Jeremias 19

1 Saaledes sagde HERREN: Gaa hen og køb dig et Krus hos Pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med

Thus said the LORD: Go, and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

2 og gaa ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskaarporten og udraab der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!

and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

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,

and say: Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle;

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,

because they have forsaken Me, and have estranged this place, and have offered in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

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.

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither came it into My mind.

6 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter;

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.

and I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life; and their carcasses will I give to be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth;

8 Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der kommer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Saar.

and I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof;

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.

and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.

10 Knus saa Kruset i de Mænds Paasyn, der følger med dig,

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

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.

and shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, for want of room to bury.

12 Saaledes vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets Indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as 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.

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have offered unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto 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:

Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house, and said to all the people:

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.

'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they might not hear My words.'