Jeremias 22
1 Saa sagde Herren: Gak ned til Judas Konges Hus, og tal der dette Ord,
Thus says the Lord: “Descend to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word.
2 og sig: Judas Konge, du, som sidder paa Davids Trone, hør Herrens Ord, du og dine Tjenere og dit Folk, som gaa ind ad disse Porte.
And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David: you and your servants, and your people, who enter through these gates.
3 Saa siger Herren: Øver Ret og Retfærdighed, og redder den, som er bleven til Rov, af Voldsmandens Haand, og forfordeler ej den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken, og gører ikke Uret og udøser ikke uskyldigt Blod paa dette Sted!
Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.
4 Thi dersom I rettelig gøre efter dette Ord, da skal der ind ad dette Hus's Porte gaa Konger, som sidde i Davids Sted paa hans Trone, og som fare paa Vogne og paa Heste, han og hans Tjenere og hans Folk.
For if you will indeed accomplish this word, then there will enter through the gates of this house kings from the stock of David, sitting on his throne, and riding on chariots and on horses: they, and their servants, and their people.
5 Men dersom I ikke ville høre disse Ord, da har jeg svoret ved mig selv, siger Herren, at dette Hus skal blive til et øde Sted.
But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be in desolation.
6 Thi saa siger Herren om Judas Konges Hus: Du var mig som Gilead, som Libanons Top; men jeg skal sandelig gøre dig til en Ørk, til Stæder, som ikke bebos.
For thus says the Lord about the house of the king of Judah: You are to me like Gilead, the head of Lebanon. Certainly, I will make you desolate, with uninhabitable cities.
7 Og jeg vil indvie Fordærvere, der skulle komme over dig, hver med sine Vaaben; og de skulle omhugge dine udvalgte Cedre og kaste dem paa Ilden.
And I will sanctify over you the destroying man and his weapons. And they will cut down your select cedars and throw them violently into the fire.
8 Og mange Hedninger skulle gaa forbi denne Stad, og de skulle sige hver til sin Næste: Hvorfor har Herren gjort saaledes ved denne store Stad?
And many nations will pass through this city. And each one will say to his neighbor: ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way toward this great city?’
9 Og de skulle sige: Fordi de forlode Herrens, deres Guds, Pagt, og tilbade andre Guder og tjente dem.
And they will answer: ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and they adored strange gods and served them.’
10 Græder ikke over den døde, og ynkes ikke over ham; græder bittert over den, som drager bort, thi han skal aldrig komme tilbage og se sit Fædreland.
You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.
11 Thi saa har Herren sagt om Sallum, Judas Konge, Josias's Søn, som var Konge i Josias sin Faders Sted, og som drog ud fra dette Sted: Han skal ikke mere komme hid tilbage;
For thus says the Lord to Shallum, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father, who has departed from this place: He will not return here again.
12 men han skal dø paa det Sted, hvorhen de have bortført ham, og han skal ikke mere se dette Land.
Instead, he will die in the place to which I have transferred him, and he will not see this land anymore.
13 Ve den, som bygger sit Hus med Uretfærdighed og sine Sale med Uret, ham, der lader sin Næste tjene for intet, og ikke giver ham hans Arbejdes Løn,
Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.
14 ham, der siger: Jeg vil bygge mig et rummeligt Hus og luftige Sale; og som udhugger sig Vinduer og paneler det med Ceder og anstryger det med rødt.
And he says: ‘I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.’ He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.
15 Skulde du være Konge, fordi du brammer med Ceder? har din Fader ikke spist og drukket og øvet Ret og Retfærdighed? da gik det ham vel.
Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?
16 Han antog sig den elendiges og den fattiges Sag, da gik det vel til; er dette ikke „at kende mig?‟ siger Herren.
He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?
17 Men dine Øjne og dit Hjerte ere ikke til andet end til din Vinding og til at udøse uskyldigt Blod og til at øve Vold og Undertrykkelse.
Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.
18 Derfor, saa siger Herren om Jojakim, Josias's Søn, Kongen i Juda: De skulle ikke sørge over ham, og sige: Ak, min Broder! og ak, Søster! de skulle ikke sørge over ham og sige: Ak, Herre! og ak, hans Herlighed!
Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.
19 Han skal begraves som et Asen begraves; man skal slæbe ham bort og kaste ham hen, langt uden for Jerusalems Porte.
He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Stig op paa Libanon og raab, og opløft din Røst i Basan og raab fra Abarim! thi alle dine Elskere ere knuste.
Ascend to Lebanon and cry out! And utter your voice in Bashan, and cry out to those passing by. For all your lovers have been crushed.
21 Jeg talte til dig i din Tryghed, men du sagde: Jeg vil ikke høre; dette har været din Vej fra din Ungdom af, at du ikke har villet høre paa min Røst.
I spoke to you in your abundance, and you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.
22 Alle dine Hyrder skal Vejret fortære, og dine Elskere skulle vandre i Fangenskab; thi da skal du beskæmmes og blive til Skamme for al din Ondskabs Skyld.
The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.
23 Du, som bor paa Libanon og bygger Rede i Cedrene, hvor vil du finde Medynk, naar Smerter komme paa dig, Pine som hendes, der føder?
You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?
24 Saa sandt jeg lever, siger Herren, var end Konias, Jojakims, Judas Konges Søn, en Signetring paa min højre Haand, saa vilde jeg dog rive dig bort derfra.
As I live, says the Lord, if Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a ring on my right hand, I would remove him from there.
25 Og jeg vil give dig i deres Haand, som tragte efter dit Liv, og i deres Haand, for hvis Ansigt du gruer, og i Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babels Haand og i Kaldæernes Haand.
And I will deliver you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you dread, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Og jeg vil kaste dig og din Moder, som dig fødte, ud i et andet Land, hvor I ikke ere fødte, og der skulle I dø.
And I will send you, and your mother who conceived you, into a foreign land, in which you were not born, and there you shall die.
27 Men til det Land, hvorhen deres Sjæl længes efter at komme tilbage, derhen skulle de ikke komme tilbage.
And to the land about which they lift up their mind, thinking to return there, they shall not return.
28 Mon denne Mand, Konias, er et foragtet, sønderslaaet Billede? mon han er et Kar, som ingen har Lyst til? hvorfor ere de bortkastede, han og hans Sæd, ja, henkastede i et Land, som de ikke kende?
Is this man, Jeconiah, a broken earthenware vessel? Is he a vessel which is entirely unpleasing? Why have they been cast out, he and his offspring, cast out even into a land that they have not known?
29 Land! Land! Land! hør Herrens Ord!
O earth, O earth, O earth! Listen to the word of the Lord!
30 Saa siger Herren: Indtegner denne Mand som barnløs som en Mand, der ikke skal have Lykke i sine Dage; thi ingen af hans Sæd skal have Lykke ved at sidde paa Davids Trone og herske fremdeles i Juda.
Thus says the Lord: Write: this man is barren; he is a man who will not prosper in his days. For there will not be a man from among his offspring who will sit upon the throne of David, or have authority in Judah, anymore.”
