Jeremias 31

1 Til hin Tid, lyder det fra HERREN, vil jeg være alle Israels Slægters Gud, og de skal være mit Folk.

“At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

2 Saa siger HERREN: Folket, der undslap Sværdet, fandt Naade i Ørkenen, Israel vandred til sin Hvile,

The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”

3 i det fjerne aabenbarede HERREN sig for det. Jeg elsked dig med evig Kærlighed, drog dig derfor i Naade.

The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

4 Jeg bygger dig atter, du skal bygges, Israels Jomfru, igen skal du smykkes med Haandpauke, gaa med i de legendes Dans.

I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.

5 Vin skal du atter plante paa Samarias Bjerge, plante skal du og høste.

Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.

6 Thi en Dag skal Vogterne raabe paa Efraims Bjerge: »Kom, lad os drage til Zion, til HERREN vor Gud!«

For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry, ‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to the LORD our God.’”

7 Thi saa siger HERREN: Fryd jer over Jakob med Glæde, jubl over det første blandt Folkene, kundgør med Lovsang og sig: »HERREN har frelst sit Folk, Israels Rest.«

For the LORD says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’

8 Se, jeg bringer dem hid fra Nordens Land, samler dem fra Jordens Afkroge; iblandt dem er blinde og lamme, frugtsommelige sammen med fødende, i en stor Forsamling vender de hjem.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.

9 Se, de kommer med Graad; mens de ydmygt beder, leder jeg dem; jeg fører dem hen til Vandløb ad en jævn Vej, hvor de ej snubler; thi jeg er Israel en Fader, min førstefødte er Efraim.

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 Hør HERRENS Ord, I Folk, forkynd paa fjerne Strande: Han, som spredte Israel, samler det, vogter det som Hyrden sin Hjord;

“Hear the LORD’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’

11 thi HERREN har udfriet Jakob, genløst det af den stærkeres Haand.

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 De kommer til Zions Bjerg og jubler over HERRENS Fylde, over Korn og Most og Olie og over Lam og Kalve. Deres Sjæl er som en vandrig Have, de skal aldrig vansmægte mer.

They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.

13 Da fryder sig Jomfru i Dans, Yngling og Olding tilsammen. Jeg vender deres Kummer til Fryd, giver Trøst og Glæde efter Sorgen.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 Jeg kvæger Præsterne med Fedt, mit Folk skal mættes med min Fylde, lyder det fra HERREN.

I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says the LORD.

15 Saa siger HERREN: En Klagerøst høres i Rama, bitter Graad, Rakel begræder sine Børn, vil ikke trøstes over sine Børn, fordi de er borte.

The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

16 Saa siger HERREN: Din Røst skal du holde fra Graad, dine Øjne fra Taarer, thi der er Løn for din Møje, lyder det fra HERREN; fra Fjendeland vender de hjem;

The LORD says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

17 og der er Haab for din Fremtid, lyder det fra HERREN, Børn vender hjem til deres Land.

There is hope for your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.

18 Jeg hører grant, hvor Efraim klager: »Du tugted mig, og jeg blev tugtet som en utæmmet Kalv; omvend mig, saa bliver jeg omvendt, thi du er HERREN min Gud.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.

19 Thi nu jeg er omvendt, angrer jeg; nu jeg har besindet mig, slaar jeg mig paa Hofte; jeg er skamfuld og beskæmmet, thi jeg bærer min Ungdoms Skændsel.«

Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

20 Er Efraim min dyrebare Søn, mit Yndlingsbarn? thi saa tit jeg taler om ham, maa jeg mindes ham kærligt, derfor bruser mit indre, jeg ynkes over ham, lyder det fra HERREN.

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.

21 Rejs dig Vejvisersten, sæt Mærkesten op, ret din Tanke paa Højvejen, Vejen, du gik, vend hjem, du Israels Jomfru, til disse dine Byer!

“Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.

22 Hvor længe vil du dog tøve, du frafaldne Datter? Thi HERREN skaber nyt i Landet: Kvinde værner om Mand.

How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

23 Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: End skal de i Judas Land og Byer sige dette Ord, naar jeg vender deres Skæbne: »HERREN velsigne dig, du Retfærds Bolig, du hellige Bjerg!«

The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’

24 Og deri skal Juda bo og alle dets Byer til Hobe, Agerdyrkerne og de omvankende Hyrder.

Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

25 Thi jeg kvæger den trætte Sjæl og mætter hver vansmægtende Sjæl. —

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

26 (Herved vaagnede jeg og saa mig om, og Søvnen havde været mig sød.)

On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg tilsaar Israels Hus og Judas Hus med Sæd af Mennesker og Kvæg.

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal.

28 Og som jeg har været aarvaagen over dem for at oprykke, nedbryde, omstyrte, ødelægge og gøre ilde, saaledes vil jeg være aarvaagen over dem for at bygge og plante, lyder det fra HERREN.

It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.

29 I hine Dage skal man ikke mere sige: Fædre aad sure Druer, og Børnenes Tænder blev ømme.

“In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

30 Nej, enhver skal dø for sin egen Brøde; enhver, der æder sure Druer, faar selv ømme Tænder.

But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

31 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg slutter en ny Pagt med Israels Hus og Judas Hus,

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,

32 ikke som den Pagt jeg sluttede med deres Fædre, dengang jeg tog dem ved Haanden for at føre dem ud af Ægypten, hvilken Pagt de brød, saa jeg væmmedes ved dem, lyder det fra HERREN;

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.

33 nej, dette er den Pagt, jeg efter hine Dage slutter med Israels Hus, lyder det fra HERREN: Jeg giver min Lov i deres Indre og skriver den paa deres Hjerter, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skal være mit Folk.

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 Ven skal ikke mere lære sin Ven eller Broder sin Broder og sige: »Kend HERREN!« Thi de skal alle kende mig fra den mindste til den største, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg tilgiver deres Brøde og kommer ikke mer deres Synd i Hu.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

35 Saa siger HERREN, han, som satte Solen til at lyse om Dagen og Maanen og Stjernerne til at lyse om Natten, han, som oprører Havet, saa Bølgerne bruser, han, hvis Navn er Hærskarers HERRE:

The LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is his name, says:

36 Naar disse Ordninger viger fra mit Aasyn, lyder det fra HERREN, saa skal ogsaa Israels Æt for alle Tider ophøre at være et Folk for mit Aasyn.

“If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”

37 Saa siger HERREN: Naar Himmelen oventil kan udmaales og Jordens Grundvolde nedentil udgranskes, saa vil jeg ogsaa forkaste Israels Æt for alt, hvad de har gjort, lyder det fra HERREN.

The LORD says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD.

38 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da Byen skal opbygges for HERREN fra Hanan'eltaarnet til Hjørneporten;

“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city will be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

39 og videre skal Maalesnoren gaa lige ud til Garebs Høj og saa svinge mod Goa;

The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.

40 og hele Dalen, Ligene og Asken, og alle Markerne ned til Kedrons Bæk, til Hesteportens Hjørne mod Øst skal være HERREN helliget; det skal aldrig mere oprykkes eller nedbrydes.

The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”