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Israel Forsakes God
The word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
І надійшло слово Господнє до мене, говорючи:
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
“This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
Ійди, скажи голосно в уші дочцї Ерусалимській: Так говорить Господь: Я згадую про дружбу в молодощах твоїх, про любов твою, як ти ще була невістою, як пійшла єси за мною в пустиню, в землю незасїяну.
Israel was holy to the Lord,
the firstfruits of his harvest;
all who devoured her were held guilty,
and disaster overtook them,’ ”
declares the Lord.
the firstfruits of his harvest;
all who devoured her were held guilty,
and disaster overtook them,’ ”
declares the Lord.
Посьвячен був Ізраїль Господеві, як первоплід його; хто нї схотїв пожерати його, набірався гріха, накликав халепу на себе, говорить Господь.
Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
all you clans of Israel.
all you clans of Israel.
Слухайте ж слова Господнього, доме Яковів і всї родини дому Ізрайлевого!
This is what the Lord says:
“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols
and became worthless themselves.
“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols
and became worthless themselves.
Так говорить Господь: Яку кривду знайшли в менї батьки ваші, що відцурались мене й пійшли за марнотою та й зледащіли?
They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
who brought us up out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
a land of drought and utter darkness,
a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
who brought us up out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
a land of drought and utter darkness,
a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
І не сказали собі: Де Господь, що вивів нас із землї Египецької, водив нас по пустинї, по землї пустій та бездорожній, по землї образу смертнього, по якій нїхто не ходив, анї жила в нїй людина?
I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.
to eat its fruit and rich produce.
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.
І я вас увів у землю плодющу, щоб ви живились її вроджаєм і добром її; а ви ввійшли та й з'огидили землю мою, й зробили гидотою наслїддє моє.
The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;
the leaders rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
following worthless idols.
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;
the leaders rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,
following worthless idols.
Сьвященники не питали: Де Господь? і законники не хотїли знати мене; пастирі одпали від мене, а пророки пророкували в імя Баала, і ходили слїдом за тими, що не здолїють помагати.
“Therefore I bring charges against you again,”
declares the Lord.
“And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
declares the Lord.
“And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
Тим то я буду правуватись із вами, говорить Господь, та ще й з дїтьми дїтей ваших судити мусь.
Бо пійдїте лиш на острови Хиттимські та придивітесь, пошлїть у Кедар і розпитайте пильно та упевнїтесь, чи таке бувало коли там?
Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious God
for worthless idols.
(Yet they are not gods at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious God
for worthless idols.
Чи перемінив коли котрий народ боги свої, хоч то не боги; мій же нарід проміняв славу свою на таке, що не здолїє помогти!
Be appalled at this, you heavens,
and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
Здивуйтеся сьому, небеса, задрожіть і злякайтесь, говорить Господь.
“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Двояке бо ледарство вчинив нарід мій: мене, криницю води живої, покинули, а повирубували собі дїраві колодязї, що не держать води.
Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth?
Why then has he become plunder?
Why then has he become plunder?
Чи то ж Ізраїль раб, або домівник у раба? Чом же се він зробився невольником?
Lions have roared;
they have growled at him.
They have laid waste his land;
his towns are burned and deserted.
they have growled at him.
They have laid waste his land;
his towns are burned and deserted.
(отсе бо) Зарикали проти його леви, дали голос із себе, і зробили його землю пустинею; городи його пущено на пожар, обезлюджено.
Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes
have cracked your skull.
have cracked your skull.
Та й сини Мемфиса й Тафни пообгризали аж тїмя у тебе.
Have you not brought this on yourselves
by forsaking the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
by forsaking the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
Чи не тим же наробив ти таке собі, що покинув Господа, Бога твого, тодї, як він був провідником твоїм?
А й тепер — за чим тобі дорога в Египет, пити воду з Нилу? або за чим тобі дорога в Ассирию, пити воду з її ріки?
Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding will rebuke you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter it is for you
when you forsake the Lord your God
and have no awe of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
your backsliding will rebuke you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter it is for you
when you forsake the Lord your God
and have no awe of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Безбожність твоя буде тобі карою, й зрада твоя — докором тобі, щоб ти спізнав і зрозумів, яке се лихо, і як гірка се річ, що ти покинув Господа, Бога твого, й що нема в тебе страху мого, говорить Господь, Бог Саваот.
“Long ago you broke off your yoke
and tore off your bonds;
you said, ‘I will not serve you!’
Indeed, on every high hill
and under every spreading tree
you lay down as a prostitute.
and tore off your bonds;
you said, ‘I will not serve you!’
