Jeremias 19

1 Således sagde HERREN: Gå hen og køb dig et krus hos pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med

Yahweh said this, “Go and purchase a potter's clay flask while you are with the elders of the people and the priests.

2 og gå ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskårporten og udråb der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!

Then go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom at the entry of the Broken Pottery Gate, and there proclaim the words that I will tell you.

3 Du skal sige: Hør HERRENs Ord, Judas Konger og Jerusalems Borgere: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, jeg sender over dette Sted en Ulykke, så det skal ringe for Ørene på enhver, der hører derom,

Say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, “See, I am about to bring disaster on this place, and the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

4 fordi de forlod mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed og tændte Offerild der for andre Guder, som hverken de eller deres Fædre før kendte til, og Judas Konger fyldte dette Sted med skyldfries Blod,

I will do this because they have abandoned me and profaned this place. In this place they offer sacrifices to other gods that they did not know. They, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have also filled this place with innocent blood.

5 og de byggede Baalshøjene for at brænde deres Børn i Ild som Brændofre til Baal, hvad jeg ikke havde påbudt eller talt om, og hvad aldrig var opkommet i min Tanke.

They built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to him—something that I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.

6 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.

Therefore, see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth, the Valley of Ben Hinnom, for it will be the Valley of Slaughter.

7 Jeg gør Juda og Jerusalem rådvilde på dette Sted og lader dem falde for Sværdet for deres Fjenders Øjne og for deres Hånd, som står dem efter Livet, og jeg giver Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr deres Lig til Føde.

In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives. Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.

8 Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der komnmer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Sår.

Then I will make this city a ruin and the object of hissing, for everyone passing by it will shudder and hiss regarding all of its plagues.

9 Jeg lader dem æde deres Sønners og Døtres Kød, den ene skal æde den andens Kød under Belejringen og den Trængsel, deres Fjender og de, der står dem efter Livet, volder dem.

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters; each man will consume the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the anguish brought on them by their enemies and the ones seeking their lives.”'

10 Knus så Kruset i de Mænds Påsyn, der følger med dig,

Then you will break the clay flask in the sight of the men who went with you.

11 og sig til dem: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg vil knuse dette Folk og denne By, som man knuser et Lerkar, så det ikke kan heles igen. De døde skal jordes i Tofet, fordi Pladsen til at jorde på ikke slår til.

You will say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: I will do this same thing to this people and this city—this is Yahweh's declaration—just as Jeremiah shattered the clay flask so that it could not be repaired again. People will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no place left for any more dead.

12 Således vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:

This is what I will do to this place and its inhabitants when I make this city like Topheth—this is Yahweh's declaration—

13 Jerusalems og Judas Kongers Huse skal blive urene som Tofets Sted, alle de Huse, på hvis Tage de tændte Offerild for al Himmelens Hær og udgød Drikofre for andre Guder.

so the houses of Jerusalem and of the kings of Judah will become like Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops the unclean people worship all the stars of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to other gods.'”

14 Derpå gik Jerenmias fra Tofet, hvorhen HERREN havde sendt ham for at profetere, og stod frenm i Forgården til HERRENs Hus og sagde til alt Folket:

Then Jeremiah went from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy. He stood in the courtyard of Yahweh's house and he said to all the people,

15 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, over denne By og alle Byerne, der hører til den, sender jeg al den Ulykke, jeg har truet den med, fordi de gjorde Nakken stiv og ikke hørte mine Ord.

“Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to bring to this city and to all of its towns all the disaster that I have proclaimed against it, since they stiffened their neck and refused to listen to my words.'”