Jeremias 15
1 Og Herren sagde til mig: Om end Mose og Samuel stode for mit Ansigt, var min Sjæl dog ikke til dette Folk: Jag dem bort fra mit Ansigt, og lad dem gaa ud!
Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
2 Og det skal ske, naar de sige til dig: Hvorhen skulle vi gaa ud? da skal du sige til dem: Saa siger Herren: Den, som hører til Døden, til Død; og den, som hører til Sværdet, til Sværd; og den, som hører til Hungeren, til Hunger; og den, som hører til Fangenskabet, til Fangenskab.
And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
3 Og jeg vil beskikke fire Slags over dem, siger Herren: Sværdet til at ihjelslaa og Hundene til at slæbe bort og Himmelens Fugle og Dyrene paa Jorden til at æde og til at ødelægge.
I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
4 Og jeg vil gøre dem til en Gru for alle Riger paa Jorden, for Manasse, Ezekias's Søns, Judas Konges Skyld, for det, han gjorde i Jerusalem.
Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
5 Thi hvo skulde skaane dig, Jerusalem? og hvo skulde have Medynk med dig? og hvo skulde vige af Vejen for at spørge, om det gaar dig vel?
You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
6 Du har forladt mig, siger Herren, du gik tilbage; og jeg udrakte min Haand imod dig og ødelagde dig; jeg er træt af at angre.
You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
7 Og jeg kastede dem med Kasteskovl i Landets Porte; jeg har gjort mit Folk barnløst, ødelagt det, dog have de ikke vendt om fra deres Veje.
At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
8 Deres Enker ere mig flere end Havets Sand; jeg bragte dem ved høj lys Dag en Ødelægger over den unge Krigers Moder; jeg lod pludselig Angest og Skræk falde over hende.
I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
9 Moderen til syv Sønner vansmægter, hun udaander sin Sjæl, hendes Sol er nedgangen, medens det endnu var Dag, hun blev beskæmmet og skammede sig; og det overblevne af dem vil jeg give hen for deres Fjenders Ansigt til Sværdet, siger Herren.
A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
10 Ve mig, min Moder! at du fødte mig, en Mand, imod hvem alt Landet kiver og trætter; jeg har ikke laant til nogen, og ingen har laant til mig, dog forbander enhver mig.
[I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”
11 Herren siger: Sandelig, jeg løser dig, dig til Fromme; sandelig, jeg bringer Fjenden til bønligt at komme dig i Møde paa Ulykkens Tid og paa Nødens Tid.
But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
12 Mon Jern kan bryde Jern af Norden og Kobber?
[Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
13 Jeg vil give dit Gods og dit Liggendefæ hen til Rov, ikke imod Betaling, og det for alle dine Synders Skyld og inden alle dine Landemærker.
I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
14 Og jeg vil føre dine Fjender over i et Land, som du ikke kender; thi en Ild er optændt i min Vrede, over eder skal den brænde.
I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
15 Du ved det, Herre! kom mig i Hu, og se til mig, og hævn mig paa mine Forfølgere; tag mig ikke bort i din Langmodighed; vid, at jeg bærer Forhaanelse for din Skyld.
[Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
16 Dine Ord bleve fundne, og jeg slugte dem, og dine Ord vare mig til Fryd og til mit Hjertes Glæde; thi dit Navn er nævnet over mig, Herre, Gud Zebaoth!
Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
17 Jeg sad ikke i hemmeligt Raad med Spottere og frydede mig; jeg sad alene, for din Haands Skyld; thi du har fyldt mig med Harm.
When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
18 Hvorfor varer min Smerte evindelig? hvorfor er mit Saar ulægeligt og vil ikke lade sig hele? du er bleven mig som en svigefuld Bæk, som Vand, der ikke er bestandigt.
So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
19 Derfor siger Herren saaledes: Dersom du omvender dig, vil jeg lade dig vende om, du skal staa for mit Ansigt; og dersom du tager det dyrebare ud fra det slette, skal du være som min Mund; de skulle vende om til dig, men du skal ikke vende om til dem.
Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
20 Og jeg vil gøre dig til en fast Kobbermur imod dette Folk, og de skulle stride imod dig, men ikke faa Overhaand over dig; thi jeg er med dig, for at frelse dig og for at redde dig, siger Herren.
They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
21 Og jeg vil redde dig af de ondes Haand og udløse dig af Voldsmænds Haand.
[Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
