Yeremya 5

¹Yeruşalim sokaklarında dolaşın, bakın ve öğrenin; onun meydanlarında arayın, eğer adaleti uygulayan ve sadakati arayan bir adam bulabilirseniz, onlara merhamet edeceğim, diyor Rab.

²"Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için" deseler de, bu yüzden yalan yere ant içmiş olmuyorlar mı?

³Ey Rab, senin gözlerin sadakat aramaz mı? Onları vurdun ama acı duymadılar; onları tükettin ama terbiyeyi kabul etmek istemediler. Yüzlerini kayadan daha sert yaptılar ve geri dönmeyi reddettiler.

⁴Ben de şöyle dedim: "Bunlar herhalde yoksullardır; çünkü güçleri yetmedi, Rab'bin yolunu ve Tanrılarının yasasını bilmediler."

⁵"Soylulara gideyim ve onlarla konuşayım; çünkü onlar Rab'bin yolunu ve Tanrılarının yasasını bilirler." Ama işte onlar da tek bir akılla boyunduruğu kırmış, bağları koparmışlardı.

⁶Bu yüzden ormandan çıkan bir aslan onlara vurdu, bir kurt onları evlerine dek yok etti ve bir pars kentlerinin başında pusuda bekledi; oradan çıkan her kişi avlanacak, çünkü isyanlarını çoğalttılar ve sapmalarında güçlendiler.

⁷Bunların hangisinden ötürü sana merhamet edeyim? Çocukların beni bıraktı ve ilah olmayanların adına ant içti. Onları doyurduğum halde zina ettiler ve fahişelerin evlerinde konakladılar.

⁸Dişi peşinde koşan kızışmış atlar gibi oldular, her biri komşusunun karısına kişniyordu.

⁹Bunlardan ötürü onları cezalandırmayayım mı? diyor Rab. Böyle bir ulustan benim ruhum öç almayacak mı?

¹⁰Onun siperlerine tırmanın ve yıkın, ama tamamen yok etmeyin; onun temellerini bırakın, çünkü onlar Rab'bindir.

¹¹Çünkü İsrail evi de Yahuda evi de beni tamamen reddederek bana ihanet etti, diyor Rab.

¹²Kendi Rablerine yalan söylediler ve dediler: "O yoktur; üzerimize felaket gelmeyecek, kılıç ve kıtlık görmeyeceğiz."

¹³Peygamberlerimiz rüzgar gibi oldu ve onlarda Rab'bin sözü bulunmuyordu; onlara da aynen böyle olacak.

¹⁴Bu yüzden her şeye gücü yeten Rab şöyle diyor: "Mademki bu sözü söylediniz, işte senin ağzındaki sözlerimi ateş, bu halkı da odun yapacağım; ve ateş onları yiyip bitirecek."

¹⁵"İşte, üzerinize uzaktan bir ulus getiriyorum, ey İsrail evi" diyor Rab, "dilinin sesini anlamayacağınız bir ulus."

¹⁶Hepsi güçlüdürler ve sizin hasadınızı yiyecekler;

¹⁷Ekmeklerinizi yiyecekler, oğullarınızı ve kızlarınızı yiyecekler, koyunlarınızı ve sığırlarınızı yiyecekler, bağlarınızı, incirlikleri ve zeytinliklerinizi yiyecekler; ve güvendiğiniz surlu kentlerinizi kılıçla yerle bir edecekler.

¹⁸"Ve o günlerde bile," diyor Tanrınız Rab, "sizi tamamen yok etmeyeceğim."

¹⁹Ve ne zaman ki, "Tanrımız Rab bütün bunları bize neden yaptı?" diye sorarsanız, onlara şöyle diyeceksin: "Kendi toprağınızda yabancı ilahlara kulluk ettiğiniz için, size ait olmayan bir toprakta da yabancılara böyle kulluk edeceksiniz."

²⁰Bunu Yakup evine duyurun ve Yahuda evinde işittirin:

²¹Dinleyin şimdi bunu, ey akılsız ve anlayışsız halk! Gözleri var ama görmezler, kulakları var ama duymazlar.

²²"Benden korkmaz mısınız?" diyor Rab, "Huzurumda titremez misiniz? Ben ki denize sınırı kumdan çektim, aşamayacağı sonsuz bir kural koydum. Dalgalar kabarsa da üstün gelemez, gürlese de sınırı aşamaz."

²³Ama bu halkın söz dinlemeyen ve asi bir yüreği var; yoldan saptılar ve çekip gittiler.

²⁴Yüreklerinde demediler ki: "Bize zamanında ilkyağmuru ve sonyağmuru veren, hasat mevsiminin kurallarını bizim için koruyan Tanrımız Rab'den korkalım."

