Jeremias 26

1 I Begyndelsen af Jojakims, Josias's Søns, Judas Konges Regering kom dette Ord fra Herren saalunde:

Soon after Jehoiakim became the king of Judah, Yahweh gave [me] this message:

2 Saa siger Herren: Stil dig i Herrens Hus's Forgaard, og tal til alle Judas Stæder, som komme for at tilbede i Herrens Hus, alle de Ord, som jeg har befalet dig at tale til dem, du skal ikke tage et Ord derfra.

“This is what [I], Yahweh, am telling you: Stand in the courtyard [in front] of my temple, and speak to all [the people from] the various towns in Judah who come there to worship me. Tell them everything that I tell you; do not omit anything.

3 Maaske de vilde høre og omvende sig, hver fra sin onde Vej, og jeg maatte angre det onde, som jeg tænker at gøre imod dem, for deres Idrætters Ondskabs Skyld.

[If you do tell them everything], perhaps they will pay attention, and each one of them will turn away from his evil behavior. Then I will change my mind, and not cause them to experience the disaster that I was planning to cause them to experience because of the evil things that they have done.

4 Og du skal sige til dem: Saa siger Herren: Dersom I ikke høre mig om at vandre i min Lov, som jeg har sat for eders Ansigt,

Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say,

5 og om at høre paa mine Tjeneres, Profeternes Ord, som jeg sender til eder, baade tidligt og ideligt, uden at I have villet høre dem:

6 Saa vil jeg gøre dette Hus ligt med Silo og gøre denne Stad til en Forbandelse for alle Folkefærd paa Jorden.

I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, [the place where the Sacred Tent was put]. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name [people in] every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.’”

7 Og Præsterne og Profeterne og alt Folket hørte, at Jeremias talte disse Ord i Herrens Hus.

[When I did what Yahweh told me to do, ] the priests, the [false] prophets, and many [other] people listened to me as I told them that message outside the temple.

8 Og det skete, der Jeremias var færdig med at tale alt det, som Herren havde befalet ham at tale til alt Folket, da grebe Præsterne og Profeterne og alt Folket ham og sagde: Du skal visselig dø!

But as soon as I finished telling them everything that Yahweh had commanded me to say, they all seized me and said, “You must be executed!

9 Hvorfor spaaede du i Herrens Navn og sagde: Dette Hus skal blive ligesom Silo, og denne Stad skal ødelægges, saa at ingen skal bo der? Og alt Folket samlede sig imod Jeremias i Herrens Hus.

Why [RHQ] are you prophesying that this temple will be [destroyed] like Shiloh [was destroyed]? Why are you saying that this city will be destroyed, and that no one will live here [any more]? (OR, You should not be prophesying) [RHQ]” All the people surrounded me [as I stood] in [front of] the temple.

10 Og Judas Fyrster hørte disse Ord, og de gik op fra Kongens Hus og til Herrens Hus, og de satte sig ved Indgangen til Herrens nye Port.

When the officials of Judah heard about all this [that was happening], they rushed from the palace and sat down at the gate of the temple named The New Gate, [to judge my case].

11 Og Præsterne og Profeterne sagde til Fyrsterne og til alt Folket saaledes: Dødsdom over denne Mand! thi han har spaaet imod denne Stad, saaledes som I have hørt med eders Øren.

The priests and the [false] told the officials and the other people [who were there], “This man should be executed, because he has prophesied that this city [will be destroyed], and you yourselves [MTY] have heard him say that!”

12 Men Jeremias sagde til alle Fyrsterne og til alt Folket saaledes: Herren har sendt mig til at spaa imod dette Hus og imod denne Stad og til at forkynde alle de Ord, som I have hørt.

Then I replied to the officials and the other people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy all the things that you heard me say about [what will happen to] this temple and this city.

13 Saa bedrer nu eders Veje og eders Idrætter, og hører Herren eders Guds Røst, saa skal Herren angre det onde, som han har talt imod eder.

But if you change your behavior and stop sinning, and [start to] obey Yahweh our God, he will change his mind, and not cause you to experience the disasters that he said that he would send.

