Jeremias 9

1 Ak, var mit Hoved Vand, mine Øjne en Tårekilde! Så græd jeg Dag og Nat over mit Folks Datters slagne.

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

2 Ak, fandt jeg i Ørkenen et Herberg for vandringsmænd. Så drog jeg bort fra mit Folk og gik fra dem. Thi Horkarle er de alle, en svigefuld Bande;

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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

3 de spænder deres Tunges Bue. Løgn, ikke Sandhed råder i Landet; thi de går fra Ondskab til Ondskab og kender ej mig, så lyder det fra HERREN.

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

4 Vogt eder hver for sin Næste, tro ingen Broder, thi hver Broder er fuld af List, hver sværter sin Næste.

“Everyone beware of his neighbour, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will go around like a slanderer.

5 De fører hverandre bag Lyset, taler ikke Sandhed: de øver Tungen i Løgn, skejer ud, vil ej vende om,

Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.

6 Voldsdåd Slag i Slag og Svig på Svig; de nægter at kendes ved mig, så lyder det fra HERREN.

Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the LORD.

7 Derfor, så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Se, jeg smelter og prøver dem, ja, hvad må jeg dog gøre for mit Folks Datters Skyld!

Therefore the LORD of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

8 Deres Tunge er en morders Pil, deres Munds Ord Svig; med Næsten taler de Fred, men i Hjertet bærer de Svig.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

9 Skal jeg ikke hjemsøge dem for sligt, så lyder det fra HERREN, skal ikke min Sjæl tage Hævn over sligt et Folk?

Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?

10 Over Bjergene bryder jeg ud i Gråd og Klage, over ØrkenensGræsgang i Klagesang. Thi de er afsvedet, mennesketomme, der høres ej Lyd af Kvæg; Himlens Fugle og Dyrene flygtede bort.

I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burnt up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.

11 Jerusalem gør jeg til Stenhob. Sjakalers Bolig, og Judas Byer til Ørk, hvor ingen bor.

“I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

12 Hvem er viis nok til at fatte dette, og til hvem har HERRENs Mund talet, så han kan sige det: Hvorfor er Landet lagt øde, afsvedet som en Ørken, mennesketomt?

Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burnt up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

13 Og HERREN sagde: Fordi de forlod min Lov, som jeg forelagde dem, og ikke hørte min Røst eller vandrede efter den,

The LORD says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,

14 men fulgte deres Hjertes Stivsind og Baalerne, som deres Fædre lærte dem at kende,

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”

15 derfor, så siger Hærskarers HERRE Israels Gud: Se, jeg giver dette Folk Malurt at spise og Gift at drikke;

Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

16 jeg spreder dem blandt Folk, som hverken de eller deres Fædre før kendte til, og sender Sværdet efter dem, til jeg får gjort Ende på dem.

I will scatter them also amongst the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

17 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, mærk jer det vel! Kald Klagekvinder hid, lad dem komme, hent kyndige Kvinder, lad dem komme,

The LORD of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skilful women, that they may come.

18 lad dem haste og istemme Klage over os! Vore Øjne skal rinde med Gråd, vore Øjenlåg strømme med Vand.

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 Thi Klageråb høres fra Zion: "Hvor er vi dog hærgede, beskæmmede dybt, fordi vi må bort fra Landet, thi de brød vore Boliger ned."

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

20 Ja, hør, I Kvinder, mit Ord, eders Øre fange Ord fra min Mund, og lær eders døtre Klage, hverandre Klagesang:

Yet hear the LORD’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbour a lamentation.

21 "Døden steg op i vore Vinduer; kom i Paladserne, udrydded Barnet på Gaden, de unge på Torvene."

For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

22 Sig: så lyder det fra HERREN: De døde Legemer faldt som Gødning på Marken, som Skåret efter Høstmanden; ingen binder op.

Speak, “The LORD says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”

23 Så siger HERREN: Den vise rose sig ikke af sin Visdom, den stærke ikke af sin Styrke, den rige ikke af sin Rigdom;

The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.

24 men den, som vil rose sig, skal rose sig af at han har Forstand til at kende mig, at jeg, HERREN, øver Miskundhed, Ret og Retfærdighed på Jorden; thi i sådanne har jeg Behag, lyder det fra HERREN.

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says the LORD.

25 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg hjemsøger alle de omskårne, som har Forhud:

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:

26 Ægypten, Juda, Edom, Ammoniterne, Moab og alle Ørkenboere med rundklippet Hår; thi Hedningerne er alle uomskårne, men alt Israels Hus har uomskåret Hjerte.

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”