Jeremias 16
1 HERRENS Ord kom til mig saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Du skal ikke tage dig en Hustru og ikke have Sønner eller Døtre paa dette Sted.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.
3 Thi saa siger HERREN om de Sønner og Døtre, der fødes paa dette Sted, og om Mødrene, som føder dem, og Fædrene, som avler dem i dette Land:
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:
4 En smertefuld Død skal de dø; der skal ikke holdes Dødeklage over dem, og de skal ikke jordes; til Gødning paa Marken skal de blive. De skal omkomme ved Sværd og Hunger; deres Lig skal være Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til Æde.
They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.
5 Thi saa siger HERREN: Kom ikke i Sorgens Hus, gaa ikke til Klage, vis dem ikke Medynk, thi jeg tager min Fred fra dette Folk, lyder det fra HERREN, baade Naade og Barmhjertighed;
For thus saith the Lord: Enter not into the house of feasting, neither go thou to mourn, nor to comfort them: because I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, my mercy and commiserations.
6 og store og smaa skal dø i dette Land og ikke jordes. De skal ikke holde Dødeklage eller ridse Huden eller klippe sig for deres Skyld,
Both the great and the little shall die in the land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
7 bryde Brød til en, der har Sorg, til Trøst for den døde, eller kvæge ham med Trøstebæger for Fader og Moder.
And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to comfort them for their father and mother.
8 Og kom ikke i et Gildehus for at sidde iblandt dem og spise og drikke;
And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink.
9 thi saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, for eders Øjne og i eders Dage gør jeg paa dette Sted Ende paa Fryderaab og Glædesraab, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 Naar du forkynder dette Folk alle disse Ord, og de siger til dig: »Hvorfor udtaler HERREN al den store Ulykke over os, og hvad er det for en Brøde og Synd, vi har gjort mod HERREN vor Gud?«
And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God?
11 svar dem saa: Fordi eders Fædre forlod mig, lyder det fra HERREN, og holdt sig til andre Guder og dyrkede og tilbad dem; mig forlod de og holdt ikke min Lov;
Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and went after strange gods, and served them, and adored them: and they forsook me, and kept not my law.
12 og I bærer eder værre ad end eders Fædre, thi se, I vandrer hver efter sit onde Hjertes Stivsind uden at høre mig;
And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me.
13 derfor slænger jeg eder bort fra dette Land til et Land, I ikke kender, saa lidt som eders Fædre, og der skal I dyrke andre Guder baade Dag og Nat; thi jeg vil ikke give eder Naade.
So I will cast you forth out of this land, into a land which you know not, nor you fathers: and there you shall serve strange gods day and night, which shall not give you any rest.
14 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da det ikke mere hedder: »Saa sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Ægypten!«
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, when it shall be said no more: The Lord liveth, that brought for the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt:
15 men: »Saa sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Nordens Land og alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde stødt dem bort!« Og jeg fører dem hjem til deres Land, som jeg gav deres Fædre.
But, the Lord liveth, that brought the children of Israel out of the land of the north, and out of all the lands to which I cast them out: and I will bring them again into their land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 Se, jeg sender Bud efter Fiskere i Mængde, lyder det fra HERREN, og de skal fiske dem; og siden sender jeg Bud efter Jægere i Mængde, og de skal jage dem fra hvert Bjerg, hver Høj og Klippernes Kløfter.
Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 Thi mine Øjne er rettet paa alle deres Veje; de er ikke skjult for mig, og deres Brøde er ikke dulgt for mine Øjne.
For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
18 Og først giver jeg dem tvefold Gengæld for deres Brøde og Synd, fordi de vanhelligede mit Land med deres væmmelige Guders Aadsler og fyldte min Arvelod med deres Vederstyggeligheder.
And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
19 Herre, min Styrke, mit Værn, min Tilflugt i Nødens Stund! Til dig skal Folkeslag komme fra den vide Jord og sige: »Vore Fædre arved kun Løgn, Afguder, ingen af dem hjælper.
O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.
20 Kan et Menneske lave sig Guder? De er dog ikke Guder!«
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and there are no gods?
21 Se, derfor lader jeg dem mærke, denne Gang lader jeg dem mærke min Haand og min Styrke; og de skal kende, at mit Navn er HERREN.
Therefore, behold I will this once cause them to know, I will shew them my hand and my power: and they shall know that my name is the Lord.
