Jeremias 7
1 Det Ord, som kom fra Herren til Jeremias, der han sagde:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
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!
“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh!
3 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Bedrer eders Veje og eders Idrætter, saa vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted.
The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, ['If you] stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'
4 Forlader eder ikke paa løgnagtige Ord, naar de sige: Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel, Herrens Tempel er her!
[But some people] are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, [so we will be safe]; [he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed].’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you.
5 Men dersom I alvorligt bedre eders Veje og eders Idrætter, og dersom I gøre Ret imellem Mand og hans Næste,
[I will act mercifully to you only] if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you [start to] act fairly/justly toward others,
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:
and if you stop oppressing foreigners [who live in your country], and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping (foreign gods/idols). However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed.
7 Da vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted, i Landet, som jeg gav eders Fædre, altid og evindelig.
If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them [and their descendants] forever.
8 Se, I forlade eder paa løgnagtige Ord, som intet gavne.
[People are repeatedly] telling you, [‘The temple is here, so we are safe]’, and you are trusting/believing [that what they are saying is true], but it is a lie. [Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is] worthless.
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,
You think that [RHQ] you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously,
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 then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable 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.
Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like [MET] a den where bandits hide [RHQ]? Do you not know that I see [all the evil things that you people do there]?
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.
[Long ago] I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh [city], to be a place where people would worship me [MTY]. Think about how I [destroyed it] because my people, the Israeli people, did [many] wicked things there.
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 while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer [me].
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.
Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will [now] destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me [MTY], this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15 Og jeg vil bortkaste eder fra mit Ansigt, ligesom jeg bortkastede alle eders Brødre, Efraims hele Sæd.
And I will expel you from this land and send you [to other countries] far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
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.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], do not pray for these people [any longer]. Do not cry for them or plead for [me to help] them, because I will not pay any attention to you.
17 Ser du ikke, hvad de gøre i Judas Stæder og paa Jerusalems Gader?
Do you see [the wicked things] that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah?
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 gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires [on the altars to burn sacrifices]. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to [their goddess Astarte who is called] the Queen of Heaven. And [on their altars] they pour out offerings of wine to [their] other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry!
19 Monne de gøre mig Fortræd dermed? siger Herren; monne de ikke gøre sig selv Fortræd, til deres Ansigters Bluelse?
But I am not [RHQ] the one whom they are hurting; they are really [RHQ] hurting themselves [by doing these things for which they should be] very ashamed!”
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 Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with [what happens at] this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be [like] [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, [their] animals, [their] fruit trees, and [their] crops.”
21 Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Lægger eders Brændofre til eders Slagtofre, og æder Kødet!
Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away [IRO] your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your [other] sacrifices; [don’t give them to me]; eat them [yourselves]!
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.
When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or [other] sacrifices that I wanted from them.
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.
What I told them was, ‘Obey me; [if you do that], I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go 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 your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do [the evil things] that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.
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 that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.
26 Men de hørte mig ikke og bøjede ikke deres Øre; men de forhærdede deres Nakke; de gjorde det værre end deres Fædre.
But you, [my people], have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors 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.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not 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.
Say to them, ‘You people [of Judah] have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; [you speak only lies].’
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.
[So, tell them to] cut off their hair [to show that they are mourning]; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected [DOU] this generation [of people] who have made me angry.”
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.
Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable [place to worship me].
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.
They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that.
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.
So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies.
33 Og dette Folks døde Kroppe skulle være til Føde for Himmelens Fugle og Dyrene paa Jorden, og der skal ingen skræmme dem bort.
The corpses of my people that are [not buried and are] left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase 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.
There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.”
