Jeremiah, 3

1. “It is commonly said: ‘If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’ So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I will accept you.

1. "Ako muž otpusti ženu svoju i ona ide od njega te se uda za drugoga, ima li još pravo da se vrati njemu? Nije li ta žena sasvim oskvrnuta? A ti si bludnièila s mnogim milosnicima, pa da se meni vratiš?" - rijeè je Jahvina.

2. Lift your eyes straight up, and see where you did not debase yourself. You were sitting in the roadways, waiting for them, like a robber in the wilderness. And you have polluted the land by your fornications and by your wickedness.

2. Podigni oèi na goleti i pogledaj: gdje te to nisu oskvrnuli? Na putovima si ih doèekivala kao Arapin u pustinji. Ti si oskvrnula zemlju bludom i opaèinom svojom,

3. For this reason, the rain showers were withheld, and there were no late season rains. You made your face like that of a promiscuous woman; you were not willing to blush.

3. zato i kiše prestadoše i kasni daždevi ne padoše. Èelo ti je kao u bludnice: ni zacrvenjela se nisi.

4. Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: ‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’

4. Ne dovikuješ li mi sada: 'Oèe moj, ti si prijatelj mladosti moje!

5. Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”

5. Hoæe li zauvijek plamtjeti, vjeèno tinjati gnjev tvoj?' Tako govoriš, a èiniš i dalje zla koliko god možeš."

6. And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.

6. Jahve mi reèe u dane kralja Jošije: "Vidje li što uèini odmetnica Izrael? Ona odlazi na svaku visoku goru i pod svako zeleno stablo i ondje se podaje bludu.

7. And when she had done all these things, I said: ‘Return to me.’ But she did not return. And her deceitful sister Judah saw this:

7. A ja mišljah: 'Poslije svega što uèini vratit æe se k meni.' Ali se ona ne vraæa. I to vidje sestra njena, nevjernica Judeja.

8. that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce. Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid. But she, too, went and committed fornication herself.

8. A vidje i kako otpustih odmetnicu Izraela zbog svih preljuba i dadoh joj knjigu otpusnu. Ali sestra joj, nevjernica Judeja, nimalo se ne poboja, pa i ona okrenu u blud.

9. And by the act of her fornication, she defiled the land. For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.

9. I svojim lakoumnim bludom obešèasti zemlju; èinila je preljub s kamenjem i drvljem.

10. And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but with lies, says the Lord.”

10. I nakon svega toga nije se vratila k meni nevjernica sestra njezina, Judeja, svim srcem svojim, veæ samo prijetvorno" - rijeè je Jahvina.

11. And the Lord said to me: “The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.

11. I reèe mi Jahve: "Odmetnica Izrael pravednija je od Judeje nevjernice.

12. Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return, O apostate Israel, says the Lord. For I will not avert my face from you. For I am holy, says the Lord, and I will not be angry forever.

12. Idi i vièi prema Sjeveru ove rijeèi. Reci: Vrati se, odmetnice, Izraele, rijeè je Jahvina. Ne gnjevi se više lice moje na vas, jer sam milostiv - rijeè je Jahvina - neæu se gnjeviti dovijeka.

13. So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity, that you have betrayed the Lord your God, and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree, and that you have not listened to my voice, says the Lord.

13. Samo priznaj svoju krivnju da si se odvrgla od Jahve, Boga svojega, i odlutala k tuðincima, pod svako drvo zeleno i nisi slušala glasa mojega - rijeè je Jahvina.

14. Convert, O rebellious sons, says the Lord. For I am your leader. And so, I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will lead you into Zion.

14. Vratite se, sinovi odmetnici - rijeè je Jahvina - jer ja sam vaš Gospodar. Uzet æu vas, po jednoga iz svakoga grada, po dvojicu od svakoga roda, da vas odvedem na Sion.

15. And I will give you pastors according to my own heart. And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

15. I dat æu vam pastire po srcu svojemu koji æe vas pasti razumno i mudro.

16. And when you have been multiplied and increased in the land in those days, says the Lord, they will no longer say: ‘The Ark of the covenant of the Lord!’ And it will not enter into the heart, and they will not call it to mind. It will neither be visited, nor made use of, any longer.

16. A kad se u one dane namnožite i narodite u zemlji - rijeè je Jahvina - više se neæe govoriti: 'Kovèeg Jahvina Saveza' i nitko neæe na nj misliti, nitko ga se neæe sjeæati ni za njim èeznuti, niti ga ponovo graditi.

17. In that time, Jerusalem will be called: ‘The Throne of the Lord.’ And all the nations will be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem. And they will not walk after the depravity of their own most wicked heart.

17. U to æe se vrijeme Jeruzalem zvati 'Prijestolje Gospodnje'; i svi æe se narodi u njemu sabrati u ime Jahvino, i nijedan se više neæe tvrdoglavo povoditi za pokvarenim srcem svojim.

18. In those days, the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel, and they will come from the land of the north, at the same time, to the land that I gave to your fathers.

18. U one dane slagat æe se dom Judin s domom Izraelovim; i zajedno æe krenuti iz Zemlje sjeverne u zemlju koju ocima vašim dadoh u baštinu."

19. But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

19. A ja rekoh: "Kako da te ubrojim meðu sinove i dam ti zemlju slasti, baštinu, najljepši biser meðu narodima! Pomislih: Ti æeš me zvati 'Oèe moj!' i neæeš se više odvratiti od mene."

20. But, in the same way that a woman spurns her lover, so also has the house of Israel spurned me, says the Lord.”

20. "Ali kao što se žena iznevjeri mužu svome, tako se i vi iznevjeriste meni, dome Izraelov" - rijeè je Jahvina.

21. A voice has been heard in the highways, the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel. For they have made their own ways sinful; they have forgotten the Lord their God.

21. Èuj! Po goletima plaè se èuje, zapomaganje djece Izraelove, jer skrenuše s puta svojega. Jahvu, Boga svoga, zaboraviše.

22. “Convert, O rebellious sons! And I will heal your rebelliousness.” “Behold, we are returning to you. For you are the Lord our God!

22. - Vratite se, sinovi, što se odvratiste, izlijeèit æu odmetništva vaša! - Evo nas, dolazimo k tebi, jer ti si Jahve, Bog naš!

23. Truly, the hills were liars, with the multitude of the mountains. Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.

23. Doista, prijevarni su visovi, graja po brdima. Odista, u Jahvi, Bogu našemu, spasenje je Izraelovo!

24. Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth, with their flocks and their herds, with their sons and their daughters.

24. Baal je proždro trud naših otaca još od mladosti naše: ovce njihove i goveda, nihove kæeri i sinove.

25. We will sleep in our confusion, and our disgrace will cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God: we and our fathers, from our youth, even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”

25. Lezimo u sramotu svoju, nek' nas pokrije ruglo naše! Jer Jahvi, Bogu svome, sagriješismo mi i oci naši, od mladosti svoje do dana današnjeg, i ne slušamo glasa Jahve, Boga svojega.