Jeremias 16
1 HERRENs Ord kom til mig således
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Du skal ikke tage dig en Hustru og ikke have Sønner eller Døtre på dette Sted.
“You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.
3 Thi så siger HERREN om de Sønner og Døtre, der fødes på dette Sted, og om Mødrene, som føder dem, og Fædrene, som avler dem i dette Land:
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land:
4 En smertefuld Død skal de dø; der skal ikke holdes Dødeklage over dem, og de skal ikke jordes; til Gødning på Marken skal de blive. De skal omkomme ved Sværd og Hunger; deres Lig skal være Hinmmmmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til Æde.
They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”
5 Thi så sigem HERREN: Kom ikke i Sorgens Hus, gå ikke til Klage, vis dem ikke Medynk, thi jeg lager min Fred fra dette Folk, lyder det fra HERREN, både Nåde og Barmhjerlighed;
For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.
6 og store og små skal dø i dette Land og ikke jordes. De skal ikke holde Dødeklage eller ridse Huden eller klippe sig for deres Skyld,
Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.
7 bryde Brød til en, der har Sorg, til Trøst for den døde, eller kvæge ham med Trøstebæger for Fader og Moder.
And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.
8 Og kom ikke i et Gildehus for at sidde iblandt dem og spise og drikke;
And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink.”
9 thi så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, for eders Øjne og i eders Dage gør jeg på dette Sted Ende på Fryderåb og Glædesråb, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will take away from this place, in your sight and in your days, the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
10 Når du forkynder dette Folk alle disse Ord, og de siger til dig: "Hvorfor udtaler HERREN al den store Ulykke over os, og hvad er det for en Brøde og Synd, vi har gjort mod HERREN vor Gud?"
And when you announce all these words to this people, they will say to you: ‘Why would the Lord pronounce all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
11 svar dem så: Fordi eders Fædre forlod mig, lyder det fra HERREN, og holdt sig til andre Guder og dyrkede og tilbad dem; mig forlod de og holdt ikke min Lov;
And you shall say to them: It is because your fathers abandoned me, says the Lord. And they went after strange gods, and they served them and adored them. And they abandoned me, and they did not keep my law.
12 og I bærer eder værre ad end eders Fædre, thi se, I vandrer hver efter sit onde Hjertes Stivsind uden at høre mig;
But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.
13 derfor slænger jeg eder bort fra dette Land til et Land, I ikke kender, så lidt som eders Fædre, og der skal I dyrke andre Guder både bag og Nat; thi jeg vil ikke give eder Nåde.
And so, I will cast you out of this land, into a land that you do not know, and that your fathers did not know. And in that place, you will serve, day and night, strange gods who will not give you rest.
14 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da det ikke mere hedder: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Ægypten!"
Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’
15 men: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Nordens Land og alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde stødt dem bort!" Og jeg fører dem hjem til deres Land, som jeg gav deres Fædre.
but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 Se, jeg sender Bud efter Fiskere i Mængde, lyder det fra HERREN, og de skal fiske dem; og siden sender jeg Bud efter Jægere i Mængde, og de skal jage dem fra hvert Bjerg, hver Høj og Klippernes Kløfter.
Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them. And after this, I will send many hunters to them, and they will hunt for them on every mountain, and on every hilltop, and in the caverns of the rocks.
17 Thi mine Øjne er rettet på alle deres Veje; de er ikke skjult for mig, og deres Brøde er ikke dulgt for mine Øjne.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.
18 Og først giver jeg dem tvefold Gengæld for deres Brøde og Synd, fordi de vanhelligede mit Land med deres væmmelige Guders Ådsler og fyldte min Arvelod med deres Vederstyggeligheder.
But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Herre, min Styrke, mit Værn, min Tilflugt i Nødens Stund! Til dig skal Folkeslag komme fra den vide Jord og sige: "Vore Fædre arved kun Løgn, Afguder, ingen af dem hjælper.
“O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’
20 Kan et Menneske lave sig Guder? De er dog ikke Guder!"
How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”
21 Se, derfor lader jeg dem mærke, denne Gang lader jeg dem mærke min Hånd og min Styrke; og de skal kende, at mit Navn er HERREN.
“Concerning this, behold: I will make it clear to them, in this turn. I will reveal to them my hand and my virtue. And they will know that the Lord is my name.”
