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

¹Ovo je riječ koju Jahve uputi Jeremiji:

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

²"Ustani i siđi u kuću lončarovu - ondje ću ti objaviti svoje riječi."

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

³Siđoh, dakle, u kuću lončarovu, upravo je radio na lončarskom kolu.

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.

⁴I kako bi se koji sud što bi ga načinio od ilovače u ruci lončarovoj pokvario, on bi opet od nje pravio drugi - već kako se lončaru svidjelo da napravi.

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

⁵I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

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.

⁶"Ne mogu li i ja s vama činiti kao ovaj lončar, dome Izraelov? - riječ je Jahvina. Evo, kao ilovača u ruci lončarovoj, i vi ste u mojoj ruci, dome Izraelov.

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

⁷Objavim li jednom kojem narodu ili kojem kraljevstvu da ću ga iskorijeniti, uništiti i razoriti,

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.

⁸i taj se narod, protiv kojeg sam govorio, obrati od opačina i zloća, tada ću se ja pokajati za zlo koje mu bijah namijenio.

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

⁹Objavim li kojem narodu, ili kojem kraljevstvu, da ću ga izgraditi i posaditi,

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.

¹⁰a on stane činiti što je zlo u mojim očima, ne slušajući glasa mojega, pokajat ću se za dobro koje sam im obećao.

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.

¹¹Zato sada reci Judejcima i Jeruzalemcima: 'Ovako govori Jahve: Evo, spremam vam zlo i snujem protiv vas osnove. Vratite se, dakle, svaki sa svoga zlog puta i popravite svoje putove i svoja djela.'

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.

¹²Ali oni vele: 'Uzalud! Mi ćemo radije provoditi svoje osnove i činiti svaki po okorjelosti zlog srca svojega.'"

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

¹³Ovako govori Jahve: "Propitajte se po narodima: je li itko takvo što čuo? Toliku grozotu učini djevica Izraelova.

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

¹⁴Nestaje li s gorske vrleti snijeg libanonski? Mogu li presušiti vode daleke što studene teku?

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;

¹⁵A narod moj mene zaboravi! Kad prinose ništavnosti, posrnuše na putovima svojim, na stazama drevnim, i hode stazama i putem neprohodnim.

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

¹⁶I tako su zemlju u pustoš obratili, na vječnu porugu, da se nad njom zgraža svaki prolaznik glavom mašući.

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.

¹⁷Razvitlat ću ih pred neprijateljem, kao istočnjak; leđa, a ne lice, ja ću im pokazati u dan njine propasti."

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.

¹⁸I rekoše: "Hajdemo da se urotimo protiv Jeremije, jer svećeniku ne može nestati Zakona, ni mudrome savjeta, ni proroku besjede. Hajde, udarimo ga njegovim jezikom i pazimo budno na svaku riječ njegovu."

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

¹⁹Poslušaj me, o Jahve, i čuj što govore moji protivnici.

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.

²⁰TÓa zar se dobro uzvraća zlim? A oni mi jamu kopaju! Sjeti se kako stajah pred licem tvojim da u tebe milost tražim za njih, da odvratim od njih jarost tvoju.

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.

²¹Zato im djecu izruči gladi, maču ih predaj! Neka im žene ostanu jalove i udovice, neka im kuga pobije muževe, a mladići neka od mača u boju poginu.

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.

²²Neka se prolomi vapaj iz kuća njihovih kad iznenada na njih dovedeš čete pljačkaša. Jer oni iskopaše jamu da me uhvate, nogama mojim u potaji zamke namjestiše.

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.

²³Ti, o Jahve, znadeš sav njihov naum ubilački protiv mene. Ne oprosti im bezakonja njihova, ne izbriši im grijeha pred sobom. Neka padnu pred licem tvojim, obračunaj s njima u dan gnjeva svoga!