²⁵Yasasızlıklarınız bunları saptırdı ve günahlarınız sizi bu iyiliklerden yoksun bıraktı.

²⁶Çünkü halkımın arasında tanrısız adamlar bulundu; insanları mahvetmek için tuzaklar kurup pusuya yattılar ve onları yakalıyorlardı.

²⁷Kuşlarla dolu kurulmuş bir tuzak gibi, evleri hileyle doludur; bu sayede büyüdüler ve zengin oldular.

²⁸Adaleti ihlal ettiler; öksüzün davasını gütmediler ve dulun davasını savunmadılar.

²⁹Bunlardan ötürü onları cezalandırmayayım mı? diyor Rab. Böyle bir ulustan benim ruhum öç almayacak mı?

³⁰Ülkede dehşet verici ve ürpertici şeyler oldu.

³¹Peygamberler yalan peygamberlik ediyor, kâhinler onları elleriyle onaylıyor ve halkım da bunu seviyor. Ama bunlardan sonra ne yapacaksınız?

¹ΠΕΡΙΔΡΑΜΕΤΕ ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἴδετε καὶ γνῶτε καὶ ζητήσατε ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις αὐτῆς, ἐὰν εὕρητε ἄνδρα, εἰ ἔστι ποιῶν κρίμα καὶ ζητῶν πίστιν, καὶ ἵλεως ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς, λέγει Κύριος.

²ζῇ Κύριος, λέγουσι· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐν ψεύδεσιν ὀμνύουσι;

³Κύριε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου εἰς πίστιν· ἐμαστίγωσας αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπόνεσαν, συνετέλεσας αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν δέξασθαι παιδείαν· ἐστερέωσαν τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ πέτραν καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν ἐπιστραφῆναι.

⁴καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα· ἴσως πτωχοί εἰσι, διότι οὐκ ἐδυνάσθησαν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὁδὸν Κυρίου καὶ κρίσιν Θεοῦ·

⁵πορεύσομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἁδροὺς καὶ λαλήσω αὐτοῖς, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐπέγνωσαν ὁδὸν Κυρίου καὶ κρίσιν Θεοῦ· καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁμοθυμαδὸν συνέτριψαν ζυγόν, διέρρηξαν δεσμούς.

⁶διὰ τοῦτο ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς λέων ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ λύκος ἕως τῶν οἰκιῶν ὠλόθρευσεν αὐτούς, καὶ πάρδαλις ἐγρηγόρησεν ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν· πάντες οἱ ἐκπορευόμενοι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν θηρευθήσονται, ὅτι ἐπλήθυναν ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν, ἴσχυσαν ἐν ταῖς ἀποστροφαῖς αὐτῶν.

⁷ποίᾳ τούτων ἵλεως γένωμαί σοι; οἱ υἱοί σου ἐγκατέλιπόν με καὶ ὤμνυον ἐν τοῖς οὐκ οὖσι θεοῖς· καὶ ἐχόρτασα αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐμοιχῶντο καὶ ἐν οἴκοις πορνῶν κατέλυον.

⁸ἵπποι θηλυμανεῖς ἐγενήθησαν, ἕκαστος ἐπὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐχρεμέτιζον.

⁹μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισκέψομαι; λέγει Κύριος. ἢ ἐν ἔθνει τοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικήσει ἡ ψυχή μου;

¹⁰ἀνάβητε ἐπὶ τοὺς προμαχῶνας αὐτῆς καὶ κατασκάψατε, συντέλειαν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε· ὑπολίπεσθε τὰ ὑποστηρίγματα αὐτῆς, ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου εἰσίν.

¹¹ὅτι ἀθετῶν ἠθέτησεν εἰς ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος, οἶκος ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οἶκος ᾿Ιούδα.

¹²ἐψεύσατο τῷ Κυρίῳ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν· οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα· οὐχ ἥξει ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς κακά, καὶ μάχαιραν καὶ λιμὸν οὐκ ὀψόμεθα·

¹³οἱ προφῆται ἡμῶν ἦσαν εἰς ἄνεμον, καὶ λόγος Κυρίου οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν αὐτοῖς· οὕτως ἔσται αὐτοῖς.

¹⁴διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐλαλήσατε τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δέδωκα τοὺς λόγους μου εἰς τὸ στόμα σου πῦρ καὶ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ξύλα, καὶ καταφάγεται αὐτούς.

