Yeremya 9

¹Başımı suya ve gözlerimi gözyaşı pınarına dönüştürecek kim var ki, halkımın kızının darbelenmişleri için gece gündüz ağlayabileyim?

²Keşke çölde en uç noktada bir konaklama yerim olsaydı da halkımı bırakıp onlardan uzaklaşabilseydim! Çünkü hepsi zina yapıyor, sadakatsizlerin meclisi olmuşlar.

³Dillerini bir yay gibi gerdiler; yeryüzünde güçlenen sadakat değil, yalandır. Kötülükten kötülüğe ilerlediler ve beni tanımadılar, diyor Rab.

⁴Herkes komşusundan sakınsın ve kardeşlerine güvenmesin; çünkü her kardeş mutlaka çelme takar ve her dost hileyle yürür.

⁵Herkes dostuyla alay ediyor, gerçeği söylemiyorlar; dilleri yalan söylemeyi öğrendi, haksızlık ettiler ve kötülükten dönmek için hiç ara vermediler.

⁶Faiz üstüne faiz, hile üstüne hile! Beni tanımak istemediler, diyor Rab.

⁷Bu yüzden Rab şöyle diyor: İşte, onları ateşte eritip sınayacağım; çünkü halkımın kızının kötülüğü yüzünden başka ne yapabilirim?

⁸Onların dili yaralayan bir oktur, ağızlarının sözleri hilelidir; komşusuna barışçıl sözler söyler ama kendi içinde ona karşı düşmanlık taşır.

⁹Bunlardan dolayı onlardan hesap sormayayım mı, diyor Rab, böyle bir ulustan ruhum öcünü almasın mı?

¹⁰Dağlar için feryat edin, çölün patikaları için ağıt yakın; çünkü buralar insan kalmadığı için yok oldu. Sürülerin sesi bile duyulmuyor; gökteki kuşlardan yeryüzündeki hayvanlara kadar hepsi dehşet içinde kaçıp gitti.

¹¹Yeruşalim'i sürgün yerine ve ejderhaların barınağına çevireceğim; Yahuda kentlerini de içinde yaşanmayan bir virane haline getireceğim.

¹²Bunu anlayacak kadar bilge olan adam kimdir? Rabbin ağzından söz alan kimse size bildirsin: Ülke neden mahvoldu, neden kimsenin geçmediği bir çöl gibi ateşe verildi?

¹³Ve Rab bana şöyle dedi: Çünkü önlerine koyduğum yasamı bıraktılar ve sesime kulak vermediler,

¹⁴aksine kendi kötü yüreklerinin hoşuna giden şeylerin ve atalarının kendilerine öğrettiği putların ardınca gittiler.

¹⁵Bu yüzden İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor: İşte, bu halkı sıkıntılarla besleyeceğim ve onlara öd suyu içireceğim.

¹⁶Onları hem kendilerinin hem de atalarının tanımadığı ulusların arasına dağıtacağım; onları tamamen yok edene dek arkalarından kılıcı göndereceğim.

¹⁷Rab şöyle diyor: Ağıtçı kadınları çağırın, gelsinler! Bilge kadınlara haber gönderin, seslerini yükseltsinler!

¹⁸Acele edip üzerinize bir ağıt yaksınlar; öyle ki, gözlerinizden yaşlar süzülsün, kirpiklerinizden sular aksın.

¹⁹Çünkü Siyon'dan bir feryat sesi duyuldu: Nasıl da perişan olduk! Çok utandırıldık, çünkü yurdumuzu bıraktık ve meskenlerimizi fırlatıp attık!

²⁰Ey kadınlar, Tanrı'nın sözünü dinleyin! Kulaklarınız O'nun ağzından çıkan sözleri alsın. Kızlarınıza feryat etmeyi, her kadın komşusuna ağıt yakmayı öğretsin.

²¹Çünkü ölüm pencerelerimizden tırmandı, topraklarımıza girdi; dışarıdaki bebekleri, meydanlardaki gençleri yok etmek için geldi.

