Иеремия 9
New Russian Translation
9 О, если бы голова моя была водным потоком,
и глаза мои – фонтаном слез,
чтобы оплакивать мне днем и ночью
сраженных из моего народа.
2 О, если бы был для меня в пустыне
постоялый двор,
чтобы я мог оставить свой народ
и удалиться прочь!
Все они – блудники,
сборище вероломных.
3 – Как лук, напрягают язык для лжи;
не истиной побеждают в стране.
Идут от одного злодейства к другому
и не знают Меня, –
возвещает Господь. –
4 Остерегайтесь друзей,
не доверяйте братьям,
потому что всякий брат – обманщик,
и всякий друг – клеветник.
5 Друг лжет другу,
никто правды в лицо не говорит.
Они приучили свой язык лгать
и грешат до изнеможения.
6 Ты живешь среди коварного народа,
и из-за своего коварства они отказываются
знать Меня, –
возвещает Господь.
7 Поэтому так говорит Господь Сил:
– Я переплавлю и испытаю их,
а как еще Мне поступить
с Моим грешным народом?
8 Их язык – гибельная стрела,
он источает коварство.
С ближним они говорят по-дружески,
а в сердце готовят западню.
9 Неужели Я не накажу их за это? –
возвещает Господь. –
Неужели Я не воздам по заслугам
такому народу, как этот?
10 Буду рыдать и оплакивать горы,
подниму плач о брошенных пастбищах.
Разорены они, никто не ходит по ним,
и не слышно мычания стад.
Птицы небесные разлетелись,
и разбежались все звери.
11 – Я сделаю Иерусалим грудой развалин,
логовом шакалов;
города Иудеи сделаю пустыней,
оставлю без жителей.
12 Кто достаточно мудр, чтобы понять это? Кто был научен Господом и может объяснить это? За что погибла страна и выжжена, как пустыня, по которой нельзя странствовать?
13 И Господь сказал:
– Это за то, что они оставили Мой Закон, который Я установил для них; они не слушались Меня и не исполняли Моего Закона. 14 Напротив, они упорно следовали желаниям своего сердца; они шли за Баалами, как их научили отцы. 15 Поэтому, так говорит Господь Сил, Бог Израиля: Я накормлю этот народ горькой пищей и напою отравленной водой. 16 Я рассею их среди народов, которых не знали ни они, ни их отцы, и буду преследовать их мечом, пока не погублю их.
17 Так говорит Господь Сил:
– Подумайте! Позовите плакальщиц,
пошлите за искуснейшими из них.
18 – Пусть придут поскорее
и плач о нас поднимут,
чтобы хлынули слезы у нас из глаз
и побежали с ресниц потоки.
19 Плач слышен с Сиона:
«Как мы ограблены!
Как жестоко опозорены!
Мы покидаем свою страну,
наши жилища разрушены».
20 Слушайте же слово Господне, женщины,
внимайте словам Его уст.
Научите плачу своих дочерей
и друг друга – горестным песням.
21 Потому что смерть входит в наши окна
и вторгается в наши дворцы,
чтобы истребить детей на улицах
и юношей на площадях.
22 Скажи: так возвещает Господь:
– Будут трупы людские лежать,
как навоз на открытом поле,
как снопы позади жнеца,
и некому будет собрать их.
23 Так говорит Господь:
– Пусть мудрец не хвалится мудростью,
сильный – силой,
а богатый – своим богатством;
24 пусть тот, кто хвалится, хвалится тем,
что понимает и знает Меня,
тем, что Я – Господь, творящий милость,
правосудие и праведность на земле,
потому что это Мне угодно, –
возвещает Господь.
25 Настанут дни, – возвещает Господь, – когда Я накажу всех, кто обрезан только по плоти – 26 Египет, Иудею, Эдом, Аммон, Моав и всех, живущих в отдаленных местах пустыни и стригущих волосы на висках[a]. Все эти народы и весь дом Израиля – необрезаны сердцем[b].
Footnotes
- 9:26 Другие народы стригли волосы на висках, что было запрещено народу Израиля Богом (см. Лев. 19:27).
- 9:26 Необрезаны сердцем – это метафора, обозначающая людей непокорных Богу.
Jeremiah 9
Living Bible
9 Oh, that my eyes were a fountain of tears; I would weep forever; I would sob day and night for the slain of my people! 2 Oh, that I could go away and forget them and live in some wayside shack in the desert, for they are all adulterous, treacherous men.
