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 LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the LORD’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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 had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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 the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”

4 Da kom HERRENS Ord til mig saaledes:

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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.

“The LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Kasdim, as good.

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.

For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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 give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.

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;

“‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely the LORD says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

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 even give them up to be tossed back and forth amongst all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.

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

I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence amongst them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”