Jeremias 50
1 Det Ord, som Herren talte imod Babel, imod Kaldæernes Land, ved Profeten Jeremias.
The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Kundgører det iblandt Folkene, og lader det høres, og opløfter Banner, lader det høres, dølger det ej! siger: Babel er indtaget, Bel er beskæmmet, Merodak er knust, dens Billeder ere beskæmmede, dens Afguder ere knuste.
Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.
3 Thi et Folk fra Norden er draget op imod den, dette skal gøre dens Lande øde, og der skal ikke være nogen, som bor deri; baade Mennesker og Kvæg ere blevne flygtige, ere dragne bort.
For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.
4 I de Dage og paa den Tid, siger Herren, skulle Israels Børn komme, de og Judas Børn med hverandre; de skulle gaa frem med Graad og søge Herren deres Gud.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.
5 De skulle spørge efter Zion, ad Vejen did ere deres Ansigter vendte: Kommer og slutter eder til Herren med en evig Pagt, som ikke skal glemmes.
They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.
6 Mit Folk var fortabte Faar, deres Hyrder havde forført dem, de havde drevet dem bort til Bjergene; de droge fra Bjerge til Høje, de glemte, hvor de havde haft Leje.
My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
7 Alle de, som fandt dem, aade dem op, og deres Fjender sagde: Vi have ingen Skyld; fordi de have syndet imod Herren, Retfærdigheds Bolig, ja, imod Herren, deres Fædres Forhaabning.
They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
8 Flyr midt ud af Babel, og drager ud af Kaldæernes Land, og værer som Bukke foran en Hjord!
Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.
9 Thi se, jeg opvækker og fører op imod Babel en Samling af store Folkeslag fra Nordenland, og de skulle ruste sig imod den; ved dem skal den indtages; deres Pile ere som en forstandig Helt, der ikke vender tilbage med uforrettet Sag.
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
10 Og Kaldæa skal blive til Rov; alle, som der tage Rov, skulle mættes, siger Herren.
And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord.
11 Thi I glædede eder; thi I frydede eder, da I plyndrede min Arv; thi I sprang omkring som en Kalv, der tærsker, og vrinskede som de vælige Heste.
Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;
12 Eders Møder er saare beskæmmet, hun, som fødte eder, er bleven til Skamme; se, hun er bleven det sidste af Folkene, en Ørk, et tørt Sted og en øde Mark.
Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be the last of the nations, a waste place, a dry and unwatered land.
13 For Herrens Vredes Skyld skal den ikke være beboet, men helt vorde øde; alle, som gaa forbi Babel, skulle forskrækkes og spotte over alle dens Plager.
Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
14 Ruster eder imod Babel trindt omkring den, skyder imod den, alle I, som spænde Bue! sparer ikke paa Pile; thi den har syndet imod Herren.
Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.
15 Raaber med Glæde over den trindt omkring, den har overgivet sig, dens Grundpiller ere faldne, dens Mure ere nedbrudte; thi dette er Herrens Hævn, hævner eder paa den; som den har gjort, saa gører ved den!
Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.
16 Udrydder Sædemanden af Babel og den, som fører Seglen i Høstens Tid! de skulle vende sig om, hver til sit Folk, for Ødelæggelsens Sværd, og fly hver til sit Land.
Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.
17 Israel er som adspredte Lam, Løver have fordrevet ham; først aad Kongen af Assyrien ham, og til sidst har Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babel, afgnavet hans Ben.
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
18 Derfor, saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Se, jeg hjemsøger Kongen af Babel og hans Land, ligesom jeg har hjemsøgt Kongen af Assyrien.
So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.
19 Og jeg vil føre Israel tilbage til hans Græsgang, og han skal græsse paa Karmel og Basan; og hans Sjæl skal mættes paa Efraims Bjerg og i Gilead.
And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20 I de Dage og paa den Tid, siger Herren, skal Israels Misgerning søges, men ikke være mere, og Judas Synder, men de skulle ikke findes; thi jeg vil tilgive den, som jeg lader blive tilbage.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.
21 Drag op imod Landet „Dobbelgenstridighed‟, og imod Indbyggerne i „Hjemsøgelsens‟ Stad; ødelæg og lys i Band efter dem, siger Herren, og gør efter alt det, som jeg har budt dig!
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.
22 Der er Krigslyd i Landet og stor Forstyrrelse.
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
23 Hvorledes er hele Jordens Hammer afhugget og sønderbrudt? hvorledes er Babel bleven til en Forfærdelse iblandt Folkene?
How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!
