Jeremias 40

1 Det Ord, som kom fra HERREN til Jeremias, efter at Livvagtsøversten Nebuzar'adan havde løsladt ham i Rama; han lod ham hente, medens han var bundet med Lænker iblandt alle Fangerne fra Jerusalem og Juda, der førtes til Babel.

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him; for he had been put in chains, among all the prisoners of Jerusalem and Judah who were taken away prisoners to Babylon.

2 Livvagtsøversten lod Jeremias hente og sagde til ham: »HERREN din Gud har udtalt denne Ulykke over dette Sted,

And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:

3 og HERREN lod det ske og gjorde, hvad han havde sagt, fordi I syndede mod HERREN og ikke adlød hans Røst; derfor timedes dette eder.

and the Lord has made it come, and has done as he said; because of your sin against the Lord in not giving ear to his voice; and that is why this thing has come on you.

4 Se, nu tager jeg i Dag Lænkerne af dine Hænder. Hvis det tykkes dig godt at drage med mig til Babel, saa drag med, og jeg vil have Øje med dig; men tykkes det dig ilde, saa lad være! Se, hele Landet staar dig aabent; gaa, hvor det tykkes dig godt og ret!«

Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,

5 Og da han tøvede med at vende tilbage, tilføjede han: »Saa vend tilbage til Gedalja, Sjafans Søn Ahikams Søn, som Babels Konge har sat over Judas Land, og bosæt dig hos ham iblandt Folket, eller gaa, hvor som helst det tykkes dig ret!« Og Livvagtsøversten gav ham Rejsetæring og Gave og lod ham gaa.

Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your living-place with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the armed men gave him food and some money and let him go.

6 Jeremias gik da til Gedalja, Ahikams Søn, i Mizpa og bosatte sig hos ham iblandt Folket, der var levnet i Landet.

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.

7 Da alle Hærførerne, som var ude i aabent Land, og deres Mænd hørte, at Babels Konge havde sat Gedalja, Ahikams Søn, over Landet og over Mænd, Kvinder og Børn og dem af den fattige Befolkning i Landet, som ikke var ført til Babel,

Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poorest of the land, those who had not been taken away to Babylon;

8 kom de til Gedalja i Mizpa: Jisjmael Netanjas Søn, Johanan Kareas Søn, Seraja Tanhumets Søn, Netofatiten Efajs Sønner og Jezanja Ma'akatitens Søn, med deres Mænd.

Then they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

9 Og Gedalja, Sjafans Søn Ahikams Søn, tilsvor dem og deres Mænd saaledes: »Frygt ikke for at staa under Kaldæerne; bosæt eder i Landet og underkast eder Babels Konge, saa skal det gaa eder vel.

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear of the servants of the Chaldaeans: go on living in the land, and become the servants of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

10 Se, selv bliver jeg i Mizpa for at tage mod Kaldæerne, naar de kommer til os; men I skal samle Vin, Frugt og Olie i eders Kar og bo i de Byer, I tager i Eje!«

As for me, I will be living in Mizpah as your representative before the Chaldaeans who come to us: but you are to get in your wine and summer fruits and oil and put them in your vessels, and make living-places for yourselves in the towns which you have taken.

11 Og da ogsaa alle de Judæere, der var i Moab, hos Ammoniterne, i Edom og alle de andre Lande, hørte, at Babels Konge havde levnet Juda en Rest og sat Gedalja, Sjafans Søn Ahikams Søn, over dem,

In the same way, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the children of Ammon and in Edom and in all the countries, had news that the king of Babylon had let Judah keep some of its people and that he had put over them Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;

12 vendte de alle tilbage fra alle de Steder, som de var fordrevet til, og kom til Judas Land til Gedalja i Mizpa; og de indsamlede Vin og Frugt i store Maader.

Then all the Jews came back from all the places to which they had gone in flight, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and got in a great store of wine and summer fruit.

13 Men Johanan, Kareas Søn, og alle de andre Hærførere, som havde været ude i aabent Land, kom til Gedalja i Mizpa

Now Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were in the field, came to Gedaliah in Mizpah,

14 og sagde: »Mon du ved, at Ba'alis, Ammoniternes Konge, har sendt Jisjmael, Netanjas Søn, for at myrde dig?« Men Gedalja, Ahikams Søn, troede dem ikke.

And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.

15 Da sagde Johanan, Kareas Søn, i al Hemmelighed til Gedalja I Mizpa: »Lad mig gaa hen og myrde Jisjmael, Netanjas Søn; ingen skal faa det at vide. Hvorfor skal han myrde dig, saa at hele Juda, som har samlet sig om dig, splittes, og Judas Rest gaar til Grunde?«

Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?

16 Men Gedalja, Ahikams Søn, svarede Johanan, Kareas Søn: »Det maa du ikke gøre, thi du lyver om Jisjmael!«

But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, You are not to do this: for what you say about Ishmael is false.