Yeremya 14

¹Ve Rab'bin kuraklık üzerine Yeremya'ya yönelik sözü şöyle gerçekleşti:

²Yahuda yas tutuyor, kapıları boşaldı ve yeryüzünde karanlığa büründüler; Yeruşalim'in feryadı göğe yükseldi.

³Asilleri kendi gençlerini su aramaya gönderdi; kuyulara gittiler ama su bulamadılar, kaplarını boş olarak geri getirdiler.

⁴Toprağın işleri durup tükendi, çünkü yağmur yoktu; çiftçiler utandırıldı ve başlarını örttüler.

⁵Kırdaki geyikler bile doğurdu ve yavrularını terk etti, çünkü hiç yeşillik yoktu.

⁶Yaban eşekleri vadilerde durup rüzgarı soludular; adaletsiz halk yüzünden ot olmadığından gözlerinin feri söndü.

⁷Günahlarımız bize karşı tanıklık etse de, ya Rab, kendi adın uğruna bizim için eyleme geç; çünkü senin önünde günahlarımız çoktur, sana karşı günah işledik.

⁸Ey İsrail'in umudu ve sıkıntı zamanında kurtarıcısı olan Rab! Neden ülkede geçici bir yabancı gibi, konaklamak için yoldan sapan bir yerli gibisin?

⁹Neden uyuyan bir adam gibi ya da kurtarmaya gücü yetmeyen bir yiğit gibi olasın? Oysa sen aramızdasın ya Rab, adın üzerimize çağrılmıştır; bizi unutma!

¹⁰Rab bu halk için şöyle diyor: "Ayaklarını oynatmayı sevdiler ve kendilerini sakınmadılar; bu yüzden Tanrı onlardan hoşnut kalmadı. Şimdi onların adaletsizliğini anacak."

¹¹Ve Rab bana şöyle dedi: "Bu halkın iyiliği için dua etme."

¹²"Oruç tutsalar bile yalvarışlarını dinlemeyeceğim; yakmalık sunular ve kurbanlar sunsalar da onlardan hoşnut olmayacağım. Onları kılıçla, kıtlıkla ve salgın ölümle yok edeceğim."

¹³Ben de, "Ey Rab, bak!" dedim, "Peygamberleri onlara peygamberlik edip, 'Kılıç görmeyeceksiniz, aranızda kıtlık olmayacak; çünkü bu ülkede ve bu yerde size gerçeği ve esenliği vereceğim' diyorlar."

¹⁴Rab bana şöyle dedi: "Peygamberler benim adımla yalan peygamberlik ediyorlar. Onları ben göndermedim, onlara buyruk vermedim ve onlarla konuşmadım. Size yalan görümler, falcılıklar, boş kehanetler ve kendi yüreklerinin tercihlerini peygamberlik ediyorlar."

¹⁵Bu yüzden Rab, benim göndermediğim halde benim adımla yalan peygamberlik eden ve 'Bu toprağa kılıç ve kıtlık gelmeyecek' diyen peygamberler için şöyle diyor: 'O peygamberler salgın bir ölümle ölecek ve kıtlıkla yok edilecekler.'

¹⁶Kendilerine peygamberlik ettikleri halk ise kılıç ve kıtlık yüzünden Yeruşalim sokaklarına fırlatılıp atılacak; onları, karılarını, oğullarını ve kızlarını gömecek kimse olmayacak. Kötülüklerini üzerlerine dökeceğim.

¹⁷Onlara şu sözü söyle: 'Gözleriniz gece gündüz durmaksızın yaş döksün ve kesilmesin; çünkü halkımın kızı büyük bir kırılışla, çok acı bir darbeyle yıkıldı.'

¹⁸Kırlara çıksam, işte kılıçla öldürülmüş olanlar; kente girsem, işte kıtlığın verdiği acı! Çünkü hem kâhin hem de peygamber bilmedikleri bir ülkeye sürülüp gittiler.

¹⁹Yahuda'yı büsbütün reddet mi ettin? Canın Siyon'dan iğrendi mi? Neden bizi öyle vurdun ki, bizim için şifa kalmadı? Esenlik bekledik ama iyilik gelmedi; şifa zamanını gözledik ama işte dehşet!

²⁰Günahlarımızı ve atalarımızın adaletsizliklerini kabul ediyoruz ya Rab; çünkü sana karşı günah işledik.

²¹Kendi adın uğruna sakinleş, görkemli tahtını yok etme; bizimle yaptığın antlaşmayı hatırla, onu bozma!

²²Ulusların putları arasında yağmur yağdırabilen var mı? Ya da gökler kendi kendine mi bolluk verir? O sen değil misin? Bu yüzden umudumuz sendedir ya Rab, çünkü bütün bunları yapan sensin.

¹Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς ῾Ιερεμίαν περὶ τῆς ἀβροχίας. -

²ΕΠΕΝΘΗΣΕΝ ἡ ᾿Ιουδαία, καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆς ἐκενώθησαν καὶ ἐσκοτώθησαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἀνέβη.

³καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτῆς ἀπέστειλαν τοὺς νεωτέρους αὐτῶν ἐφ’ ὕδωρ· ἤλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὰ φρέατα καὶ οὐχ εὕροσαν ὕδωρ καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν τὰ ἀγγεῖα αὐτῶν κενά.

⁴καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῆς γῆς ἐξέλιπεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ὑετός· ᾐσχύνθησαν οἱ γεωργοί, ἐπεκάλυψαν τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν.

