< Ezekiel 16 >
1 Og Herrens Ord kom til mig saaledes:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 Du Menneskesøn! forkynd Jerusalem dens Vederstyggeligheder.
“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.
3 Og du skal sige: Saa siger den Herre, Herre til Jerusalem: Din Oprindelse og din Herkomst er af Kananitens Land; din Fader var en Amoriter og din Moder en Hethiterinde.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
4 Og ved din Fødsel gik det saaledes til: Din Navle blev ikke afskaaren paa den Dag, du blev født, og du blev ikke toet ren i Vand, og du blev ikke indgneden med Salt og ej svøbt i Svøb.
[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].
5 Intet Øje ynkedes over dig til at gøre en af disse Dele imod dig for at vise Barmhjertighed imod dig; men du blev henkastet paa Marken, saa man væmmedes ved din Sjæl, paa den Dag du blev født.
No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.
6 Og jeg gik forbi dig og saa dig sprællende i dit Blod; og jeg sagde til dig: Lev i dit Blod! ja, jeg sagde til dig: Lev i dit Blod!
Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”
7 Jeg gjorde dig til ti Tusinde, som Markens Grøde, og du voksede til, og du blev stor og traadte ind i din Skønheds Fylde; Brysterne hævede sig, og dit Haar voksede, men du var nøgen og bar.
[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].
8 Og jeg gik forbi dig og saa dig, og se, din Tid, Elskovstiden var kommen, og jeg bredte min Flig over dig og skjulte din Blusel; og jeg gav dig min Tro og traadte i Pagt med dig, siger den Herre, Herre, og du blev min.
When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
9 Og jeg badede dig i Vand og skyllede dit Blod af dig og salvede dig med Olie.
[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.
10 Og jeg klædte dig med stukne Klæder, og jeg iførte dig Sko at Grævlingeskind, og jeg ombandt dig med hvidt Linned og klædte dig i Silke.
[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.
11 Og jeg prydede dig saare og lagde Armbaand om dine Hænder og en Kæde om din Hals.
[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.
12 Og jeg satte et Smykke i din Næse, og Ringe i dine Øren og en dejlig Krone paa dit Hoved.
I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.
13 Og du var prydet med Guld og Sølv, og din Klædning var hvidt Linned og Silke og stukket Arbejde; du aad fint Mel og Honning og Olie; og du blev overmaade dejlig og skred frem til kongelig Værdighed.
So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.
14 Og dit Navn kom ud iblandt Hedningerne for din Dejligheds Skyld; thi den var fuldendt ved min Prydelse, som jeg havde lagt paa dig, siger den Herre, Herre.
You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.
15 Men du forlod dig paa din Skønhed og bolede, fordi du var navnkundig, og du udøste dine bolerske Lyster over hver den, som gik forbi; „ham vorde den!‟
But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.
16 Og du tog af dine Klæder og gjorde dig brogede Høje og bolede paa dem, hvilke ikke skulde være komne, og hvilket ej skulde være sket.
[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!
17 Du tog og din Prydelses Tøj og tog af mit Guld og af mit Sølv, som jeg havde givet dig, og gjorde dig Mandsbilleder; og du bolede med dem.
You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.
18 Og du tog dine stukne Klæder og bedækkede dem dermed; og du satte min Olie og min Røgelse for deres Ansigt.
You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].
19 Og mit Brød, som jeg havde givet dig, og det fine Mel og Olien og Honningen, som jeg havde givet dig at æde, det satte du frem for deres Ansigt, til en behagelig Lugt, og saaledes skete det, siger den Herre, Herre.
And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.
20 Og du tog dine Sønner og dine Døtre, som du fødte mig, og ofrede dem disse til at fortæres; var det dig for lidet med din Bolen?
And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.
21 saa at du ogsaa skulde slagte mine Børn og hengive dem, idet du lod disse gaa igennem Ilden for dem?
You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!
22 Og ved alle dine Vederstyggeligheder og din Bolen har du ikke ihukommet din Ungdoms Dage, der du var nøgen og bar, sprællende i dit Blod.
All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.
23 Og det skete efter al din Ondskab — ve, ve dig! siger den Herre, Herre —
So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,
24 at du byggede dig en Hvælving og gjorde dig en Høj i hver Gade.
you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.
25 Paa hvert Hjørne af Vejen byggede du din Høj og skændede din Skønhed og spredte dine Fødder ud imod hver den, som gik fordi, og drev din Bolen vidt.
At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.
26 Og du bolede med Ægyptens Børn, dine sværlemmede Naboer, og du drev din Bolen vidt for at opirre mig.
[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.
27 Og se, jeg udrakte min Haand imod dig og formindskede den dig beskikkede Del, og jeg gav dig hen i dine Fjenders, Filisternes Døtres Vilkaarlighed, de, som skammede sig ved din skændige Vej.
So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.
28 Og du bolede med Assyriens Sønner, fordi du ikke kunde mættes, ja, du bolede med dem og blev dog ikke mæt.
[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.
29 Og du drev din Bolen vidt i Kanaans Land, indtil Kaldæa; men ogsaa dermed blev du ikke mæt.
So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.
30 Hvor vansmægtet er dit Hjerte! siger den Herre, Herre, idet du gør alle disse Ting, som ere en fræk Horkvindes Gerning.
I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].
31 Idet du bygger din Hvælving paa hvert Vejhjørne og gør din Høj i hver en Gade, er du ikke som en anden Hore, da du lader haant om Horeløn.
When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.
32 Horkvinden tager fremmede i hendes Mands Sted.
You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.
33 Alle andre Skøger gives der Løn; men du gav alle dine Bolere Løn af dit eget, og du gav dem Foræringer for at komme til dig alle Vegne fra og bole med dig.
Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.
34 Og det skete med dig i din bolerske Vandel tværtimod det, som sker med andre Kvinder, at Bolerne ikke løb efter dig; og idet du gav Horeløn, og der ikke blev givet dig Horeløn, saa blev du et Modstykke til andre.
So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.
35 Derfor, du Bolerske! hør Herrens Ord:
Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!
36 Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Fordi dit Kobber blev bortødslet, og din Blusel blottet i din Bolen med dine Elskere, og formedelst alle dine vederstyggelige Afguder og formedelst dine Børns Blod, som du har givet dem:
I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.
37 Derfor se, jeg samler alle dine Elskere, hvem du har været behagelig, og alle dem, som du elskede, tillige med alle dem, som du hadede, og jeg vil samle dem imod dig trindt omkring fra og blotte din Blusel for dem, og de skulle se al din Blusel.
So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.
38 Og jeg vil dømme dig, som de Kvinder dømmes, der bedrive Hor og udgyde Blod, og jeg vil give dig hen som et blodigt Offer for Vrede og Nidkærhed.
I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.
39 Og jeg vil give dig i deres Haand, og de skulle nedbryde din Hvælving og nedrive dine Høje og føre dig af dine Klæder og tage din Prydelses Tøj og lade dig sidde nøgen og bar.
I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].
40 Og de skulle føre en Forsamling frem imod dig og stene dig med Stene og sønderhugge dig med deres Sværd.
They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
41 Og de skulle opbrænde dine Huse med Ild og holde Dom over dig for mange Kvinders Øjne; og jeg vil bringe dig til at høre op med at være en Bolerske, og du skal heller ikke give Bolerløn ydermere.
They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.
42 Saa vil jeg stille min Harme paa dig, og min Nidkærhed skal vige fra dig; og jeg vil faa Ro og ikke komme til at fortørnes ydermere.
Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].
43 Fordi du ikke har ihukommet din Ungdoms Dage, men fortørnet mig ved alle disse Ting, saa vil ogsaa jeg, se jeg, lade din Vej falde tilbage paa dit Hoved, siger den Herre, Herre; og du skal ikke vedblive at lægge Skændsel til alle dine Vederstyggeligheder.
You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.
44 Se hver, som bruger Ordsprog, skal bruge dette Ordsprog om dig og sige: Som Moderen er, saa er hendes Datter.
People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”
45 Du er Datter af din Moder, som væmmedes ved sin Mand og sine Børn; og du er Søster til dine Søstre, som væmmedes ved deres Mænd og deres Børn; eders Moder var en Hethiterinde og eders Fader en Amoriter.
You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
46 Og din store Søster er Samaria, hun med sine Døtre, som bor ved din venstre Side; og din mindre Søster, som bor ved din højre Side, er Sodoma med hendes Døtre.
And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.
47 Og ikke har du vandret paa deres Veje og gjort efter deres Vederstyggeligheder blot en lille Smule, men du har gjort det værre end de paa alle dine Veje.
You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.
48 Saa sandt jeg lever, siger den Herre, Herre: Sodoma, din Søster, hun og hendes Døtre, de have ikke gjort saaledes, som du har gjort, du og dine Døtre.
I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.
49 Se, denne var Sodomas, din Søsters, Synd: Hovmod, Brød i Overflod og sorgløs Ro havde hun og hendes Døtre, men hun styrkede ikke den nødlidendes og den fattiges Haand.
These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.
50 Og de ophøjede sig og gjorde Vederstyggelighed for mit Ansigt, derfor tog jeg dem bort, der jeg saa det.
The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.
51 Og Samaria har ikke syndet efter Halvdelen af dine Synder; men du gjorde dine Vederstyggeligheder flere end deres, og du har gjort dine Søstre retfærdige ved alle dine Vederstyggeligheder, som du har gjort.
Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.
52 Saa bær da ogsaa du din Skam, hvilken du har idømt dine Søstre; ved dine Synder, med hvilke du gjorde Vederstyggelighed mere end de, skulle de holdes retfærdigere end du: Saa skam da ogsaa du dig, og bær din Skændsel, fordi du har retfærdiggjort dine Søstre.
Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].
53 Men jeg vil vende deres Fangenskab, Sodomas og hendes Døtres Fangenskab og Samarias og hendes Døtres Fangenskab og dit Fangenskabs Fangenskab, midt iblandt dem,
However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.
54 for at du skal bære din Skændsel og skamme dig for alt det, som du har gjort, idet du trøster dem.
You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.
55 Og din Søster Sodoma og hendes Døtre skulle vende tilbage til deres første Tilstand, og Samaria og hendes Døtre skulle vende tilbage til deres første Tilstand, og du og dine Døtre, I skulle vende tilbage til eders første Tilstand.
[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.
56 Og Sodoma, din Søster, var dig ikke til Lærdom i din Mund paa din Hovmodigheds Dag,
You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,
57 førend din Ondskab blev aabenbaret, ligesom til den Tid, da du blev til Haan for Syriens Døtre og for alle dem, som vare trindt omkring dem, for Filisternes Døtre, hvilke trindt omkring fra foragtede dig.
before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.
58 Din Skændsel og dine Vederstyggeligheder, dem maa du bære, siger Herren;
And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.
59 thi saa siger den Herre, Herre: Jeg har gjort imod dig saaledes, som du har gjort, du, som foragtede Ed, for at bryde Pagten.
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.
60 Dog, jeg vil ihukomme min Pagt med dig i din Ungdoms Dage og oprette med dig en evig Pagt.
But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.
61 Og du skal ihukomme dine Veje og skamme dig, naar du modtager dine Søstre, som ere større end du, tillige med dem, som ere mindre end du, og jeg giver dig dem til Døtre, skønt de ikke henhøre til din Pagt.
Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.
62 Og jeg vil oprette min Pagt med dig, og du skal fornemme, at jeg er Herren;
I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
63 paa det, at du skal komme det i Hu og blues og ikke ydermere oplade din Mund for din Skams Skyld, idet jeg giver dig Forsoning for alt det, som du har gjort, siger den Herre, Herre.
Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”