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.

“Saying, Behold, one sends his wife away, And she has gone from him, And she has been to another man, Does he return to her again? Is that land not greatly defiled? And you have committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn to Me again,” A declaration of YHWH.

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 your eyes to the high places, and see, Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them on the ways, As an Arab in a wilderness, And you defile the land, By your fornications, and by your wickedness.

3 Derfor ere Regndraaberne tilbageholdte, og sildig Regn kom ikke; men du har en Horkvindes Pande, du vil ikke skamme dig.

And showers are withheld, and there has been no spring rain. You have the forehead of a whorish woman, You have refused to be ashamed.

4 Har du ikke fra nu af raabt til mig: Min Fader! min Ungdoms Leder er du.

Have you not from now on called to Me, My Father, You [are] the leader of my youth?

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.

Does He keep for all time? Watch forever? Behold, you have spoken these things, And you do evil, and prevail.”

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 YHWH says to me, in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is going on every high mountain, and to the place of every green tree, and commits fornication 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 say, after her doing all these, Return to Me, and she has not returned, and her treacherous sister Judah sees it.

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 see that for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce to her; and her treacherous sister Judah has not feared, and goes and commits fornication—she also.

9 Og det skete for hendes Horeris Letfærdighed, at hun besmittede Landet; thi hun bolede med Sten og med Træ.

And it has come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she commits fornication 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 even in all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned back to Me with all her heart, but with falsehood,” a declaration of YHWH.

11 Og Herren sagde til mig: Det frafaldne Israel har vist sig retfærdigt fremfor det troløse Juda.

And YHWH says to me: “Backsliding Israel has justified herself, More than 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 you have proclaimed these words toward the north, and have said, Return, O backsliding Israel,” A declaration of YHWH! “I do not cause My anger to fall on you, for I [am] kind,” A declaration of YHWH, “I do not watch for all time.

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, know your iniquity, For you have transgressed against your God YHWH, And you scatter your ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And you have not listened to My voice,” A declaration of YHWH.

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 sons,” A declaration of YHWH. “For I have ruled over you, And taken you—one from a city, and two from a family, And have brought you to Zion,

15 Og jeg vil give eder Hyrder efter mit Hjerte; og de skulle føde eder med Kundskab og Forstand.

And I have given shepherds to you According to My own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

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 has come to pass, when you are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days,” A declaration of YHWH, “They no longer say, The Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, Nor does it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again.

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 they cry to Jerusalem, O throne of YHWH, And all the nations have been gathered to her, For the Name of YHWH, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go after the stubbornness of their evil heart anymore.

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 the house of Judah Goes to the house of Israel, And they come together from the land of the south, To the land that I caused your fathers to inherit.

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.

And I have said, How do I put you among the sons, And give a desirable land to you, A beautiful inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, You call Me—My Father, And you do not turn back from after Me.

20 Men ligesom en Kvinde bliver troløs imod sin Boler, saaledes ere I af Israels Hus blevne troløse imod mig, siger Herren.

But a woman has deceived her friend, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” A declaration of YHWH.

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 heard on high places—weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made their way perverse, They have forgotten their God YHWH.

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, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease.” “Behold us, we have come to You, For You [are] our God YHWH.

23 Sandelig, det er idel Bedrageri med Tummelen paa Bjergene; sandelig, Israels Frelse er i Herren vor Gud.

Surely in vain—from the heights, The multitude of mountains—Surely the salvation of Israel [is] in our God YHWH.

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 the shameful thing has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, 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 have lain down in our shame, and our confusion covers us, For we have sinned against our God YHWH, We, and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, Nor have we listened to the voice of our God YHWH!”