²²İnsanların cesetleri topraklarınızın kırlarında birer ibret olacak, orakçının arkasında kalan otlar gibi serilecek ve onları toplayan olmayacak.

²³Rab şöyle diyor: Bilge kişi bilgeliğiyle övünmesin, güçlü kişi gücüyle övünmesin, zengin kişi zenginliğiyle övünmesin.

²⁴Övünen ancak şununla övünsün: Beni anlamakla ve yeryüzünde merhamet, adalet ve doğruluğu uygulayan Rabbin ben olduğumu bilmekle. Çünkü ben bunlardan hoşlanırım, diyor Rab.

²⁵İşte, öyle günler geliyor ki, diyor Rab, sünnet derileriyle birlikte sünnet edilmiş olan herkesi cezalandıracağım;

²⁶Mısır'ı, İdumeya'yi, Edom'u, Ammon oğullarını, Moab oğullarını ve çölde yaşayıp da yüzünün etrafındaki saçları yuvarlak biçimde kesenlerin hepsini. Çünkü bütün bu uluslar bedence sünnetsizdir, bütün İsrail evi ise yürekten sünnetsizdir.

¹ΤΙΣ δώσει κεφαλῇ μου ὕδωρ καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖς μου πηγὴν δακρύων, καὶ κλαύσομαι τὸν λαόν μου τοῦτον ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, τοὺς τετραυματισμένους θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου;

²τίς δῴη μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ σταθμὸν ἔσχατον καὶ καταλείψω τὸν λαόν μου καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν; ὅτι πάντες μοιχῶνται, σύνοδος ἀθετούντων.

³καὶ ἐνέτειναν τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡς τόξον, ψεῦδος καὶ οὐ πίστις ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἐκ κακῶν εἰς κακὰ ἐξήλθοσαν καὶ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, φησὶ Κύριος.

⁴ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ φυλάξασθε καὶ ἐπ’ ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν μὴ πεποίθατε, ὅτι πᾶς ἀδελφὸς πτέρνῃ πτερνιεῖ, καὶ πᾶς φίλος δολίως πορεύσεται.

⁵ἕκαστος κατὰ τοῦ φίλου αὐτοῦ καταπαίξεται, ἀλήθειαν οὐ μὴ λαλήσωσι· μεμάθηκεν ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν λαλεῖν ψευδῆ, ἠδίκησαν καὶ οὐ διέλιπον τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι.

⁶τόκος ἐπὶ τόκῳ καὶ δόλος ἐπὶ δόλῳ· οὐκ ἤθελον εἰδέναι με, φησὶ Κύριος.

⁷διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πυρώσω αὐτοὺς καὶ δοκιμῶ αὐτούς, ὅτι ποιήσω ἀπὸ προσώπου πονηρίας θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου.

⁸βολὶς τιτρώσκουσα ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν, δόλια τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματος αὐτῶν· τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ λαλεῖ εἰρηνικὰ καὶ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει τὴν ἔχθραν.

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

¹⁰᾿Επὶ τὰ ὄρη λάβετε κοπετὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς τρίβους τῆς ἐρήμου θρῆνον, ὅτι ἐξέλιπον παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀνθρώπους· οὐκ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν ὑπάρξεως· ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἕως κτηνῶν ἐξέστησαν, ᾤχοντο.

¹¹καὶ δώσω τὴν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰς μετοικίαν καὶ εἰς κατοικητήριον δρακόντων καὶ τὰς πόλεις ᾿Ιούδα εἰς ἀφανισμὸν θήσομαι, παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι.

¹²τίς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ συνετός, καὶ συνέτω τοῦτο; καὶ ᾧ λόγος στόματος Κυρίου πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀναγγειλάτω ὑμῖν· ἕνεκεν τίνος ἀπώλετο ἡ γῆ, ἀνήφθη ὡς ἔρημος παρὰ τὸ μὴ διοδεύεσθαι αὐτήν;

¹³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· διὰ τὸ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν αὐτοὺς τὸν νόμον μου, ὃν ἔδωκα πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς μου,

¹⁴ἀλλ’ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ἀρεστῶν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν τῆς κακῆς καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν εἰδώλων, ἃ ἐδίδαξαν αὐτοὺς οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν·

¹⁵διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ψωμιῶ αὐτοὺς ἀνάγκας καὶ ποτιῶ αὐτοὺς ὕδωρ χολῆς

¹⁶καὶ διασκορπιῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εἰς οὓς οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπαποστελῶ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὴν μάχαιραν ἕως τοῦ ἐξαναλῶσαι αὐτοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ.

