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 the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn towards this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
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.
It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’
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 appoint over them four kinds,” says the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
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.
I will cause them to be tossed back and forth amongst all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
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?
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?
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 have rejected me,” says the LORD. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.
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.
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.
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.
Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
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.
She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says the LORD.
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.
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them 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.
The LORD said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Mon Jern kan bryde Jern af Norden og Kobber?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
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 your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
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 make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”
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.
LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
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!
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.
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.
I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.
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.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
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.
Therefore the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
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.
I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says the LORD.
21 Og jeg vil redde dig af de ondes Haand og udløse dig af Voldsmænds Haand.
“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”
