Jeremiah 3

1 “It is commonly said: ‘If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’ So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I will accept you.

Naar en Mand forstøder sin Hustru, og hun gaar fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun saa gaa tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! saa lyder det fra HERREN.

2 Lift your eyes straight up, and see where you did not debase yourself. You were sitting in the roadways, waiting for them, like a robber in the wilderness. And you have polluted the land by your fornications and by your wickedness.

Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du paa dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet baade ved din Utugt og Ondskab,

3 For this reason, the rain showers were withheld, and there were no late season rains. You made your face like that of a promiscuous woman; you were not willing to blush.

en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.

4 Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: ‘You are my father, the guide of my virginity.’

Raabte du ikke nylig til mig: »Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.

5 Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so.”

Vil han evigt gemme paa Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?« Se, saaledes taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.

6 And, in the days of king Josiah, the Lord said to me: “Have you not seen what the apostate Israel has done? She has brought herself up to every lofty mountain, and she has lain down under every leafy tree, and she has committed fornication there.

HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Saa du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op paa ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.

7 And when she had done all these things, I said: ‘Return to me.’ But she did not return. And her deceitful sister Judah saw this:

Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det saa hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;

8 that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce. Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid. But she, too, went and committed fornication herself.

hun saa, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik ogsaa hen og bolede.

9 And by the act of her fornication, she defiled the land. For she committed adultery with that which is stone and wood.

Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.

10 And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but with lies, says the Lord.”

Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun paa Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.

11 And the Lord said to me: “The apostate Israel has justified her own soul by comparing herself to the deceitful Judah.

Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag staar bedre end det svigefulde Judas.

12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return, O apostate Israel, says the Lord. For I will not avert my face from you. For I am holy, says the Lord, and I will not be angry forever.

Gaa hen og udraab disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes paa eder, thi naadig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt paa Vrede;

13 So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity, that you have betrayed the Lord your God, and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree, and that you have not listened to my voice, says the Lord.

men vedgaa din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, saa lyder det fra HERREN.

14 Convert, O rebellious sons, says the Lord. For I am your leader. And so, I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will lead you into Zion.

Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,

15 And I will give you pastors according to my own heart. And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.

16 And when you have been multiplied and increased in the land in those days, says the Lord, they will no longer say: ‘The Ark of the covenant of the Lord!’ And it will not enter into the heart, and they will not call it to mind. It will neither be visited, nor made use of, any longer.

Og naar I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENS Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.

17 In that time, Jerusalem will be called: ‘The Throne of the Lord.’ And all the nations will be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem. And they will not walk after the depravity of their own most wicked heart.

Paa hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENS Trone, og der, til HERRENS Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.

18 In those days, the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel, and they will come from the land of the north, at the same time, to the land that I gave to your fathers.

I hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.

19 But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Og jeg, jeg sagde til dig: »Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod.« Jeg sagde: »Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej fra mig!«

20 But, in the same way that a woman spurns her lover, so also has the house of Israel spurned me, says the Lord.”

Men som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, saa sveg du mig, Israels Hus, saa lyder det fra HERREN.

21 A voice has been heard in the highways, the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel. For they have made their own ways sinful; they have forgotten the Lord their God.

Hør, der lyder Graad paa de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte HERREN deres Gud.

22 “Convert, O rebellious sons! And I will heal your rebelliousness.” “Behold, we are returning to you. For you are the Lord our God!

Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer til dig, thi du er HERREN vor Gud.

23 Truly, the hills were liars, with the multitude of the mountains. Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.

Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.

24 Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth, with their flocks and their herds, with their sons and their daughters.

Skændselen aad fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Smaakvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og Døtre.

25 We will sleep in our confusion, and our disgrace will cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God: we and our fathers, from our youth, even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”

Vi lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi hørte ikke paa HERREN vor Guds Røst.