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Jerusalem Refused to Repent
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
if you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
that I may pardon her.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
if you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
that I may pardon her.
Пройдїте по улицях Ерусалимських, озирнїтесь навкруги та роспитуйте й шукайте по всїх майданах: чи знайдете кого, що чинив би суд, щоб допевнявся правди, — я би змилосердився.
Though they say, “As the Lord lives,”
yet they swear falsely.
yet they swear falsely.
Хоч вони й мовляють: "Як жив Господь!" то божяться криво.
O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
Твої ж, Господи, очі хиба не на правду дивляться? Ти побиваєш їх, та їх наче б не болїло; ти вигублюєш їх, та вони не хочуть знати науки; лиця в їх поробились твердїйшими од каменя — не хотять навернутись.
Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
they have no sense;
for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
Я думав собі: вони, може бути, люде прості, вони дурні, то ж і не знають путя Господнього, нї закону Божого.
I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.
Пійду ж я до значних та розмовлюсь із ними, бо вони знають Господню путь, закон Бога свого. Та вони всї вкупі ще більш поламали ярмо, порвали ужви.
Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
A leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their apostasies are great.
a wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
A leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their apostasies are great.
Тим і побє їх лев із лїса, пожере степовий вовк, облягати ме пард міста їх, так що, хто вийде, буде пошматований, бо умножились переступи їх, нема лїку зрадам їх.
“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of whores.
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of whores.
Як же менї за таке простити тебе? Дїти твої покинули мене та й присягаються тими, що — не боги. Я годував їх, вони перелюбкували й купами товпились у доми блудниць.
They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
Вони — годовані жеребцї: кожний рже до чужої жени.
Shall I not punish them for these things?
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
Хиба ж менї не карати за таке? говорить Господь, чи ж не помститься душа моя на такому народові, як сей?
“Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
but make not a full end;
strip away her branches,
for they are not the Lord’s.
but make not a full end;
strip away her branches,
for they are not the Lord’s.
Вилазїте на мури його й розвалюйте — та не до щаду; виривайте парости його, бо вони не Господнї;
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
have been utterly treacherous to me,
have been utterly treacherous to me,
Зрадив бо мене дом Ізрайлїв і дом Юдин, говорить Господь.
They have spoken falsely of the Lord
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
no disaster will come upon us,
nor shall we see sword or famine.
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
no disaster will come upon us,
nor shall we see sword or famine.
Одцурались вони Господа й мовляли: "Нема його, й не побє нас лиха година, нї меч, нї голоднеча.
The prophets will become wind;
the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”
the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”
І пророки говорили на вітер, і слова (Господнього) нема в них; їм самим нехай те станеться."
The Lord Proclaims Judgment
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
“Because you have spoken this word,
behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire,
and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
“Because you have spoken this word,
behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire,
and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
Тим же то говорить Господь Бог сил: за те, що провадили ви такі речі, зроблю я слова мої в устах твоїх огнем, а сих людей — дровами, і той огонь пожере їх.
Behold, I am bringing against you
a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
It is an enduring nation;
it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
nor can you understand what they say.
a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
It is an enduring nation;
it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
nor can you understand what they say.
Ось, я напущу на вас, доме Ізраїля, народ здалеку, говорить Господь, народ потужний, народ давнезний, народ, що мови його ти не знаєш, і що він говорить, ти незрозумієш.
Their quiver is like an open tomb;
they are all mighty warriors.
they are all mighty warriors.
Сагайдак у його, як гріб розтворений, а всї вони — самі невміраки.
They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your fortified cities in which you trust
they shall beat down with the sword.”
they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your fortified cities in which you trust
they shall beat down with the sword.”
І повиїдають вони вроджай твій і зерно твоє; з'їдять синів твоїх і дочок твоїх; вівцї твої й товар твій; виноградину твою й смокви твої; утверджені городи твої, що на їх уповаєш, вони мечем звоюють.
“But even in those days, declares the Lord, I will not make a full end of you.
Але й у ті часи, говорить Господь, не вигублю вас до щаду.
And when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”
Коли ж мовляти мете: За що вдїяв нам се все Господь, Бог наш? то відкажи їм: Що ви мене покинули та й служили чужим богам у своїй землї, за те будете служити чужим у землї не вашій.
Declare this in the house of Jacob;
proclaim it in Judah:
proclaim it in Judah:
Оповістїть се в дому Якововому й звістїть в Юдеї, кажучи:
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes, but see not,
who have ears, but hear not.
who have eyes, but see not,
who have ears, but hear not.
Слухайте, дурні й нерозсудливі люде, що маєте очі, та не бачите, маєте уші, та не чуєте:
Do you not fear me? declares the Lord.
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
Чи вже ж ви та не боїтесь мене, говорить Господь, чи й передо мною не затремтите? Я ж положив морю гряницею піски, вічною гряницею, яку воно не переступить; і хоч филї його напирають, та годї їм перемогти; хоч вони бурхають, та не здолїють перейти.
But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;
they have turned aside and gone away.
they have turned aside and gone away.
А в людей сих серце бутне й ворохобне; відступили та й пійшли манівцем.
They do not say in their hearts,
‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain in its season,
the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain in its season,
the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
Не подумали ж у серцї свойму: Біймося Господа Бога нашого, що дає нам свого часу дощ раннїй і пізнїй, що порядкує тижнями, призначеними на жнива.
Your iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have kept good from you.
and your sins have kept good from you.
Се ж провини ваші відхилили те, се ваші гріхи відняли вам те добро.
Бо між людьми моїми знаходяться безбожні: залягають, як птахоловцї, припадають до землї, наставляють сїти, щоб ловити людей.
Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
Мов клїтка, повна птиць, так повно в їх домівках оманного заробітку; сим робом і поробились вони великими й заможними,
they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Потовстїли й погрубшали, а в лихому попереступали всяку міру; не розбирають справ на судї, справ безбатченків; самі упливають в добрі, а справедливому дїлу вбогих не помагають на судї.
Shall I not punish them for these things?
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”
Чи не покараю ж я за таке, говорить Господь, і не помститься серце моє на такому народові, як сей?
An appalling and horrible thing
has happened in the land:
has happened in the land:
Чудні й страшні речі дїються в сїй землї: