Ezekiel 37
1 HERRENS Haand kom over mig, og han førte mig i Aanden ud og satte mig midt i Dalen. Den var fuld af Ben;
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones.
2 og han førte mig rundt omkring dem, og se, de laa i store Mængder ud over Dalen, og se, de var aldeles tørre.
And he led me about through them on every side: now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceeding dry.
3 Derpaa sagde han til mig: »Menneskesøn! kan disse Ben blive levende?« Jeg svarede: »Herre, HERRE, du ved det!«
And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live? And I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.
4 Saa sagde han til mig: Profetér over disse Ben og sig til dem: I tørre Ben, hør HERRENS Ord!
And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Saa siger den Herre HERREN til disse Ben: Se, jeg bringer Aand i eder, saa I bliver levende.
Thus saith the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.
6 Jeg lægger Sener om eder, lader Kød vokse frem paa eder, overtrækker eder med Hud og indgiver eder Aand, saa I bliver levende; og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN.
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to grow over you, and will cover you with skin: and I will give you spirit and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
7 Saa profeterede jeg, som mig var paalagt, og der hørtes en Lyd, da jeg profeterede, og se, der hørtes Raslen, og Benene nærmede sig hverandre.
And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and as I prophesied there was a noise, and behold a commotion: and the bones came together, each one to its joint.
8 Og jeg skuede, og se, der kom Sener paa dem, Kød voksede frem, og de blev overtrukket med Hud, men der var ingen Aand i dem.
And I saw, and behold the sinews, and the flesh came up upon them: and the skin was stretched out over them, but there was no spirit in them.
9 Saa sagde han til mig: Profetér og tal til Aanden, profetér, du Menneskesøn, og sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre HERREN: Aand, kom fra de fire Verdenshjørner og blæs paa disse dræbte, at de maa blive levende!
And he said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, O son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus saith the Lord God: Come, spirit, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, and let them live again.
10 Da profeterede jeg, som han bød mig, og Aanden kom i dem, og de blev levende og rejste sig paa deres Fødder, en saare, saare stor Hær.
And I prophesied as he had commanded me: and the spirit came into them, and they lived: and they stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Derpaa sagde han til mig: Menneskesøn! Disse Ben er alt Israels Hus. Se, de siger: »Vore Ben er tørre, vort Haab er svundet, det er ude med os!«
And he said to me: Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off.
12 Profetér derfor og sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre HERREN: Se, jeg aabner eders Grave og fører eder ud af dem, mit Folk, og bringer eder til Israels Land;
Therefore prophesy, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will open your graves, and will bring you out of your sepulchres, O my people: and will bring you into the land of Israel.
13 og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN, naar jeg aabner eders Grave og fører eder ud af dem, mit Folk.
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have opened your sepulchres, and shall have brought you out of your graves, O my people:
14 Jeg indgiver eder min Aand, saa I bliver levende, og jeg bosætter eder i eders Land; og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN; jeg har talet, og jeg fuldbyrder det, lyder det fra HERREN.
And shall have put my spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall make you rest upon your own land: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken, and done it, saith the Lord God:
15 HERRENS Ord kom til mig saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
16 Du, Menneskesøn, tag dig et Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: Juda og hans Medbrødre blandt Israeliterne! Tag saa et andet Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: Josef — Efraims Træ — og hans Medbrødre, alt Israels Hus!
And thou son of man, take thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, and of his associates.
17 Føj dem saa sammen til eet Stykke, saa de bliver eet i din Haand.
And join them one to the other into one stick, and they shall become one in thy hand.
18 Og naar saa dine Landsmænd siger til dig: »Vil du ikke sige os, hvad du mener dermed?«
And when the children of thy people shall speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by this?
19 sig saa til dem: Saa siger den Herre HERREN: Se, jeg tager Josefs Træ, som var i Efraims Haand, og Israels Stammer, hans Medbrødre, og føjer dem til Judas Træ og gør dem til eet Stykke og de skal blive eet i Judas Haand.
Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that are associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Juda, and will make them one stick: and they shall be one in his hand.
20 Og Træstykkerne, du skrev paa, skal være i din Haand, saa de kan se dem.
And the sticks whereon thou hast written, shall be in thy hand, before their eyes.
21 Tal saa til dem: Saa siger den Herre HERREN: Se, jeg henter Israeliterne fra Folkene, til hvilke de vandrede hen, og samler dem alle Vegne fra og bringer dem til deres Land.
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from the midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every side, and will bring them to their own land.
22 Jeg gør dem til eet Folk i Landet paa Israels Bjerge; og de skal alle have en og samme Konge og ikke mere være to Folk eller delt i to Riger.
And I will make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king over them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms.
23 De skal ikke mere gøre sig urene ved deres Afgudsbilleder og væmmelige Guder eller alle deres Overtrædelser, og jeg vil frelse dem fra alt deres Frafald, hvormed de forsyndede sig, og rense dem, og de skal være mit Folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud.
Nor shall they be defiled any more with their idols, nor with their abominations, nor with all their iniquities: and I will save them out of all the places in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 Min Tjener David skal være Konge over dem, og alle skal de have en og samme Hyrde. De skal følge mine Lovbud og holde mine Vedtægter og gøre efter dem.
And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.
25 De skal bo i det Land, jeg gav min Tjener Jakob, der hvor deres Fædre boede; de skal bo der til evig Tid, de, deres Børn og Børnebørn; og min Tjener David skal være deres Fyrste evindelig.
And they shall dwell in the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, wherein your fathers dwelt, and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their children’s children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
26 Jeg slutter en Fredspagt med dem, en evig Pagt skal det være; og jeg gør dem mangfoldige og sætter min Helligdom i deres Midte evindelig;
And I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will establish them, and will multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.
27 min Bolig skal være over dem; jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skal være mit Folk.
And my tabernacle shall be with them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 Og Folkene skal kende, at jeg er HERREN, som helliger Israel, naar min Helligdom bliver i deres Midte evindelig.
And the nations shall know that I am the Lord the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever.
