Jeremias 24

1 HERREN lod mig skue et Syn, og se, der var to Kurve Figener, som stod foran HERRENS Tempel; det var, efter at Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel havde bortført Jojakims Søn, Kong Jekonja af Juda, og Judas Fyrster, Kunsthaandværkerne og Smedene fra Jerusalem til Babel.

[The army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all his skilled workers [DOU] and took them to Babylon. After that happened, Yahweh gave me a vision. [In the vision] I saw two baskets of figs that had been placed in front of the temple.

2 Den ene Kurv indeholdt saare gode Figener, saa gode som tidligmodne, den anden saare slette Figener, saa slette, at de ikke kunde spises.

One basket was full of good figs, like the kind that ripen first. The other basket was filled with figs that were bad/rotten, with the result that they could not be eaten.

3 Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Hvad ser du, Jeremias?« Jeg svarede: »Figener! De gode er saare gode og de slette saare slette, saa slette, at de ikke kan spises.«

Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “[I see some] figs. Some are very good ones, but some are very bad, with the result that no one would eat them.”

4 Da kom HERRENS Ord til mig saaledes:

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

5 Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Som man ser paa disse gode Figener, vil jeg se paa de bortførte Judæere, som jeg drev bort fra dette Sted til Kaldæernes Land.

“This is what [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [say that they worship], say: ‘The good figs represent [SIM] the people of Judah whom I exiled to Babylonia.

6 Jeg vil fæste mine Øjne paa dem med Velbehag og føre dem hjem til dette Land. Jeg vil opbygge og ikke nedbryde dem, plante og ikke oprykke dem.

I [SYN] will (watch over/take care of) them well, and [some day] I will bring them back here [to Judah]. I will establish them and cause them to be strong. I will cause them to be prosperous [MET], and I will not exile them [again].

7 Jeg giver dem Hjerte til at kende mig, at jeg er HERREN; de skal være mit Folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud, naar de omvender sig til mig af hele deres Hjerte.

I will enable them to desire to know [IDM] that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me sincerely.’

8 Men som man gør med de slette Figener, for slette til at spises, vil jeg, saa siger HERREN, gøre med Kong Zedekias af Juda og hans Fyrster og Resten af Jerusalem, dem, der er levnet i dette Land, og dem, der bor i Ægypten;

But [I], Yahweh, [also] say, ‘The bad figs represent [SIM] Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all the [other] people who remain in Jerusalem, and those who have gone to Egypt. I will do to them like people do to rotten figs.

9 jeg gør dem til Rædsel for alle Jordens Riger, til Spot og Mundheld, til Haan og til et Forbandelsens Tegn paa alle de Steder, hvorhen jeg bortstøder dem;

I will [get rid of them], with the result that people in every nation on the earth will be horrified, and will hate them because they are evil people. Wherever I scatter them, people will make fun of them, and say that they are disgraced, and ridicule them, and curse them.

10 jeg sender Sværd, Hunger og Pest imod dem, indtil de er udryddet af det Land, jeg gav dem og deres Fædre.

And I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases, until they have disappeared from this land which I gave to them and to their ancestors.’”