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1 Da sagde jeg: Hør dog, I Jakobs Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus! Kan Kendskab til Ret ej ventes af eder,
And I say, 'Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
2 I, som hader det gode og elsker det onde, I, som flaar Huden af Folk og Kødet af deres Ben,
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
3 æder mit Folks Kød og flænger dem Huden af Kroppen, sønderbryder deres Ben og breder dem som Kød i en Gryde, som Suppekød i en Kedel?
And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
4 Engang skal de raabe til HERREN, han lader dem uden Svar; da skjuler han sit Aasyn for dem, fordi deres Gerninger er onde.
Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
5 Saa siger HERREN om Profeterne, de, som vildleder mit Folk, de, som raaber om Fred, naar kun de faar noget at tygge, men ypper Krig med den, der intet giver dem i Munden:
Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried 'Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
6 Derfor skal I opleve Nat uden Syner, Mørke, som ej bringer Spaadom; Solen skal gaa ned for Profeterne, Dagen skal sortne for dem.
Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.
7 Til Skamme skal Seeren blive, blues skal de, som spaar; alle skal tilhylle Skægget, thi Svar er der ikke fra Gud.
And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
8 Jeg derimod er ved HERRENS Aand fuld af Styrke, af Ret og af Kraft til at forkynde Jakob dets Brøde, Israel, hvad det har syndet.
And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
9 Hør det, I Jakobs Huses Høvdinger, I Dommere af Israels Hus, I, som afskyr Ret og gør alt, som er lige, kroget,
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
10 som bygger Zion med Blod og Jerusalem med Uret.
Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Dets Høvdinger dømmer for Gave, dets Præster kender Ret for Løn; dets Profeter spaar for Sølv og støtter sig dog til HERREN: »Er HERREN ej i vor Midte? Over os kommer intet ondt.«
Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, 'Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
12 For eders Skyld skal derfor Zion pløjes som en Mark, Jerusalem blive til Grushobe, Tempelbjerget til Krathøj.
Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!
