Jeremiah, 17

1. “The sin of Judah has been written with a pen of iron and a point of diamond. It has been engraved upon the breadth of their heart and upon the horns of their shrines.

1. Judin grijeh upisan je željeznom pisaljkom, urezan dijamantnim vrškom u ploèicu njihova srca i u rogove njihovih žrtvenika,

2. And their sons make a remembrance of their shrines, and their sacred groves, and their leafy trees on high mountains,

2. kao spomen sinovima njihovim na žrtvenike njihove i ašere njihove oko zelenog drveæa na visokim brežuljcima,

3. by sacrificing in the field. And so, I will give over your strength and all your treasures to be despoiled, along with your exalted places of sin, within all your borders.

3. na brdima i usred polja. Tvoje bogatstvo i sve blago tvoje pljaèki æu predati. Tako æeš platiti za grijeh svoj po svoj zemlji.

4. And you will be left behind without your inheritance, which I gave to you. And I will cause you to serve your enemies in a land that you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in my fury; it shall burn, even unto eternity.”

4. Morat æeš pustiti baštinu koju sam tebi poklonio. Uèinit æu te robljem neprijatelja u zemlji koju ne poznaješ. Jer gnjev moj planu ognjem koji æe vjeèno gorjeti.

5. Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the Lord.

5. Ovako govori Jahve: "Proklet èovjek koji se uzdaje u èovjeka, i slabo tijelo smatra svojom mišicom, i èije se srce od Jahve odvraæa.

6. For he will be like a saltcedar tree in the desert. And he will not perceive it, when what is good has arrived. Instead, he will live in dryness, in a desert, in a land of salt, which is uninhabitable.

6. Jer on je kao draè u pustinji: ne osjeæa kad je sreæa na domaku, tavori dane u usahloj pustinji, u zemlji slanoj, nenastanjenoj.

7. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.

7. Blagoslovljen èovjek koji se uzdaje u Jahvu i kome je Jahve uzdanje.

8. And he will be like a tree planted beside waters, which sends out its roots to moist soil. And it will not fear when the heat arrives. And its leaves will be green. And in the time of drought, it will not be anxious, nor will it cease at any time to bear fruit.

8. Nalik je na stablo zasaðeno uz vodu što korijenje pušta k potoku: ne mora se nièeg bojati kad doðe žega, na njemu uvijek zelenilo ostaje. U sušnoj godini brigu ne brine, ne prestaje donositi plod.

9. The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?

9. Podmuklije od svega je srce. Jedva popravljivo, tko da ga pronikne?

10. I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.

10. Ja, Jahve, istražujem srca i ispitujem bubrege, da bih dao svakom po njegovu vladanju, prema plodu ruku njegovih.

11. A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end.”

11. Prepelica što leži na jajima a ne leže jest onaj što nepravdom stjeèe bogatstvo: usred dana svojih ostavit' ga mora i na kraju ostaje lÓuda.

12. “A high and glorious throne is the place of our sanctification from the beginning.

12. Slavan prijestol dignut od davnina, to je naše sveto mjesto.

13. O Lord, Hope of Israel: all who forsake you will be confounded. Those who withdraw from you will be written into the earth. For they have abandoned the Lord, the Source of living waters.

13. O Jahve, nado Izraela, svi koji te ostave postidjet æe se, koji se odmetnu od tebe bit æe u prah upisani, jer ostaviše Izvor žive vode.

14. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For you are my praise.

14. Iscijeli me, Jahve, i bit æu zdrav, spasi me, i bit æu spašen, jer ti si pjesma moja.

15. Behold, they themselves are saying to me: ‘Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come.’

15. Evo ih što mi govore: Gdje je rijeè Jahvina? Neka se ispuni!

16. But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.

16. Ta ja se nisam vrzao oko tebe za njihovu nesreæu niti sam želio kobni Dan! - ti to znaš, sve što je izlazilo iz usta mojih pred tobom je.

17. May you not be a dread to me. You are my hope in the day of affliction.

17. Ne budi mi na užas, ti, utoèište moje, u Dan nesretni.

18. May those who persecute me be confounded, but may I not be confounded. May they be fearful, and may I not be fearful. Lead over them the day of affliction, and crush them with a double destruction.”

18. Progonitelji moji nek' se postide, ne ja, njih smeti, ne mene. Na njih dovedi Dan nesretni, zatri ih dvogubim zatorom!

19. Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and stand at the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and depart, and at all the gates of Jerusalem.

19. Ovako mi reèe Jahve: "Idi i stani na vrata Sinova naroda na koja ulaze i izlaze kraljevi judejski i na sva vrata jeruzalemska.

20. And you shall say to them: Listen to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and all of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter through these gates.”

20. Reci im: Èujte rijeè Jahvinu, vi, kraljevi judejski i svi Judejci i Jeruzalemci koji prolazite kroz ova vrata.

21. Thus says the Lord: “Guard your souls, and do not choose to carry heavy things on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you carry these things through the gates of Jerusalem.

21. Ovako govori Jahve: 'Èuvajte se ako vam je život mio i ne nosite tereta u dan subotnji, i ne unosite ga na vrata jeruzalemska.

22. And do not be willing to cast burdens out of your houses on the day of the Sabbath, nor should you do any work. Sanctify the day of the Sabbath, just as I instructed your fathers.

22. I ne nosite bremena iz kuæe u dan subotnji, i nikakva posla ne radite, nego svetkujte dan subotnji, kao što sam zapovjedio vašim ocima.

23. But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they hardened their neck, lest they listen to me and receive discipline.

23. Oni me ne poslušaše i ne prikloniše uha svojega, nego tvrdovrato ne poslušaše i ne prihvatiše nauka.

24. And this shall be: If you listen to me, says the Lord, so that you do not carry in burdens through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, and if you sanctify the day of the Sabbath, so that you do not do work in it,

24. A vi, ako me poslušate - rijeè je Jahvina - i ako ne budete nosili bremena na vrata ovoga grada, nego budete svetkovali dan subotnji, ne radeæi nikakva posla,

25. then there will enter through the gates of this city: kings and princes, sitting on the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever.

25. tada æe na vrata ovoga grada ulaziti kraljevi koji sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, koji se voze kolima i jašu na konjima, oni i njihovi èasnici, Judejci i Jeruzalemci, i ovaj æe grad ostati dovijeka.

26. And they will arrive from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains, and from the mountainous regions, and from the south, carrying holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frankincense. And they will carry an oblation into the house of the Lord.

26. I dolazit æe iz gradova judejskih, iz okolice Jeruzalema, iz zemlje Benjaminove i iz Šefele, iz Gorja i iz Negeba, da prinesu paljenice, klanice, prinosnice i kad i da prinesu žrtvu zahvalnicu u Domu Jahvinu.

27. But if you will not listen to me, to sanctify the day of the Sabbath, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring these things through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire at its gates, and it will devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished.”

27. Ali ako me ne poslušate te ne budete svetkovali dan subotnji, i ako budete nosili bremena ulazeæi na vrata jeruzalemska u dan subotnji, tada æu potpaliti oganj na vratima njegovim: i plamen æe proždrijeti dvore jeruzalemske, i neæe se ugasiti.'"