Ezekiel, 21

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

1. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

2. “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and pour in drops toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the soil of Israel.

2. "Sine èovjeèji, okreni lice k jugu i prospi besjedu prema jugu te prorokuj protiv šume u kraju negepskom.

3. And you shall say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I will cast my sword from its sheath, and I will slay the just and the impious among you.

3. Reci šumi negepskoj: 'Poslušaj rijeè Jahvinu! Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Evo, zapalit æu usred tebe oganj i on æe proždrijeti u tebi svako drvo, zeleno i suho! Razgorjeli se oganj neæe utrnuti dok sve ne izgori od sjevera do juga.

4. But in as much as I have slain among you the just and the impious, for this reason my sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.

4. I svi æe vidjeti da sam ja, Jahve, zapalio taj oganj i neæe se ugasiti.'"

5. So may all flesh know that I, the Lord, have led my sword out of its sheath irrevocably.

5. Rekoh na to: "Jao, Jahve Gospode, tÓa oni æe za mene reæi: 'Evo opet prièalice s prièama!'"

6. And as for you, son of man, groan in the breaking of your back, and groan in bitterness before them.

6. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

7. And when they will say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say: ‘On behalf of the report, For it is approaching. And every heart will waste away, and every hand will be broken, and every spirit will be weakened, and water will flow across every knee.’ Behold, it is approaching and it will happen, says the Lord God.”

7. "Sine èovjeèji, okreni lice prema Jeruzalemu i prospi besjedu protiv njegova Svetišta i prorokuj protiv zemlje Izraelove.

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

8. Reci zemlji Izraelovoj: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Evo me na te! Trgnut æu maè iz korica, istrijebit æu iz tebe sve - i pravedna i bezbožna!

9. “Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Speak: The sword! The sword has been sharpened and polished!

9. Da iz tebe istrijebim pravedna i bezbožna, trgnut æu evo maè iz korica na svako tijelo, od sjevera do juga.

10. It has been sharpened, so that it may cut down victims! It has been polished, so that it may shine! You are disturbing the scepter of my son. You have cut down every tree.

10. I svako æe tijelo spoznati da sam ja, Jahve, isukao maè svoj iz korica i da ga više neæu u njih vratiti!

11. And I have sent it to be made smooth, so that it may be handled. This sword has been sharpened, and it has been polished, so that it may be in the hand of the one who kills.

11. A ti, sine èovjeèji, kukaj kao da su ti sva rebra polomljena, kukaj gorko, njima na oèi!

12. Cry out and wail, O son of man! For this has been done among my people, this is among all the leaders of Israel, who have fled. They have been handed over to the sword, with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh,

12. Ako li te zapitaju: 'Što toliko kukaš?' reci im: 'Zbog vijesti koja stiže, od koje æe sva srca zamrijeti i sve ruke klonuti, svaki duh biti utuèen i svako koljeno klecati. Evo, dolazi, veæ je tu!' Tako govori Jahve Gospod."

13. for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God.

13. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

14. You therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike hand against hand, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled. This is the sword of the great slaughter, which causes them to be utterly stupefied,

14. "Sine èovjeèji, prorokuj! Ovako govori Jahve Gospod. Reci: 'Maè! Maè! Naoštren i osvjetlan!

15. and to waste away in heart, and which multiplies ruin. At all their gates, I have presented the consternation of the sword, which has been sharpened and polished so as to shine, which has been dressed for the slaughter.

15. Za klanje naoštren, osvjetlan da sijeva.

16. Be sharpened! Go to the right or to the left, whichever way is the desire of your face.

16. Osvjetlan da ga ruka prihvati, maè naoštren, osvjetlan da se stavi u ruke ubojici.

17. And then I will clap hand against hand, and I will fulfill my indignation. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

17. A ti, sine èovjeèji, plaèi, narièi! Jer, evo, maè je veæ na narod moj isukan, maè na izraelske knezove: svi su oni s mojim narodom maèu izruèeni! Udri se stoga u slabine!'

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

18. Doðe kušnja, i odbaèenoga žezla više biti neæe - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda.

19. “And as for you, son of man, set for yourself two ways, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may approach. Both shall go forth from one land. And with a hand, he will grasp and cast lots; he will cast at the head of the way of the community.

19. A ti, sine èovjeèji, prorokuj i rukama plješæi. Neka se udvostruèi, neka se utrostruèi taj maè pokolja, maè pokolja golema što ih odasvud okružuje.

