Jeremias 51
1 Saa siger Herren: Se, jeg rejser imod Babel og imod Indbyggerne i mine Modstanderes Midte et ødelæggende Vejr.
Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2 Og jeg vil sende tremmede til Babel, og de skulle kaste den som med Kasteskovl og gøre deres Land tomt; thi de skulle være imod den trindt omkring paa Ulykkens Dag.
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Imod den, som spænder Bue, spænde Buespænderen sin Bue, og imod den, som ophøjer sig i sit Panser; og sparer ikke dens unge Karle, ødelægger al dens Hær!
Against him that bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifts himself up in his brigandine: and spare all of you not her young men; destroy all of you utterly all her host.
4 Og der skal falde saarede i Kaldæernes Land og gennemstungne paa dens Gader.
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 Thi Israel og Juda ere ikke efterladte i Enkestand af deres Gud, af den Herre Zebaoth; thi hines Land er fuldt af Skyld imod Israels Hellige.
For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flyr midt ud af Babel og redder hver sit Liv, at I ikke omkomme for dens Misgernings Skyld! thi dette er Herrens Hævns Tid, han betaler den efter Fortjeneste.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
7 Babel var et Guldbæger i Herrens Haand, den har gjort hele Verden drukken; Folkene have drukket af dens Vin, derfor tabte Folkene Besindelsen.
Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
8 Babel er hastelig falden og knust; hyler over den, henter Balsam til dens Saar; maaske kunde den læges.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
9 Vi vilde have lægt Babel, men den blev ikke lægt; forlader den, og lader os drage hver til sit Land; thi dens Dom naar til Himmelen og hæver sig til Skyerne.
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reachs unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 Herren har udført vor retfærdige Sag; kommer og lader os i Zion fortælle Herrens, vor Guds, Gerning.
The LORD has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
11 Skærper Pilene, samler Tallet af Skjolde fuldt; Herren har opvakt Mediens Kongers Aand; thi hans Tanke imod Babel staar til at ødelægge den; thi det er Herrens Hævn, Hævnen for hans Tempel.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Opløfter Banner imod Babels Mure, holder stærk Vagt, sætter Vagtposter ud, beskikker Baghold; thi Herren har baade besluttet og udført det, som han har talt imod Babels Indbyggere.
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD has both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Du, som bor ved de store Vande, og som er mægtig ved Liggendefæ! din Ende er kommen, din Gerrigheds Maal.
O you that dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.
14 Den Herre Zebaoth har svoret ved sig selv: Jeg skal visselig fylde dig med Mennesker, som var det Græshopper, og de skulle indbyrdes synge Frydesang over dig.
The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
15 Han er den, som skabte Jorden ved sin Kraft, beredte Jorderige ved sin Visdom og udbredte Himmelen ved sin Forstand.
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
16 Naar Røsten lyder, ved hvilken han lader Vandenes Mangfoldighed komme i Himmelen, da lader han Dunster opstige fra det yderste af Jorden; han gør Lynene til Regn og fører Vejret ud af sine Gemmer.
When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
17 Hvert Menneske bliver ufornuftigt og uden Forstand, hver Guldsmed er beskæmmet for det udskaarne Billedes Skyld; thi hans støbte Billeder ere Bedrageri, og der er ikke Aand i dem.
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18 De ere Forfængelighed, et bedragerisk Værk; til den Tid, naar de blive hjemsøgte, skulle de gaa til Grunde.
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 Ikke som disse er Jakobs Del; thi han er den, som har dannet alle Ting, og [Israel er] hans Arvs Stamme; Herre Zebaoth er hans Navn.
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
20 Du har været mig en Hammer og Krigsvaaben; og jeg har knust Folkefærd ved dig og ødelagt Riger ved dig.
You are my battle axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
21 Og jeg har knust Hesten og dens Rytter ved dig; og jeg har knust Vognene og deres Styrere ved dig.
And with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22 Og jeg har knust Mand og Kvinde ved dig og knust gammel og ung ved dig og knust Ungkarl og Jomfru ved dig.
