Jeremias 3

1 Naar en Mand forstøder sin Hustru, og hun gaar fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun saa gaa tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! saa lyder det fra HERREN.

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

2 Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du paa dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet baade ved din Utugt og Ondskab,

Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.

3 en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.

So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

4 Raabte du ikke nylig til mig: »Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

5 Vil han evigt gemme paa Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?« Se, saaledes taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

6 HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Saa du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op paa ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.

And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.

7 Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det saa hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;

And I said, After she has done all these things she will come back to me; but she did not. And her false sister Judah saw it.

8 hun saa, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik ogsaa hen og bolede.

And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.

9 Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.

So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

10 Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun paa Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.

But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord.

11 Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag staar bedre end det svigefulde Judas.

And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

12 Gaa hen og udraab disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes paa eder, thi naadig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt paa Vrede;

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

13 men vedgaa din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, saa lyder det fra HERREN.

Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

14 Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,

Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

15 og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.

And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

16 Og naar I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENS Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.

And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious of the loss of it, and it will not be made again.

17 Paa hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENS Trone, og der, til HERRENS Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.

At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

18 I hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.

In those days the family of Judah will go with the family of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north into the land which I gave for a heritage to your fathers.

19 Og jeg, jeg sagde til dig: »Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod.« Jeg sagde: »Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej fra mig!«

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

20 Men som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, saa sveg du mig, Israels Hus, saa lyder det fra HERREN.

Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

21 Hør, der lyder Graad paa de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte HERREN deres Gud.

A voice is sounding on the open hilltops, the weeping and the prayers of the children of Israel; because their way is twisted, they have not kept the Lord their God in mind.

22 Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer til dig, thi du er HERREN vor Gud.

Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

23 Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.

Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

24 Skændselen aad fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Smaakvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og Døtre.

But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25 Vi lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi hørte ikke paa HERREN vor Guds Røst.

Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.