Jeremiah, 13

1. Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water.”

1. Ovako mi govori Jahve: "Idi i kupi sebi lanen pojas i opaši bokove. Ali ga u vodu ne umaèi."

2. And so I obtained a waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins.

2. I kupih pojas po rijeèi Jahvinoj i opasah bokove.

3. And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying:

3. I doðe mi drugi put rijeè Jahvina:

4. “Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock.”

4. "Uzmi pojas što si ga kupio i njime se opasao, digni se, idi do rijeke Eufrata i sakrij ga ondje u pukotinu peæine."

5. And so I went, and I hid it by the Euphrates, just as the Lord had instructed me.

5. I odoh i sakrih ga kraj Eufrata, kako mi Jahve zapovjedi. Poslije mnogo dana reèe mi Jahve:

6. And it happened that, after many days, the Lord said to me: “Rise up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth, which I instructed you to hide there.”

6. "Ustaj, idi na Eufrat pa izvuci odande pojas za koji ti zapovjedih da ga ondje sakriješ."

7. And so I went to the Euphrates, and I dug up and took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth had rotted, so that it was not fit for any use.

7. Odoh na Eufrat, izvukoh i uzeh pojas s mjesta gdje ga bijah sakrio, i gle: pojas istrunuo, ne bijaše više nizašto.

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

8. Reci kralju i kraljici-majci: "Sjednite duboko dolje, jer vijenac slave pade s vaših glava.

9. “Thus says the Lord: In the same way, I will cause the arrogance of Judah and the arrogance of Jerusalem to rot.

9. "Ovako govori Jahve: Tako æu uništiti silnu oholost Judeje i Jeruzalema.

10. This most wicked people, they are not willing to listen to my words, for they walk in the depravity of their own heart, and they have gone after strange gods, so as to serve them and to adore them. And so, they will become like this waistcloth, which is not fit for any use.

10. Narod taj opaki koji ne sluša mojih rijeèi, nego slijedi okorjelo srce svoje i trèi za drugim bogovima da im služi i da im se klanja, postat æe kao tvoj pojas koji nije više nizašto.

11. For just as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me the entire house of Israel and the entire house of Judah, says the Lord, so that they would be to me: a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory. But they did not listen.

11. Jer kao što pojas prianja uz bedra èovjekova, tako sam htio da sav dom Izraelov i sav dom Judin prianja uza me - rijeè je Jahvina - da budu moj narod, moj dobar glas, moj ponos, moja slava i èast. Ali nisu poslušali!"

12. Therefore, you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Every bottle will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Are we ignorant that every bottle will be filled with wine?’

12. Reci tom narodu: "Svaki se vrè puni vinom." A oni æe ti prigovoriti: "Zar možda ne znamo da se svaki vrè puni vinom?"

13. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings from the stock of David who sit upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, unto inebriation.

13. Reci im tada: "Ovako govori Jahve: evo, napunit æu pijanošæu sve stanovnike ove zemlje, kraljeve što sjede na prijestolju Davidovu, i sveæenike, i proroke, i sve Jeruzalemce.

14. And I will scatter them, a man from his brother, and fathers and sons similarly, says the Lord. I will not spare them, and I will not pardon them, and I will not take pity, so as not to destroy them.”

14. I porazbijat æu ih jednog o drugoga, oèeve zajedno sa sinovima - rijeè je Jahvina. Uništit æu ih bez samilosti, bez milosrða i bez smilovanja."

15. Hear and pay close attention. Do not choose to lift yourself up, for the Lord has spoken.

15. Poslušajte, dobro èujte, okanite se oholosti: Jahve sad govori!

16. Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter darkness.

16. Dajte slavu Jahvi, Bogu svojemu, prije nego što se smrkne, prije nego što se noge vaše spotaknu po planinama mraènim. Vi se nadate svjetlosti, a on æe je u mrak pretvoriti, prometnuti u crnu tamu!

17. But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

17. Ako ovo ne poslušate, potajno æe mi duša plakati zbog oholosti vaše, suze æe roniti, oko æe mi suze prolijevati, jer Jahvino stado u izgnanstvo odlazi.

18. “Say to the king and to the female ruler: Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory has gone down from your head.

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19. The cities of the south have been closed, and there is no one who may open them. All of Judah has been taken away into complete captivity.

19. Gradovi Negeba zatvoreni su, i nikoga nema da ih otvori. Sva je Judeja izgnana, sasvim izgnana!"

20. Lift up your eyes and see, you who are arriving from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your famous cattle?

20. Podigni oèi, Jeruzaleme, i pogledaj one što nadiru sa Sjevera. Gdje je stado tebi povjereno, slavne ovce tvoje?

21. What will you say when he visits upon you? For you have taught them against you, and you have instructed them with your own head. Will not pains take hold of you, as with a woman in labor?

21. Što æeš reæi kada ti se nametnu kao gospodari tvoji oni koje si sam nauèio da te kao ljubavnici vode. Neæe li te bolovi spopasti kao porodilju?

22. But if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things happened to me?’ it is because of the greatness of your iniquity that your shame has been uncovered and the soles of your feet have been defiled.

22. Možda æeš se tad upitati: "Zašto me to snašlo?" Zbog mnoštva bezakonja tvojih otkriše ti skute, nasilje nad tobom uèiniše.

23. If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.

23. Može li Etiopljanin promijeniti kožu svoju? Ili leopard krzno svoje? "A vi, možete li èiniti dobro, navikli da zlo èinite?

24. And I will scatter them like chaff, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.

24. Zato æu vas raspršiti k'o pljevu koju raznosi pustinjski vjetar.

25. This is your lot, and this is the portion of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me, and you have had confidence in what is false.

25. To je sudba tvoja i dio tebi odmjeren - rijeè je Jahvina - jer si mene zaboravio i u laž se uzdao.

26. Therefore, I have even bared your thighs before your face, and your shame has been seen.

26. Sam æu ti halju do lica podiæi da se tvoja golotinja vidi.

27. For I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing for the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer before you will be made clean after me?”

27. Sve preljube tvoje, tvoje vriskanje i bestidno tvoje bludnièenje, na humcima, u poljima, vidio sam tvoje grozote. Jao tebi, Jeruzaleme! Još se ne oèisti i dokle æe to još trajati ...?"