¹⁷τάδε λέγει Κύριος· καλέσατε τὰς θρηνούσας καὶ ἐλθέτωσαν, καὶ πρὸς τὰς σοφὰς ἀποστείλατε καὶ φθεγξάσθωσαν

¹⁸καὶ λαβέτωσαν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς θρῆνον, καὶ καταγαγέτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν δάκρυα, καὶ τὰ βλέφαρα ὑμῶν ρείτω ὕδωρ.

¹⁹ὅτι φωνὴ οἴκτου ἠκούσθη ἐν Σιών· πῶς ἐταλαιπωρήσαμεν, κατῃσχύνθημεν σφόδρα, ὅτι ἐγκατελίπομεν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀπερρίψαμεν τὰ σκηνώματα ἡμῶν.

²⁰ἀκούσατε δή, γυναῖκες, λόγον Θεοῦ, καὶ δεξάσθω τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν λόγους στόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ διδάξατε τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν οἶκτον καὶ γυνὴ τὸν πλησίον αὐτῆς θρῆνον.

²¹ὅτι ἀνέβη θάνατος διὰ τῶν θυρίδων ὑμῶν, εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐκτρῖψαι νήπια ἔξωθεν καὶ νεανίσκους ἀπὸ τῶν πλατειῶν.

²²καὶ ἔσονται οἱ νεκροὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εἰς παράδειγμα ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ πεδίου τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν καὶ ὡς χόρτος ὀπίσω θερίζοντος, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ συνάγων. -

²³Τάδε λέγει Κύριος· μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ πλούσιος ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ,

²⁴ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐν τούτῳ καυχάσθω ὁ καυχώμενος, συνίειν καὶ γινώσκεν ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ἔλεος καὶ κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἐν τούτοις τὸ θέλημά μου, λέγει Κύριος.

²⁵ἰδοὺ ἡμέραι ἔρχονται, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπὶ πάντας περιτετμημένους ἀκροβυστίας αὐτῶν,

²⁶ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ιδουμαίαν καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Εδὼμ καὶ ἐπὶ υἱοὺς ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Μωὰβ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα περικειρόμενον τὰ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· ὅτι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἀπερίτμητα σαρκί, καὶ πᾶς οἶκος ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπερίτμητοι καρδίας αὐτῶν.

¹Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, [even] for the slain of the daughter of my people.

²Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.

³And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.

⁴Beware ye each of his neighbour, and trust ye not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.

⁵Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.

⁶[There is] usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.

⁷Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do [thus] because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.

⁸Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: [one] speaks peaceably to his neighbour, but in himself retains enmity.

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

¹⁰Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.

¹¹And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.

¹²Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord [addressed] to him, let him tell you wherefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.

¹³And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not hearkened to my voice;

¹⁴but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them [to worship]:

¹⁵therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:

¹⁶and I will scatter them among the nations, to them whom neither they nor their fathers knew; and I will send a sword upon them, until I have consumed them with it.

¹⁷Thus saith the Lord, Call ye the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;

¹⁸and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.

¹⁹For a voice of lamentation has been heard in Sion, How are we become wretched! we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles!

²⁰Hear now, ye women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and [every] woman her neighbour a dirge.

²¹For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.

²²And the carcases of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather [them].

²³Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;

²⁴but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, saith the Lord.

²⁵Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;

²⁶on Egypt, and on Idumea, and on Edom, and on the children of Ammon, and on the children of Moab, and on every one that shaves his face round about, [even] them that dwell in the wilderness; for all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in flesh, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised [in] their hearts.