14 Og jeg, se! jeg er i eders Haand; gører imod mig, som det er godt, og som det er ret for eders Øjne.

As for me, I am not able to free myself from your grasp. [So you can] do to me whatever you want to do.

15 Kun det skulle I vide, at dersom I dræbe mig, da ville I bringe uskyldigt Blod over eder og over denne Stad og over dens Indbyggere; thi i Sandhed, Herren har sendt mig til eder for at tale alle disse Ord for eders Øren.

[But you need to] know that if you kill me, you will be killing a man [SYN] who (is innocent/has not done anything wrong). And you and everyone else in this city will be guilty, because the truth is that it was Yahweh who sent me to speak every word that you have heard me say.”

16 Da sagde Fyrsterne og alt Folket til Præsterne og til Profeterne: Der bør ingen Dødsdom fældes over denne Mand; thi har han talt til os i Herren vor Guds Navn.

Then the officials and the other people said to the priests and the [false] prophets, “This man does not deserve to be executed, because he has spoken to us the message [MTY] that Yahweh gave him!”

17 Og nogle Mænd af de Ældste i Landet stode op, og de sagde til hele Folkets Forsamling saaledes:

Then some of the elders stood up and spoke to all the people who were gathered [there].

18 Morasktiten Mika spaaede i Ezekias's, Judas Konges Dage, og sagde til alt Judas Folk: Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Zion skal pløjes som en Ager og Jerusalem blive til Stenhobe og Husets Bjerg til Skovhøje.

They said, “([Remember/Think about) what] Micah, [the prophet] from Moresheth [town], prophesied during the years that Hezekiah was the King of Judah. He told the people of Judah this: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: [Some day] Zion [Hill] will be plowed like fields [are plowed]; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins. There will be a large clump/group of trees on top of the hill where the temple is now.’

19 Mon Ezekias, Judas Konge, og al Juda straks dræbte ham? frygtede han ikke Herren og bad ydmygt for Herrens Ansigt, saa at Herren angrede det onde, som han havde talt imod dem? og vi, vi bringe en stor Ulykke over vore Sjæle.

But did [RHQ] King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah kill Micah [for saying that]? No! Instead, Hezekiah revered Yahweh, and pleaded that he would (act mercifully toward/not destroy) them. So, Yahweh changed his mind about causing them to experience the terrible disaster that he said he would send. And now [if we kill Jeremiah], we are going to cause ourselves to experience a terrible disaster!”

20 Der var ogsaa en Mand, som spaaede i Herrens Navn, Urias, Semajas's Søn, fra Kirjath-Jearim; og han spaaede imod denne Stad og imod dette Land, aldeles som Jeremias's Ord vare.

[At that time, ] the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim [city] was also prophesying/proclaiming messages [MTY] from Yahweh. He was predicting that the city and the rest of the land would experience the same disasters that I was predicting.

21 Og Kong Jojakim og alle hans vældige og alle Fyrsterne hørte hans Ord, og Kongen søgte at dræbe ham; men Urias hørte det og frygtede og flyede og kom til Ægypten.

When King Jehoiakim and his army officers and officials heard what Uriah was saying, the king sent someone to kill Uriah. But Uriah heard about it, and became [very] afraid, and he (escaped/ran away) to Egypt.

22 Men Kong Jojakim sendte Mænd til Ægypten, nemlig Elnatan, Akbors Søn, og nogle Mænd med ham til Ægypten.

Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son of Acbor along with several other men to Egypt.

23 Og de førte Urias fra Ægypten og bragte ham til Kong Jojakim, og denne slog ham ihjel med Sværdet og lod hans døde Krop kaste i de meniges Grave.

They captured Uriah and took him [back to Jerusalem] to King Jehoiakim. The king then [had a soldier] kill Uriah with a sword. Then they buried his corpse in a place where poor people are buried.

24 Kun Ahikams, Safans Søns, Haand var med Jeremias, saa at man ikke gav ham i Folkets Haand til at dræbes.

However, Ahikam the son of Shaphan defended me, and persuaded the officials not to allow [MTY] the mob to murder me.