Jeremias 3

1 Når en Mand frastøder sin hustru, og hun går fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun så gå tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! så lyder det fra HERREN.

“Saying, Behold, one sends his wife away, And she has gone from him, And she has been to another man, Does he return to her again? Is that land not greatly defiled? And you have committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn to Me again,” A declaration of YHWH.

2 Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du på dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet både ved din Utugt og Ondskab,

“Lift your eyes to the high places, and see, Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them on the ways, As an Arab in a wilderness, And you defile the land, By your fornications, and by your wickedness.

3 en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.

And showers are withheld, and there has been no spring rain. You have the forehead of a whorish woman, You have refused to be ashamed.

4 Råbte du ikke nylig til mig: "Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.

Have you not from now on called to Me, My Father, You [are] the leader of my youth?

5 Vil han evigt gemme på Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?" Se, således taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.

Does He keep for all time? Watch forever? Behold, you have spoken these things, And you do evil, and prevail.”

6 HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Så du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op på ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.

And YHWH says to me, in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is going on every high mountain, and to the place of every green tree, and commits fornication there.

7 Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det så hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;

And I say, after her doing all these, Return to Me, and she has not returned, and her treacherous sister Judah sees it.

8 hun så, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik også hen og bolede.

And I see that for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery, I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce to her; and her treacherous sister Judah has not feared, and goes and commits fornication—she also.

9 Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.

And it has come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she commits fornication with stone and with wood.

10 Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun på Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.

And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned back to Me with all her heart, but with falsehood,” a declaration of YHWH.

11 Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag står bedre end det svigefulde Judas.

And YHWH says to me: “Backsliding Israel has justified herself, More than treacherous Judah.

12 Gå hen og udråb disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes på eder, thi nådig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt på Vrede;

Go, and you have proclaimed these words toward the north, and have said, Return, O backsliding Israel,” A declaration of YHWH! “I do not cause My anger to fall on you, for I [am] kind,” A declaration of YHWH, “I do not watch for all time.

13 men vedgå din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, så lyder det fra HERREN.

Only, know your iniquity, For you have transgressed against your God YHWH, And you scatter your ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And you have not listened to My voice,” A declaration of YHWH.

14 Vend om, I frafaldne Søoner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,

“Return, O backsliding sons,” A declaration of YHWH. “For I have ruled over you, And taken you—one from a city, and two from a family, And have brought you to Zion,

15 og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.

And I have given shepherds to you According to My own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

16 Og når I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENs Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.

And it has come to pass, when you are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days,” A declaration of YHWH, “They no longer say, The Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, Nor does it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again.

17 På hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENs Trone, og der, til HERRENs Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.

At that time they cry to Jerusalem, O throne of YHWH, And all the nations have been gathered to her, For the Name of YHWH, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go after the stubbornness of their evil heart anymore.

18 I hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.

In those days the house of Judah Goes to the house of Israel, And they come together from the land of the south, To the land that I caused your fathers to inherit.

19 Og jeg, jeg sagde til dig: "Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod." Jeg sagde: "Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej fra mig!"

And I have said, How do I put you among the sons, And give a desirable land to you, A beautiful inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, You call Me—My Father, And you do not turn back from after Me.

20 Men som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, så sveg du mig, Israels Hus, så lyder det fra HERREN.

But a woman has deceived her friend, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” A declaration of YHWH.

21 Hør, der lyder Gråd på de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte HERREN deres Gud.

A voice is heard on high places—weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made their way perverse, They have forgotten their God YHWH.

22 Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer til dig, thi du er HERREN vor Gud.

“Return, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease.” “Behold us, we have come to You, For You [are] our God YHWH.

23 Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.

Surely in vain—from the heights, The multitude of mountains—Surely the salvation of Israel [is] in our God YHWH.

24 Skændselen åd fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Småkvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og Døtre.

And the shameful thing has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.

25 Vi lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi høre ikke på Herren vor Guds røst.

We have lain down in our shame, and our confusion covers us, For we have sinned against our God YHWH, We, and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, Nor have we listened to the voice of our God YHWH!”