Jeremias 19
1 Således sagde HERREN: Gå hen og køb dig et krus hos pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med
Thus said YHWH: “Go, and you have acquired a potter’s earthen vessel, and from [the] elderly of the people, and from [the] elderly of the priests,
2 og gå ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskårporten og udråb der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!
and you have gone forth to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and have proclaimed there the words that I speak to you,
3 Du skal sige: Hør HERRENs Ord, Judas Konger og Jerusalems Borgere: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, jeg sender over dette Sted en Ulykke, så det skal ringe for Ørene på enhver, der hører derom,
and have said, Hear a word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem!” Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of everyone who is hearing it tingles,
4 fordi de forlod mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed og tændte Offerild der for andre Guder, som hverken de eller deres Fædre før kendte til, og Judas Konger fyldte dette Sted med skyldfries Blod,
because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,
5 og de byggede Baalshøjene for at brænde deres Børn i Ild som Brændofre til Baal, hvad jeg ikke havde påbudt eller talt om, og hvad aldrig var opkommet i min Tanke.
and have built the high places of Ba‘al to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Ba‘al, that I did not command, nor spoke of, nor did it come up on My heart.
6 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” a declaration of YHWH, “and this place is no longer called The Tophet and Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but Valley of the Slaughter.
7 Jeg gør Juda og Jerusalem rådvilde på dette Sted og lader dem falde for Sværdet for deres Fjenders Øjne og for deres Hånd, som står dem efter Livet, og jeg giver Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr deres Lig til Føde.
And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcass for food to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,
8 Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der komnmer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Sår.
and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, everyone passing by it is astonished, and hisses for all its plagues.
9 Jeg lader dem æde deres Sønners og Døtres Kød, den ene skal æde den andens Kød under Belejringen og den Trængsel, deres Fjender og de, der står dem efter Livet, volder dem.
And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and they each eat the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the constriction with which their enemies constrict them, and those seeking their life.”
10 Knus så Kruset i de Mænds Påsyn, der følger med dig,
“And you have broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with you,
11 og sig til dem: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg vil knuse dette Folk og denne By, som man knuser et Lerkar, så det ikke kan heles igen. De døde skal jordes i Tofet, fordi Pladsen til at jorde på ikke slår til.
and have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Thus I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter’s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury—without place to bury;
12 Således vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:
so I do to this place—a declaration of YHWH—and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;
13 Jerusalems og Judas Kongers Huse skal blive urene som Tofets Sted, alle de Huse, på hvis Tage de tændte Offerild for al Himmelens Hær og udgød Drikofre for andre Guder.
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been as the place of Tophet—defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made incense to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.”
14 Derpå gik Jerenmias fra Tofet, hvorhen HERREN havde sendt ham for at profetere, og stod frenm i Forgården til HERRENs Hus og sagde til alt Folket:
And Jeremiah comes in from Tophet, to where YHWH had sent him to prophesy, and he stands in the court of the house of YHWH, and he says to all the people:
15 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, over denne By og alle Byerne, der hører til den, sender jeg al den Ulykke, jeg har truet den med, fordi de gjorde Nakken stiv og ikke hørte mine Ord.
“Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing to this city, and on all its cities, all the calamity that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck to not hear My words!”