20. You shall appoint a way, so that the sword may approach to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, or to Judah, into Jerusalem, greatly fortified.

20. Da zadršæu srca, da bude žrtava nebrojenih, na svaka sam vrata postavio maè, pripravljen da k'o munja sijeva, za pokolje naoštren.

21. For the king of Babylon stood at the fork, at the head of the two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of idols, and he consulted entrails.

21. Natrag! Desno! Naprijed! Lijevo!

22. To his right was set the divination over Jerusalem, to place battering rams so as to open a mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice of wailing, to place battering rams opposite the gates, to cast up a rampart, to build fortifications.

22. I ja æu pljeskati rukama, iskaliti gnjev svoj na njima! Ja, Jahve, rekoh!"

23. And he shall be, in their eyes, like someone consulting an oracle in vain, or imitating the leisure of Sabbaths. But he will call to mind iniquities, so that it will be captured.

23. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

24. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you have been remembered in your iniquities, and you have revealed your betrayals, and your sins have appeared within all your plans, because, I say, you have been remembered, you will be captured by a hand.

24. "Sine èovjeèji, zacrtaj dva puta kuda da poðe maè kralja babilonskoga. Neka oba puta izlaze iz iste zemlje! Na raskršæu puta ka gradu stavi putokaz.

25. But as for you, O impious leader of Israel, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity:

25. Zacrtaj maèu put da doðe u Rabat Bene Amon i u Judeju, u utvrðeni Jeruzalem.

26. Thus says the Lord God: Take away the diadem, remove the crown. Is this not what has exalted the lowly one, and brought low the sublime one?

26. Jer kralj babilonski stoji na poèetku puta, na raspuæu dvaju putova, i pita znamenja - miješa strijele, ispituje terafime i motri jetru.

27. Iniquity, iniquity, iniquity I will make it. And this was not done until the one arrived to whom judgment belongs, and I will hand it over to him.

27. Znamenja mu u desnici kažu: na Jeruzalem; da ondje namjesti zidodere, da naredi pokolj, da podigne zidodere protiv vrata, da naspe nasip i sagradi opsadne kule.

28. And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon, and to their disgrace, and you shall say: O sword, O sword, unsheathe yourself so as to slay; polish yourself so as to kill and to shine,

28. Ali æe se njima uèiniti da je znamenje lažno, jer mu se zakleše na vjernost. Ali æe ih on tada podsjetiti na njihovo vjerolomstvo u koje se uloviše.

29. while they look upon you in vain, and they divine lies, so that you may be given over to the necks of the wounded impious, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity.

29. Zato, ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Jer bez prestanka podsjeæate na svoja bezakonja otkrivajuæi opaèine i pokazujuæi grijehe u svim svojim djelima - da, jer bez prestanka na njih podsjeæate, u njih æete se uloviti.

30. Be returned to your sheath! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.

30. A tebi, neèasni i bezbožnièki kneže izraelski, tebi doðe dan i èas posljednjega zloèina.'

31. And I will pour out upon you my indignation. In the fire of my fury, I will fan you, and I will give you over to the hands of cruel men, who have devised destruction.

31. Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Skini mitru s glave i odloži kraljevski vijenac! Jer sve se mijenja: tko bi dolje, bit æe uzvišen, a tko bi gore, bit æe ponižen.

32. You will be food for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land; you will be delivered to oblivion. For I, the Lord, have spoken.”

32. Ruševine, ruševine, ruševine æu postaviti kakvih nije bilo, dok ne doðe onaj koji ima suditi, jer ja æu mu predati sud.'

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33. Sine èovjeèji, prorokuj: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod sinovima Amonovim o njihovoj sramoti. Reci: 'Maè! Maè za pokolj isukan i naoštren da sijeèe, da kao munja sijeva,

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34. a tebi dotle isprazno viðaju, laž prorièu - da se stavi pod vrat zlikovcima zloglasnim, kojima, eto, doðe dan i èas posljednjega zloèina!

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35. Ali vrati maè u korice! U mjestu gdje si nastao i u zemlji gdje si se rodio ja æu ti suditi.

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36. Ondje æu na te gnjev svoj izliti i raspiriti protiv tebe plamen srdžbe svoje i predati te u ruke okrutnim ljudima, vještim zatornicima.

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37. I bit æeš hrana ognju, a krv æe tvoja zemljom protjecati. I nitko te živ više neæe spominjati! Jer ja, Jahve, tako rekoh.'"