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.

It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.

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,

Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.

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

Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

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

Therefore at least at this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

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

Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.

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 king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot 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 when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,

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.

That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and had given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

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

And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

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

And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.

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

And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

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 proclaim these words toward the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and 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.

But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith 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,

Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.

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

And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

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 when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more.

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 shall be called the thrown of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.

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 house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I gave 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 shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.

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

But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith 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 was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God.

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

Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.

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

In very deed the hills were liars. and the multitude of the mountains: 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.

Confusion hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, 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.

We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.