¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

¹Riječ koju Jahve uputi Jeremiji kad kralj Sidkija posla k njemu Pašhura, sina Malkijina, i svećenika Sefaniju, sina Maasejina, s porukom:

²Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

²"Hajde, upitaj Jahvu za nas, jer je Nabukodonozor, kralj babilonski, zavojštio na nas; možda će Jahve opet učiniti s nama čudo, pa će se neprijatelj povući pred nama."

³Then Jeremiah said to them, You shall tell Zedekiah:

³Jeremija im reče: "Ovako recite Sidkiji:

⁴Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

⁴Ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'Povući ću oružje koje je u vašim rukama, kojim se borite protiv kralja babilonskoga i Kaldejaca što vas napadaju izvan zidina, i skupiti ga usred ovoga grada.

⁵I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

⁵I sam ću se boriti protiv vas ispruženom rukom i snažnom mišicom, u srdžbi i gnjevu i velikoj jarosti.

⁶I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

⁶I strašnom kugom udarit ću stanovnike ovoga grada, ljude i životinje, i pomrijet će.

⁷Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

⁷Poslije toga ću - riječ je Jahvina - Sidkiju, kralja judejskoga, i njegove sluge i narod, i sve one koji preostadoše u tom gradu nakon pošasti, mača i gladi, predati u ruke Nabukodonozora, kralja babilonskoga, u ruke njihovih neprijatelja i u ruke onih koji im rade o glavi; on će ih sasjeći oštricom mača bez samilosti, bez milosrđa i bez smilovanja.'

⁸To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

⁸A ovom narodu reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve: Evo stavljam pred vas put života i put smrti.

⁹He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

⁹Tko ostane u ovom gradu, poginut će od mača, gladi i kuge. A tko izađe, te se preda Kaldejcima koji vas opsjedaju, spasit će život - život će mu ostati kao plijen.

¹⁰For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

¹⁰Jer, okrenuh lice svoje ovomu gradu na zlo, a ne na dobro - riječ je Jahvina - i bit će izručen u ruke kralja babilonskoga, i on će ga vatrom spaliti.'"

¹¹Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of Yahweh:

¹¹Kraljevskom domu Judeje. Čujte riječ Jahvinu,

¹²House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

¹²dome Davidov! Ovako govori Jahve: "Svako jutro sudite pravedno, izbavite potlačene iz ruku tlačitelja, ili će moj gnjev planut' poput vatre, raspalit' se neugasivo zbog vaših opačina.

¹³Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

¹³Evo me protiv tebe koji stanuješ na Pećini dolinskoj - riječ je Jahvina - protiv vas koji kažete: 'Tko može na nas navaliti, tko u naše nastambe prodrijeti?'

¹⁴I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.

¹⁴Al' ja ću vam platiti prema plodu djela vaših - riječ je Jahvina. - Oganj ću podmetnuti šumi njegovoj i proždrijet će sve oko nje!"