Jeremia 9
1 Ack! det jag vatten nog hade i mitt hufvud, och min ögon voro en tårekälla, att jag natt och dag begråta måtte de slagna i mitt folk.
I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
2 Ack! det jag ett herberge hade i öknene, så ville jag öfvergifva mitt folk, och draga ifrå dem; ty de äro allesammans horkarlar, och en arg hop.
I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
3 De skjuta med sina tungor allesammans lögn, och ingen sanning, och fara allt med våld i landena, och gå ifrå den ena ondskone till den andra, och akta mig intet, säger Herren.
[Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
4 Hvar och en tage sig vara för sinom nästa, och tro icke heller sinom broder; ty en broder undertrycker den andra, och en vän förråder den andra.
Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
5 En vän gäckar den andra, och tala icke ett sant ord; de vinnlägga sig derom, huru den ene skall bedraga den andra, och dem tycker illa vara, att de ännu icke kunna görat värre.
They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
6 Der är allestäds bedrägeri ibland dem, och för bedrägeris skull vilja de icke känna mig, säger Herren.
They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
7 Derföre säger Herren Zebaoth alltså: Si, jag vill smälta och probera dem; ty hvad skall jag annars göra, medan mitt folk så ställer sig?
Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
8 Deras falska tungor äro mordskott; med sin mun tala de vänliga med sinom nästa; men i hjertat vakta de efter honom.
What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
9 Skulle jag nu icke sådant hemsöka uppå dem, säger Herren, och skulle min själ icke hämnas öfver sådant folk, som detta är.
Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
10 Jag måste gråta och jämra mig på bergen, och beklaga mig vid de fäbodar i öknene; ty de äro så platt förhärjade, att der bor ingen mer, och man hörer der nu intet färop mer; både himmelens foglar och djuren äro alle borto.
So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
11 Och jag skall göra Jerusalem till en stenhop, och till en drakaboning; och skall ödelägga Juda städer, att der ingen inne bo skall.
[Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
12 Ack! att nu någor vis vore, och lade det uppå hjertat, och förkunnade hvad Herrans mun till honom säger: Hvarföre dock landet så förderfvadt och härjadt varder, likasom en ödemark, der ingen vistas?
[I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
13 Och Herren sade: Derföre, att de öfvergifva min lag, som jag dem föregifvit hafver, och lyda intet min ord, och lefva der ej heller efter;
Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
14 Utan följa sins hjertas tycko, och Baalim, såsom deras fäder dem lärt hafva.
Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
15 Derföre säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Si, jag skall spisa detta folket med malört, och gifva dem galla dricka.
So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
16 Jag skall förskingra dem ibland Hedningarna, hvilka hvarken de eller deras fäder känna, och skall sända svärd efter dem, tilldess det blifver ute med dem.
I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
17 Så säger Herren Zebaoth: Skaffer och beställer gråterskor, att de komma; och sänder efter de som det väl kunna;
This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
18 Och begråta oss med hast, att vår ögon måga rinna med tårar, och var ögnahvarf flyta med vatten;
Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
19 Att man må höra en klagogråt i Zion, nämliga alltså: Ack! huru äre vi så platt förstörde och till skam vordne? Vi måste rymma landet; ty våra boningar äro nederslagna.
Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
20 Så hörer nu, I qvinnor, Herrans ord, och edor öron fatte hans muns tal; lärer edra döttrar gråta, och den ena läre den andra klagogråt, nämliga alltså:
You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
21 Döden är igenom vår fenster infallen, och uti vår palats kommen, till att dräpa barnen på gatone, och ynglingarna i gränderna.
because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
22 Säg: Så säger Herren: Menniskors kroppar skola ligga såsom träck på markene, och såsom kärfvar efter skördomannen, de ingen upptager.
There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
23 Detta säger Herren: En vis berömme sig intet af sine vishet; an stark berömme sig intet af sin starkhet; en rik berömme sig intet af sin rikedom;
Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
24 Utan den som sig berömma vill, han berömme sig deraf, att han vet och känner mig, att jag är Herren, som gör barmhertighet, rätt och rättfärdighet på jordene; ty sådant behagar mig, säger Herren.
Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
25 Si, den tid kommer, säger Herren, att jag hemsöka skall alla de omskorna med de oomskorna;
There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
26 Nämliga Egypten, Juda, Edom, Ammons barn, Moab, och alla de som bo uti de rum i öknene; ty alle Hedningar hafva oomskoren förhud; men hela Israels hus hafver oomskoret hjerta.
