1“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
1Prođite ulicama jeruzalemskim, pogledajte dobro i raspitajte se, tražite po njegovim trgovima, pa ako nađete ijednoga čovjeka koji čini pravo i traži istinu, oprostit ću ovom gradu" - riječ je Jahvina.
2Though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives;’ surely they swear falsely.”
2Pa kad i govore: "Živoga mi Jahve!" doista se krivo zaklinju.
3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
3Jahve, nisu li oči tvoje upravljene k istini? Biješ ih, ali njih ne boli; zatireš ih, al' oni odbijaju pouku tvoju. Čelo im je tvrđe od litice, odbijaju da se obrate.
4Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God.
4Rekoh: "Samo siromasi tako ludo postupaju, jer ne znaju puta Jahvina ni pravo Boga svojega.
5I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
5Poći ću, dakle, velikima i njima ću govoriti, jer oni poznaju put Jahvin i pravo Boga svojega." Ali oni svi složno razbiše jaram i sve veze pokidaše.
6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
6I zato ih šumski lav napada, vuk pustinjski razdire, leopardi vrebaju gradove njihove, tko god iziđe iz njih bit će rastrgan. Jer su grijesi njihovi mnogobrojni, mnogostruki otpadi njihovi.
7“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
7"Zašto da ti oprostim? Sinovi me tvoji napustiše, zaklinju se lažnim bogovima. Ja ih nasitih, oni preljub učiniše, u bludničinu kuću nagrnuše.
8They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
8Oni su k'o ugojeni, sileni konji: ržu za ženom bližnjega svoga.
9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh; “and shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9Pa da to ne kaznim - riječ je Jahvina - narodu takvu da se ne osvetim?
10“Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh’s.
10Popnite se na zidove! Razarajte! Uništite, ali ne posvema! Iščupajte sve čokote jer nisu Jahvini.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
11Da, podlo me izdadoše dom Izraelov i dom Judin" - riječ je Jahvina.
12They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
12Zanijekaše Jahvu, rekoše: "Nema ga! Zlo nas neće snaći, nećemo iskusiti ni gladi ni mača!
13The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.”
13[13a] A proroci su poput vjetra, govornika nema među njima!"
14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
14Zato ovako govori Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama: "Zato što su tako govorili, [13b] evo što će im se zbiti: U oganj ću pretvoriti svoje riječi u tvojim ustima, a narod ovaj u drvo da ga oganj proždre.
15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
15Evo, dovest ću na vas narod izdaleka, dome Izraelov - riječ je Jahvina. Narod nepobjediv, narod drevan, narod kojega jezik nećeš znati, ni razumjeti što govori.
16Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
16Tobolac mu je razjapljen grob. Svi su oni po izboru junaci.
17They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
17On će proždrijet' tvoju žetvu, tvoj kruh, sinove i kćeri tvoje, ovce i goveda tvoja, grožđe i smokve tvoje, razorit će ti gradove tvrde u koje se sada uzdaš."
18“But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
18"Ali ni tada - riječ je Jahvina - neću te posve uništiti.
19It will happen, when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
19A kad budu pitali: 'Zašto nam Jahve, Bog naš, učini sve ovo?' ti ćeš im odgovoriti: 'Jer ste mene ostavili da biste služili tuđim bogovima u svojoj zemlji, služit ćete tuđincu u zemlji koja nije vaša!'"
20“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
20"Objavite ovo domu Jakovljevu i obznanite po Judeji:
21‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
21Čujte, dakle, ovo, narode ludi i nerazumni: oči imaju, a ne vide, uši imaju, a ne čuju!
22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
22Zar se mene nećete bojati - riječ je Jahvina - zar nećete drhtati preda mnom koji sam stavio pijesak moru za granicu, za vječnu među koje nikad neće prijeći: ono se biba, al' je nemoćno, valovi mu huče, ali prijeći neće.
23“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
23No, u naroda ovog srce je prkosno, nepokorno; oni se udaljiše - to je snaga njihova!
24Neither do they say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
24Ne rekoše u srcu svome: 'Bojmo se Jahve, Boga svojega, koji nam u pravi čas šalje dažd rani i kišu kasnu i koji nam čuva tjedne određene za žetvu.'
25“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
25Vaša bezakonja narušiše ovo, vaši vam grijesi uništiše blagostanje.
26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
26Da, u mome narodu ima zlikovaca: kao ptičari vrebaju iz zasjede, postavljaju zamke, hvataju ljude.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
27Kao što je krletka puna ptica, tako su njihove kuće pune grabeža; postadoše tako veliki i bogati,
28They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
28tusti i ugojeni. Da, prevršila se mjera zla, ne brane prava, prava sirote ne sreću, ne mare za pravo sirotinje.
29“Shall I not punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29Pa da to ne kaznim - riječ je Jahvina - narodu takvu da se ne osvetim?
30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
30Strahote i grozote zbivaju se u ovoj zemlji:
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
31proroci laž proriču, a svećenici poučavaju na svoju ruku. A mojem narodu to omilje! Al' što ćete raditi na kraju?