Jeremias 3
1 Man siger: Dersom en Mand lader sin Hustru fare, og hun gaar fra ham og bliver en anden Mands, mon han da maa vende tilbage til hende igen? mon ikke dette Land vilde blive besmittet derved? Men du har bedrevet Hor med mange Bolere, og du skulde komme til mig igen? siger Herren.
One could say, Behold, if a man send away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, can he return unto her again? would not that land be greatly polluted? and thou hast played the harlot with many companions, and wilt yet return to me, saith the Lord.
2 Opløft dine Øjne til de nøgne Høje, og se, hvor er du ikke skændet? du sad ved Vejene for dem, som en Araber i Ørken, og du besmittede Landet med dine Horerier og med din Ondskab.
Lift up thy eyes unto the mountain-tops, and see where thou hast not been lain with. On public roads hast thou sat for them, as the Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy incests and with thy wickedness.
3 Derfor ere Regndraaberne tilbageholdte, og sildig Regn kom ikke; men du har en Horkvindes Pande, du vil ikke skamme dig.
And [though] the early showers were withholden, and the latter rain came not: yet hadst thou a forehead of an incestuous wife, thou refusedst to feel shame.
4 Har du ikke fra nu af raabt til mig: Min Fader! min Ungdoms Leder er du.
Wilt thou not from this time call out unto mem My father, the guide of my youth art thou?
5 Mon han vil beholde Vrede evindelig? eller bevare den til evig Tid? se, du har talt, men du gjorde disse onde Ting og satte dem igennem.
Will he bear grudge for ever? will he keep it to eternity? Behold, thou hast spoken [this], and yet hast done the things that are evil as much as thou wast able.
6 Og Herren sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Har du set, hvad det frafaldne Israel har gjort? Hun gik paa alle høje Bjerge og hen under alle grønne Træer og bedrev der Hor.
And the Lord said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.
7 Og jeg sagde: Efter at hun havde gjort alt dette, vil hun omvende sig til mig; men hun omvendte sig ikke. Og hendes troløse Søster Juda saa det.
And I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return unto me. But she returned not. And this saw her treacherous sister Judah.
8 Og jeg saa, da jeg formedelst alt det, at det frafaldne Israel havde bedrevet Hor, lod hende fare og gav hende hendes Skilsmissebrev, at dog det troløse Juda, hendes Søster, ikke frygtede, men gik bort og bedrev ogsaa Hor.
And I saw, that, although because backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had sent her away, and given her bill of divorce unto her, still treacherous Judah her sister feared not, but went and played herself the harlot also.
9 Og det skete for hendes Horeris Letfærdighed, at hun besmittede Landet; thi hun bolede med Sten og med Træ.
And it came to pass through her giddy incest, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stone and with wood.
10 Og med alt dette omvendte hendes troløse Søster Juda sig ikke til mig af sit ganske Hjerte, men paa Skrømt, siger Herren.
And yet with all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with all her heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.
11 Og Herren sagde til mig: Det frafaldne Israel har vist sig retfærdigt fremfor det troløse Juda.
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself through the treacherous Judah.
12 Gak, og raab disse Ord imod Norden, og sig: Omvend dig, du frafaldne Israel! siger Herren, jeg vil ikke lade mit vrede Ansigt falde paa eder; thi jeg er miskundelig, siger Herren, jeg vil ikke beholde Vrede evindelig.
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord: I will not cause my anger to fall upon you; for I am full of kindness, saith the Lord, I will not hear grudge for ever.
13 Kend ikkun din Misgerning; thi du har gjort Overtrædelse imod Herren din Gud, og du er løben hid og did paa dine Veje til fremmede Guder under hvert grønt Træ, men paa min Røst have I ikke hørt, siger Herren.
Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that against the Lord thy God thou hast rebelled, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and that unto my voice ye have not hearkened, saith the Lord.
14 Omvender eder, I frafaldne Børn! siger Herren; thi jeg er eders Husbonde, og jeg vil tage eder, een af en Stad og to af en Slægt og føre eder til Zion.
Return, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am become your husband; and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and bring you to Zion:
15 Og jeg vil give eder Hyrder efter mit Hjerte; og de skulle føde eder med Kundskab og Forstand.
And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and intelligence.
16 Og det skal ske, naar I ere blevne mange og ere blevne frugtbare i Landet i de Dage, siger Herren, da skulle de ikke mere tale om Herrens Pagts Ark, og den skal ikke mere komme nogen i Tanke, og de skulle ikke komme den i Hu og ikke savne den, og den skal ikke forfærdiges mere.
And it shall come to pass, when ye multiply and increase in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, that men shall not say any more, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord;” nor shall it come any more to mind; nor shall they remember it; nor shall they mention it; nor shall any thing be done any more [with it].
17 Paa den Tid skulle de kalde Jerusalem Herrens Trone, og alle Hedningerne skulle forsamles til den for Herrens Navns Skyld, i Jerusalem; og de skulle ikke ydermere vandre efter deres onde Hjertes Stivhed.
At that time shall they call Jerusalem, The throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and they shall not walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
18 I de Dage skal Judas Hus gaa til Israels Hus, og de skulle komme med hinanden fra et Land af Norden, til Landet, som jeg har givet eders Fædre til Arv.
In those days shall the house of Judah walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north unto the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 Og jeg havde sagt: Vil jeg ej sætte dig iblandt Børnene og give dig et kosteligt Land, Folkenes alleryndigste Arv? Og jeg sagde: Min Fader vil du kalde mig og ikke vende dig fra mig.
But I had thought, How shall I establish thee among the [other] sons [of man], and give thee a desirable land, a heritage of glory of the hosts of nations? and I thought, My father thou wouldst call me, and that from me thou wouldst not turn away.
20 Men ligesom en Kvinde bliver troløs imod sin Boler, saaledes ere I af Israels Hus blevne troløse imod mig, siger Herren.
But truly as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
21 Der er hørt en Røst paa de nøgne Høje, Israels Børns ydmyge Begæringers Graad; thi de have forvendt deres Vej, de have forglemt Herren deres Gud.
A voice is now heard upon the mountain-tops, the supplicatory weeping of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 Saa vender om, I frafaldne Børn! jeg vil læge eders Afvigelser. „Se, her ere vi, vi komme til dig; thi du er Herren vor Gud.
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. “Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
23 Sandelig, det er idel Bedrageri med Tummelen paa Bjergene; sandelig, Israels Frelse er i Herren vor Gud.
Truly deceptive was [what we hoped for] from the hills, and the multitude on the mountains; truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 Og Skændsel har fortæret vore Fædres Arbejde, fra vor Ungdom af, deres smaa Kvæg og deres store Kvæg, deres Sønner og deres Døtre.
And shame hath devoured the acquisition of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 Vi maa ligge i vor Skændsel og vor Skam skjule os; thi vi have syndet imod Herren vor Gud, vi og vore Fædre, fra vor Ungdom af og indtil denne Dag; og vi vare ikke Herren vor Guds Røst lydige‟.
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for against the Lord our God have we sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.”
