Jeremiah, 46

1. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles,

1. Rijeè koju Jahve uputi proroku Jeremiji protiv naroda.

2. about Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, which was beside the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, struck down, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah:

2. Još o Egiptu. Protiv vojske faraona Neka, kralja egipatskoga, što bijaše kod rijeke Eufrata, u Karkemišu, i kralj Nabukodonozor ga potuèe, èetvrte godine Jojakima, sina Jošijina, kralja judejskoga.

3. “ ‘Prepare the heavy and the light shield, and advance to war!

3. Pripremite štitove i oklope! Naprijed, u boj!

4. Harness the horses, and let the horsemen climb upon them! Stand forth with helmets! Sharpen the lances! Clothe yourselves in armor!’

4. Upregnite konje! Na kola, vozaèi! Postavite se pod kacigama! Naperite koplja! Navucite oklope!

5. And what is next? I have seen them terrified, and turning their backs, their strong ones cut down. They have fled in disorder and have not looked back. Terror on every side, says the Lord.

5. Što vidim? Zaprepašteni, uzmièu? Junaci njihovi, poraženi, u bijeg udariše glavom bez obzira! Užas odasvud - rijeè je Jahvina.

6. Let not the swift take flight; let not the strong ones think to save themselves. They have been conquered and ruined, toward the north, near the river Euphrates.

6. Ni najbrži ne umaèe, ni najhrabriji ne uteèe! Na sjeveru, na obali Eufrata, posræu i padaju.

7. Who is this, who ascends like a flood, and whose streams swell up, like those of the rivers?

7. Tko se to diže poput Nila, èije vode šume, k'o brzaci nabujaše?

8. Egypt ascends in the form of a river, and its waves will be moved like those of a river. And he will say: ‘I will ascend and cover the earth! I will perish the city and its inhabitants!’

8. To Egipat se diže poput Nila, k'o brzaci vode mu nabujaše. I govori: diæi æu se, poplaviti zemlju, opustošiti gradove i puèanstvo!

9. Mount the horses, and exult upon chariots, and let the strong ones advance: the Ethiopians, and the Libyans, who hold the heavy shield, and the Lydians, who grasp and shoot arrows.

9. Konji, naprijed! Poletite, kola bojna! Navalite, ratnici! Kušiti, Putijci, štitom zaštiæeni, i Ludijci, što lukom strijeljate!

10. For this is the day of the Lord, the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, so that he may vindicate himself of his enemies. The sword will devour, and be satiated, and be inebriated with their blood. For there is a victim of the Lord, the God of hosts, in the land of the north, beside the river Euphrates.

10. Ovo je dan Jahve nad Vojskama - dan osvete da se dušmanima svojim osveti: maè æe se nažderati, nasititi, glad utoliti krvlju njihovom! Jer Gospod, Jahve nad Vojskama, ima žrtveno klanje u sjevernoj zemlji uz obalu Eufrata.

11. Ascend to Gilead, and take its balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! It is in vain that you multiply medicines; there will be no health for you!

11. Popni se na Gilead, balzama potraži, djevice, kæeri egipatska! Uzalud lijekovi mnogi: nema tebi ozdravljenja!

12. The nations have heard of your disgrace, and your wailing has filled the earth. For the strong have stumbled against the strong, and both have fallen together.”

12. Narodi èuše za tvoju sramotu, vapaji tvoji napuniše zemlju. Jer se junak o junaka spotièe i obojica padaju.

13. The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning how Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, would arrive and strike the land of Egypt:

13. Rijeè koju Jahve uputi proroku Jeremiji kad Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, doðe da udari na zemlju egipatsku.

14. “Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.

14. Navijestite Egiptu, objavite u Migdolu, obznanite u Memfisu: "Svrstaj se! Spremi se! Jer maè veæ ždere sve oko tebe!

15. Why have your strong ones decayed? They have not stood firm, because the Lord has overthrown them.

15. Što? Zar Apis pobježe? Tvoj se Bik ne odrva?" Da, Jahve ga obori!

