¹Beseda, ki jo je govoril GOSPOD zoper Babilon in zoper deželo Kaldejsko po Jeremiju proroku.

¹The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

²Oznanjajte med narodi in poročajte! Dvignite prapor, razglasite, ne prikrivajte! Recite: Babilon je vzet, Bel osramočen, Merodak [Bel-Merodak je bil bog varuh v Babilonu.] potrt; v sramoti so njih podobe, potrti so njih grdi maliki.

²Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.

³Kajti zoper njega pride narod od severa: ta opustoši zemljo njegovo, da ne bode prebivalca v njej; zbeže, odidejo ljudje in živina.

³For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

⁴V tistih dneh in v tistem času, govori GOSPOD, pridejo sinovi Izraelovi, oni s sinovi Judovimi vred; spotoma bodo venomer jokali in iskali GOSPODA, Boga svojega.

⁴In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.

⁵Za Sion bodo povpraševali, tja gledajoč z obličjem in govoreč: Pridite in pridružite se GOSPODU z večno zavezo, ki se ne pozabi! –

⁵They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

⁶Čreda izgubljenih ovac je bilo ljudstva moje; njih pastirji so jih zavajali na gore, kjer se je gojila verolomnost: hodili so z gore na hrib, pozabili so počivališče svoje.

⁶My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

⁷Katerikoli so jih zalotili, so jih žrli, in njih zatiralci so govorili: Ne bomo krivi, zato ker so grešili zoper GOSPODA, prebivališče pravičnosti, zoper GOSPODA, ki je bil upanje njih očetom.

⁷All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.

⁸Bežite izsredi Babilona in odidite iz dežele Kaldejske in bodite kakor kozli pred čredo!

⁸Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

⁹Zakaj, glej, jaz obudim in pripeljem zoper Babilon zbor velikih narodov iz severne dežele, in postavijo se v bojni red zoper njega; odtod bo vzet. Njih pšice bodo kakor izurjenega junaka, ki se ne vrne z boja prazen.

⁹For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

¹⁰In Kaldejska bode v plen; vsi, ki jo plenijo, se nasitijo, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁰Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.

¹¹Čeprav se veselite, čeprav se radujete, o plenilci posesti moje, čeprav poskakujete kakor junica, ki vrši žito, čeprav rezgetate kakor krepki konji:

¹¹Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

¹²vendar se bo sramovala mati vaša silno, v sramoto pride porodnica vaša: glejte, zadnja bode med narodi, puščava, suha zemlja in samota.

¹²your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

¹³Od srda GOSPODOVEGA se ne bo prebivalo v njej, ampak docela bo zapuščena. Kdorkoli pojde mimo Babilona, bo strmel in žvižgal zavoljo vseh kazni njegovih.

¹³Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

¹⁴Razpostavite se zoper Babilon kroginkrog vsi, ki napenjate lok! Prožite vanj strelice, ne hranite pšic! zakaj zoper GOSPODA je on grešil.

¹⁴Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.

¹⁵Ukajte zoper njega kroginkrog! Že podaja roko svojo: padle so utrdbe njegove, podrti so zidovi njegovi; ker to je maščevanje GOSPODOVO. Maščujte se nad njim, kakor je storil, mu storite!

¹⁵Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

¹⁶Pokončajte sejalca iz Babilona in njega, ki suče srp ob žetvi! Od strahu pred zatirajočim mečem se povrnejo vsak k svojemu ljudstvu in zbeže vsak v svojo deželo.

¹⁶Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

¹⁷Ovca razkropljena je Izrael, levi so jo pregnali. Prvi jo je žrl kralj asirski in sedaj, zadnjič, ta Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, ji je zdrobil kosti.

¹⁷Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

¹⁸Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov: Glej, jaz bom kaznoval kralja babilonskega in deželo njegovo, kakor sem kaznoval kralja asirskega.

¹⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

¹⁹In storim, da se vrne Izrael na pašnik svoj in se bo pasel po Karmelu in Basanu, in duša njegova se bo sitila na gorovju Efraimskem in v Gileadu.

¹⁹I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

²⁰V tistih dneh in v tistem času, govori GOSPOD, se bo iskala krivica Izraelova, pa ne bode nobene, in grehi Judovi, a ne najde se jih nič, ker jim odpustim, katerim dam, da preostanejo.

²⁰In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

²¹Pojdi gori zoper deželo „Dvojni upor“, prav proti njej in zoper prebivalce v „Obiskovanju“! Pustoši in docela pokončuj zadaj za njimi, govori GOSPOD, in delaj prav po vsem, kar sem ti ukazal.

²¹Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

²²Vojske hrup je v deželi in velik poboj!

²²A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

²³Kako je razsekano in zdrobljeno kladivo vse zemlje! Kako je Babilon v strmenje med narodi!

