Jeremias 7
1 Det Ord, som kom fra Herren til Jeremias, der han sagde:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Stil dig i Herrens Hus's Port, og du skal udraabe der dette Ord og sige: Hører Herrens Ord, alle I af Juda! I, som gaa ind ad disse Porte, for at tilbede Herren!
Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.
3 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Bedrer eders Veje og eders Idrætter, saa vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted.
The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.
4 Forlader eder ikke paa løgnagtige Ord, naar de sige: Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel er her!
Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.
5 Men dersom I alvorligt bedre eders Veje og eders Idrætter, og dersom I gøre Ret imellem Mand og hans Næste,
For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;
6 og I ej gøre den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken Vold og ej udøse uskyldigt Blod paa dette Sted og ej vandre efter andre Guder, eder til Ulykke:
If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
7 Da vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted, i Landet, som jeg gav eders Fædre, altid og evindelig.
Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.
8 Se, I forlade eder paa løgnagtige Ord, som intet gavne.
See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
9 Skulde I stjæle, slaa ihjel og bedrive Hor og sværge falskelig og gøre Røgelse for Baal og vandre efter fremmede Guder, som I ikke kende,
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
10 og saa komme og staa for mit Ansigt i dette Hus, som er kaldet efter mit Navn, og sige: Vi ere frelste for at kunne gøre alle disse Vederstyggeligheder?
And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
11 Mon dette Hus, som er kaldet efter mit Navn, i eders Øjne er blevet en Røverhule? ja, jeg, se, jeg har set det, siger Herren.
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
12 Thi gaar dog til mit Sted, som var i Silo, hvor jeg lod mit Navn bo i Begyndelsen, og ser, hvad jeg har gjort ved det for mit Folk Israels Ondskabs Skyld.
But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.
13 Og nu, fordi I gøre alle disse Gerninger, siger Herren, og jeg talte til eder tidligt og ideligt, og I hørte ikke, og jeg kaldte ad eder, og I svarede ikke:
And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:
14 Saa vil jeg gøre ved dette Hus, som er kaldet efter mit Navn, og paa hvilket I forlade eder, og ved det Sted, som jeg gav eder og eders Fædre, ligesom jeg har gjort ved Silo.
For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 Og jeg vil bortkaste eder fra mit Ansigt, ligesom jeg bortkastede alle eders Brødre, Efraims hele Sæd.
And I will send you away from before my face, as I have sent away all your brothers, even all the seed of Ephraim.
16 Og du, du maa ikke bede for dette Folk og ikke opløfte Skrig eller Bøn for dem og ikke trænge ind paa mig med Forbøn; thi jeg hører dig ikke.
And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.
17 Ser du ikke, hvad de gøre i Judas Stæder og paa Jerusalems Gader?
Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Børnene sanke Træ og Fædrene tænde Ilden, og Kvinderne ælte Dejg for at lave Kager til Himmelens Dronning, og de udøse Drikoffer for andre Guder for at gøre mig Fortræd.
The children go for wood, the fathers get the fire burning, the women are working the paste to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and drink offerings are drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.
19 Monne de gøre mig Fortræd dermed? siger Herren; monne de ikke gøre sig selv Fortræd, til deres Ansigters Bluelse?
Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?
20 Derfor siger den Herre, Herre saaledes: Se, min Vrede og min Harme er udøst over dette Sted, over Mennesker og over Dyr og over Træer paa Marken og over Landets Frugt; og den skal brænde og ikke udslukkes.
So this is what the Lord God has said: See, my wrath and my passion will be let loose on this place, on man and beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the produce of the earth; it will be burning and will not be put out.
21 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Lægger eders Brændofre til eders Slagtofre, og æder Kødet!
These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.
22 Thi jeg har ikke talt med eders Fædre, ej heller befalet dem paa den Dag, jeg udførte dem af Ægyptens Land, angaaende Brændoffer og Slagtoffer.
For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:
23 Men denne Ting har jeg befalet dem og sagt: Hører paa min Røst, saa vil jeg være eders Gud, og I skulle være mit Folk; og I skulle vandre paa hver en Vej, som jeg befaler eder, at det maa gaa eder vel.
But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
24 Men de hørte ikke og bøjede ikke deres Øre, men de vandrede i deres Raad, i deres onde Hjertes Stivhed; og de gik tilbage og ikke fremad.
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.
25 Fra den Dag, der eders Fædre udgik af Ægyptens Land, indtil denne Dag sendte jeg til eder alle mine Tjenere, Profeterne, dagligt, tidligt og ideligt.
From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:
26 Men de hørte mig ikke og bøjede ikke deres Øre; men de forhærdede deres Nakke; de gjorde det værre end deres Fædre.
But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.
27 Og du skal tale til dem alle disse Ord, men de skulle ikke høre dig; og du skal kalde ad dem, men de skulle ikke svare dig.
And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.
28 Og du skal sige til dem: Dette er det Folk, som ikke hører paa Herrens, deres Guds Røst og ej annammer Tugt; Troskaben er gaaet til Grunde og forsvunden af deres Mund.
And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
29 Afklip din Haarprydelse og kast den bort, og opløft et Klagemaal paa de nøgne Høje; thi Herren har forkastet og forladt den Slægt, som hans Fortørnelse er imod.
Let your hair be cut off, O Jerusalem, and let it go, and let a song of grief go up on the open hilltops; for the Lord is turned away from the generation of his wrath and has given them up.
30 Thi Judas Børn have gjort det, som er ondt for mine Øjne, siger Herren; de have sat deres Vederstyggeligheder i det Hus, som er kaldet efter mit Navn, til at besmitte det.
For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.
31 Og de have bygget Tofeths Høje, som ere i Ben-Hinnoms Dal, for at opbrænde deres Sønner og Døtre i Ilden, hvilket jeg ikke har budet, og hvad ej heller er kommet mig i Tanke.
And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.
32 Derfor se, de Dage komme, siger Herren, at man ikke skal kalde det mere Tofeth og Ben-Hinnoms Dal, men Morderdal; og de skulle begrave i Tofeth af Mangel paa Plads.
For this cause, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death: for they will put the dead into the earth in Topheth till there is no more room.
33 Og dette Folks døde Kroppe skulle være til Føde for Himmelens Fugle og Dyrene paa Jorden, og der skal ingen skræmme dem bort.
And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.
34 Og jeg vil lade Fryds Røst og Glædes Røst, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst ophøre fra Judas Stæder og fra Gaderne i Jerusalem; thi Landet skal være øde.
And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.