16. He has multiplied those in ruin, and each man has fallen beside his neighbor. And they will say: ‘Rise up, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, away from the face of the sword of the dove.

16. On uèini te mnogi posrnuše, popadaše jedan na drugoga. I gle, govore: "Na noge! Vratimo se svom narodu, rodnoj grudi svojoj, pred maèem koljaèkim!"

17. Call the name of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt: ‘Time has brought tumult.’

17. Faraonu, kralju egipatskom, ime nadjenite: "Graja što pravi èas promaši."

18. As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, just as Tabor is among the mountains, and just as Carmel is beside the sea, so will he come.

18. "Tako, života mi moga" - govori Kralj, komu je ime Jahve nad Vojskama - "ono æe doæi kao Tabor posred gora, kao Karmel iznad mora.

19. Equip yourself for the transmigration, O daughter who inhabitants Egypt. For Memphis will be in desolation, and it will be deserted and uninhabited.

19. Spremi izgnanièki zavežljaj, udomljena kæeri egipatska, jer Memfis æe biti u pustoš pretvoren, poharan i nenastanjen.

20. Egypt is like a stately and finely-formed calf. The one who will goad her will come from the north.

20. Egipat bijaše lijepa junica, ali ide, ide na nju obad sa Sjevera.

21. Her hired hands also, who move within her midst, like fatted calves have been turned back, and they have fled at the same time, and they are not able to stand firm. For the day of their passing away has overwhelmed them; it is the time of their visitation.

21. A i plaæenici egipatski što k'o gojna telad usred nje življahu, i oni se okrenuše, u bijeg udariše, ne mogu se odhrvati jer ih stiže Dan propasti, doðe vrijeme da se kazne.

22. Her voice will sound out like brass. For they will rush forward with an army, and with axes they will come against her, like those who chop wood.

22. Slušaj! K'o da zmija sikæe, sa svom silom dolaze, sjekirama na nju navaljuju, baš k'o drvosjeèe.

23. They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number.

23. Posjeæi æe šumu - rijeè je Jahvina - iako je neprohodna. Više ih je nego skakavaca, broja njima nema.

24. The daughter of Egypt has been confounded, and she has been delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

24. Osramoæena je zemlja egipatska, predana je narodu Sjevera."

25. The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: Behold, I will visit against the tumult of Alexandria, and against Pharaoh, and against Egypt, and against her gods, and against her kings, and against Pharaoh, and against those who trust in him.

25. Govori Jahve nad Vojskama, kralj Izraelov: "Evo, kaznit æu Amona Tebskoga, faraona i Egipat, i sve njegove bogove, kraljeve, faraona i sve koji se u nj uzdaju.

26. And I will give them over to the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. And after this, it shall be inhabited, just as in the former days, says the Lord.

26. Predat æu ih u ruke onima što im rade o glavi, u ruke Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskoga, i u ruke slugu njegovih. A poslije æe Egipat biti opet naseljen, kao u stara vremena" - rijeè je Jahvina.

27. And as for you, my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, and you should not dread, O Israel. For behold, I will bring your salvation from afar, and your offspring from the land of your captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he will prosper. And there will be no one who may terrify him.

27. "Ne boj se, Jakove, slugo moja, ne plaši se, Izraele! Jer, evo, spasit æu te izdaleka i potomstvo tvoje iz zemlje izgnanstva. Jakov æe se opet smiriti, spokojno æe živjet' i nitko ga neæe plašiti.

28. And as for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid, says the Lord. For I am with you. For I will consume all the nations to which I have cast you out. Yet truly, I will not consume you. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, but neither will I spare you, as if you were innocent.”

28. Ne boj se, Jakove, slugo moja - rijeè je Jahvina - jer ja sam s tobom. Zatrt æu narode meðu koje te prognah, a tebe neæu sasvim uništiti: ali æu te kaznit' po pravici, ne smijem te pustit' nekažnjena."