24 Jeg stillede Snare for dig, og du er ogsaa fanget, Babel! og du vidste det ikke; du er funden, ja greben, thi imod Herren har du indladt dig i Strid.
I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.
25 Herren har opladt sit Rustkammer og udtaget sin Vredes Vaaben; thi en Gerning i Kaldæernes Land er der for Herren, den Herre Zebaoth.
From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.
26 Kommer imod den, alle til Hobe, oplader dens Kornhuse, kaster, hvad der er, op i Dynger, og lyser det i Band; intet blive tilovers for den!
Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.
27 Myrder alle dens Okser; de stige ned til Slagtning! ve dem! thi deres Dag er kommen, deres Hjemsøgelses Tid.
Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
28 Man hører Røsten af dem, som fly og ere undkomne fra Babels Land for at kundgøre udi Zion Herrens, vor Guds, Hævn, Hævnen for hans Tempel.
The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.
29 Kalder de vældige, alle dem, som spænde Bue, frem imod Babel, slaar Lejr om den trindt omkring, lader ingen undkomme, betaler den efter dens Gerning, gører imod den efter alt det, som den gjorde; thi den har handlet hovmodigt imod Herren, imod Israels Hellige.
Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Derfor skulle dens unge Karle falde paa dens Gader, og alle dens Krigsmænd skulle udryddes paa den Dag, siger Herren.
For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.
31 Se, jeg vil imod dig, „dit Hovmod!‟ siger Herren, den Herre Zebaoth; thi din Dag er kommen, den Tid, paa hvilken jeg vil hjemsøge dig.
See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.
32 Og „Hovmod‟ skal snuble og falde, og ingen skal oprejse det; og jeg vil antænde en Ild i dets Stæder, og den skal fortære alt, hvad der er trindt omkring det.
And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.
33 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Fortrykte ere Israels Børn og Judas Børn tilsammen; og alle de, som toge dem fangne, holde paa dem, de vægre sig ved at lade dem fare.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.
34 Men deres Genløser er stærk, Herre Zebaoth er hans Navn; han skal visselig udføre deres Sag, paa det han kan bringe Jorden Ro, men Indbyggerne i Babel Uro.
Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.
35 Sværd! frem imod Kaldæerne, siger Herren, og imod Indbyggerne i Babel og imod dens Fyrster og imod dens vise!
A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.
36 Sværd! frem imod Løgnerne, og de maa blive til Daarer! Sværd! frem imod dens vældige, at de maa knuses!
A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.
37 Sværd! frem ifnod dens Heste og imod dens Vogne og imod hele den Hob af alle Haande Folk, som er midt udi den, at de maa blive til Kvinder! Sværd! frem imod dens Skatte, at de maa røves!
A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.
38 Tørke I kom imod dens Vande, at de maa borttørres! thi det er de udskaarne Billeders Land, og de rose sig som afsindige af deres Skræmmebilleder.
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
39 Derfor skulle Ørkenens Vildt og Ulve bo der og Strudser bo derudi; og den skal ikke ydermere bebos evindelig, og ingen skal bo i den fra Slægt til Slægt.
For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.
40 Ligesom Gud har omstyrtet Sodoma og Gomorra og dens Naboer, siger Herren, saa skal ingen bo der og intet Menneskebarn opholde sig der.
As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.
41 Se, et Folk kommer fra Norden, ja et stort Folk, og mange Konger skulle rejse sig fra det yderste af Jorden.
See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
42 De skulle føre Bue og Glavind, de ere grumme og skulle ikke forbarme sig, deres Røst skal bruse som Havet, og de skulle komme ridende paa Heste, rustede som en Mand til Krig, imod dig, Babels Datter!
Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 Kongen af Babel har hørt Rygtet om dem, og hans Hænder ere blevne slappe; Angest har betaget ham, en Smerte som hendes, der føder.
The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
44 Se, han drager op som en Løve fra Jordans Stolthed imod den stedse friske Græsgang; thi i et Øjeblik vil jeg jage dem bort derfra; og hvo er den udvalgte, som jeg vil beskikke over den? thi hvo er som jeg? og hvo kan kræve mig til Regnskab? og hvo er den Hyrde, som kan bestaa for mit Ansigt?
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?
45 Derfor, hører Herrens Raad, som han har besluttet imod Babel, og hans Tanker, som han har tænkt imod Kaldæernes Land: Man skal visselig bortslæbe de smaa Lam af Jorden, og Græsgangen skal forfærdes over dem.
So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.
46 Ved Rygtet, at Babel er indtaget, bæver Jorden, og et Skrig høres iblandt Folkene.
At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.
