Jeremias 23

1 Ve Hyrderne, der ødelægger og adsplitter de får jeg græsser, lyder det fra HERREN.

Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

2 Derfor, så siger HERREN, Israels Gud, til de Hyrder, som vogter mit Folk: Da I har adsplittet og spredt mine Får og ikke taget eder af dem, vil jeg nu tage mig af eder for eders onde Gerningers Skyld, lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

3 Men dem, der er tilovers af mine Får, vil jeg sanke sammen fra alle de Lande, til hvilke jeg har bortstødt dem, og føre dem tilbage til deres Græsgange, og de skal blive frugtbare og mangfoldige.

And I will gather together the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands into which I have cast them out: and I will make them return to their own fields, and they shall increase and be multiplied.

4 Da vil jeg sætte Hyrder over dem, og de skal vogte dem; og de skal ikke mere frygte eller ræddes og ingen skal savnes, lyder det fra HERREN.

And I will set up pastors over them, and they shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they shall not be dismayed: and none shall be wanting of their number, saith the Lord.

5 Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg opvækker David en retfærdig Spire, og han skal herske som Konge og handle viselig og øve Ret og Retfærd i Landet.

Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth.

6 I hans Dage skal Juda frelses og Israel bo trygt. Og det Navn, man skal give ham er: HERREN vor Retfærdighed.

In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: the Lord our just one.

7 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da det ikke mere hedder: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Ægypten!"

Therefore behold the days to come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt:

8 men: "Så sandt HERREN lever, der førte og bragte Israels Huss Afkom op fra Nordens Land og fra alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde bortstødt dem!" Og de skal bo i deres Land.

But the Lord liveth, who hath brought out, and brought hither the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north, and out of all the lands, to which I had cast them forth: and they shall dwell in their own land.

9 Om Profeterne. Mit Hjerte er knust i Brystet, hvert Ledemod er slapt, jeg er som en drukken, en Mand, overvældet af Vin, for HERRENs Skyld, for hans hellige Ords Skyld.

To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, and as a man full of wine, at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his holy words.

10 Thi Landet er fuldt af Horkarle, og under Forhandelse, sørger Landet, Ørkenens Græsgange visner. Man haster til det, som er ondt, og er stærk i Uret.

Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike.

11 Thi både Profet og Præst er vanhellig, selv i mit Hus har jeg mødt deres Ondskab, lyder det fra HERREN.

For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

12 Derfor bliver deres Vej det, som slibrige Stier, i Mørke stødes de ud og snubler deri. Thi Ulykke sender jeg over dem, Hjemsøgelsens År, så lyder det fra HERREN.

Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evils upon them, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

13 Hos Samarias Profeter så jeg slemme Ting; ved Baal profetered de og vildledte Israel, mit Folk.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Israel.

14 Hos Jerusalems Profeter så jeg grufulde Ting: de horer og vandrer i Løgn, de styrker de ondes Hænder, så de ikke vender om enhver fra sin Ondskab. Som Sodoma er de mig alle, dets Folk som Gomorra.

And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hand of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings: that are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.

15 Derfor, så siger Hærskarers HERRE om Profeterne: Se, jeg giver dem Malurt at spise og Giftvand at drikke; thi fra Jerusalems Profeter udgår Vanhelligelse over hele Landet.

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts to the prophets: Behold I will feed them with wormwood, and I will give them gall to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem corruption has gone forth into all the land.

16 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Hør ikke Profeternes Ord, når de profeterer for eder; de dårer eder kun. Deres eget Hjertes Syn fremfører de, ikke Ord fra HERRENs Mund.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and deceive you: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

17 De siger til dem, der ringeagter HERRENs Ord: "Det skal gå eder vel!" og til enhver, som vandrer i sit Hjertes Stivsind: "Der skal ikke ske eder noget ondt!"

They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come to you.

18 Thi hvem stod i HERRENs fortrolige Råd, så han så og hørte hans Ord, hvem lyttede til hans Ord og hørte det?

For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

19 Se, HERRENs Stormvejr, Vreden, er brudt frem, et hvirvlende Stormvejr; det hvirvler over de gudløses Hoved.

Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked.

