¹Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, govoreč:

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

²Vstani in pojdi doli v hišo lončarjevo, in tam storim, da boš slišal besede moje.

²Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.

³Šel sem torej doli v hišo lončarjevo, in glej opravljal je delo svoje na kolovratu.

³Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

⁴In posoda, ki jo je narejal iz ilovice, se je skazila v roki lončarjevi; in naredil je zopet iz nje drugo posodo, kakor se mu je prav zdelo narediti.

⁴When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

⁵Tedaj mi je prišla beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč:

⁵Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁶Ali bi vam ne mogel storiti kakor ta lončar, o hiša Izraelova? govori GOSPOD; glej, kakor ilovica v roki lončarjevi, tako ste vi, o hiša Izraelova, v roki moji.

⁶House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

⁷Kadar govorim zoper kateri narod in zoper kraljestvo, da ga hočem iztrebiti in podreti in pogubiti,

⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

⁸pa se obrne tisti narod, ki sem zoper njega govoril, od hudobnosti svoje, tedaj mi bode žal zla, ki sem mu ga mislil storiti.

⁸if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

⁹Kadar pa govorim o narodu in kraljestvu, da bom zidal in sadil,

⁹At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

¹⁰pa stori, kar je hudo v mojih očeh, ne poslušaje glasu mojega, žal mi bode dobrot, ki sem ž njimi ga menil oblagodariti.

¹⁰if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

¹¹Zdaj torej ogovóri može Judove in prebivalce jeruzalemske, rekoč: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glejte, jaz snujem zoper vas nesrečo in naklep mislim zoper vas; povrnite se vendar vsak s hudobnega pota svojega in dobra naredite pota svoja in dejanja svoja.

¹¹Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

¹²Pravijo pa: Zaman je; kajti po mislih svojih hočemo hoditi in vsak delati po trmi hudobnega srca svojega.

¹²But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

¹³Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Poprašujte le med narodi, kdo je slišal kaj takega? Devica Izraelova je storila prav grdo stvar.

¹³Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

¹⁴Ali zapusti sneg na Libanonu skalo na planjavi? Se li morejo posušiti mrzle vode, oddaleč šumljajoče?

¹⁴Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

¹⁵Kajti pozabilo je mene ljudstvo moje; ničemurnim malikom je kadilo, in ti so storili, da se je spoteknilo na potih svojih, stezah starodavnih, da hodi po drugih hodnikih, po potu neuglajenem,

¹⁵For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;

¹⁶da napravi deželo svojo v stvar strmenju, vednemu zasmehovanju; kdorkoli pojde skozi njo, naj strmi in maje z glavo.

¹⁶to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

¹⁷Kakor z jutrovim vetrom jih razkropim pred sovražnikom; s hrbtom, ne pa z obličjem se bom oziral vanje v času njih nesreče.

¹⁷I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

¹⁸Tedaj so pravili: Dejte, zmislimo naklepe zoper Jeremija; kajti postava ne pogine od duhovnika in svet od modrega in beseda od proroka; dejte, udarimo ga z jezikom in ne poslušajmo nobenih besed njegovih.

¹⁸Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

¹⁹Ozri se name, GOSPOD, in čuj glas prepirajočih se z menoj.

¹⁹Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

²⁰Ali naj se vrača za dobro slabo? kajti izkopali so jamo za dušo mojo. Spomni se, da sem stal pred teboj, da bi dobro govoril zanje, da bi odvrnil od njih tvoj srd.

²⁰Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

²¹Zato izpostavi njih sinove lakoti in izroči jih oblasti meča; in njih žene naj bodo brez otrok in vdove in njih možje naj umrjo pobiti; njih mladeniče naj meč zadene v boju.

²¹Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck of the sword in battle.

²²Sliši naj se vpitje iz njih hiš, ko boš naglo pripeljal zoper nje krdelo, ker so kopali jamo, da bi me ujeli, in so zanke skrivaj stavili mojim nogam.Ti pa, GOSPOD, poznaš ves njih naklep meni v smrt; ne očisti njih krivice in njih greha ne izbriši izpred svojega obličja; temuč pahnejo se naj v spotiko pred tvojimi očmi, v času jeze svoje ravnaj zoper nje.

²²Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

²³Ti pa, GOSPOD, poznaš ves njih naklep meni v smrt; ne očisti njih krivice in njih greha ne izbriši izpred svojega obličja; temuč pahnejo se naj v spotiko pred tvojimi očmi, v času jeze svoje ravnaj zoper nje.

²³Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don’t forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.