Jeremias 37
1 Og Kong Zedekias, Josias's Søn, blev Konge i Stedet for Konias, Jojakims Søn; ham satte Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babel, til Konge i Judas Land.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
2 Men han og hans Tjenere og Folket i Landet hørte ikke Herrens Ord, som han talte ved Profeten Jeremias.
But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
3 Dog sendte Kong Zedekias Jukal, Selemjas Søn, og Præsten Zefanja, Maasejas Søn, til Profeten Jeremias, og lod sige: Kære, bed for os til Herren vor Gud!
Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
4 Og Jeremias gik ind og gik ud midt iblandt Folket, og man havde ikke sat ham i Fængsel.
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
5 Og Faraos Hær var draget ud af Ægypten; og da Kaldæerne, som belejrede Jerusalem, hørte Rygtet om dem, droge de op fra Jerusalem.
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6 Og Herrens Ord kom til Jeremias, Profeten, saalunde:
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
7 Saa siger Herren, Israels Gud: Saa skulle I sige til Judas Konge, som sender eder til mig for at adspørge mig: Se, Faraos Hær, som er uddraget eder til Hjælp, skal vende om til sit Land Ægypten;
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
8 og Kaldæerne skulle komme tilbage og stride imod denne Stad, og de skulle indtage den og opbrænde den med Ild.
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
9 Saa siger Herren: Bedrager ikke eder selv, idet I sige: Kaldæerne skulle visselig drage fra os; thi de skulle ikke drage bort.
This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
10 Thi om I end sloge hele Kaldæernes Hær, som strider imod eder, og der kun blev nogle saarede Mænd tilovers af dem, skulle dog disse rejse sig, hver i sit Telt, og opbrænde denne Stad med Ild.
Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
11 Og det skete, der Kaldæernes Hær var draget op fra Jerusalem for Faraos Hærs Skyld,
When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12 da gik Jeremias ud af Jerusalem for at gaa til Benjamins Land at hente sin Del derfra, midt iblandt Folket.
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
13 Ojg som han var i Benjamins Port, da var der en Befalingsmand, hvis Navn var Jerija, Selemjas Søn, Hananjas Sønnesøn; og han greb Profeten Jeremias og sagde: Du vil gaa over til Kaldæerne.
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
14 Og Jeremias sagde: Det er Løgn, jeg vil ikke gaa over til Kaldæerne; men han vilde ikke høre ham, og Jerija greb Jeremias og førte ham til Fyrsterne.
“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
15 Og Fyrsterne bleve vrede paa Jeremias og sloge ham; og de kastede ham i Fængselet i Skriveren Jonathans Hus; thi det havde de gjort til et Fængsel.
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
16 Saa kom da Jeremias i Fangehullet og ned i Kælderne, og Jeremias blev der mange Dage.
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
17 Og Kong Zedekias sendte Bud og lod ham hente, og Kongen spurgte ham i sit Hus i Løndom og sagde: Er der Ord fra Herren? Og Jeremias sagde: Ja, der er; og han sagde: Du skal gives i Kongen af Babels Haand.
Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18 Og Jeremias sagde til Kong Zedekias: Hvad har jeg syndet imod dig og imod dine Tjenere og imod dette Folk, at I have kastet mig i Fængselet?
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
19 Og hvor ere eders Profeter, som spaaede for eder og sagde: Kongen af Babel skal ikke komme over eder eller over dette Land?
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
20 Og nu, hør dog, min Herre Konge, kære, lad min ydmyge Begæring komme ind for dit Ansigt, og lad mig ikke føre tilbage til Skriveren Jonathans Hus, at jeg ikke skal dø der.
But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
21 Og Kong Zedekias bød, og de forvarede Jeremias i Fængselets Forgaard, og han lod ham give et Stykke Brød hver Dag fra Bagernes Gade, indtil alt Brødet i Staden var fortæret; saa blev Jeremias i Fængselets Forgaard.
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
