Jeremias 37

1 Zedekias, Josias's Søn, blev Konge i Konjas, Jojakims Søns, Sted, idet Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel satte ham til Konge i Judas Land.

And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.

2 Men han og hans Mænd og Landets Befolkning hørte ikke paa de Ord, HERREN talede ved Profeten Jeremias.

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Kong Zedekias sendte Jukal, Sjelemjas Søn, og Præsten Zefanja, Ma'asejas Søn, til Profeten Jeremias og lod sige: »Gaa i Forbøn for os hos HERREN vor Gud!«

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

4 Dengang gik Jeremias frit ud og ind blandt Folket, thi man havde endnu ikke kastet ham i Fængsel.

(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.

5 Faraos Hær var rykket ud fra Ægypten; og da Kaldæerne, som belejrede Jerusalem, fik Nys herom, var de brudt op fra Jerusalem.

And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)

6 Da kom HERRENS Ord til Profeten Jeremias saaledes:

Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7 Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Saaledes skal du sige til Judas Konge, som har sendt Bud til dig for at raadspørge mig: Se, Faraos Hær, som er rykket ud for at hjælpe eder, skal vende hjem til Ægypten;

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.

8 og Kaldæerne skal vende tilbage og angribe denne By, indtage og afbrænde den.

And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.

9 Saa siger HERREN: Nar ikke eder selv ved at sige: »Kaldæerne drager bort fra os for Alvor!« Thi de drager ikke bort.

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

10 Ja, om I saa slog hele Kaldæernes Hær, der angriber eder, saa der kun blev nogle saarede tilbage, hver i sit Telt, saa skulde de staa op og afbrænde denne By.

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

11 Da Kaldæernes Hær var brudt op fra Jerusalem for Faraos Hær,

And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12 gik Jeremias ud af Jerusalem for at drage til Benjamins Land og faa en Arvelod iblandt Befolkningen.

Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.

13 Men da han kom til Benjaminsporten, var der en Vagthavende ved Navn Jir'ija, en Søn af Hananjas Søn Sjelemja, og han greb Profeten Jeremias og sagde: »Du vil løbe over til Kaldæerne.«

But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.

14 Jeremias svarede: »Det er Løgn; jeg vil ikke løbe over til Kaldæerne.« Jir'ija vilde dog ikke høre ham, men greb ham og bragte ham til Fyrsterne;

Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

15 og Fyrsterne vrededes paa Jeremias, slog ham og lod ham bringe til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus; thi det havde de gjort til Fængsel.

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16 Saaledes kom Jeremias i Fangehuset i Kælderen; og der sad han en Tid lang.

So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

17 Men Kong Zedekias sendte Bud og lod ham hente; og Kongen spurgte ham i al Hemmelighed i sit Palads: »Er der et Ord fra HERREN?« Jeremias svarede: »Ja, der er: Du skal overgives i Babels Konges Haand.«

Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

18 Derpaa sagde Jeremias til Kong Zedekias: »Hvad Synd har jeg gjort imod dig, dine Mænd og dette Folk, siden I har kastet mig i Fængsel?

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

19 Og hvor er nu eders Profeter, som profeterede for eder, at Babels Konge ikke skulde komme over eder og dette Land?

Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

20 Saa hør da, Herre Konge! Lad min Bøn naa dig og lad mig ikke bringe tilbage til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus, at jeg ikke skal dø der!«

And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.

21 Da bød Kong Zedekias, at man skulde holde Jeremias i Varetægt i Vagtforgaarden; og der gaves ham daglig et Stykke Brød fra Bagerens Gade, indtil Brødet slap op i Byen. Saaledes sad nu Jeremias i Vagtforgaarden.

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.