Jeremiah, 22

1. Thus says the Lord: “Descend to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word.

1. Ovako govori Jahve: "Siði u palaèu kralja judejskoga i objavi ondje ovu rijeè.

2. And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David: you and your servants, and your people, who enter through these gates.

2. Reci: Slušaj rijeè Jahvinu, kralju judejski, koji sjediš na prijestolju Davidovu, ti i tvoje sluge i tvoj narod koji ulaze na ova vrata.

3. Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.

3. Ovako govori Jahve: 'Èinite pravo i pravicu, izbavite potlaèene iz ruku tlaèitelja! Ne èinite krivo strancu, siroti, udovici, ne tlaèite ih i ne prolijevajte krvi nedužne na ovome mjestu.

4. For if you will indeed accomplish this word, then there will enter through the gates of this house kings from the stock of David, sitting on his throne, and riding on chariots and on horses: they, and their servants, and their people.

4. Jer budete li se istinski vladali po rijeèi ovoj, na vrata ovog dvora ulazit æe kraljevi što sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, voze se na kolima i jašu na konjima - oni, njihove sluge i njihov narod.

5. But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be in desolation.

5. Ako pak ne poslušate ovih rijeèi, zaklinjem se sobom - rijeè je Jahvina - da æu taj dvor pretvoriti u ruševinu!'"

6. For thus says the Lord about the house of the king of Judah: You are to me like Gilead, the head of Lebanon. Certainly, I will make you desolate, with uninhabitable cities.

6. Jer ovako govori Jahve o dvoru kralja judejskoga: "Ti si za me Gilead, vrh libanonski. Ali, uistinu, pretvorit æu te u pustinju, u grad nenastanjen.

7. And I will sanctify over you the destroying man and his weapons. And they will cut down your select cedars and throw them violently into the fire.

7. Spremit æu protiv tebe zatiraèe, svakoga s oružjem njegovim, nek' posijeku izabrane ti cedrove i u vatru ih pobacaju."

8. And many nations will pass through this city. And each one will say to his neighbor: ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way toward this great city?’

8. Mnoštvo æe naroda prolaziti mimo taj grad i pitat æe jedan drugoga: "Zašto je Jahve tako postupio s ovim velikim gradom?"

9. And they will answer: ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and they adored strange gods and served them.’

9. Odgovorit æe im: "Jer su ostavili Savez Jahve, Boga svoga, klanjali se drugim bogovima i služili im."

10. You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.

10. Ne oplakujte mrtvoga, ne jadikujte za njim. Radije plaèite za onim koji odlazi, jer se nikad više neæe vratiti ni rodne grude vidjeti.

11. For thus says the Lord to Shallum, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father, who has departed from this place: He will not return here again.

11. Jer ovako govori Jahve o Šalumu, sinu Jošijinu, kralju judejskomu, koji kraljevaše mjesto oca svoga i morade otiæi iz ovoga mjesta: "Nikad se više neæe vratiti,

12. Instead, he will die in the place to which I have transferred him, and he will not see this land anymore.

12. nego æe umrijeti u mjestu kamo ga izagnaše, a ovu zemlju nikad više neæe vidjeti."

13. Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.

13. Jao onom koji kuæu gradi nepravedno i gornje odaje diže bez prava; koji bližnjega tjera na tlaku i plaæu mu ne isplaæuje;

14. And he says: ‘I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.’ He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.

14. koji kaže: "Sagradit æu sebi kuæu prostranu i prozraène gornje odaje!" koji probija prozore, oblaže ih cedrovinom crveno obojenom.

15. Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?

15. Jesi li zato kralj što se cedrom razmeæeš? Nije li ti i otac jeo i pio, ali je èinio pravo i pravicu i zato mu bješe dobro.

16. He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?

16. Branio je pravo siromaha i jadnika, i zato mu bješe dobro. Zar ne znaèi to mene poznavati? - rijeè je Jahvina.

17. Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.

17. Ali tvoje oèi i srce idu samo za dobitkom, da krv nevinu prolijevaš, da nasilje èiniš i krivdu.

18. Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.

18. Zato ovako govori Jahve o Jojakimu, sinu Jošijinu, kralju judejskom: "Za njim neæe naricati: 'Jao, brate moj! Jao, sestro moja!' Za njim neæe naricati: 'Jao, gospodaru! Jao, velièanstvo!'

19. He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem.

19. Pokopat æe ga k'o magarca, izvuæi ga i baciti izvan vrata Jeruzalema."

20. Ascend to Lebanon and cry out! And utter your voice in Bashan, and cry out to those passing by. For all your lovers have been crushed.

20. "Popni se na Libanon i vièi, po Bašanu nek' se ori glas, s Abarima buèi, jer svi su tvoji prijatelji slomljeni!

21. I spoke to you in your abundance, and you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.

21. Lijepo sam te svjetovao u danima mirnim, al' ti mi reèe: 'Neæu slušati!' Tako se vladaš od mladosti: ne slušaš glasa mojega.

22. The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.

22. Sve æe tvoje pastire vjetar popasti, a ljubavnici æe tvoji u izgnanstvo. Tada æeš se stidjet' i sramiti zbog sve pakosti svoje.

23. You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?

23. Ti što prebivaš na Libanonu, ti što se gnijezdiš po cedrovima, kako li æeš stenjati kad bolovi te spopadnu, trudovi porodilje.

24. As I live, says the Lord, if Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a ring on my right hand, I would remove him from there.

24. Života mi moga - rijeè je Jahvina - kad bi Konija, sin Jojakimov, kralj judejski, bio peèatnjak na mojoj desnici, ja bih ga strgao s prsta.

25. And I will deliver you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you dread, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

25. Dat æu te u ruke onima koji ti rade o glavi, u ruke onima pred kojima dršæeš, u ruke Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskog, i u ruke Kaldejaca.

26. And I will send you, and your mother who conceived you, into a foreign land, in which you were not born, and there you shall die.

26. I bacit æu tebe i majku koja te rodila u drugu zemlju gdje se niste rodili; tamo æete umrijeti.

27. And to the land about which they lift up their mind, thinking to return there, they shall not return.

27. Ali u zemlju u koju èeznu da se vrate neæe se vratiti!"

28. Is this man, Jeconiah, a broken earthenware vessel? Is he a vessel which is entirely unpleasing? Why have they been cast out, he and his offspring, cast out even into a land that they have not known?

28. TÓa zar je taj èovjek Konija sud prezren, razbijen? Il' posuda što nikom se ne sviða? Zašto bjehu protjerani on i potomstvo, prognani u zemlju koja im je posve neznana?

29. O earth, O earth, O earth! Listen to the word of the Lord!

29. Zemljo, zemljo, zemljo, poslušaj rijeè Jahvinu.

30. Thus says the Lord: Write: this man is barren; he is a man who will not prosper in his days. For there will not be a man from among his offspring who will sit upon the throne of David, or have authority in Judah, anymore.”

30. Ovako govori Jahve: "Upišite za ovoga èovjeka: 'Bez djece. Život mu se nije posreæio. Nitko od potomstva njegova neæe sjesti na prijesto Davidov ni vladati Judejom.'"