Ezekiel, 14

1. And men among the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat down before me.

1. Uto k meni doðoše neki od starješina Izraelovih i sjedoše preda me.

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

2. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

3. “Son of man, these men have placed their uncleanness in their hearts, and they have stationed the scandal of their iniquities before their face. So why should I respond when they inquire of me?

3. "Sine èovjeèji! Ti ljudi nose kumire u srcu i upiru oèi u ono što ih na grijeh potièe. Pa zar da trpim da u mene traže savjeta?

4. Because of this, speak to them, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: The man, the man of the house of Israel, who places his uncleanness in his heart, and who stations the scandal of his iniquities before his face, and who approaches a prophet, so as to inquire of me through him: I, the Lord, will respond to him in accord with the multitude of his uncleannesses,

4. Zato im reci: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Tko god iz doma Izraelova nosi u srcu kumire i upire oèi u ono što ga na grijeh potièe, a dolazi k proroku, ja, Jahve, odgovorit æu mu prema mnoštvu njegovih kumira,

5. so that the house of Israel may be seized within their own heart, by which they have withdrawn from me to all their idols.

5. da uhvatim za srce dom Izraelov koji se zbog idola svojih odmetnu od mene.'

6. Because of this, say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Be converted, and withdraw from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

6. Zato reci domu Izraelovu: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Obratite se, odvratite se od kumira svojih! Odvratite lice od gnusoba svojih!

7. For the man, the man of the house of Israel, and the new arrival among the converts who may be in Israel, if he is alienated from me, and he sets his idols in his heart, and he stations the scandal of his iniquity before his face, and he approaches the prophet, so that he may inquire of me through him: I, the Lord, will respond to him through myself.

7. Jer tko se god iz doma Izraelova i od došljaka koji se nastaniše u Izraelu odmetne od mene i u srcu nosi kumire i upire oèi u ono što ga potièe na grijeh, pa unatoè tome doðe k proroku da preko njega u mene traži savjeta, njemu æu ja, Jahve, sam odgovoriti;

8. And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him an example and a proverb. And I will perish him from the midst of my people. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

8. okrenut æu se protiv njega i uèinit æu od njega poslovièan primjer: iskorijenit æu ga iz svojega naroda! I znat æete da sam ja Jahve.

9. And when a prophet has gone astray and has spoken a word: I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet. And I will extend my hand over him, and I will wipe him away from the midst of my people, Israel.

9. Ako li se prorok dadne zavesti i progovori, bilo bi to kao da sam ja, Jahve, zaveo toga proroka: ruku æu podiæi na njega i iskorijenit æu ga iz svojega naroda izraelskoga.

10. And they shall bear their iniquity. In accord with the iniquity of the one who inquires, so shall the iniquity of the prophet be.

10. Obojica æe podjednako snositi grijeh svoj: grijeh prorokov jednak je grijehu onoga koji je u njega tražio savjeta.

11. So may the house of Israel no longer go astray from me, nor be polluted by all their transgressions. Instead, may they be my people, and may I be their God, says the Lord of hosts.”

11. I tako se dom Izraelov više neæe odmetati od mene i neæe se više kaljati svojim opaèinama: on æe biti narod moj, a ja æu biti njegov Bog' - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda."

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

12. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

13. “Son of man, when a land will have sinned against me, so that it transgresses grievously, I will extend my hand over it, and I will crush the staff of its bread. And I will send a famine upon it, and I will destroy from it both man and beast.

13. "Sine èovjeèji, zgriješi li koja zemlja protiv mene nevjerom i ja podignem ruku na nju te joj uništim i posljednju prièuvu kruha i pustim na nju glad da zatrem u njoj sve ljude i stoku;

14. And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their justice, says the Lord of hosts.

14. preostanu li u njoj samo tri èovjeka - Noa, Daniel i Job - ti æe se svojom pravednošæu spasiti - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda.

15. And if I also lead in very harmful beasts upon the land, so that I devastate it, and it becomes impassable, so that no one may cross through it because of the beasts,

15. Takoðer, ako na tu zemlju pustim divlje zvijeri da joj djecu unište a nju pretvore u pustinju, kojom se zbog zvijeri više nitko neæe usuditi proæi;

16. if these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither sons, nor daughters. But only they themselves will be delivered, for the land shall be desolated.

16. preostanu li u njoj samo ta tri èovjeka, života mi moga - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda - oni neæe spasiti ni sinova ni kæeri nego samo sebe, a zemlja æe njihova postati prava pustinja.

17. Or if I lead in the sword upon that land, and if I say to the sword, ‘Pass through the land,’ and so I destroy from it both man and beast,

17. Ili, ako ja trgnem maè na tu zemlju govoreæi: 'Maèu, proði ovom zemljom!' da istrijebim u njoj sve ljude i stoku,

18. and if these three men were in its midst, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither sons, nor daughters, but only they themselves will be delivered.

18. a u njoj se naðu samo ona tri èovjeka, života mi moga - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda - oni neæe spasiti ni sinova ni kæeri nego samo sebe.

19. Then, if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and I pour out my indignation upon it with blood, so that I take away from it both man and beast,

19. Ili, ako ja pošaljem na tu zemlju kugu te izlijem na nju gnjev i pokolj da zatrem u njoj sve ljude i stoku,

20. and if Noah, and Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither son, nor daughter, but they will deliver only their own souls by their justice.

20. a u njoj preostanu samo ona tri èovjeka, Noa, Daniel i Job, života mi moga - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda - oni neæe spasiti ni sinova ni kæeri nego samo sebe svojom pravednošæu."

21. For thus says the Lord God: Even though I will send upon Jerusalem my four most grievous judgments, sword and famine and harmful beasts and pestilence, so that I destroy from it both man and beast,

21. Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: "Ipak, ako na Jeruzalem pustim sva svoja èetiri ljuta bièa - maè, glad, divlju zvjerad i kugu - da zatrem u njemu sve ljude i stoku,

22. yet still there shall be left within it some who will be saved, who shall lead away their own sons and daughters. Behold, they will enter to you, and you will see their way and their accomplishments. And you shall be consoled concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, concerning all the things that I have brought to bear upon it.

22. u njemu æe ipak preživjeti Ostatak koji æe spasiti sinove i kæeri. I evo, oni æe doæi k vama da vidite njihovo vladanje i njihova djela i da se utješite, jer æete upoznati: što god poduzeh protiv Jeruzalema, ne uèinih bez razloga.

23. And they shall console you, when you see their ways and their accomplishments. And you shall know that I have not acted to no purpose in all that I have done within it, says the Lord God.”

23. Da, kad vidite njihovo vladanje i njihova djela, utješit æete se, jer æete upoznati da ne uèinih bez razloga što god poduzeh protiv Jeruzalema - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda."