Jeremia 29

1 Detta äro de ord, i de brefvena, som Propheten Jeremia sände af Jerusalem, till de igenlefda äldsta som bortförde voro, och till Presterna, och Propheterna, och till allt folket, som NebucadNezar ifrå Jerusalem till Babel bortfört hade;

After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen [DOU] had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by [soldiers of] Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Sedan Konung Jechonia och Drottningen, med kamererarena, och Förstarna i Juda och Jerusalem, samt med timbermän och smeder i Jerusalem, borto voro;

3 Genom Elasa, Saphans son, och Gemaria, Hilkia son, hvilka Zedekia, Juda Konung, sände till Babel, till NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, och sade:

[I gave] the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter:

4 Detta säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud, till alla fångar, som jag hafver låtit bortföra ifrå Jerusalem till Babel:

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says to all you people who were captured [here] in Jerusalem and taken [there] to Babylon:

5 Bygger hus, der I uti bo kunnen; planterer trädgårdar, der I frukt af äta mågen.

“Build houses [there], and plan to stay there [because you will be there for many years]. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.

6 Tager eder hustrur, och föder söner och döttrar; gifver edra söner hustrur, och gifver edra döttrar män, att de måga föda söner och döttrar; föröker eder der, så att I icke ären få.

Get married and have children. Then [when they grow up], choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they [also] may have children. [In that way], the number of you people will increase, not decrease.

7 Söker stadsens bästa, dit jag hafver låtit bortföra eder, och beder för honom till Herran; ty då honom väl går, så går eder ock väl.

Also, do things that will cause things to go well [for the other people there] in the city where I sent you. Pray that things will go well for [the people in] that city, because if things go well for them, things will go well for you, [also].”

8 Ty detta, säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Låter icke de Propheter, som när eder äro, och de spåmän bedraga eder, och sköter intet edra drömmar som I drömmen;

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “There are [false] prophets and fortune-tellers among you. Do not allow them to deceive you. Do not pay attention to [them when they tell you] their dreams,

9 Ty de spå eder lögn i mitt Namn; jag hafver intet sändt dem, säger Herren.

because they are telling you lies, saying that [MTY] [I have given them the messages that they are telling you]. But, I have not appointed them.”

10 Ty så säger Herren; När i Babel sjutio år ute äro, så skall jag besöka eder, och skall uppväcka mitt nådeliga ord öfver eder, att jag skall låta eder komma till detta rum igen.

This is [also] what Yahweh says: “After you [and your children] have been in Babylon for seventy years, I will help you, and do for you the things that I promised, and I will enable you to return here [to Jerusalem].

11 Ty jag vet väl, hvad tankar jag hafver om eder, säger Herren, nämliga fridsens tankar, och icke bedröfvelsens, att jag skall gifva eder den ända, som I vänten efter.

I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future.

12 Och I skolen åkalla mig, och gå och bedja mig, och jag skall höra eder.

At that time, when you pray, I will heed you.

13 I skolen söka mig, och finna mig; ty om I mig af allt hjerta söken,

If you earnestly desire for me [to bless you], you will experience me [blessing you].

14 Så skall jag låta mig finna af eder, säger Herren; och jag skall vända edart fängelse, och församla eder utur all folk, och utaf all rum, dit jag eder utdrifvit hafver, säger Herren; och skall låta eder återkomma till detta rum igen, dädan jag eder hafver bortföra låtit.

I will make my help available to you [IDM]. I will cause you to no longer be slaves [in Babylon]. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back [here to your own land], to the place from which you were taken.”

15 Ty I menen, att Herren hafver uppväckt eder Propheter i Babel.

[Some of] you say that Yahweh has appointed prophets for you [there] in Babylon.

16 Ty detta säger Herren om Konungen, som på Davids stol sitter, och om allt folket, som i denna stadenom bor, nämliga om edra bröder, som med eder uti fängelset icke utdragne äro;

But this is what Yahweh says about the king who rules [here] in Jerusalem, and about all the other people who are [still] living here—your relatives who were not taken to Babylon with you.

17 Ja, så säger Herren Zebaoth: Si, jag skall sända ibland dem svärd, hunger och pestilentie, och skall så ställa mig med dem, lika som med de onda fikon, de man vämjar vid att äta;

The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like [SIM] bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.

18 Och skall förfölja dem med svärd, hunger och pestilentie, och skall icke låta dem blifva, uti något rike på jordene, så att de skola varda till bannor, till under, till hån och spott, ibland all folk, dit jag dem utdrifvandes varder;

I will not stop causing them to experience wars and famines and diseases. And I will scatter them all around the world. In every country where I (force them to be taken/exile them), I will cause them to be people whom [others] curse and be horrified about and make fun of [DOU].

19 Derföre, att de icke hafva hört min ord, säger Herren, de jag städse med mina tjenare Propheterna till eder sändt hafver; men I villen intet höra, säger Herren.

[That will happen] because they have refused to pay attention to my messages, messages that I gave to the prophets whom I sent to them. And you [who have been exiled to Babylon] have not paid attention to them, [either].” [That is what] Yahweh says.

20 Men I alle, som fångne bortförde ären, de jag hafver ifrå Jerusalem till Babel draga låtit, hörer Herrans ord.

[Therefore], you people who have been (exiled/forced to go) from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh.

21 Detta säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud, emot Achab, Kolaja son, och emot Zedekia, Maaseja son, hvilke eder lögn spå i mitt Namn: Si, jag skall gifva dem uti NebucadNezars händer, Konungens i Babel; han skall låta slå dem för edor ögon;

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages [MTY] from him: “They will be seized and taken to [MTY] King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.

22 Så att man skall göra bannor af dem ibland alla fångar af Juda, som i Babel äro, och säga: Herren göre dig lika som Zedekia och Achab, hvilka Konungen af Babel på eld steka lät;

Because of [what will happen to] them, all you people who have been taken from Judah to Babylon will say this when they curse someone: ‘I hope/wish that Yahweh will do to you the same thing that he did to Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the King of Babylon caused to be [killed by being] burned in a fire.’

23 Derföre att de bedrefvo en galenskap i Israel, och bedrefvo hor med annars mans hustrur, och predikade lögn i mitt Namn, det jag dem intet befallt hade. Detta vet jag, och betygar det, säger Herren.

They have done terrible things to [my] Israeli people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken lies, saying that they were messages [MTY] from me. They have said things that I did not tell them to say, and I, Yahweh, have heard them [say those things].”

24 Och emot Semaja af Nehelam skall du säga:

[Yahweh told me to] send this message to Shemaiah, a man from Nehelam [town who was living in Babylon]:

25 Detta säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud; derföre, att du under ditt namn hafver bref sändt till allt folket, som i Jerusalem är, och till Presten Zephanja, Maaseja son, och till alla Presterna, och sagt:

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “You wrote a letter that no one told you to write. You sent it to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, and [you sent copies] to the other priests and all the [other] people here in Jerusalem. [This is what] you wrote to him:

26 Herren hafver satt dig till en Prest uti Prestens Jehojada stad, att I skolen tillsiare vara uti Herrans hus öfver alla ursinniga och spåmän, att du skall sätta dem i fångahus och i stock;

[Zephaniah], Yahweh has appointed you to be the priest instead of Jehoiada, to supervise those who work in the temple. Anyone who acts like a crazy man and who claims that he is a prophet, you should put his arms and legs and head into (stocks/a wooden frame [so that he cannot move)].

27 Och nu, hvi straffar du då icke Jeremia af Anathoth, den eder propheterar?

So why have you not done anything to stop Jeremiah, the man from Anathoth [town], who [pretends that he] is a prophet among you?

28 Derföre, att han till oss i Babel sändt hafver, och låtit säga: Det skall ännu länge vara; bygger hus, der I uti bon, och planterer trägårdar, att I äten der frukt af.

He sent a letter to us [who are here] in Babylon, saying that [we will be here for] a long time. He said that [therefore] we should build houses and plan to stay here, and plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.”

29 Och Zephanja Presten hade läsit det samma brefvet, och låtit Jeremia Propheten höra det.

[But when] Zephaniah the priest [received] the letter from you, he [brought it to me and] read it to me.

30 Derföre skedde Herrans ord till Jeremia, och sade:

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

31 Sänd bort till alla fångarna, och låt säga dem: Detta säger Herren emot Semaja af Nehelam: Derföre, att Semaja propheterar eder, och jag hafver dock intet sändt honom, och hafver gjort, att I förlåten eder uppå lögn;

“Send this message to all the people [from Judah] who are there [in Babylon]. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied.

32 Derföre säger Herren alltså: Si, jag skall hemsöka Semaja af Nehelam, samt med hans säd, så att ingen af hans skall blifva ibland detta folket, och skall icke se det goda, som jag desso mino folke göra vill, säger Herren; ty han hafver med sitt tal afvändt dem ifrå Herranom.

So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do [many] good things for [you], my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, [because they will be dead]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!’”