Jeremias 16
1 HERRENs Ord kom til mig således
Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Du skal ikke tage dig en Hustru og ikke have Sønner eller Døtre på dette Sted.
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
3 Thi så siger HERREN om de Sønner og Døtre, der fødes på dette Sted, og om Mødrene, som føder dem, og Fædrene, som avler dem i dette Land:
For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:
4 En smertefuld Død skal de dø; der skal ikke holdes Dødeklage over dem, og de skal ikke jordes; til Gødning på Marken skal de blive. De skal omkomme ved Sværd og Hunger; deres Lig skal være Hinmmmmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til Æde.
Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
5 Thi så sigem HERREN: Kom ikke i Sorgens Hus, gå ikke til Klage, vis dem ikke Medynk, thi jeg lager min Fred fra dette Folk, lyder det fra HERREN, både Nåde og Barmhjerlighed;
For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.
6 og store og små skal dø i dette Land og ikke jordes. De skal ikke holde Dødeklage eller ridse Huden eller klippe sig for deres Skyld,
Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:
7 bryde Brød til en, der har Sorg, til Trøst for den døde, eller kvæge ham med Trøstebæger for Fader og Moder.
No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.
8 Og kom ikke i et Gildehus for at sidde iblandt dem og spise og drikke;
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
9 thi så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, for eders Øjne og i eders Dage gør jeg på dette Sted Ende på Fryderåb og Glædesråb, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst.
For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
10 Når du forkynder dette Folk alle disse Ord, og de siger til dig: "Hvorfor udtaler HERREN al den store Ulykke over os, og hvad er det for en Brøde og Synd, vi har gjort mod HERREN vor Gud?"
And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?
11 svar dem så: Fordi eders Fædre forlod mig, lyder det fra HERREN, og holdt sig til andre Guder og dyrkede og tilbad dem; mig forlod de og holdt ikke min Lov;
Then you will say to them, Because your fathers have given me up, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and become their servants and their worshippers, and have given me up and have not kept my law;
12 og I bærer eder værre ad end eders Fædre, thi se, I vandrer hver efter sit onde Hjertes Stivsind uden at høre mig;
And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:
13 derfor slænger jeg eder bort fra dette Land til et Land, I ikke kender, så lidt som eders Fædre, og der skal I dyrke andre Guder både bag og Nat; thi jeg vil ikke give eder Nåde.
For this reason I will send you away out of this land into a land which is strange to you, to you and to your fathers; there you will be the servants of other gods day and night, and you will have no mercy from me.
14 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da det ikke mere hedder: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Ægypten!"
For this cause, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt.
15 men: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Nordens Land og alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde stødt dem bort!" Og jeg fører dem hjem til deres Land, som jeg gav deres Fædre.
But, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had sent them: and I will take them back again to their land which I gave to their fathers.
16 Se, jeg sender Bud efter Fiskere i Mængde, lyder det fra HERREN, og de skal fiske dem; og siden sender jeg Bud efter Jægere i Mængde, og de skal jage dem fra hvert Bjerg, hver Høj og Klippernes Kløfter.
See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 Thi mine Øjne er rettet på alle deres Veje; de er ikke skjult for mig, og deres Brøde er ikke dulgt for mine Øjne.
For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
18 Og først giver jeg dem tvefold Gengæld for deres Brøde og Synd, fordi de vanhelligede mit Land med deres væmmelige Guders Ådsler og fyldte min Arvelod med deres Vederstyggeligheder.
And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.
19 Herre, min Styrke, mit Værn, min Tilflugt i Nødens Stund! Til dig skal Folkeslag komme fra den vide Jord og sige: "Vore Fædre arved kun Løgn, Afguder, ingen af dem hjælper.
O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
20 Kan et Menneske lave sig Guder? De er dog ikke Guder!"
Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?
21 Se, derfor lader jeg dem mærke, denne Gang lader jeg dem mærke min Hånd og min Styrke; og de skal kende, at mit Navn er HERREN.
For this reason, truly, I will make them see, this once I will give them knowledge of my hand and my power; and they will be certain that my name is the Lord.