¹⁵ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς ἔθνος πόρρωθεν, οἶκος ᾿Ισραήλ, λέγει Κύριος, ἔθνος οὗ οὐκ ἀκούσει τῆς φωνῆς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ·

¹⁶πάντες ἰσχυροὶ καὶ κατέδονται τὸν θερισμὸν ὑμῶν

¹⁷καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους ὑμῶν καὶ κατέδονται τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν καὶ κατέδονται τὰ πρόβατα ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺς μόσχους ὑμῶν καὶ κατέδονται τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺς συκῶνας ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺς ἐλαιῶνας ὑμῶν· καὶ ἀλοήσουσι τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὀχυρὰς ὑμῶν, ἐφ’ αἷς ὑμεῖς πεποίθατε ἐπ’ αὐταῖς, ἐν ρομφαίᾳ.

¹⁸καὶ ἔσται ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, οὐ μὴ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς εἰς συντέλειαν.

¹⁹καὶ ἔσται ὅταν εἴπητε· τίνος ἕνεκεν ἐποίησε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν ἡμῖν πάντα ταῦτα; καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτοῖς· ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐδουλεύσατε θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν, οὕτως δουλεύσετε ἀλλοτρίοις ἐν τῇ γῇ οὐχ ὑμῶν.

²⁰ἀναγγείλατε ταῦτα εἰς τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ ἀκουσθήτω ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ᾿Ιούδα.

²¹ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα, λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ ἀκάρδιος, ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐ βλέπουσιν, ὦτα αὐτοῖς καὶ οὐκ ἀκούουσι.

²²μὴ ἐμὲ οὐ φοβηθήσεσθε; λέγει Κύριος, ἢ ἀπὸ προσώπου μου οὐκ εὐλαβηθήσεσθε; τὸν τάξαντα ἄμμον ὅριον τῇ θαλάσσῃ, πρόσταγμα αἰώνιον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται αὐτό, καὶ ταραχθήσεται καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται, καὶ ἠχήσουσι τὰ κύματα αὐτῆς καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται αὐτό.

²³τῷ δὲ λαῷ τούτῳ ἐγενήθη καρδία ἀνήκοος καὶ ἀπειθής, καὶ ἐξέκλιναν καὶ ἀπήλθοσαν·

²⁴καὶ οὐκ εἶπον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν· φοβηθῶμεν δὴ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν, τὸν διδόντα ἡμῖν ὑετὸν πρώϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον κατὰ καιρὸν πληρώσεως προστάγματος θερισμοῦ καὶ ἐφύλαξεν ἡμῖν.

²⁵αἱ ἀνομίαι ὑμῶν ἐξέκλιναν ταῦτα, καὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν ἀπέστησαν τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν·

²⁶ὅτι εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου ἀσεβεῖς καὶ παγίδας ἔστησαν τοῦ διαφθεῖραι ἄνδρας καὶ συνελαμβάνοσαν.

²⁷ὡς παγὶς ἐφεσταμένη πλήρης πετεινῶν, οὕτως οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν πλήρεις δόλου· διὰ τοῦτο ἐμεγαλύνθησαν καὶ ἐπλούτησαν·

²⁸καὶ παρέβησαν κρίσιν, οὐκ ἔκριναν κρίσιν ὀρφανοῦ καὶ κρίσιν χήρας οὐκ ἐκρίνοσαν.

²⁹μὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ἐπισκέψομαι; λέγει Κύριος, ἢ ἐν ἔθνει τῷ τοιούτῳ οὐκ ἐκδικήσει ἡ ψυχή μου;

³⁰ἔκστασις καὶ φρικτὰ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

³¹οἱ προφῆται προφητεύουσιν ἄδικα, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐπεκρότησαν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ λαός μου ἠγάπησεν οὕτως· καὶ τί ποιήσετε εἰς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα;

¹Run ye about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find [one], if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, saith the Lord.

²The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?

³O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.

⁴Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God.

⁵I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.

⁶Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to [their] houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

⁷In what [way] shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.

⁸They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour’s wife.

⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.

¹⁰Go up upon her battlements, and break [them] down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord’s.

¹¹For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord: the house of Juda also

¹²have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.

¹³Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.

¹⁴Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because ye have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

¹⁵Behold, I [will] bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language you shall not understand.

¹⁶[They are] all mighty men:

¹⁷and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in those days, saith the Lord thy God, that I will not utterly destroy you.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that thou shalt say to them, Because ye served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

²⁰Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.

²¹Hear ye now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:

²²will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, [as] a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.

²³But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:

²⁴and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved [it] for us.

²⁵Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.

²⁶For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].

²⁷As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

²⁸and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

²⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

³⁰Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;

³¹the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved [to have it] thus: and what will ye do for the future?