Jeremias 31

1 Paa den Tid, siger Herren, vil jeg være alle Israels Slægters Gud, og de skulle være mit Folk.

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

2 Saa siger Herren: Et Folk, som er overblevet fra Sværd, har fundet Naade i Ørken; jeg gaar hen for at skaffe Israel Hvile.

The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.

3 Herren har ladet sig se for mig fra det fjerne: Jeg har elsket dig med en evig Kærlighed, derfor har jeg bevaret dig Miskundhed.

From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

4 Endnu vil jeg opbygge dig, og du skal bygges, du Israels Jomfru! endnu skal du pryde dig med Pauker og gaa ud i de legendes Dans.

I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.

5 Endnu skal du plante Vingaarde paa Samarias Bjerge; de, som plante, skulle plante dem og tage dem i Brug.

Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.

6 Thi der kommer en Dag, da Vægtere paa Efraims Bjerg skulle raabe: Staar op, og lader os gaa op til Zion, til Herren vor Gud.

For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.

7 Thi saa siger Herren: Fryder eder over Jakob med Glæde, og jubler over det første af Folkene, lader det høres, priser og siger: Herre, frels dit Folk, det overblevne af Israel.

For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.

8 Se, jeg fører dem fra Nordenland og vil samle dem fra det yderste af Jorden; iblandt dem skal der være blinde og halte, frugtsommelige og fødende til Hobe; de skulle komme hid tilbage som en stor Forsamling.

See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

9 De skulle komme med Graad, og under deres ydmyge Bønner vil jeg føre dem frem; jeg vil lede dem til Vandbække paa en jævn Vej, hvor de ikke skulle støde sig; thi jeg er bleven Israels Fader, og Efraim, han er min førstefødte Søn.

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

10 Hører, I Hedninger I Herrens Ord og kundgører det paa Øerne i det fjerne og siger: Den, som adspredte Israel, skal samle det og bevare det som en Hyrde sin Hjord.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.

11 Thi Herren har løskøbt Jakob og igenløst ham af dens Haand, som var stærkere end han.

For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

12 Og de skulle komme og synge med Fryd paa Zions Høj og strømme til Herrens gode Gaver, til Korn og til Most og til Olie og til unge Faar og Øksne; og deres Sjæl skal være som en vandrig Have, og de skulle ikke herefter bedrøves mere.

So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.

13 Da skal en Jomfru glæde sig i Dans, og unge og gamle til Hobe; og jeg vil vende deres Sorg til Glæde og trøste dem og glæde dem efter deres Bedrøvelse.

Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

14 Og jeg vil vederkvæge Præsternes Sjæl med det fede, og mit Folk, de skulle mættes med mine Gaver, siger Herren.

I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.

15 Saa siger Herren: Der er hørt en Røst i Rama, en Klage, en bitter Graad, Rakel græder over sine Børn; hun vægrer sig ved at lade sig trøste over sine Børn, thi de ere ikke mere til.

So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

16 Saa siger Herren: Hold din Røst fra Graad og dine Øjne fra Taarer; thi der er Løn for dit Arbejde, siger Herren; og de skulle komme tilbage fra Fjendens Land.

The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.

17 Og der er Haab for din sidste Tid, siger Herren; og Børnene skulle komme igen til deres Landemærker.

And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.

18 Jeg har hørt Efraim ynkeligt klage: Du har tugtet mig, og jeg er tugtet som en Kalv, der ikke er tæmmet; omvend mig, og jeg vil omvende mig; thi du er Herren min Gud.

Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.

19 Thi efter at jeg havde vendt mig bort, angrede jeg det, og efter at jeg var kommen til at erkende det, slog jeg mig paa Hoften; jeg var beskæmmet og skammede mig, thi jeg maatte bære min Ungdoms Skændsel.

Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

20 Er da Efraim mig en dyrebar Søn? eller er han mit Yndlingsbarn? thi saa ofte jeg end har talt imod ham, kommer jeg ham dog endnu flittigt i Hu; derfor bruser mit Indre for ham, jeg vil forbarme mig over ham, siger Herren.

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.

21 Oprejs dig Vejvisere, sæt dig Mærkestene, agt vel paa Stien, den Vej, ad hvilken du gik bort; vend tilbage, du Israels Jomfru, vend tilbage til disse dine Steder.

Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.

22 Hvor længe vil du fare omkring, du frafaldne Datter; thi Herren skaber nyt paa Jorden: Kvinde skal omgive Manden.

How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

23 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Endnu skulle de sige dette Ord i Judas Land og i hans Stæder, naar jeg omvender deres Fangenskab: Herren velsigne dig, du Retfærdigheds Bolig! du hellige Bjerg!

So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

24 Og Juda og alle hans Stæder skulle bo derudi til Hobe, de, som dyrke Ageren, og de, som drage om med Hjorden.

And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.

25 Thi jeg vederkvæger den trætte Sjæl og mætter hver vansmægtet Sjæl.

For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

26 Derfor vaagnede jeg op og saa, og min Søvn var mig sød.

At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 Se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, da jeg vil besaa Israels Hus og Judas Hus med en Sæd af Folk og med en Sæd af Kvæg.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

28 Og det skal ske, at ligesom jeg var aarvaagen over dem til at oprykke og til at nedrive og til at nedbryde og til at ødelægge og til at handle ilde med dem: Saaledes vil jeg være aarvaagen over dem til at bygge og til at plante, siger Herren.

And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

29 I de Dage skulle de ikke mere sige: Fædrene aade sure Druer, og Børnenes Tænder bleve ømme;

In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.

30 men enhver skal dø for sin egen Misgernings Skyld, hvert Menneske, som æder de sure Druer, hans Tænder skulle blive ømme.

But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.

31 Se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, da jeg vil slutte en ny Pagt med Israels Hus og med Judas Hus;

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:

32 ikke efter den Pagt, som jeg sluttede med deres Fædre, der jeg tog dem ved Haanden for at udføre dem af Ægyptens Land, hvilken Pagt med mig de brøde, endskønt jeg var deres Ægtemand, siger Herren;

Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

33 men dette er Pagten, som jeg vil slutte med Israels Hus, efter disse Dage, siger Herren: Jeg giver min Lov i deres Indre og skriver den i deres Hjerte, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skulle være mit Folk.

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

34 Og de skulle ikke mere lære nogen sin Næste eller nogen sin Broder, sigende: Kender Herren; thi de skulle alle kende mig, baade de smaa og de store iblandt dem, siger Herren; thi jeg vil forlade dem deres Skyld og ikke ydermere komme deres Synd i Hu.

And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.

35 Saa siger Herren, som sætter Solen til Lys om Dagen, Maanens og Stjernernes Love til Lys om Natten, han, som oprører Havet, at dets Bølger bruse, Herre Zebaoth er hans Navn:

These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

36 Dersom disse Love vige for mit Ansigt, siger Herren, da skal og Israels Sæd ophøre med at være et Folk for mit Ansigt alle Dage.

If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.

37 Saa siger Herren: Dersom Himlene heroventil kunne maales, og Jordens Grundvold hernedentil kan udforskes, saa vil jeg og forkaste al Israels Sæd for alt det, som de have gjort, siger Herren.

This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

38 Se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, da Staden skal bygges for Herren, fra Hananeels Taarn indtil Hjørneporten.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.

39 Og over for den skal Maalesnoren gaa videre over Garebs Høj og vende sig om imod Goat.

And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.

40 Og den hele Dal med Aadslerne og Asken og alle Markerne indtil Kedrons Bæk, indtil Hesteportens Hjørne imod Østen skal være Herren en Helligdom; den skal ikke forstyrres og ikke nedbrydes mere evindelig.

And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.