Jeremias 3
1 Man siger: Dersom en Mand lader sin Hustru fare, og hun gaar fra ham og bliver en anden Mands, mon han da maa vende tilbage til hende igen? mon ikke dette Land vilde blive besmittet derved? Men du har bedrevet Hor med mange Bolere, og du skulde komme til mig igen? siger Herren.
“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says the LORD.
2 Opløft dine Øjne til de nøgne Høje, og se, hvor er du ikke skændet? du sad ved Vejene for dem, som en Araber i Ørken, og du besmittede Landet med dine Horerier og med din Ondskab.
“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
3 Derfor ere Regndraaberne tilbageholdte, og sildig Regn kom ikke; men du har en Horkvindes Pande, du vil ikke skamme dig.
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
4 Har du ikke fra nu af raabt til mig: Min Fader! min Ungdoms Leder er du.
Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
5 Mon han vil beholde Vrede evindelig? eller bevare den til evig Tid? se, du har talt, men du gjorde disse onde Ting og satte dem igennem.
“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
6 Og Herren sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Har du set, hvad det frafaldne Israel har gjort? Hun gik paa alle høje Bjerge og hen under alle grønne Træer og bedrev der Hor.
Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
7 Og jeg sagde: Efter at hun havde gjort alt dette, vil hun omvende sig til mig; men hun omvendte sig ikke. Og hendes troløse Søster Juda saa det.
I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 Og jeg saa, da jeg formedelst alt det, at det frafaldne Israel havde bedrevet Hor, lod hende fare og gav hende hendes Skilsmissebrev, at dog det troløse Juda, hendes Søster, ikke frygtede, men gik bort og bedrev ogsaa Hor.
I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Og det skete for hendes Horeris Letfærdighed, at hun besmittede Landet; thi hun bolede med Sten og med Træ.
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 Og med alt dette omvendte hendes troløse Søster Juda sig ikke til mig af sit ganske Hjerte, men paa Skrømt, siger Herren.
Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretence,” says the LORD.
11 Og Herren sagde til mig: Det frafaldne Israel har vist sig retfærdigt fremfor det troløse Juda.
The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
12 Gak, og raab disse Ord imod Norden, og sig: Omvend dig, du frafaldne Israel! siger Herren, jeg vil ikke lade mit vrede Ansigt falde paa eder; thi jeg er miskundelig, siger Herren, jeg vil ikke beholde Vrede evindelig.
Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says the LORD. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
13 Kend ikkun din Misgerning; thi du har gjort Overtrædelse imod Herren din Gud, og du er løben hid og did paa dine Veje til fremmede Guder under hvert grønt Træ, men paa min Røst have I ikke hørt, siger Herren.
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says the LORD.
14 Omvender eder, I frafaldne Børn! siger Herren; thi jeg er eders Husbonde, og jeg vil tage eder, een af en Stad og to af en Slægt og føre eder til Zion.
“Return, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
15 Og jeg vil give eder Hyrder efter mit Hjerte; og de skulle føde eder med Kundskab og Forstand.
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
16 Og det skal ske, naar I ere blevne mange og ere blevne frugtbare i Landet i de Dage, siger Herren, da skulle de ikke mere tale om Herrens Pagts Ark, og den skal ikke mere komme nogen i Tanke, og de skulle ikke komme den i Hu og ikke savne den, og den skal ikke forfærdiges mere.
It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of the LORD’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
17 Paa den Tid skulle de kalde Jerusalem Herrens Trone, og alle Hedningerne skulle forsamles til den for Herrens Navns Skyld, i Jerusalem; og de skulle ikke ydermere vandre efter deres onde Hjertes Stivhed.
At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The LORD’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the LORD’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 I de Dage skal Judas Hus gaa til Israels Hus, og de skulle komme med hinanden fra et Land af Norden, til Landet, som jeg har givet eders Fædre til Arv.
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
19 Og jeg havde sagt: Vil jeg ej sætte dig iblandt Børnene og give dig et kosteligt Land, Folkenes alleryndigste Arv? Og jeg sagde: Min Fader vil du kalde mig og ikke vende dig fra mig.
“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
20 Men ligesom en Kvinde bliver troløs imod sin Boler, saaledes ere I af Israels Hus blevne troløse imod mig, siger Herren.
“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says the LORD.
21 Der er hørt en Røst paa de nøgne Høje, Israels Børns ydmyge Begæringers Graad; thi de have forvendt deres Vej, de have forglemt Herren deres Gud.
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
22 Saa vender om, I frafaldne Børn! jeg vil læge eders Afvigelser. „Se, her ere vi, vi komme til dig; thi du er Herren vor Gud.
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
23 Sandelig, det er idel Bedrageri med Tummelen paa Bjergene; sandelig, Israels Frelse er i Herren vor Gud.
Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
24 Og Skændsel har fortæret vore Fædres Arbejde, fra vor Ungdom af, deres smaa Kvæg og deres store Kvæg, deres Sønner og deres Døtre.
But the shameful thing has devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Vi maa ligge i vor Skændsel og vor Skam skjule os; thi vi have syndet imod Herren vor Gud, vi og vore Fædre, fra vor Ungdom af og indtil denne Dag; og vi vare ikke Herren vor Guds Røst lydige‟.
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
