Jeremias 29

1 Og disse ere Ordene i det Brev, som Profeten Jeremias sendte fra Jerusalem til de øvrige af de Ældste, som vare bortførte, og til Præsterne og til Profeterne og til alt Folket, som Nebukadnezar havde bortført fra Jerusalem til Babel,

After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen [DOU] had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by [soldiers of] Nebuchadnezzar.

2 — efter at Kong Jekonias og Herskerinden og Hofmændene, Judas og Jerusalems Fyrster, og Tømmermændene og Smedene vare gangne ud af Jerusalem, —

3 ved Eleasas, Safans Søns, og Gemarias, Hilkias Søns, Haand, hvilke Zedekias, Judas Konge, sendte til Babel til Nebukadnezar, Kongen i Babel; det lød saaledes:

[I gave] the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter:

4 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud, til alle de bortførte, som jeg har ladet bortføre fra Jerusalem til Babel:

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says to all you people who were captured [here] in Jerusalem and taken [there] to Babylon:

5 Bygger Huse og bosætter eder, og planter Haver og æder deres Frugt!

“Build houses [there], and plan to stay there [because you will be there for many years]. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.

6 Tager Hustruer og avler Sønner og Døtre, og tager Hustruer til eders Sønner og giver eders Døtre Mænd, at de maa føde Sønner og Døtre; og formerer eder der, og mindsker eder ikke!

Get married and have children. Then [when they grow up], choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they [also] may have children. [In that way], the number of you people will increase, not decrease.

7 Og søger den Stads Bedste, til hvilken jeg bortførte eder, og beder for den til Herren, thi naar den har Fred, saa have og I Fred.

Also, do things that will cause things to go well [for the other people there] in the city where I sent you. Pray that things will go well for [the people in] that city, because if things go well for them, things will go well for you, [also].”

8 Thi saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Lader ikke eders Profeter, som ere midt iblandt eder, og eders Spaamænd bedrage eder, og hører ikke paa eders Drømme, som I komme til at drømme.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “There are [false] prophets and fortune-tellers among you. Do not allow them to deceive you. Do not pay attention to [them when they tell you] their dreams,

9 Thi de spaa Løgn for eder i mit Navn; jeg har ikke sendt dem, siger Herren.

because they are telling you lies, saying that [MTY] [I have given them the messages that they are telling you]. But, I have not appointed them.”

10 Thi saa siger Herren: Naar halvfjerdsindstyve Aar ere forløbne for Babel, da vil jeg besøge eder ogstadfæste over eder mit gode Ord om at føre eder tilbage til dette Sted.

This is [also] what Yahweh says: “After you [and your children] have been in Babylon for seventy years, I will help you, and do for you the things that I promised, and I will enable you to return here [to Jerusalem].

11 Thi jeg kender de Tanker, som jeg tænker angaaende eder, siger Herren, Tanker om Fred og ikke om Ulykke, for at give eder en Fremtid og et Haab.

I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future.

12 Og I skulle paakalde mig og gaa hen og bede til mig, og jeg vil høre eder.

At that time, when you pray, I will heed you.

13 Og I skulle søge og finde mig; thi I ville søge mig af eders ganske Hjerte.

If you earnestly desire for me [to bless you], you will experience me [blessing you].

14 Og jeg skal lade mig finde af eder, siger Herren, og omvende eders Fangenskab og samle eder fra alle de Hedninger og fra alle de Steder, hvorhen jeg fordrev eder, siger Herren; og jeg skal lade eder komme tilbage til det Sted, hvorfra jeg bortførte eder.

I will make my help available to you [IDM]. I will cause you to no longer be slaves [in Babylon]. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back [here to your own land], to the place from which you were taken.”

15 Thi I have sagt: Herren har opvakt os Profeter i Babel;

[Some of] you say that Yahweh has appointed prophets for you [there] in Babylon.

16 men Herren har sagt saaledes om Kongen, som sidder paa Davids Trone, og om alt Folket, som bor i denne Stad, om eders Brødre, som ikke ere gangne ud med eder iblandt de bortførte,

But this is what Yahweh says about the king who rules [here] in Jerusalem, and about all the other people who are [still] living here—your relatives who were not taken to Babylon with you.

17 ja, saaledes har den Herre Zebaoth sagt: Se, jeg sender Sværdet, Hungeren og Pesten over dem, og jeg vil gøre dem som de modbydelige Figener, der ikke kunde ædes, fordi de vare saa slette.

The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like [SIM] bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.