Indeed, on every high hill
and under every spreading tree
you lay down as a prostitute.
Бо з давних давен ломив я ярмо твоє, розривав ужевки твої, й ти мовляв: не буду служити ідолам; а між тим блудував єси на кожному високому горбі й під кожним гілястим деревом.
I had planted you like a choice vine
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?
Я насадив тебе, як добірну виноградину, — як найчистїйше насїннє; як же се ти перемінилась у мене в дикий відросток чужої виноградини?
Although you wash yourself with soap
and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
Тим то хоч би ти вимилась милом, і вживала багато соли, то безбожність твоя все явна менї, говорить Господь.
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;
I have not run after the Baals’?
See how you behaved in the valley;
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running here and there,
I have not run after the Baals’?
See how you behaved in the valley;
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running here and there,
Як се ти можеш казати: Не поганила я себе, не бігала за Баалом? Подивись на твої слїди в долинї; споглянь, що коїла єси, легконога ти верблюдице, крутячись манівцями твоїми, —
a wild donkey accustomed to the desert,
sniffing the wind in her craving —
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.
sniffing the wind in her craving —
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.
Ослицю дику, що звикла пустопаш степувати, коли в гарячому бажаннї вітер в себе втягає, — хто здолїє впинити? Всї, що її шукають, не втомляться: в її погульньому місяцї вони знайдуть її.
Do not run until your feet are bare
and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!
I love foreign gods,
and I must go after them.’
and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!
I love foreign gods,
and I must go after them.’
Здержуй ноги твої, щоб не витоптували обуви, не давай горлу твому томитись спрагою. Ти ж кажеш: Не надїйсь, нї! бо я вподобала собі чужих (богів), так і бігати му слїдом за ними.
“As a thief is disgraced when he is caught,
so the people of Israel are disgraced —
they, their kings and their officials,
their priests and their prophets.
so the people of Israel are disgraced —
they, their kings and their officials,
their priests and their prophets.
Як уловлений злодїй буває посоромлений, так осоромив себе дом Ізраїля вкупі з царями своїми, з князями своїми, сьвященниками й пророками своїми, —
They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’
and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs to me
and not their faces;
yet when they are in trouble, they say,
‘Come and save us!’
and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs to me
and not their faces;
yet when they are in trouble, they say,
‘Come and save us!’
Ті, що мовляли до деревяного образу: Ти отець мій, а до каменя: Ти зродив мене! повернулись бо вони до мене плечима, а не лицем. Як же бідувати муть, тодї кликати муть: "Устань, рятуй нас!"
Where then are the gods you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!
For you, Judah, have as many gods
as you have towns.
Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!
For you, Judah, have as many gods
as you have towns.
Де ж твої боги, що понароблював собі? нехай вони повстають, коли зможуть помогти тобі в бідї твоїй, бо ж скілько в тебе городів, стілько й богів у тебе, Юдо.
“Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
You have all rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
Чого ж вам перечитись зо мною? ви ж усї согрішили проти мене, — говорить Господь.
“In vain I punished your people;
they did not respond to correction.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravenous lion.
they did not respond to correction.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravenous lion.
Шкода було менї побивати синів ваших: кара не врозумила їх; меч ваш пожерав і пророків ваших, як лев вигублюючий.
“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:
“Have I been a desert to Israel
or a land of great darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
we will come to you no more’?
“Have I been a desert to Israel
or a land of great darkness?
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
we will come to you no more’?
Ой ти роде! послухайте лиш слова Господнього: Чи то ж я та був пустинею Ізрайлеві, або мрячною землею? Чого ж се мої люде говорять: маємо свою волю, не вернемо вже до тебе?!
Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.
a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.
Чи забуває ж коли дївчина свої прикраси, молода княгиня — наряди свої? а нарід мій забув мене — безлїч уже днїв тому.
How skilled you are at pursuing love!
Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
Як метко ти прямуєш стежками твоїми, шукаючи любови! Ти ж і до проступків скривляла дороги твої.
On your clothes is found
the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all this
the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all this
Ба й на полах ув одежі твоїй видко кров безвинних бідолах, що не заставала їх на розбишацтві.
you say, ‘I am innocent;
he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment on you
because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment on you
because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
А проте таки мовляєш: "невинна я, так певно ж і гнїв його одвернеться од мене". Оце ж я буду судитись із тобою за те, що кажеш: "Я не согрішила."
Why do you go about so much,
changing your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt
as you were by Assyria.
changing your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt
as you were by Assyria.
Про що ж ти много блукаєш, змінюючи путь твою? Ти ж так само заведешся на Египтї, як помилилась на Ассириї;