Jeremias 23

1 Ve Hyrderne, der ødelægger og adsplitter de Faar, jeg græsser, lyder det fra HERREN.

Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

2 Derfor, saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud, til de Hyrder, som vogter mit Folk: Da I har adsplittet og spredt mine Faar og ikke taget eder af dem, vil jeg nu tage mig af eder for eders onde Gerningers Skyld, lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore thus says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.

3 Men dem, der er tilovers af mine Faar, vil jeg sanke sammen fra alle de Lande, til hvilke jeg har bortstødt dem, og føre dem tilbage til deres Græsgange, og de skal blive frugtbare og mangfoldige.

And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.

4 Da vil jeg sætte Hyrder over dem, og de skal vogte dem; og de skal ikke mere frygte eller ræddes og ingen skal savnes, lyder det fra HERREN.

And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, says the Lord.

5 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg opvækker David en retfærdig Spire, og han skal herske som Konge og handle viselig og øve Ret og Retfærd i Landet.

Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth.

6 I hans Dage skal Juda frelses og Israel bo trygt. Og det Navn, man skal give ham er: HERREN vor Retfærdighed.

In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets.

7 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, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

8 men: »Saa sandt HERREN lever, der førte og bragte Israels Hus's Afkom op fra Nordens Land og fra alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde bortstødt dem!« Og de skal bo i deres Land.

but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into their own land.

9 Om Profeterne. Mit Hjerte er knust i Brystet, hvert Ledemod er slapt, jeg er som en drukken, en Mand, overvældet af Vin, for HERRENS Skyld, for hans hellige Ords Skyld.

My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.

10 Thi Landet er fuldt af Horkarle, og under Forbandelse sørger Landet, Ørkenens Græsgange visner. Man haster til det, som er ondt, og er stærk i Uret.

For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength.

11 Thi baade Profet og Præst er vanhellig, selv i mit Hus har jeg mødt deres Ondskab, lyder det fra HERREN.

For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.

12 Derfor bliver deres Vej dem som slibrige Stier, i Mørke stødes de ud og snubler deri. Thi Ulykke sender jeg over dem, Hjemsøgelsens Aar, saa lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.

13 Hos Samarias Profeter saa jeg slemme Ting; ved Ba'al profetered de og vildledte Israel, mit Folk.

And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.

14 Hos Jerusalems Profeter saa jeg grufulde Ting: de horer og vandrer i Løgn, de styrker de ondes Hænder, saa de ikke vender om enhver fra sin Ondskab. Som Sodoma er de mig alle, dets Folk som Gomorra.

Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.

15 Derfor, saa siger Hærskarers HERRE om Profeterne: Se, jeg giver dem Malurt at spise og Giftvand at drikke; thi fra Jerusalems Profeter udgaar Vanhelligelse over hele Landet.

Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land.

16 Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Hør ikke Profeternes Ord, naar de profeterer for eder; de daarer eder kun. Deres eget Hjertes Syn fremfører de, ikke Ord fra HERRENS Mund.

Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.

17 De siger til dem, der ringeagter HERRENS Ord: »Det skal gaa eder vel!« og til enhver, som vandrer i sit Hjertes Stivsind: »Der skal ikke ske eder noget ondt!«

They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon you.

18 Thi hvem stod i HERRENS fortrolige Raad, saa han saa og hørte hans Ord, hvem lyttede til hans Ord og hørte det?

For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has listened, and heard?

19 Se, HERRENS Stormvejr, Vreden, er brudt frem, et hvirvlende Stormvejr; det hvirvler over de gudløses Hoved.

Behold, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.

20 HERRENS Vrede lægger sig ikke, før han har udført og fuldbyrdet sit Hjertes Tanker; i de sidste Dage skal I forstaa det.

And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.

21 Jeg har ej sendt Profeterne, alligevel løber de, jeg talede ikke til dem, og dog profeterer de.

I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.

22 Hvis de staar i mit fortrolige Raad og hører mine Ord, saa lad dem vende mit Folk fra deres onde Vej og deres Gerningers Ondskab.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.

23 Er jeg kun en Gud i det nære, saa lyder det fra HERREN, og ikke en Gud i det fjerne?

I am a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off.

24 Kan nogen krybe i Skjul, saa jeg ikke ser ham? lyder det fra HERREN. Er det ikke mig, der fylder Himmel og Jord? lyder det fra HERREN.

Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

25 Jeg har hørt, hvad Profeterne, der profeterer Løgn i mit Navn, siger: »Jeg har drømt, jeg har drømt!«

I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.

26 Hvor længe skal det vare? Har Profeterne, som profeterer Løgn og deres Hjertes Svig, mon i Sinde

How long shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?

27 og higer de efter at faa mit Folk til at glemme mit Navn ved de Drømme, de meddeler hverandre, ligesom deres Fædre glemte mit Navn over Ba'al?

who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name in [the worship of] Baal.

28 Den Profet, som har en Drøm, meddele sin Drøm, men den, hos hvem mit Ord er, tale mit Ord i Sandhed! Hvad har Straa med Kærne at gøre? lyder det fra HERREN.

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says the Lord.

29 Er ikke mit Ord som Ild, lyder det fra HERREN, og som en Hammer, der knuser Fjelde?

Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?

30 Se, derfor kommer jeg over Profeterne, lyder det fra HERREN, de, som stjæler mine Ord fra hverandre.

Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

31 Se, jeg kommer over Profeterne, lyder det fra HERREN, de, som taler af sig selv og dog siger: »Saa lyder det fra HERREN.«

Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.

32 Se, jeg kommer over Profeterne, som profeterer og udspreder Løgnedrømme, lyder det fra HERREN, og vildleder mit Folk med deres Løgne og Pralen, og jeg har ikke sendt dem eller givet dem nogen Befaling; de bringer ikke dette Folk nogen Hjælp, lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.

33 Naar dette Folk eller en Profet eller Præst spørger dig: »Hvad er HERRENS Byrde?« skal du svare: »Byrden er I, men jeg kaster eder af, « lyder det fra HERREN.

And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, says the Lord.

34 Og Profeten, Præsten og Folket, som siger »HERRENS Byrde«, den Mand og hans Hus vil jeg hjemsøge.

[As for] the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house.

35 Saaledes skal I sige til hverandre, Mand til Mand: »Hvad svarede HERREN?« og: »Hvad talede HERREN?«

Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?

36 Men om HERRENS Byrde maa I ikke mere tale, thi Byrden for enhver skal være hans eget Ord. Og I laver om paa den levende Guds, Hærskarers HERRES, vor Guds, Ord.

And do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden.

37 Saaledes skal du sige til Profeten: »Hvad svarede HERREN?« og: »Hvad talede HERREN?«

But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God spoken?

38 Og dersom I siger: »HERRENS Byrde« — derfor, saa siger HERREN: Fordi I siger dette Ord: »HERRENS Byrde«, skønt jeg sendte eder det Bud: »I maa ikke sige HERRENS Byrde!«

Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord;

39 se, derfor vil jeg løfte eder op og kaste eder og den By, jeg gav eder og eders Fædre, bort fra mit Aasyn

therefore, behold, I [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.

40 og paalægge eder evig Skændsel og Spot, som aldrig glemmes.

And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.