Yeremya 8

¹"O zamanda," der RAB, "Yahuda krallarının kemiklerini, onun önderlerinin kemiklerini, kâhinlerin kemiklerini, peygamberlerin kemiklerini ve Yeruşalim'de yaşayanların kemiklerini mezarlarından çıkaracaklar.

²Ve onları güneşe, aya, tüm yıldızlara ve bütün göksel ordulara karşı kurutulmaya bırakacaklar; o göksel cisimleri ki sevdiler, onlara kulluk ettiler, ardınca yürüdüler, bağlı kaldılar ve onlara tapındılar; onlar için yas tutulmayacak, gömülmeyecekler ve yeryüzünün yüzeyinde bir ibret olacaklar.

³Çünkü onlar ölümü yaşama tercih ettiler; ve o kötü soydan geriye kalanların hepsi, onları sürgün ettiğim her yerde ölümü seçecektir."

⁴"Çünkü RAB şöyle diyor: Düşen kişi ayağa kalkmaz mı? Ya da yoldan dönen kişi geri dönmez mi?

⁵Öyleyse benim bu halkım neden arsızca bir döneklikle yüz çevirdi, kendi bilinçli seçimlerine sımsıkı tutsak kaldı ve geri dönmek istemedi?

⁶Kulak verin ve dinleyin: Doğru olanı konuşmayacaklar; kötülüğünden pişman olup 'Ben ne yaptım?' diyen tek bir insan bile yok. Koşan her kişi, kişnemesi içindeki terlemiş bir at gibi kendi yolundan saptı.

⁷Gökteki leylek bile göç vaktini bilir; kumru, kırlangıç ve tarla serçeleri geri dönecekleri zamanı gözetir. Ama benim bu halkım RAB'bin hükümlerini bilmedi.

⁸Nasıl 'Biz bilgeleriz ve RAB'bin yasası bizimledir' diyebiliyorsunuz? İşte, yazıcıların yalancı kalemi onlar için boşuna yapıldı.

⁹Bilgeler utandırıldı, dehşete düşürüldü ve yakalandı; çünkü RAB'bin sözünü reddettiler. Onlarda nasıl bir bilgelik olabilir ki?

¹⁰Bu yüzden onların karılarını başkalarına, tarlalarını ise yeni mirasçılara vereceğim.

¹³Ve onların ürünlerini toplayacaklar," der RAB, "Asmalarda üzüm kalmadı, incir ağaçlarında incir yok ve yapraklar solup döküldü."

¹⁴"Biz neden öylece oturuyoruz? Toplanın, surlu kentlere girelim ve orada fırlatılıp atılalım; çünkü Tanrımız bizi reddetti ve bize acı safra suyu içirdi, çünkü O'na karşı günah işledik.

¹⁵Barış bekledik ama iyilik gelmedi; şifa vaktini umduk ama işte ani bir kargaşa var.

¹⁶Atlarının tiz soluyuşu Dan'dan duyuluyor; süvari atlarının kişneme sesinden bütün ülke sarsılıyor. Gelip ülkeyi ve onun tüm doluluğunu, kenti ve orada yaşayanları yiyip bitirecekler."

¹⁷"Çünkü işte, üzerinize kendilerine efsun yapılamayan ölümcül yılanlar göndereceğim ve sizi ısıracaklar,"

¹⁸"Çaresiz kalan yüreğinizin acısıyla, şifa bulmaz bir keder içinde kalacaksınız."

¹⁹"İşte, uzak bir ülkeden halkımın kızının feryadının sesi yükseliyor: 'RAB Siyon'da değil mi? Siyon'un Kralı orada yok mu?' 'Neden beni oyma putlarıyla ve yabancı boş şeylerle öfkelendirdiler?'

²⁰'Yaz geçti, hasat vakti sona erdi, biz ise kurtulmadık.'

²¹Halkımın kızının yıkımından ötürü karanlığa büründüm; çaresizlik içindeyim, doğum sancısı çeken bir kadınınki gibi sancılar beni alt etti.

²²Gilead'da hiç şifalı reçine yok mu, yoksa orada hiç hekim yok mu? Öyleyse halkımın kızının şifası neden ortaya çıkmadı?

¹ΕΝ τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἐξοίσουσι τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ιούδα καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ προφητῶν καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐκ τῶν τάφων αὐτῶν

²καὶ ψύξουσιν αὐτὰ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἀστέρας καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν στρατιὰν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἃ ἠγάπησαν, καὶ οἷς ἐδούλευσαν καὶ ὧν ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ ὧν ἀντείχοντο καὶ οἷς προσεκύνησαν αὐτοῖς· οὐ κοπήσονται καὶ οὐ ταφήσονται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς παράδειγμα ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς,

³ὅτι εἵλοντο τὸν θάνατον ἢ τὴν ζωήν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς καταλοίποις τοῖς καταλειφθεῖσιν ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ἐκείνης ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐὰν ἐξώσω αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ. -

