Jeremias 19
1 Saa sagde Herren: Gak hen og køb en Pottemagerkrukke, og tag med dig nogle af de Ældste for Folket og af de Ældste for Præsterne,
Thus says the Lord: “Go, and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.
2 og gak ud til Ben-Hinnoms Dal, som er uden for Solporten, og udraab der de Ord, som jeg vil tale til dig.
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is near the entrance to the earthen gate, and there you shall proclaim the words that I will speak to you.
3 Og du skal sige: Hører Herrens Ord, Judas Konger, og Jerusalems Indbyggere! saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Se, jeg lader komme Ulykke over dette Sted, saa at det skal runge for hvers Øren, som hører det,
And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead an affliction over this place, so much so that it will ring in the ears of all who hear about it.
4 fordi de forlode mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed og gjorde Røgelse der for andre Guder, hvilke de og deres Fædre og Judas Konger ikke havde kendt, og fordi de have fyldt dette Sted med de uskyldiges Blod
For they have abandoned me, and they have made this place foreign, and they have offered libations in it to foreign gods, whom neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
5 og have bygget Baals Høje for at opbrænde deres Sønner med Ild, til Brændofre for Baal; hvilket jeg ikke havde budt og ikke talt om, og som ikke var kommet mig i Tanke.
And they have built the exalted places of Baal, in order to burn their children with fire as a holocaust to Baal, something that I did not instruct or speak of, nor did it enter into my heart.
6 Derfor se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, da man ikke mere skal kalde dette Sted Tofeth, eller Ben-Hinnoms Dal, men Morderdal.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 Og jeg vil udtømme Judas og Jerusalems Raad paa dette Sted og lade dem falde ved Sværdet for deres Fjenders Ansigt og i deres Haand, som søge efter deres Liv; og jeg vil give Himmelens Fugle og Dyrene paa Jorden deres døde Kroppe til Føde.
And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and of Jerusalem in this place. And I will overthrow them with the sword, in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives. And I will give their carcasses to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the land as food.
8 Og jeg vil gøre denne Stad til Gru og til Spot; hver som gaar forbi den, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Plager.
And I will set this city amid stupor and hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied, and they will hiss over all its wounds.
9 Og jeg vil lade dem æde deres Sønners Kød og deres Døtres Kød, og de skulle æde hver sin Næstes Kød, i den Belejring og Trængsel, med hvilken deres Fjender og de, som søge efter deres Liv, skulle trænge dem.
And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters. And each one of them will eat the flesh of his friend during the blockade and the embargo by which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, will enclose them.
10 Og du skal sønderslaa Krukken for de Mænds Øjne, som gik med dig.
And you shall crush the bottle in the sight of the men who will go with you.
11 Og du skal sige til dem: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Saaledes vil jeg sønderslaa dette Folk og denne Stad, som man sønderslaar et Pottemagerkar, som ikke kan heles mere; og de skulle begrave i Tofeth af Mangel paa Plads til at begrave.
And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: In the same way, I will crush this people and this city, just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again. And they will be buried at Topheth, because there will be no other place for burial.
12 Saaledes vil jeg handle med dette Sted, siger Herren, og med dets Indbyggere; og det for at gøre denne Stad som Tofeth.
So will I do to this place and to its inhabitants, says the Lord. And I will make this city to be like Topheth.
13 Og Jerusalems Huse og Judas Kongers Huse skulle vorde som det Sted Tofeth, da de ere urene; ja alle de Huse, hvor de gjorde Røgelse paa Tagene til al Himmelens Hær og udøste Drikofre for andre Guder.
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be unclean, just like the place of Topheth: all the houses on whose roofs they sacrificed to all the armies of heaven and poured out libations to strange gods.”
14 Og Jeremias kom fra Tofeth, hvor Herren havde sendt ham hen for at spaa; og han stillede sig i Herrens Hus's Forgaard og sagde til alt Folket:
Then Jeremiah arrived from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the atrium of the house of the Lord, and he said to all the people:
15 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Se, jeg lader komme over denne Stad og over alle Stæder, som høre til den, alt det onde, som jeg har talt imod den; thi de have forhærdet deres Nakke for ikke at høre mine Ord.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead over this community, and over all its cities, all the evils that I have spoken against it. For they have hardened their necks, so that they would not heed my words.”