With you also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces old and young; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23 Og jeg har knust Hyrde og hans Hjord ved dig og knust Agerdyrker og hans Spand Øksne ved dig og knust Statholdere og Fogeder ved dig.
I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 Men jeg vil betale Babel og alle Kaldæas Indbyggere al deres Ondskab, som de have gjort i Zion, for eders Øjne, siger Herren.
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the LORD.
25 Se, jeg vil imod dig, du ødelæggende Bjerg, siger Herren, du, som ødelægger al Jorden! og jeg vil udrække min Haand over dig og vælte dig ned ad Klipperne og vil gøre et udbrændt Bjerg af dig;
Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, which destroys all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.
26 og man skal ikke tage en Sten til et Hjørne eller en Sten til en Grundvold fra dig; men du skal blive til evigt øde Stæder, siger Herren.
And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says the LORD.
27 Opløfter Banner i Landet, blæser i Trompeten iblandt Folkene, vier Folkene til Kamp imod den, kalder Ararats, Minnis og Askenas's Riger frem imod den; beskikker Høvedsmænd imod den, fører Heste op som surrende Græshopper!
Set all of you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.
28 Vier Folkefærd til Kamp imod den, Kongerne af Medien, dets Fyrster og alle dets Fogeder og hele dets Herredømmes Land.
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 Og Landet bævede og vaandede sig i Smerte; thi fast imod Babel staa Herrens Tanker om at gøre Babels Land til en Ørk, at ingen skal bo der.
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 De vældige i Babel lode af at stride, de bleve i Befæstningerne, deres Styrke svandt bort, de bleve til Kvinder; man opbrændte dens Boliger, dens Portstænger bleve sønderbrudte.
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.
31 Løber løber imod Løber og Bud imod Bud for at forkynde Kongen i Babel, at hans Stad er indtagen fra alle Sider,
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at every quarter,
32 og at Færgestederne ere besatte, og at man har afbrændt Sivene med Ild, og at Krigsmændene ere forfærdede.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 Thi saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Babels Datter er ligesom et Logulv til den Tid, man træder det fast; endnu en liden Stund, og dens Høsts Tid skal komme.
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebukadnezar, Kongen af Babel, aad os, sønderknuste os, stillede os hen som et tomt Kar, opslugte os som en Drage, fyldte sin Bug med vore kostelige Retter; han fordrev os.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon, he has filled his belly with my delicates, he has cast me out.
35 „Den Vold, mig er sket og mit Kød, komme over Babel‟, sige Zions Indbyggere, og „mit Blod komme over Kaldæas Indbyggere‟, siger Jerusalem.
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
36 Derfor, saa siger Herren: Se, jeg vil udføre din Sag og fuldkomme din Hævn, og jeg vil gøre dens Hav tørt og dens Kilde vandløs.
Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 Og Babel skal blive til Stenhobe, Dragers Bolig, Forfærdelse og Spot, at ingen skal bo der.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 De brøle til Hobe som unge Løver; de knurre som Løveunger.
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 Jeg vil gøre dem et Gæstebud, naar de ere blevne hede, og jeg vil gøre dem drukne, paa det de skulle fryde sig; men de skulle sove den evige Søvn og ikke opvaagne, siger Herren.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD.
40 Jeg vil føre dem ned som Lam til at slagtes som Vædre med Bukke.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 Hvorledes er Sesak indtaget, og den, som var hele Jordens Pris, erobret! hvorledes er Babel bleven til en Forfærdelse iblandt Folkene!
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 Havet er gaaet op over Babel; den er skjult af dets brusende Bølger.
The sea has come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Dens Stæder ere blevne til en Forfærdelse, et tørt Land og en øde Mark; et Land, i hvilket ingen Mand bor, og hvor intet Menneskebarn gaar over.
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.
44 Og jeg vil hjemsøge Bel i Babel og uddrage det, som han har opslugt, af hans Mund, og Folkene skulle ikke mere strømme til ham; ogsaa Babels Mur er falden.