⁴῞Οτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος· μὴ ὁ πίπτων οὐκ ἀνίσταται; ἢ ὁ ἀποστρέφων οὐκ ἀναστρέφει;

⁵διατί ἀπέστρεψεν ὁ λαός μου οὗτος ἀποστροφὴν ἀναιδῆ καὶ κατεκρατήθησαν ἐν τῇ προαιρέσει αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι;

⁶ἐνωτίσασθε δὴ καὶ ἀκούσατε· οὐχ οὕτω λαλήσουσιν· οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος μετανοῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ, λέγων· τί ἐποίησα; διέλιπεν ὁ τρέχων ἀπὸ τοῦ δρόμου αὐτοῦ ὡς ἵππος κάθιδρος ἐν χρεμετισμῷ αὐτοῦ.

⁷καὶ ἡ ἀσίδα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἔγνω τὸν καιρὸν αὐτῆς, τρυγὼν καὶ χελιδών, ἀγροῦ στρουθία ἐφύλαξαν καιροὺς εἰσόδων ἑαυτῶν, ὁ δὲ λαός μου οὗτος οὐκ ἔγνω τὰ κρίματα Κυρίου.

⁸πῶς ἐρεῖτε· ὅτι σοφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ νόμος Κυρίου μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἐστιν; εἰς μάτην ἐγενήθη σχοῖνος ψευδὴς γραμματεῦσιν.

⁹ᾐσχύνθησαν σοφοὶ καὶ ἐπτοήθησαν καὶ ἑάλωσαν, ὅτι τὸν λόγον Κυρίου ἀπεδοκίμασαν· σοφία τίς ἐστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς;

¹⁰διὰ τοῦτο δώσω τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ἑτέροις καὶ τοὺς ἀγροὺς αὐτῶν τοῖς κληρονόμοις·

¹³καὶ συνάξουσι τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῶν, λέγει Κύριος, οὐκ ἔστι σταφυλὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀμπέλοις, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σῦκα ἐν ταῖς συκαῖς, καὶ τὰ φύλλα κατερρύηκεν.

¹⁴ἐπὶ τί ἡμεῖς καθήμεθα; συνάχθητε καὶ εἰσέλθωμεν εἰς τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὀχυρὰς καὶ ἀπορριφῶμεν, ὅτι Θεὸς ἀπέρριψεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπότισεν ἡμᾶς ὕδωρ χολῆς, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

¹⁵συνήχθημεν εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀγαθά· εἰς καιρὸν ἰάσεως, καὶ ἰδοὺ σπουδή.

¹⁶ἐκ Δὰν ἀκουσόμεθα φωνὴν ὀξύτητος ἵππων αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ φωνῆς χρεμετισμοῦ ἱππασίας ἵππων αὐτοῦ ἐσείσθη πᾶσα ἡ γῆ· καὶ ἥξει καὶ καταφάγεται τὴν γῆν καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, πόλιν καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ.

¹⁷διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὄφεις θανατοῦντας, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπᾷσαι, καὶ δήξονται ὑμᾶς

¹⁸ἀνίατα μετ’ ὀδύνης καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπορουμένης.

¹⁹ἰδοὺ φωνὴ κραυγῆς θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου ἀπὸ γῆς μακρόθεν· μὴ Κύριος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Σιών; ἢ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ; διατί παρώργισάν με ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν ματαίοις ἀλλοτρίοις;

²⁰διῆλθε θέρος, παρῆλθεν ἄμητος, καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐ διεσώθημεν.

²¹ἐπὶ συντρίμματι θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου ἐσκοτώθην· ἐν ἀπορίᾳ κατίσχυσάν με ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης.

²²μὴ ῥητίνη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Γαλαάδ, ἢ ἰατρὸς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ; διατί οὐκ ἀνέβη ἴασις θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου;

¹At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves; :2 and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,

³because they chose death rather than life, even to all the remnant that are left of that family, in every place whither I shall drive them out.

⁴For thus saith the Lord, Shall not he that falls arise? or he that turns away, shall he not turn back again?

⁵Wherefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their willfulness, and refused to return?

⁶Hearken, I pray you, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? the runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing.

⁷Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, [also] the turtle-dove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord.

⁸How will ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.

⁹The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them?

¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to [new] inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, saith the Lord.

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¹³There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaves have fallen off.

¹⁴Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, and let us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinned before him.

¹⁵We assembled for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, but behold anxiety.

¹⁶We shall hear the neighing of his swift horses out of Dan: the whole land quaked at the sound of the neighing of his horses; and he shall come, and devour the land and the fullness of it; the city, and them that dwell in it.

¹⁷For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

¹⁸mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.

¹⁹Behold, [there is] a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Sion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven [images], and with strange vanities.

²⁰The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved.

²¹For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangs have seized upon me as of a woman in travail.

²²And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place?