²³How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

²⁴Zanko sem ti nastavil, in ujel si se tudi, o Babilon, ne da bi bil zaznal; zalotili so te in zgrabili, ker si se vojskoval zoper GOSPODA.

²⁴I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.

²⁵Odprl je GOSPOD orožnico svojo in vzel je iz nje orožje nevolje svoje; zakaj Gospod, Jehova nad vojskami, ima delo pokončevalno v deželi Kaldejski.

²⁵Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

²⁶Zberite se nadnjo od vseh strani, odprite žitnice njene; nakopičite je kakor kupe snopja in jo docela pokončajte; naj nima nobenega ostanka!

²⁶Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

²⁷Pomorite vse junce njene, naj gredo doli v klanje! Gorje jim! ker je prišel njih dan, čas njih obiskovanja!

²⁷Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation.

²⁸Čuj! glas bežečih in uhajajočih iz dežele Babilonske, da naznanijo na Sionu maščevanje GOSPODA, Boga našega, svetišča njegovega maščevanje.

²⁸The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.

²⁹Skličite strelce proti Babilonu, vse, ki napenjajo lok! utaborite se ob njem kroginkrog, nihče naj ne ubeži! Povrnite mu po delu njegovem, prav kakor je storil, mu storite; zakaj zoper GOSPODA se je ponašal, zoper Svetega Izraelovega.

²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

³⁰Zatorej bodo popadali mladeniči njegovi po ulicah njegovih in vsi vojščaki njegovi poginejo tisti dan, govori GOSPOD.

³⁰Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.

³¹Glej, jaz sem zoper tebe, o prevzetnež, govori Gospod, Jehova nad vojskami; zakaj tvoj dan je prišel, čas, ko te bom obiskoval.

³¹Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

³²Tedaj se spotakne prevzetnež in se zgrudi, da ga nihče ne zravna; in ogenj zažgem v mestih njegovih, ki pokonča vso okolico njegovo.

³²The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him.

³³Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami: Silo trpé sinovi Izraelovi in sinovi Judovi skupaj, in katerikoli so jih ujeli, jih trdo drže, branijo se jih izpustiti.

³³Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

³⁴Njih odrešenik je močan, GOSPOD nad vojskami je ime njegovo: gotovo se potegne za njih pravdo, da upokoji deželo in vznemiri prebivalce v Babilonu.

³⁴Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

³⁵Meč nad Kaldejce, veli GOSPOD, in nad prebivalce v Babilonu in nad kneze njegove in modrijane njegove!

³⁵A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.

³⁶meč nad blebetače njegove, da poneumijo, meč nad oblastnike njegove, da obupajo!

³⁶A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

³⁷meč nad konje in vozove njegove in nad vse mešano ljudstvo, ki je sredi njega, da naj bodo kakor ženske! meč nad zaklade njegove, da se plenijo!

³⁷A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

³⁸suša nad vode njegove, da se posušé! ker to je dežela izrezanih podob in pri pošastnih malikih ravnajo brezumno.

³⁸A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

³⁹Zato bodo tam prebivale zveri puščave z divjimi psi in noji bodo v njem gnezdili; in nikdar več se ne bo prebivalo v njem in naselitve ne bo v njem od roda do roda.

³⁹Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.

⁴⁰Enako se podere, kakor je Bog podrl Sodomo in Gomoro in sosednja mesta njuna, govori GOSPOD: nihče ne bo ondi stanoval in bival ne bo v njem sin človekov.

⁴⁰As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.

⁴¹Glej, ljudstvo pride od severa in narod velik in mnogi kralji vstanejo od skrajnega konca zemlje.

⁴¹Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

⁴²Lok in sulico bodo držali, krvoločni bodo in brez usmiljenja; njih glas bo bučal kakor morje in na konjih bodo jahali: vsak je oborožen zoper tebe, o hči babilonska, kakor mož na vojsko.

⁴²They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

⁴³Slišal bo kralj babilonski glas o njih, in omahnejo mu roke; groza ga obide, bolečina kakor porodnico.

⁴³The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.

⁴⁴Glej, kakor lev gre gori od veličja Jordanovega zoper trdno prebivališče; zdajci ga zapodim v beg od tod, in njega, ki je izvoljen, postavim nad to deželo. Kajti kdo je meni enak? in kdo bi me pozval na sodbo? in kdo je tisti pastir, ki bi mogel stati pred menoj?

⁴⁴Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

⁴⁵Zatorej čujte GOSPODOV sklep, ki ga je sklenil zoper Babilon, in misli njegove zoper deželo Kaldejcev: Gotovo jih odvlečejo, najmanjše iz črede, gotovo se opustoši njih prebivališče ž njimi vred.Od glasu: Babilon je vzet! se potrese zemlja, in vpitje se bo čulo med narodi.

⁴⁵Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

⁴⁶Od glasu: Babilon je vzet! se potrese zemlja, in vpitje se bo čulo med narodi.

⁴⁶At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.