Jeremias 15

1 Da sagde HERREN til mig: Om saa Moses og Samuel stod for mit Aasyn, vilde mit Hjerte ikke vende sig til dem. Jag dette Folk bort fra mit Aasyn!

Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

2 Og naar de spørger dig: »Hvor skal vi gaa hen?« saa svar dem: Saa siger HERREN: Hvo Dødens er, til Død, hvo Sværdets er, til Sværd, hvo Hungerens er, til Hunger, hvo Fangenskabets er, til Fangenskab!

It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’

3 Jeg sætter fire Magter over dem, lyder det fra HERREN: Sværdet til at slaa ihjel, Hundene til at slæbe bort, Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til at æde og ødelægge.

“I will appoint over them four kinds,” says the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

4 Jeg gør dem til Rædsel for alle Jordens Riger for Ezekias's Søns, Kong Manasse af Judas, Skyld, for alt, hvad han gjorde i Jerusalem.

I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

5 Hvo føler, Jerusalem, for dig, hvo ynker dig vel, hvo bøjer af fra Vejen og spørger til dig?

For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?

6 Du vragede mig, saa lyder det fra HERREN, du veg bort. Jeg udrækker Haanden, udsletter dig, træt af at ynkes.

You have rejected me,” says the LORD. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.

7 Med Kasteskovl kaster jeg dem i Landets Porte, mit Folk gør jeg barnløst og til intet; de vendte ej om.

I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They did not return from their ways.

8 Flere end Havets Sandskorn bliver deres Enker. Jeg sender over Ynglingens Moder ved Middag en Hærger, brat lader jeg Angst og Rædsel falde paa hende.

Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.

9 Syvsønnemoder vansmægter, opgiver Aanden, hendes Sol gaar alt ned ved Dag, hun beskæmmes og blues. De overblevne giver jeg til Sværdet for Fjendernes Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN.

She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says the LORD.

10 Ve mig, min Moder, at du fødte mig, en Tvistens og kivens Mand for Alverden! Jeg gav eller modtog ej Laan, og de bander mig alle.

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

11 HERREN sagde: Sandelig, jeg løser dig, at det maa gaa dig vel. Sandelig, jeg lader Fjenden bønfalde dig i Ulykkens og Trængselens Tid.

The LORD said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

12 Sønderbryder man Jern, Jern fra Norden, og Kobber?

Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?

13 Din Rigdom og dine Skatte giver jeg hen til Rov, ikke for Betaling, men til Straf for alle dine Synder i alle dine Landemærker;

I will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.

14 jeg lader dig trælle for dine Fjender i et Land, du ikke kender, thi Ild luer op i min Vrede; den brænder mod eder.

I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”

15 Du kender det, HERRE, kom mig i Hu, tag dig af mig; hævn mig paa dem, som forfølger mig, vær ikke langmodig, saa jeg rives bort! Vid, at for din Skyld bærer jeg Haan

LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so do not take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

16 fra dem, der lader haant om dit Ord; ryd dem ud! Men mig blev dit Ord til Fryd og til Hjertens Glæde; thi dit Navn er nævnet over mig, HERRE, Hærskarers Gud.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.

17 Ikke sad jeg og jubled i glades Lag; grebet af din Haand sad jeg ene, thi du fyldte mig med Harme.

I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

18 Hvorfor er min Smerte evig, ulægeligt mit Saar? Det vil ikke læges. Du blev mig som en skuffende Bæk, som Vand, der sviger.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

19 Derfor saa siger HERREN: Omvender du dig, vil jeg omvende dig, saa du staar for mit Aasyn; giver du det ædle, ej det uædle, Vækst, skal du være som min Mund. De skal vende om til dig, du ikke til dem.

Therefore the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

20 Jeg gør dig for dette Folk til en Kobbermur, ingen kan storme; de skal kæmpe mod dig, men ikke faa Overhaand over dig, thi jeg er med dig for at frelse og redde dig, lyder det fra HERREN.

I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says the LORD.

21 Jeg redder dig af ondes Vold og frier dig af Voldsmænds Haand.

“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”