Jeremias 16

1 Og Herrens Ord kom til mig, og han sagde:

And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

2 Du skal ikke tage dig en Hustru, og du skal ikke have Sønner eller Døtre paa dette Sted.

“You do not take a wife to yourself, Nor do you have sons and daughters in this place.”

3 Thi saa siger Herren om de Sønner og om de Døtre, som fødes paa dette Sted, og om deres Mødre, som føde dem, og om deres Fædre, som avle dem i dette Land:

For thus said YHWH, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers—those bearing them, And of their fathers—those begetting them in this land:

4 De skulle dø en Død af svare Sygdomme, de skulle ikke begrædes og ej begraves, de skulle vorde til Møg oven paa Marken; og de skulle udryddes ved Sværdet og ved Hungeren, og deres døde Kroppe skulle blive Himmelens Fugle og Dyrene paa Jorden til Føde.

“They die painful deaths, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For they are dung on the face of the ground, And are consumed by sword and by famine, And their carcass has been for food To the bird of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.”

5 Thi saa siger Herren: Du maa ikke gaa ind i Sørgehus og ikke gaa hen for at holde Klagemaal og ej vise Medynk over dem; thi jeg har borttaget min Fred fra dette Folk, siger Herren, ja, Miskundheden og Barmhjertigheden.

For thus said YHWH: “Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people,” A declaration of YHWH, “The kindness and the mercies.

6 Og de skulle dø, store og smaa i dette Land, de skulle ikke begraves, og man skal ikke holde Klagemaal over dem, og man skal ikke saare sig og ej afrage sit Haar for deres Skyld.

And great and small have died in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor does any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

7 Og man skal ikke bryde Sorgens Brød til dem, for at trøste nogen over en død, og ikke give dem at drikke af Trøstens Bæger, over nogens Fader og over nogens Moder.

Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

8 Og du skal ikke gaa ind i Gæstebuds Hus til at sidde hos dem for at æde og for at drikke.

You do not enter a house of banqueting, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,”

9 Thi saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Se, jeg lader ophøre fra dette Sted for eders Øjne og i eders Dage Fryds Røst og Glædes Røst, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst.

For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

10 Og det skal ske, naar du forkynder dette Folk alle disse Ord, og de sige til dig: Hvorfor udtaler Herren al denne store Ulykke over os? og hvilken er vor Misgerning, og hvad er vor Synd, som vi have syndet med for Herren vor Gud?

And it has come to pass, When you declare all these words to this people, And they have said to you, Why has YHWH spoken all this great evil against us? Indeed, what [is] our iniquity, and what [is] our sin, That we have sinned against our God YHWH?

11 da skal du sige til dem: Det er, fordi eders Fædre forlode mig, siger Herren, og gik efter andre Guder og tjente dem og tilbade dem, men mig forlode de, og min Lov holdt de ikke.

Then you have said to them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, A declaration of YHWH, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And have forsaken Me, and not kept My law,

12 Og I have gjort det værre end eders Fædre, og se, I vandre hver efter sit onde Hjertes Stivhed for ikke at ville høre mig.

You also have done evil above your fathers, And behold, you are each walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to listen to Me.

13 Men jeg vil kaste eder ud af dette Land til et Land, som I ikke kende, hverken I eller eders Fædre; og der skulle I tjene andre Guder Dag og Nat, thi jeg vil ikke give eder Naade.

And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that you have not known, You and your fathers, And you have served other gods there by day and by night, Where I do not give grace to you.

14 Derfor se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, at der ikke ydermere skal siges: Saa sandt Herren lever, han, som opførte Israels Børn af Ægyptens Land!

Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And it is not said anymore, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

15 men derimod: Saa sandt Herren lever, han, som førte Israels Børn op af Nordenland og fra alle Landene, hvorhen han havde fordrevet dem! Og jeg vil føre dem tilbage til deres Land, som jeg gav deres Fædre.

But, YHWH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands to where He drove them, And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.

16 Se, jeg sender Bud til mange Fiskere, siger Herren, og de skulle fiske dem; og derefter vil jeg sende Bud til mange Jægere, og de skulle jage dem paa alle Bjerge og paa alle Høje og i Klipperevnerne.

Behold, I am sending for many fishers,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.

17 Thi mine Øjne ere over alle deres Veje, de ere ikke skjulte for mit Ansigt, og deres Misgerning er ikke tildækket for mine Øjne.

For My eyes [are] on all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor has their iniquity been concealed from before My eyes.

18 Men jeg vil først betale dem deres Misgerning og deres Synd dobbelt, fordi de vanhelligede mit Land med deres Vederstyggeligheders døde Kroppe og fyldte min Arv med deres Afskyeligheder.

And I have repaid a first—A second time—their iniquity and their sin, Because of their defiling My land, With the carcass of their detestable things, Indeed, their abominations have filled My inheritance.”

19 Herre, min Styrke og min Befæstning og min Tilflugt paa Nøds Dag! til dig skulle Hedningerne komme fra Jordens Ender og sige: Vore Fædre arvede kun Løgn, Forfængelighed, hvori der intet var, som kunde gavne dem.

O YHWH, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Nations come to You from the ends of the earth, And say, “Our fathers only inherited falsehood, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.”

20 Mon et Menneske kan gøre sig Guder? de ere dog ikke Guder.

Does man make gods for himself, And they—no gods?

21 Derfor se, jeg lader dem kende denne Gang, ja, jeg lader dem kende min Haand og min Styrke; og de skulle kende, at mit Navn er Herren.

“Therefore, behold, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My Name [is] YHWH!”