20 HERRENS Vrede lægger sig ikke, før han har udført og fuldbyrdet sit Hjertes Tanker; i de sidste Dage skal I forstå det.

The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel.

21 Jeg har ej sendt Profeterne, alligevel løber de, jeg talede ikke til dem, og dog profeterer de.

I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 Hvis de står i mit fortrolige Råd og hører mine Ord, så lad dem vende mit Folk fra deres onde Vej og deres Gerningers Ondskab.

If they stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way and from their wicked doings.

23 Er jeg kun en Gud i det nære, så lyder det fra HERREN, og ikke en Gud i det fjerne?

Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24 Kan nogen krybe i Skjul, så jeg ikke ser ham? lyder det fra HERREN. Er det ikke mig, der fylder Himmel og Jord? lyder det fra HERREN.

Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

25 Jeg har hørt, hvad Profeterne, der profeterer Løgn i mit Navn, siger: "Jeg har drømt, jeg har drømt!"

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 Hvor længe skal det vare? Har Profeterne, som profeterer Løgn og deres Hjertes Svig, mon i Sinde

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and that prophesy the delusions of their own heart?

27 og higer de efter at få mit Folk til at glemme mit Navn ved de Drømme, de meddeler hverandre, ligesom deres Fædre glemte mit Navn over Baal?

Who seek to make my people forget my name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor: as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

28 Den Profet, som har en Drøm, meddele sin Drøm, men den, hos hvem mit Ord er, tale mit Ord i Sandhed! Hvad har Strå med Kærne at gøre? lyder det fra HERREN.

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word with truth: what hath the chaff to do with the wheat, saith the Lord?

29 Er ikke mit Ord som Ild, lyder det fra HERREN, og som en Hammer, der knuser Fjelde?

Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

30 Se, derfor kommer jeg over Profeterne, lyder det fra HERREN, de, som stjæler mine Ord fra hverandre.

Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his neighbor.

31 Se, jeg kommer over Profeterne, lyder det fra HERREN, de, som taler af sig selv og dog siger: "Så lyder def fra HERREN."

Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.

32 Se, jeg kommer over Profeterne, som profeterer og udspreder Løgnedrømme, lyder det fra HERREN, og vildleder mit Folk med deres Løgne og Pralen, og jeg har ikke sendt dem eller givet dem nogen Befaling; de bringer ikke dette Folk nogen Hjælp, lyder det fra HERREN.

Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.

33 Når dette Folk eller en Profet eller Præst spørger dig: "Hvad er HERRENs Byrde?" skal du svare: "Byrden er I, men jeg kaster eder af," lyder det fra HERREN.

If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt say to them: You are the burden: for I will cast you away, saith the Lord.

34 Og Profeten, Præsten og Folket, som siger "HERRENs Byrde", den Mand og hans Hus vil jeg hjemsøge.

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man, and upon his house.

35 Således skal I sige til hverandre, Mand til Mand: "Hvad svarede HERREN?" og: "Hvad talede HERREN?"

Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and to his brother: What hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken?

36 Men om HERRENs Byrde må I ikke mere tale, thi Byrden for enhver skal være hans eget Ord. Og I laver om på den levende Guds, Hærskarers HERREs, vor Guds, Ord.

And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more, for every man’s word shall be his burden: for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.

37 Således skal du sige til Profeten: "Hvad svarede HERREN?" og: "Hvad talede HERREN?"

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?

38 Og dersom I siger: "HERRENs Byrde" derfor, så siger HERREN: Fordi I siger dette Ord: "HERRENs Byrde", skønt jeg sendte eder det Bud: "I må ikke sige "HERRENs Byrde!"

But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said this word: The burden of the Lord: and I have sent to you saying: Say not, The burden of the Lord:

39 se, derfor vil jeg løfte eder op og kaste eder og den By, jeg gav eder og eders Fædre, bort fra mit Åsyn

Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave to you, and to your fathers, out of my presence.

40 og pålægge eder evig Skændsel og Spot, som aldrig glemmes.

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten.