< Ezekiel 37 >
1 Herrens Haand kom over mig, og Herren førte mig i Aanden ud og nedlod mig midt i en Dal, og den var fuld af Ben.
One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power [MTY] of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones [of people who had been killed].
2 Og han lod mig gaa forbi dem trindt omkring, og se, der laa saare mange oven paa Jorden i Dalen, og se, de vare saare tørre.
He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.
3 Og han sagde til mig: Du Menneskesøn! mon disse Ben kunne blive levende? Og jeg sagde: Herre, Herre! du ved det.
He asked me, “You human, [do you think that] these bones can become living [people again]?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know [if that can happen].”
4 Og han sagde til mig: Spaa om disse Ben og sig til dem: I tørre Ben, hører Herrens Ord!
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says.
5 Saa siger den Herre, Herre til disse Ben: Se, jeg vil lade komme Aand i eder, og I skulle blive levende.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.
6 Og jeg vil lægge Sener paa eder og lade Kød komme over eder og overdrage eder med Hud og bringe Aand i eder, at I blive levende; og I skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren.
I will fasten tendons to your bones, and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
7 Og jeg spaaede, som mig var befalet, og der kom en Lyd, der jeg spaaede, og se, der blev en Raslen, og Benene nærmede sig, det ene Ben til det andet.
So I spoke to the bones what Yahweh commanded me to speak. As I was speaking, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bones joining to each other.
8 Og jeg saa, og se, der kom Sener og Kød paa dem, og der trak sig en Hud der ovenover; men der var ikke Aand i dem.
While I was looking, I saw tendons fastening to them and flesh covering them, and then skin covered the flesh, but they did not breathe.
9 Og han sagde til mig: Spaa over Aanden, spaa, du Menneskesøn! og sig til Aanden: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Kom, du Aand! fra de fire Vejr, og aand paa disse ihjelslagne, at de blive levende.
Then he said to me, “You human, prophesy to the wind. Say to the wind, ‘Wind [APO], Yahweh says to you, blow from all four directions. Breathe into these people who have been killed, in order that they can become alive again!’”
10 Og jeg spaaede, som han befalede mig, og Aanden kom i dem, og de bleve levende og stode paa deres Fødder, en saare stor Hær.
So I said what he commanded me to say, and then breath entered them. They became alive and stood up, like a huge army.
11 Og han sagde til mig: Du Menneskesøn! disse Ben ere Israels hele Hus; se, det siger: Vore Ben ere blevne tørre, og vor Forhaabning er borte, det er forbi med os!
Then he said to me, “You human, these bones represent all the Israeli people [MTY]. The people say, ‘[It is as though] our bones are dried up; there are no more good things that we can (hope for/confidently expect to happen to us); our nation is destroyed/finished.’
12 Derfor spaa, og sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg oplader eders Grave og fører eder op af eders Grave, mit Folk! og bringer eder til Israels Land.
So prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: My people, [it will be as though] I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel.
13 Og I skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren, naar jeg oplader eders Grave, og naar jeg fører eder op af eders Grave, mit Folk!
Then, what that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
14 Og jeg vil sende min Aand i eder, at I blive levende, og jeg vil bosætte eder i eders Land, og I skulle fornemme, at jeg Herren, jeg har talt det og gjort det, siger Herren.
I will put my Spirit in you, and [it will be as though] you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said [that it would happen] and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’”
15 Og Herrens Ord kom til mig saalunde:
Yahweh gave me [another] message. He said,
16 Og du Menneskesøn! tag dig et Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: „For Juda og for hans Medbrødre af Israels Børn‟; og tag et andet Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: „For Josef‟ — det er Efraims Træ — „og for hele Israels Hus, hans Medbrødre‟,
“You human, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Judah and all the tribes of Judah.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel.’
17 og føj dem sammen, det ene til det andet, for dig til eet Stykke Træ, saa at de blive til eet i din Haand.
Then join them together to become [as though they were] one piece of wood in your hand.
18 Og naar dit Folks Børn sige til dig: Vil du ikke give os til Kende, hvad du mener med disse Ting:
When your fellow Israelis ask you, ‘What does (this action/what you just did) mean?’,
19 Da sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg vil tage Josefs Træ, som er i Efraims Haand, og Israels Stammer, hans Medbrødre, som jeg sætter derpaa, samt Judas Træ, og jeg vil gøre dem til eet Stykke Træ, og de skulle være eet i min Haand.
tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: One of the pieces of wood in my hand represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel. I am joining it to the piece of wood that represents Judah, to form one piece of wood in his hand.’
20 Og de Stykker Træ, som du skriver paa, skulle være i din Haand for deres Øjne;
Then, [you human], hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.
21 og tal til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg tager Israels Børn ud fra Hedningerne, hvor de vandre, og jeg vil samle dem trindt omkring fra og lade dem komme til deres Land.
Say to the people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I will take you Israeli people out of the countries to which you have been forced to go. I will gather you from all those nations and bring you back to your own land.
22 Og jeg vil gøre dem til eet Folk i Landet paa Israels Bjerge, og een Konge skal være Konge for dem alle, og de skulle ikke ydermere være tvende Folk og ej ydermere dele sig i to Riger fremdeles.
And I will cause you to again be one nation in that land, on the mountains in Israel. And there will be one king to rule over all of you. Never again will you be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.
23 De skulle ej heller mere besmitte sig ved deres Afguder og ved deres Vederstyggeligheder eller ved nogen af alle deres Overtrædelser; eg jeg vil fri dem for alle deres Boliger, i hvilke de have syndet, og rense dem; og de skulle være mit Folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud,
No longer will you (defile yourselves/make yourselves unacceptable to me) by [worshiping] idols and disgusting statues [of your gods], because I will enable you to quit your sinful behavior and to stop rejecting me. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
24 Og min Tjener David skal være Konge over dem, og der skal være een Hyrde for dem alle, og de skulle vandre efter mine Bud, holde mine Skikke og gøre efter dem.
[Someone who will be like] [MET] [King] David who served [me well] will be the king [of your descendants], and [it will be as though] [MET] he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
25 Og de skulle bo i Landet, som jeg har givet min Tjener Jakob, i hvilket eders Fædre boede; og de skulle bo der, de og deres Børn og deres Børnebørn til evig Tid, og David min Tjener skal være deres Fyrste evindelig.
They will live in the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served [me well]; they will live in the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and [the one who will be like] [MET] [King] David will be their king forever.
26 Og jeg vil slutte en Freds Pagt med dem, det skal være dem en evig Pagt, og jeg vil bosætte dem og gøre dem mangfoldige og sætte min Helligdom midt iblandt dem evindelig.
I will make a peace agreement with them; it will be an agreement that will endure forever. I will again give them that land and cause their population to increase. And I will put my temple among them forever.
27 Og min Bolig skal være hos dem, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skulle være mit Folk.
The place where I will live will be among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.
28 Og Hedningerne skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren, som helliger Israel, naar min Helligdom bliver midt iblandt dem evindelig.
Then, when my temple is forever there among them, the people of other nations will know that I, Yahweh, have caused the Israeli people to be set apart [to belong to me].’”