18 Og jeg vil forfølge dem med Sværdet, med Hungeren og med Pesten og gøre dem til en Gru for alle Riger paa Jorden, til Forbandelse og til Forfærdelse og til Spot og til Forhaanelse iblandt alle Hedningerne, hvorhen jeg har fordrevet dem;

I will not stop causing them to experience wars and famines and diseases. And I will scatter them all around the world. In every country where I (force them to be taken/exile them), I will cause them to be people whom [others] curse and be horrified about and make fun of [DOU].

19 fordi de ikke hørte paa mine Ord, siger Herren, jeg, som sendte mine Tjenere, Profeterne, til dem tidligt og ideligt, uden at de hørte mig, siger Herren.

[That will happen] because they have refused to pay attention to my messages, messages that I gave to the prophets whom I sent to them. And you [who have been exiled to Babylon] have not paid attention to them, [either].” [That is what] Yahweh says.

20 Men I, hører Herrens Ord, alle I bortførte, hvilke jeg sendte fra Jerusalem til Babel!

[Therefore], you people who have been (exiled/forced to go) from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh.

21 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud, om Akab, Kolajas Søn, og om Zedekias, Maasejas Søn, som spaa eder Løgn i mit Navn: Se, jeg giver dem i Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babels Haand, og han skal dræbe dem for eders Øjne.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages [MTY] from him: “They will be seized and taken to [MTY] King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.

22 Og der skal fra dem optages en Forbandelse iblandt alle de bortførte af Juda, som ere i Babel, idet man skal sige: Herren gøre dig som Zedekias og som Akab! hvilke Kongen af Babel stegte ved Ild,

Because of [what will happen to] them, all you people who have been taken from Judah to Babylon will say this when they curse someone: ‘I hope/wish that Yahweh will do to you the same thing that he did to Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the King of Babylon caused to be [killed by being] burned in a fire.’

23 fordi de gjorde en Daarskab i Israel og bedreve Hor med deres Næstes Hustruer og i mit Navn talte løgnagtige Ord, hvilke jeg ikke havde befalet dem; jeg ved det og vidner det, siger Herren.

They have done terrible things to [my] Israeli people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken lies, saying that they were messages [MTY] from me. They have said things that I did not tell them to say, and I, Yahweh, have heard them [say those things].”

24 Og om Semaja, Nekelamiten, skal du sige saaledes:

[Yahweh told me to] send this message to Shemaiah, a man from Nehelam [town who was living in Babylon]:

25 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Fordi du sendte Breve i dit Navn til alt Folket, som er i Jerusalem, og til Præsten Zefanja, Maasejas Søn, og til alle Præsterne saa lydende:

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “You wrote a letter that no one told you to write. You sent it to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, and [you sent copies] to the other priests and all the [other] people here in Jerusalem. [This is what] you wrote to him:

26 Herren har sat dig til Præst i Præsten Jojadas Sted, for at der maa være Opsynsmænd i Herrens Hus over hver Mand, som raser, og som spaar, at du kan lægge dem i Blok og Baand:

[Zephaniah], Yahweh has appointed you to be the priest instead of Jehoiada, to supervise those who work in the temple. Anyone who acts like a crazy man and who claims that he is a prophet, you should put his arms and legs and head into (stocks/a wooden frame [so that he cannot move)].

27 Hvorfor har du da nu ikke truet Jeremias fra Anathoth, som spaar for eder?

So why have you not done anything to stop Jeremiah, the man from Anathoth [town], who [pretends that he] is a prophet among you?

28 thi derfor har han sendt Bud til os til Babel og sagt: Det vil vare længe; bygger Huse og bosætter eder, og planter Haver og æder deres Frugt — —

He sent a letter to us [who are here] in Babylon, saying that [we will be here for] a long time. He said that [therefore] we should build houses and plan to stay here, and plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.”

29 Og Præsten Zefanja læste dette Brev for Profeten Jeremias's Øren.

[But when] Zephaniah the priest [received] the letter from you, he [brought it to me and] read it to me.

30 Og Herrens Ord kom til Jeremias saalunde:

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

31 Send Bud til alle de bortførte, og sig: Saa siger Herren om Nekelamiten Semaja: Fordi Semaja har spaaet for eder, skønt jeg ikke har sendt ham, og han har bragt eder til at forlade eder paa Løgn:

“Send this message to all the people [from Judah] who are there [in Babylon]. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied.

32 Derfor, saa siger Herren: Se, jeg vil hjemsøge Nekelamiten Semaja og hans Afkom; han skal ikke have nogen, som skal bo midt iblandt dette Folk, og han skal ikke se det gode, som jeg vil gøre imod mit Folk, siger Herren; thi han har prædiket Frafald fra Herren.

So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do [many] good things for [you], my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, [because they will be dead]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!’”