Jer ovako govori Jahve: 'Istom kad se Babilonu ispuni onih sedamdeset godina, ja æu vas pohoditi te vam ispuniti dobro obeæanje da æu vas vratiti na ovo mjesto.

11. For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

11. Jer ja znam svoje naume koje s vama namjeravam - rijeè je Jahvina - naume mira, a ne nesreæe: da vam dadnem buduænost i nadu.

12. And you shall call upon me, and you shall go forth. And you shall pray to me, and I will heed you.

12. Tada æete me zazivati, dolaziti k meni, moliti mi se i ja æu vas uslišati.

13. You shall seek me. And you will find me, when you have sought me with your whole heart.

13. Tražit æete me i naæi me jer æete me tražiti svim srcem svojim.

14. And I will be found by you, says the Lord. And I will lead you back from your captivity. And I will gather you from all the nations and all the places, to which I have expelled you, says the Lord. And I will return you from the place to which I sent you into captivity.

14. I pustit æu da me naðete - rijeè je Jahvina. Izmijenit æu udes vaš i sabrati vas iz svih naroda i sa svih mjesta kamo vas odagnah - rijeè je Jahvina. I vratit æu vas na mjesto odakle vas u izagnanstvo odvedoh.

15. For you have said: ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.’

15. Istina, vi velite: 'Jahve nam podiže proroke u Babilonu.'

16. For thus says the Lord, to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people who live in this city, to your brothers who have not departed with you in the transmigration:

16. Ovako govori Jahve kralju koji sjedi na prijestolju Davidovu, i svemu narodu koji živi u ovome gradu - braæi vašoj što ne moradoše s vama u izgnanstvo.

17. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence. And I will make them like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.

17. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama: "Evo šaljem na njih maè, glad i kugu; uèinit æu da budu kao pokvarene smokve, tako loše da nisu za jelo.

18. And I will pursue them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. And I will give them over to affliction, amid all the kingdoms of the earth: as a curse, and in stupor, and with hissing, and as a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them out.

18. I gonit æu ih maèem, glaðu i kugom i uèinit æu ih užasom svim kraljevstvima zemaljskim, prokletstvom, strahotom, ruglom i sramotom svim narodima kamo ih otjeram.

19. For they have not listened to my words, says the Lord, which I sent to them through my servants, the prophets, rising while it was still night, and sending. But you have not listened, says the Lord.

19. Jer ne poslušaše rijeèi mojih - rijeè je Jahvina - premda sam im svejednako slao sluge svoje proroke, ali ih oni ne poslušaše - rijeè je Jahvina.

20. Therefore, listen to the word of the Lord, all you of the transmigration, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem into Babylon.

20. Ali vi, izgnanici, koje poslah iz Jeruzalema u Babilon, poslušajte svi rijeè Jahvinu!"

21. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and to Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsely to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will strike them down before your eyes.

21. Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, kralj Izraelov, o Ahabu, sinu Kolajinu, i o Sidkiji, sinu Maasejinu, koji vam laž prorokuje u moje ime: "Evo, predajem ih u ruke Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskoga, da ih pogubi vama na oèi.

22. And a curse will be taken up about them, by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire!’

22. I njima æe se kao kletvom proklinjati svi izgnanici koji su u Babilonu: 'Neka Jahve uèini s tobom kao sa Sidkijom i Ahabom koje kralj babilonski ispeèe na vatri

23. For they have acted foolishly in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and they have spoken lying words in my name, which I did not command them. I am the Judge and the Witness, says the Lord.

23. jer u Izraelu poèiniše sramotu èineæi preljub sa ženama svojih bližnjih i govoreæi u moje ime lažne rijeèi koje im ja nisam zapovjedio. Ja to znam, i svjedok sam tome' - rijeè je Jahvina!"

24. And to Shemaiah of Nehelam, you shall say:

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25. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Similarly, you have sent letters in your name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying:

25. A Šemaji æeš Nehelamcu poruèiti: "Ovako govori Jahve nad Vojskama, Bog Izraelov: Ti si u svoje ime poslao pisma svemu narodu koji je u Jeruzalemu, i sveæeniku Sefaniji, sinu Maasejinu, i svim ostalim sveæenicima:

26. ‘The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada, the priest, so that you would be the ruler in the house of the Lord over every man who raves and prophesies, to send him to the stocks and to prison.

26. 'Jahve te postavi sveæenikom namjesto sveæenika Jojade da paziš u Domu Jahvinu na svakog luðaka koji se gradi prorokom i da ga baciš u klade, sa željezom oko vrata.

27. And now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesies to you?

27. Zašto, dakle, nisi sprijeèio Jeremiju iz Anatota, koji se meðu vama gradi prorokom?

28. For about this, he has sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time. Build houses and live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruits.’ ”

28. TÓa on nam je poslao poruku u Babilon: Dugo æe još trajati: Gradite kuæe i nastanite se! Sadite vrtove i uživajte urod njihov!'"

29. Thus, Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

29. Sveæenik Sefanija proèita pismo proroku Jeremiji.

30. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

30. Tada doðe rijeè Jahvina Jeremiji:

31. “Send to all those of the transmigration, saying: Thus says the Lord to Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and because he has caused you to trust in a lie:

31. "Pošalji svim izgnanicima ovu vijest: 'Ovako govori Jahve o Šemaji Nehelamcu: Jer vam Šemaja prorokuje te vam budi varave nade, premda ga ja nisam poslao,

32. For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will visit upon Shemaiah of Nehelam, and upon his offspring. There will not be, for him, even one man sitting in the midst of this people. And he will not see the good that I will accomplish for my people, says the Lord. For he has spoken a betrayal against the Lord.”

32. ovako govori Jahve: Kaznit æu Šemaju Nehelamca, njega i potomstvo njegovo: nitko mu neæe preostati usred ovoga naroda da doživi sreæu koju spremam narodu svojemu - rijeè je Jahvina - jer je propovijedao pobunu protiv Jahve.'"