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 Drager midt ud deraf, mit Folk! og redder hver sit Liv for Herrens brændende Vrede;
My people, go all of you out of the midst of her, and deliver all of you every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
46 og ser til, at eders Hjerte ikke forsager, og at I ikke frygte ved det Rygte, som høres i Landet, og naar der kommer et Rygte i det ene Aar og derefter et Rygte i det andet Aar, og der er Vold i Landet, Hersker imod Hersker.
And lest your heart faint, and all of you fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
47 Derfor se, de Dage komme, da jeg vil hjemsøge de udskaarne Billeder i Babel, og dens hele Land skal blive til Skamme, og alle dens saarede skulle falde i dens Midte.
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48 Og Himmelen og Jorden og alt, hver, der er i dem, skal synge med Fryd over Babel; thi fra Norden skulle dens Ødelæggere komme, siger Herren.
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, says the LORD.
49 Ligesom Babel var Aarsag til, at der faldt ihjelslagne i Israel, saa skal der af Babel falde saarede i det ganske Land.
As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
50 I, som ere undkomne fra Sværdet, drager bort, staar ikke stille; kommer Herren i Hu fra det fjerne, og lader Jerusalem ligge eder paa Hjerte.
All of you that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD far off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 „Vi vare beskæmmede, thi vi maatte høre Forhaanelse; Skam bedækkede vore Ansigter, thi fremmede vare komne over Herrens Hus's Helligdomme‟.
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
52 Derfor se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, at jeg vil hjemsøge dens udskaarne Billeder, og de saarede skulle jamre sig i hele dens Land.
Wherefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 Vilde Babel end stige op i Himmelen og gøre sin Magts høje Bolig utilgængelig, skal der fra mig dog komme Ødelæggere over den, siger Herren.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, says the LORD.
54 Et Skrig høres fra Babel og en stor Forstyrrelse fra Kaldæernes Land.
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55 Thi Herren ødelægger Babel og lader dens høje Røst høre op; og deres Bølger skulle bruse som store Vande, og Bulderet af deres Røst skal lyde højt.
Because the LORD has spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
56 Thi der er kommen en Ødelægger over den, over Babel, og dens vældige ere fangne, deres Buer ere brudte; thi Herren er Gengældelsens Gud, som visselig betaler.
Because the spoiler has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
57 Og jeg vil gøre dens Høvedsmænd og dens vise, dens Statholdere og dens Fogeder og dens Helte drukne, og de skulle sove den evige Søvn og ikke vaagne op, siger Kongen, hvis Navn er Herre Zebaoth.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
58 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Babels brede Mur skal sløjfes aldeles, og dens høje Porte opbrændes med Ild; og Folkestammer skulle have arbejdet for intet, og Folkefærd for intet, og de skulle være blevne matte.
Thus says the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
59 Det Ord, som Profeten Jeremias befalede Seraja, Nerias Søn, Mahasejas Sønnesøn, der han drog til Babel med Zedekias, Judas Konge, i hans Regerings fjerde Aar; thi Seraja var Hofmester ved Kongens Rejser.
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
60 Og Jeremias optegnede al den Ulykke, som skulde komme over Babel, i en særskilt Bog, alle disse Ord, som vare skrevne om Babel.
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 Og Jeremias sagde til Seraja; Naar du kommer til Babel, da se til, og læs alle disse Ord,
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words;
62 og sig: Herre! du har talt imod dette Sted, om at udslette det, at der ikke skal være nogen, som bor der, hverken Menneske eller Dyr; thi det skal blive til evige Ørkener.
Then shall you say, O LORD, you have spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
63 Og det skal ske, naar du er færdig med at oplæse denne Bog, da skal du binde en Sten ved den og kaste den midt i Eufrat.
And it shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
64 Og du skal sige: Saa skal Babel synke og ikke komme op formedelst den Ulykke, som jeg lader komme over den; og de skulle blive matte. — Hertil gaa Jeremias's Ord.
And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