⁵καὶ ἔλαφοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ἔτεκον καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν βοτάνη.

⁶ὄνοι ἄγριοι ἔστησαν ἐπὶ νάπας· εἵλκυσαν ἄνεμον, ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν χόρτος ἀπὸ λαοῦ ἀδικίας.

⁷εἰ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἀντέστησαν ἡμῖν, Κύριε, ποίησον ἡμῖν ἕνεκέν σου, ὅτι πολλαὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἐναντίον σου, ὅτι σοὶ ἡμάρτομεν.

⁸ὑπομονὴ ᾿Ισραήλ, Κύριε, καὶ σῴζεις ἐν καιρῷ κακῶν· ἱνατί ἐγενήθης ὡσεὶ πάροικος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὡς αὐτόχθων ἐκκλίνων εἰς κατάλυμα;

⁹μὴ ἔσῃ ὥσπερ ἄνθρωπος ὑπνῶν ἢ ὡς ἀνὴρ οὐ δυνάμενος σῴζειν; καὶ σὺ ἐν ἡμῖν εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικέκληται ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς· μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ ἡμῶν.

¹⁰οὕτως λέγει Κύριος τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ· ἠγάπησαν κινεῖν πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσαντο, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς· νῦν μνησθήσεται τῆς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν.

¹¹καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· μὴ προσεύχου περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου εἰς ἀγαθά·

¹²ὅτι ἐὰν νηστεύσωσιν, οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι τῆς δεήσεως αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐὰν προσενέγκωσιν ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας, οὐκ εὐδοκήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καί ἐν θανάτῳ ἐγὼ συντελέσω αὐτούς.

¹³καὶ εἶπα· ὦ Κύριε, ἰδοὺ οἱ προφῆται αὐτῶν προφητεύουσι καὶ λέγουσιν· οὐκ ὄψεσθε μάχαιραν, οὐδὲ λιμὸς ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἀλήθειαν καὶ εἰρήνην δώσω ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· ψευδῆ οἱ προφῆται προφητεύουσιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, οὐκ ἀπέστειλα αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐκ ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐκ ἐλάλησα πρὸς αὐτούς· ὅτι ὁράσεις ψευδεῖς καὶ μαντείας καὶ οἰωνίσματα καὶ προαιρέσεις καρδίας αὐτῶν αὐτοὶ προφητεύουσιν ὑμῖν.

¹⁵διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος περὶ τῶν προφητῶν τῶν προφητευόντων ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ψευδῆ, καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς, οἳ λέγουσι· μάχαιρα καὶ λιμὸς οὐκ ἔσται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ταύτης· ἐν θανάτῳ νοσερῷ ἀποθανοῦνται καὶ ἐν λιμῷ συντελεσθήσονται οἱ προφῆται

¹⁶καὶ ὁ λαός, οἷς αὐτοὶ προφητεύουσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔσονται ἐρριμμένοι ἐν ταῖς διόδοις ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ προσώπου μαχαίρας καὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ θάπτων αὐτούς, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὰ κακὰ αὐτῶν.

¹⁷καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν λόγον τοῦτον· καταγάγετε ἐπ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν δάκρυα ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μὴ διαλιπέτωσαν, ὅτι συντρίμματι συνετρίβη θυγάτηρ λαοῦ μου καὶ πληγὴ ὀδυνηρὰ σφόδρα.

¹⁸ἐὰν ἐξέλθω εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τραυματίαι μαχαίρας, καὶ ἐὰν εἰσέλθω εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἰδοὺ πόνος λιμοῦ· ὅτι ἱερεὺς καὶ προφήτης ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς γῆν, ἣν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.

¹⁹μὴ ἀποδοκιμάζων ἀπεδοκίμασας τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν, καὶ ἀπὸ Σιὼν ἀπέστη ἡ ψυχή σου; ἱνατί ἔπαισας ἡμᾶς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἴασις; ὑπεμείναμεν εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀγαθά· εἰς καιρὸν ἰάσεως, καὶ ἰδοὺ ταραχή.

²⁰ἔγνωμεν, Κύριε, ἁμαρτήματα ἡμῶν, ἀδικίας πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν ἐναντίον σου.

²¹κόπασον διὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου, μὴ ἀπολέσῃς θρόνον δόξης σου· μνήσθητι, μὴ διασκεδάσῃς τὴν διαθήκην σου τὴν μεθ’ ἡμῶν.

²²μὴ ἔστιν ἐν εἰδώλοις τῶν ἐθνῶν ὑετίζων; καὶ εἰ ὁ οὐρανὸς δώσει πλησμονὴν αὐτοῦ, οὐχὶ σὺ εἶ αὐτός; καὶ ὑπομενοῦμέν σε, Κύριε, ὅτι σὺ ἐποίησας πάντα ταῦτα.

¹AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.

²Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

³And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

⁴And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

⁵And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.

⁶The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

⁷Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

⁸O Lord, [thou art] the hope of Israel, and deliverest [us] in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?

⁹Wilt thou be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that cannot save? yet thou art among us, O Lord, and thy name is called upon us; forget us not.

¹⁰Thus saith the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.

¹¹And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good:

¹²for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.

¹³And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.

¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.

¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

¹⁷And thou shalt speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.

¹⁸If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore has thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!

²⁰We know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.

²¹Refrain for thy name’s sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²²Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things.