Jeremias 22

1 Saa siger HERREN: Gaa ned til Judas Konges Palads og tal dette Ord

The LORD said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there:

2 og sig: Hør HERRENS Ord, Judas Konge, som sidder paa Davids Trone, du, dine Tjenere og dit Folk, som gaar ind ad disse Porte!

‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.

3 Saa siger HERREN: Øv Ret og Retfærd, fri den, som er plyndret, af Voldsmandens Haand, undertryk ikke den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken, øv ikke Vold og udgyd ikke uskyldigt Blod paa dette Sted.

The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

4 Thi dersom I efterkommer dette Krav, skal Konger, der sidder paa Davids Trone, drage ind ad Portene til dette Hus med Vogne og Heste, de, deres Tjenere og Folk.

For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their servants, and their people.

5 Men hører I ikke disse Ord, saa sværger jeg ved mig selv, lyder det fra HERREN, at dette Hus skal lægges øde.

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

6 Thi saa siger HERREN om Judas Konges Palads: Et Gilead var du for mig, en Libanons Tinde; visselig, jeg gør dig til Ørk, til folketomme Byer;

For the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.

7 Hærværksmænd helliger jeg mod dig, hver med sit Værktøj, de skal fælde dine udvalgte Cedre og kaste dem i Ilden.

I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

8 Mange Folkeslag skal drage forbi denne By og spørge hverandre: »Hvorfor handlede HERREN saaledes med denne store By?«

“Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbour, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’

9 Og man skal svare: »Fordi de forlod HERREN deres Guds Pagt og tilbad og dyrkede andre Guder.«

Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshipped other gods, and served them.’”

10 Græd ej over den døde, beklag ham ikke! Græd over ham, der drog bort, thi han vender ej hjem, sit Fødeland genser han ikke.

Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.

11 Thi saa siger HERREN om Josias's Søn, Kong Sjallum af Juda, der blev Konge i sin Fader Josias's Sted: Han, som gik bort fra dette Sted, skal ikke vende hjem igen:

For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.

12 men paa det Sted, til hvilket de førte ham i Landflygtighed, skal han dø, og han skal ikke gense dette Land.

But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.”

13 Ve ham, der bygger Hus uden Retfærd, Sale uden Ret, lader Landsmand trælle for intet, ej giver ham Løn,

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbour’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

14 som siger: »Jeg bygger mig et rummeligt Hus med luftige Sale, « som hugger sig Vinduer ud, klæder Væg med Cedertræ og maler det rødt.

who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.

15 Er du Konge, fordi du brammer med Cedertræ? Din Fader, mon ikke han spiste og drak og øvede Ret og Retfærd? Da gik det ham vel;

“Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

16 han hjalp arm og fattig til sin Ret; da gik det ham vel. Er dette ikke at kende mig? lyder det fra HERREN.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.

17 Men dit Øje og Hjerte higer kun efter Vinding, efter at udgyde skyldfries Blod, øve Undertrykkelse og Vold.

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

18 Derfor, saa siger HERREN om Josias's Søn, Kong Jojakim af Juda: Over ham skal ej klages: »Ve min Broder, ve min Søster!« eller grædes: »Ve min Herre, ve hans Herlighed!«

Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’

19 Et Æsels Jordefærd faar han, slæbes ud, slænges hen uden for Jerusalems Porte.

He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

20 Stig op paa Libanon og skrig, løft Røsten i Basan, skrig fra Abarim, thi knuste er alle dine kære.

“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed.

21 Jeg taled dig til i din Tryghed, du nægted at høre; at overhøre min Røst var din Skik fra din Ungdom.

I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice.

22 For alle dine Hyrder skal Storm være Hyrde, i Fangenskab gaar dine kære; da faar du Skam og Skændsel for al din Ondskab.

The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

23 Du, som bor paa Libanon og bygger i Cedrene, hvor stønner du, naar Smerter kommer over dig, Veer som en fødendes!

Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

24 Saa sandt jeg lever, lyder det fra HERREN: Om ogsaa Konja, Kong Jojakim af Judas Søn, var en Seglring paa min højre Haand, jeg rev ham bort.

“As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.

25 Jeg giver dig i deres Haand, som staar dig efter Livet, i deres Haand, for hvem du ræddes, og i Kong Nebukadrezar af Babels og Kaldæernes Haand.

I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Kasdim.

26 Jeg slynger dig og din Moder, som fødte dig, bort til et andet Land, hvor I ikke fødtes, og der skal I dø;

I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.

27 men til det Land, deres Sjæle længes tilbage til, skal de ikke vende hjem.

But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”

28 Er denne Konja da et usselt, sønderslaaet Kar, et Redskab, ingen bryder sig om? Hvorfor skal han og hans Afkom slynges og kastes til et Land, de ikke kender?

Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?

29 Land, Land, Land, hør HERRENS Ord:

O earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!

30 Saa siger HERREN: Optegn denne Mand som barnløs, som en Mand, der ingen Lykke har i sit Liv; thi det skal ikke lykkes nogen af hans Afkom at sætte sig paa Davids Trone og atter herske over Juda.

The LORD says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne and ruling in Judah.”