¹Riječ Jahvina Jeremiji o velikoj suši:

¹The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

²Judeja je tugom obrvana i ginu njeni gradovi, sumorno leže na zemlji, krik Jeruzalema do neba se vije.

²Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

³Odličnici šalju sluge po vodu: dolaze do studenaca, ali vode ne nalaze, vraćaju se praznih vrčeva, postiđeni, posramljeni, pokriše glavu svoju.

³And their nobles send their little ones for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.

⁴Zemlja je sva ispucala jer kiše nema. Ratari se postidješe, pokriše glave.

⁴Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

⁵Pa i košuta u polju ostavlja mlado jer trave nema.

⁵For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.

⁶Divlji magarci, stojeć' na goletima, dašću kao čagalj, oči im malaksale jer nema zelenila.

⁶And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

⁷Bezakonja naša protiv nas svjedoče, smiluj se, o Jahve, rad' imena svoga! Jer otpadosmo od tebe, tebi sagriješismo,

⁷Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many -- we have sinned against thee.

⁸o nado Izraelova, spasitelju njegov u danima nevolje! Zašto si kao stranac u ovoj zemlji, kao putnik što se uvrati da prenoći?

⁸Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?

⁹Zašto si kao prestravljen čovjek, kao junak koji ne može pomoći? TÓa ti si među nama, o Jahve, mi se tvojim zovemo imenom - nemoj nas ostaviti!

⁹Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not.

¹⁰Ovako govori Jahve o narodu ovome: Jest, oni vole tumarati i ne štede svojih nogu, i zato ih Jahve ne voli. I sada se spominje bezakonja njihova i kažnjava grijehe njihove.

¹⁰Thus saith Jehovah to this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; and Jehovah hath no delight in them: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

¹¹I reče mi Jahve: "Ne traži milosti za ovaj narod.

¹¹And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

¹²Ako će i postiti, neću uslišiti njihovih vapaja. Ako će i prinijeti paljenicu i prinos, neće mi omiljeti. Jer mačem, glađu i kugom ja ću ih zatrti."

¹²When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

¹³Tada rekoh: "Ah, Jahve Gospode! Eno, proroci im govore: 'Nećete vidjeti mača, niti će vam biti gladi, nego ću vam dati postojan mir na ovome mjestu.'"

¹³And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.

¹⁴A Jahve mi reče: "Laž prorokuju ti proroci u moje ime; niti ih poslah niti im nalog kakav dadoh - ja im i nisam govorio. Oni vam prorokuju lažna viđenja, isprazna gatanja i snove srca svoga."

¹⁴And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

¹⁵Zato ovako govori Jahve: "Proroci ti što u moje ime prorokuju, a ja ih nisam poslao, te govore da neće biti ni mača ni gladi u zemlji ovoj, sami će od mača i gladi poginuti.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed;

¹⁶A narod ovaj kojemu prorokuju ležat će po ulicama jeruzalemskim, pokošen mačem i glađu, i neće biti čovjeka da ga pokopa - njih, žene njihove, sinove i kćeri njihove. Tako ću na njih izliti zloću njihovu."

¹⁶and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword; and there shall be none to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour their wickedness upon them.

¹⁷A ti im reci ovako: Nek' oči moje suze rone danju i noću, i neka ne prestanu, jer je strašno slomljena djevica, kći naroda moga, ranom neobično ljutom.

¹⁷And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

¹⁸Pođem li u polje, evo mačem pobijenih! Vratim li se u grad, evo od gladi iznemoglih! Čak i proroci i svećenici lutaju po zemlji i ništa ne znaju.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.

¹⁹TÓa zar si Judeju sasvim odbacio? Zar ti duši omrznu Sion? Zašto nas tako biješ te nam više nema lijeka? Nadasmo se miru, ali dobra nema, čekasmo vrijeme ozdravljenja, al' evo užasa!

¹⁹-- Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, -- and a time of healing, and behold terror!

²⁰O Jahve, bezbožnost svoju priznajemo, bezakonje otaca svojih; doista, tebi sagriješismo!

²⁰Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

²¹Ne odbaci nas, rad' imena svoga, ne sramoti prijesto Slave svoje, spomeni se i nemoj razvrći Saveza svog s nama!

²¹For thy name's sake, do not spurn [us], do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²²Zar ispraznost bezbožnika dažda daje? Ili zar nebesa sama kiše? Zar ne daješ ti to, Jahve, Bože naš? Zato se u te uzdamo, jer ti sve to činiš.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.