Jeremias 7
1 Det Ord, som kom fra Herren til Jeremias, der han sagde:
The word that 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!
“Stand at the gate to the house of the Lord, and preach this word there, and say: Listen to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter through these gates to adore 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.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Make your ways and your intentions good, and I will live with you in this place.
4 Forlader eder ikke paa løgnagtige Ord, naar de sige: Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel er her!
Do not choose to trust in lying words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!’
5 Men dersom I alvorligt bedre eders Veje og eders Idrætter, og dersom I gøre Ret imellem Mand og hans Næste,
For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,
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 do not act with deceit toward the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place, and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm,
7 Da vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted, i Landet, som jeg gav eders Fædre, altid og evindelig.
then I will live with you in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from the beginning and even forever.
8 Se, I forlade eder paa løgnagtige Ord, som intet gavne.
Behold, you trust in false words, which will not benefit you,
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,
so as to steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer libations to Baal, and to go after strange gods, which you do not know.
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 you arrived and stood before me in this house, where my name is invoked, and you said: ‘We have been freed because we carried out all these abominations.’
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.
So then, has this house, where my name has been invoked, become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is I, I am, I have seen, 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.
Go to my place in Shiloh, where my name has lived from the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness 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 because I have spoken to you from your morning rising, and because I was speaking, but you were not listening, and because I have called you, but you have not responded:
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.
I will do to this house, in which my name is invoked, and in which you have confidence, even to this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, just 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 cast you away from my face, just as I have cast away all your brothers, the entire offspring 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.
Therefore, you should not pray for this people, nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf. And you should not stand in opposition to me. For then I will not heed you.
17 Ser du ikke, hvad de gøre i Judas Stæder og paa Jerusalems Gader?
Have you not seen what they are doing in the cities 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 sons gather the wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives spread the grease, so as to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to offer libations to strange gods, and so as to provoke me to anger.
19 Monne de gøre mig Fortræd dermed? siger Herren; monne de ikke gøre sig selv Fortræd, til deres Ansigters Bluelse?
But are they provoking me to anger, says the Lord? Are they not provoking themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”
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.
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, my fury and my indignation is kindled against this place, over men and over beasts, and over the trees of the countryside and over the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.”
21 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Lægger eders Brændofre til eders Slagtofre, og æder Kødet!
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your holocausts to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
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 concerning the matter of holocausts and sacrifices, I did not speak with your fathers, and I did not instruct them, in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt.
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 on this matter I did instruct them, saying: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with 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 did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart. And so, they went backward, 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 their fathers went forth from the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent all my servants, the prophets, to you, throughout the day, rising at first light 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 they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.
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 so, you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you. And you will call to them, but they will not respond to you.
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 will say to them: This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor accepted discipline. Faith has perished and been taken away from their mouth.
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.
Cut off your hair, and cast it away. And take up a lamentation on high. For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury.
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 sons of Judah have done evil in my eyes, says the Lord. They have stationed their abominations in the house where my name is invoked, so that they may defile it.
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 built the exalted places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, so that they may burn their sons and their daughters with fire, something I neither instructed, nor thought in my heart.
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 reason, behold, the days will arrive, says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth, nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom, but instead the Valley of Slaughter. Yet they will bury in Topheth, because there will be no other place.
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 corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the wild beasts of the land, and there will be no one to drive 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 from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. For the land will be in utter desolation.”
