¹The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

¹Besede Jeremija, Hilkijevega sina, izmed duhovnikov v Anatotu, v deželi Benjaminovi,

²To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

²ki mu je prišla beseda GOSPODOVA v dnevih Josija, sinu Amonovega, v trinajstem letu njegovega kraljevanja;

³It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

³prišla mu je tudi v dnevih Jojakima, sinu Josijevega, kralja Judovega, do konca enajstega leta Zedekija, sinu Josijevega, kralja Judovega, do dne, ko je bil Jeruzalem preseljen v ujetništvo, v petem mesecu.

⁴Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁴Prišla mi je torej beseda GOSPODOVA, govoreč:

⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

⁵Preden sem te bil upodobil v materinem telesu, sem te spoznal, in ko nisi bil še rojen, sem te posvetil, za proroka sem te postavil narodom.

⁶Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

⁶Jaz sem pa rekel: Oh, Gospod Jehova, govoriti ne znam, ker otrok sem.

⁷But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

⁷GOSPOD pa mi je rekel: Ne pravi: Otrok sem; ampak kamorkoli te pošljem, pojdi, in karkoli ti velim, govóri!

⁸Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

⁸Ne boj se jih; ker jaz sem s teboj, da te rešim, govori GOSPOD.

⁹Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

⁹In GOSPOD iztegne roko svojo in se dotakne mojih ust, in GOSPOD mi reče: Glej, besede svoje pokladam v tvoja usta.

¹⁰See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

¹⁰Glej, stavim te današnji dan nad narode in kraljestva, da iztrebljaš in podiraš in pogubljaš in pokončuješ, da zidaš in sadiš.

¹¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

¹¹In prišla mi je beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč: Kaj vidiš, Jeremija? in odgovorim: Palico mandljevo [Mandljevec se imenuje hebrejski čuvaj.] vidim.

¹²Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

¹²Tedaj mi reče GOSPOD: Dobro vidiš; kajti čuval bom nad besedo svojo, da jo izpolnim.

¹³And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

¹³In prišla mi je beseda GOSPODOVA v drugič, rekoč: Kaj vidiš? In odgovorim: Lonec kipeč vidim, ki mu lice gleda od severa sem.

¹⁴Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁴Tedaj mi reče GOSPOD: Od severa pridere tista nesreča nad vse prebivalce te dežele.

¹⁵For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

¹⁵Kajti glej, jaz pokličem vse rodove kraljestev na severu, govori GOSPOD, in pridejo in postavijo vsak svoj stol ob vhodu v vrata jeruzalemska in zoper vse zidovje njegovo kroginkrog in zoper vsa mesta Judova.

¹⁶And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

¹⁶In izrečem sodbe svoje zoper nje zavoljo vse njih hudobnosti, ker so me zapustili in kadili tujim bogovom in se klanjali delu svojih rok.

¹⁷Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

¹⁷Ti torej si opaši ledja in vstani in jim govóri, karkoli ti velim; ne bodi potrt vpričo njih, da te ne potrem vpričo njih.

¹⁸For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

¹⁸Kajti jaz, glej, te storim danes v trdno mesto in železen steber in bronast zid proti vsej deželi, proti kraljem, knezom in duhovnikom Judovim in proti ljudstvu dežele.In borili se bodo zoper tebe, ali premagali te ne bodo, kajti jaz sem s teboj, govori GOSPOD, da te rešim.

¹⁹And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

¹⁹In borili se bodo zoper tebe, ali premagali te ne bodo, kajti jaz sem s teboj, govori GOSPOD, da te rešim.