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.
And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,
2 Men han og hans Tjenere og Folket i Landet hørte ikke Herrens Ord, som han talte ved Profeten Jeremias.
and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of 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!
And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”
4 Og Jeremias gik ind og gik ud midt iblandt Folket, og man havde ikke sat ham i Fængsel.
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
5 Og Faraos Hær var draget ud af Ægypten; og da Kaldæerne, som belejrede Jerusalem, hørte Rygtet om dem, droge de op fra Jerusalem.
and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.
6 Og Herrens Ord kom til Jeremias, Profeten, saalunde:
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
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;
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt,
8 og Kaldæerne skulle komme tilbage og stride imod denne Stad, og de skulle indtage den og opbrænde den med Ild.
and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire.
9 Saa siger Herren: Bedrager ikke eder selv, idet I sige: Kaldæerne skulle visselig drage fra os; thi de skulle ikke drage bort.
Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
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.
for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire.”
11 Og det skete, der Kaldæernes Hær var draget op fra Jerusalem for Faraos Hærs Skyld,
And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,
12 da gik Jeremias ud af Jerusalem for at gaa til Benjamins Land at hente sin Del derfra, midt iblandt Folket.
that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of 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.
And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting 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.
And Jeremiah says, “Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads,
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.
and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house.
16 Saa kom da Jeremias i Fangehullet og ned i Kælderne, og Jeremias blev der mange Dage.
When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
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.
and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah says, “There is,” and he says, “You are given 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?
And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, “What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house?
19 Og hvor ere eders Profeter, som spaaede for eder og sagde: Kongen af Babel skal ikke komme over eder eller over dette Land?
And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against 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.
And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not 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.
And King Zedekiah commands, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give a cake of bread to him daily from the bakers’ street, until the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwells in the court of the prison.