3 “They bend their tongues like bows to shoot their arrows of untruth. They care nothing for right and go from bad to worse; they care nothing for me,” says the Lord.
4 Beware of your neighbor! Beware of your brother! All take advantage of one another and spread their slanderous lies. 5 With practiced tongues they fool and defraud each other; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.
6 “They pile evil upon evil, lie upon lie, and utterly refuse to come to me,” says the Lord.
7 Therefore, the Lord Almighty says this: “See, I will melt them in a crucible of affliction. I will refine them and test them like metal. What else can I do with them? 8 For their tongues aim lies like poisoned spears. They speak cleverly to their neighbors while planning to kill them. 9 Should not I punish them for such things as this?” asks the Lord. “Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”
10 Sobbing and weeping, I point to their mountains and pastures, for now they are desolate, without a living soul. Gone is the lowing of cattle, gone the birds and wild animals. All have fled.
11 “And I will turn Jerusalem into heaps of ruined houses where only jackals have their dens. The cities of Judah shall be ghost towns, with no one living in them.”
12 Who is wise enough to understand all this? Where is the Lord’s messenger to explain it? Why is the land a wilderness so that no one dares even to travel through?
13 “Because,” the Lord replies, “my people have forsaken my commandments and not obeyed my laws. 14 Instead, they have done whatever they pleased and worshiped the idols of Baal, as their fathers told them to.” 15 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. 16 I will scatter them around the world, to be strangers in distant lands; and even there the sword of destruction shall chase them until I have utterly destroyed them.
17-18 The Lord Almighty says: “Send for the mourners! Quick! Begin your crying! Let the tears flow from your eyes. 19 Hear Jerusalem weeping in despair. ‘We are ruined! Disaster has befallen us! We must leave our land and homes!’” 20 Listen to the words of God, O women who wail. Teach your daughters to wail and your neighbors too. 21 For death has crept in through your windows into your homes. He has killed off the flower of your youth. Children no longer play in the streets; the young men gather no more in the squares.
22 Tell them this, says the Lord: Bodies shall be scattered across the fields like manure, like sheaves after the mower, and no one will bury them.
23 The Lord says: Let not the wise man bask in his wisdom, nor the mighty man in his might, nor the rich man in his riches. 24 Let them boast in this alone: That they truly know me, and understand that I am the Lord of justice and of righteousness whose love is steadfast; and that I love to be this way.
25-26 A time is coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, Arabs, and yes, even you people of Judah. For all these pagan nations also circumcise themselves. Unless you circumcise your hearts by loving me, your circumcision is only a heathen rite like theirs, and nothing more.
Jeremiah 9
New King James Version
Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment
9 Oh, (A)that my head were waters,
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For (B)they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
3 “And like their bow (C)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (D)evil to evil,
And they (E)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
4 “Everyone(F) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (G)walk with slanderers.
5 Everyone will (H)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, (I)I will refine them and [b]try them;
(J)For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
8 Their tongue is an arrow shot out;
It speaks (K)deceit;
One speaks (L)peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
But [c]in his heart he [d]lies in wait.
9 (M)Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
And (N)for the [e]dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation,
Because they are burned up,
So that no one can pass through;
Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle.
(O)Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled;
They are gone.
11 “I will make Jerusalem (P)a heap of ruins, (Q)a den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
12 (R)Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?
13 And the Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have (S)not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, 14 but they have (T)walked according to the [f]dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, (U)which their fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will (V)feed them, this people, (W)with wormwood, and give them [g]water of gall to drink. 16 I will (X)scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. (Y)And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”
The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider and call for (Z)the mourning women,
That they may come;
And send for skillful wailing women,
That they may come.
18 Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That (AA)our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of (AB)our dwellings.’ ”
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (AC)the children—[h]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[i]no longer on the streets!
22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord:
‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall (AD)as refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester,
And no one shall gather them.’ ”
23 Thus says the Lord:
(AE)“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his (AF)might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But (AG)let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, [j]judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
(AH)For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
25 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that (AI)I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the (AJ)farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (AK)uncircumcised in the heart.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
- Jeremiah 9:7 test
- Jeremiah 9:8 Inwardly he
- Jeremiah 9:8 sets his ambush
- Jeremiah 9:10 Or pastures
- Jeremiah 9:14 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 9:15 Bitter or poisonous water
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square
- Jeremiah 9:24 justice
Jeremiah 9
King James Version
9 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
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