Jeremias 19
1 Saaledes sagde HERREN: Gaa hen og køb dig et Krus hos Pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med
This is what the Lord says: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests with you,
2 og gaa ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskaarporten og udraab der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!
and go through the Broken Pottery Gate to the valley of Ben-hinnom. Announce this message I'm giving you.
3 Du skal sige: Hør HERRENS Ord, Judas Konger og Jerusalems Borgere: Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, jeg sender over dette Sted en Ulykke, saa det skal ringe for Ørene paa enhver, der hører derom,
Tell them, Listen to what the Lord says, kings of Judah and people living in Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring down on this place such a disaster that it will make the ears of anyone who hears about it ring.
4 fordi de forlod mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed og tændte Offerild der for andre Guder, som hverken de eller deres Fædre før kendte til, og Judas Konger fyldte dette Sted med skyldfries Blod,
My people have deserted me and have made this a place where foreign gods are worshiped. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they and their forefathers and the kings of Judah never knew anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.
5 og de byggede Ba'alshøjene for at brænde deres Børn i Ild som Brændofre til Ba'al, hvad jeg ikke havde paabudt eller talt om, og hvad aldrig var opkommet i min Tanke.
They have built pagan shrines to Baal where they burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal. This is something I never commanded or even mentioned. I never even thought of such a thing!
6 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.
So watch out! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when instead of Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom this place will be called the Valley of Killing.
7 Jeg gør Juda og Jerusalem raadvilde paa dette Sted og lader dem falde for Sværdet for deres Fjenders Øjne og for deres Haand, som staar dem efter Livet, og jeg giver Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr deres Lig til Føde.
Right here in this place I'm going to spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will let their enemies who want to kill them come and do exactly that. Their dead bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals.
8 Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der kommer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Saar.
I'm going to make this city desolate, a place that is mocked. Everyone who passes by will be horrified, shocked by all its damage.
9 Jeg lader dem æde deres Sønners og Døtres Kød, den ene skal æde den andens Kød under Belejringen og den Trængsel, deres Fjender og de, der staar dem efter Livet, volder dem.
The siege brought by their enemies who want to kill them will be so terrible that I will make them eat each other, even their own sons and daughters.
10 Knus saa Kruset i de Mænds Paasyn, der følger med dig,
Then smash the jar in front of the people with you.
11 og sig til dem: Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg vil knuse dette Folk og denne By, som man knuser et Lerkar, saa det ikke kan heles igen. De døde skal jordes i Tofet, fordi Pladsen til at jorde paa ikke slaar til.
Tell them: this is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going to smash this nation and this city, just like a clay jar is smashed so it can't ever be repaired. People will bury their dead in Topheth until it's full.
12 Saaledes vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets Indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:
This is what I'm going to do to this place and to the people who live here, declares the Lord. I will turn this city into Topheth.
13 Jerusalems og Judas Kongers Huse skal blive urene som Tofets Sted, alle de Huse, paa hvis Tage de tændte Offerild for al Himmelens Hær og udgød Drikofre for andre Guder.
All the houses of Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will become unclean just like Topheth, because they are all the houses whose rooftops they used to burn incense to the sun, moon, and stars, and poured out drink offerings to other gods.
14 Derpaa gik Jeremias fra Tofet, hvorhen HERREN havde sendt ham for at profetere, og stod frem i Forgaarden til HERRENS Hus og sagde til alt Folket:
Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to deliver this message. He went and stood in the court of the Lord's Temple and announced to everyone,
15 Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, over denne By og alle Byerne, der hører til den, sender jeg al den Ulykke, jeg har truet den med, fordi de gjorde Nakken stiv og ikke hørte mine Ord.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I am about to bring down on this city and on all its surrounding villages every disaster I warned them about, because they have stubbornly refused to listen to what I say.
