Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.
HERREN lod mig skue et Syn, og se, der var to Kurve Figener, som stod foran HERRENS Tempel; det var, efter at Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel havde bortført Jojakims Søn, Kong Jekonja af Juda, og Judas Fyrster, Kunsthaandværkerne og Smedene fra Jerusalem til Babel.
2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.
Den ene Kurv indeholdt saare gode Figener, saa gode som tidligmodne, den anden saare slette Figener, saa slette, at de ikke kunde spises.
3 Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Hvad ser du, Jeremias?« Jeg svarede: »Figener! De gode er saare gode og de slette saare slette, saa slette, at de ikke kan spises.«
4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Da kom HERRENS Ord til mig saaledes:
5 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Som man ser paa disse gode Figener, vil jeg se paa de bortførte Judæere, som jeg drev bort fra dette Sted til Kaldæernes Land.
6 For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
Jeg vil fæste mine Øjne paa dem med Velbehag og føre dem hjem til dette Land. Jeg vil opbygge og ikke nedbryde dem, plante og ikke oprykke dem.
7 And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
Jeg giver dem Hjerte til at kende mig, at jeg er HERREN; de skal være mit Folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud, naar de omvender sig til mig af hele deres Hjerte.
8 And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:
Men som man gør med de slette Figener, for slette til at spises, vil jeg, saa siger HERREN, gøre med Kong Zedekias af Juda og hans Fyrster og Resten af Jerusalem, dem, der er levnet i dette Land, og dem, der bor i Ægypten;
9 I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
jeg gør dem til Rædsel for alle Jordens Riger, til Spot og Mundheld, til Haan og til et Forbandelsens Tegn paa alle de Steder, hvorhen jeg bortstøder dem;
10 And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.
jeg sender Sværd, Hunger og Pest imod dem, indtil de er udryddet af det Land, jeg gav dem og deres Fædre.
