Jeremias 7
1 Det Ord som kom til Jeremias fra Herren
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 Stå hen i Porten til HERRENs Hus og udråb dette Ord: Hør HERRENs Ord, hele Juda, I, som går ind gennem disse Porte for at tilbede HERREN!
“Stand at the gate to the house of the Lord, and preach this word there, and say: Listen to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter through these gates to adore the Lord.
3 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Bedrer eders Veje og eders Gerninger, så vil jeg lade eder bo på dette Sted.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Make your ways and your intentions good, and I will live with you in this place.
4 Stol ikke på den Løgnetale: Her er HERRENs Tempel, HERRENs Tempel, HERRENs Tempel!
Do not choose to trust in lying words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!’
5 Men bedrer eders Veje og eders Gerninger! Dersom I virkelig øver Ret Mand og Mand imellem,
For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,
6 ikke undertrykker den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken, ej heller udgyder uskyldigt Blod på dette Sted, ej heller til egen Skade holder eder til fremmede Guder,
if you do not act with deceit toward the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place, and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm,
7 så vil jeg til evige Tider lade eder bo på dette Sted i det Land, jeg gav eders Fædre.
then I will live with you in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from the beginning and even forever.
8 Se, I stoler på Løgnetale, som intet båder.
Behold, you trust in false words, which will not benefit you,
9 Stjæle, slå ihjel, hore, sværge falsk, tænde Offerild for Ba'al, holde eder til fremmede Guder, som I ikke kender til
so as to steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer libations to Baal, and to go after strange gods, which you do not know.
10 og så kommer I og står for mit Åsyn i dette Hus, som mit Navn nævnes over, og siger: "Vi er frelst!" for at gøre alle disse Vederstyggeligheder.
And you arrived and stood before me in this house, where my name is invoked, and you said: ‘We have been freed because we carried out all these abominations.’
11 Holder I dette Hus, som mit Navn nævnes over, for en Røverkule? Men se, også jeg har Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN.
So then, has this house, where my name has been invoked, become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is I, I am, I have seen, says the Lord.
12 Gå dog hen til mit hellige Sted i Silo, hvor jeg først stadfæstede mit Navn, og se, hvad jeg gjorde ved det for mit Folk Israels Ondskabs Skyld.
Go to my place in Shiloh, where my name has lived from the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
13 Og nu, fordi I øver alle disse Gerninger, lyder det fra HERREN, og fordi I ikke vilde høre, når jeg årle og silde talede til eder, eller svare, når jeg kaldte på eder,
And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and because I have spoken to you from your morning rising, and because I was speaking, but you were not listening, and because I have called you, but you have not responded:
14 derfor vil jeg gøre med Huset, som mit Navn nævnes over, og som I stoler på, og med Stedet, jeg gav eder og eders Fædre, ligesom jeg gjorde med Silo;
I will do to this house, in which my name is invoked, and in which you have confidence, even to this place which I gave to you and to your fathers, just as I have done to Shiloh.
15 og jeg vil støde eder bort fra mit Åsyn, som jeg stødte alle eders Brødre bort, al Efraims Æt.
And I will cast you away from my face, just as I have cast away all your brothers, the entire offspring of Ephraim.
16 Men du må ikke gå i Forbøn for dette Folk eller frembære klage og Bøn eller trænge ind på mig for dem, thi jeg hører dig ikke.
Therefore, you should not pray for this people, nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf. And you should not stand in opposition to me. For then I will not heed you.
17 Ser du ikke, hvad de har for i Judas Byer og på Jerusalems Gader?,
Have you not seen what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Børnene sanker Brænde, Fædrene tænder Ild, og Kvinderne ælter Dejg for at bage Offerkager til Himmelens Dronning og udgyde Drikofre for fremmede Guder og og krænke mig.
The sons gather the wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives spread the grease, so as to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to offer libations to strange gods, and so as to provoke me to anger.
19 Mon det er mig, de krænker, lyder det fra HERREN, mon ikke sig selv til deres Ansigters Skam?
But are they provoking me to anger, says the Lord? Are they not provoking themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”
20 Derfor, så siger den Herre HERREN: Se, min Vrede og Harme udgyder sig over dette Sted, over Folk og Fæ, over Markens Træer og Jordens Frugt, og den skal brænde uden at slukkes.
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, my fury and my indignation is kindled against this place, over men and over beasts, and over the trees of the countryside and over the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.”
21 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Læg eders Brændofre til eders Slagtofre og æd Kød!
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your holocausts to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
22 Thi dengang jeg førte eders Fædre ud af Ægypten, talede jeg ikke til dem eller bød dem noget om Brændoffer og Slagtoffer;
For concerning the matter of holocausts and sacrifices, I did not speak with your fathers, and I did not instruct them, in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt.
23 men dette bød jeg dem: "I skal høre min Røst, så vil jeg være eders Gud, og I skal være mit Folk; og I skal gå på alle de Veje, jeg byder eder, at det må gå eder vel."
But on this matter I did instruct them, saying: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.
24 Men de hørte ikke og lånte ikke Øre; de fulgte deres onde Hjertes Stivsind og gik tilbage, ikke fremad.
But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart. And so, they went backward, and not forward,
25 Fra den Dag eders Fædre drog ud af Ægypten, og til i Dag har jeg Dag efter Dag, årle og silde sendt eder alle mine Tjenere Profeterne;
from the day when their fathers went forth from the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent all my servants, the prophets, to you, throughout the day, rising at first light and sending them.
26 men de hørte ikke og lånte ikke Øre; de gjorde Nakken stiv og øvede mere ondt end deres Fædre.
But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.
27 Når du siger dem alle disse Ord, hører de dig ikke, og kalder du på dem, svarer de dig ikke.
And so, you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you. And you will call to them, but they will not respond to you.
28 Sig så til dem: Det er det Folk, som ej hørte HERREN deres Guds Røst, det, som ej tog ved Lære; Sandhed er svundet, udryddet af deres Mund.
And you will say to them: This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor accepted discipline. Faith has perished and been taken away from their mouth.
29 Afklip dit Hår, kast det bort og klag på de nøgne Høje! Thi HERREN har forkastet og bortstødt den Slægt, han var vred på.
Cut off your hair, and cast it away. And take up a lamentation on high. For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury.
30 Thi Judas Sønner har gjort, hvad der er ondt i mine Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN; de har opstillet deres væmmelige Guder i Huset, som mit Navn nævnes over, for at gøre det urent;
For the sons of Judah have done evil in my eyes, says the Lord. They have stationed their abominations in the house where my name is invoked, so that they may defile it.
31 de har bygget Tofets Offerhøje i Hinnoms Søns Dal for at brænde deres Sønner og Døtre i Ilden, hvad jeg ikke har påbudt, og hvad aldrig var i min Tanke.
And they have built the exalted places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, so that they may burn their sons and their daughters with fire, something I neither instructed, nor thought in my heart.
32 Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da man ikke mere skal sige Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen, og man skal jorde de døde i Tofet, fordi Pladsen ikke slår til.
For this reason, behold, the days will arrive, says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth, nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom, but instead the Valley of Slaughter. Yet they will bury in Topheth, because there will be no other place.
33 Og dette Folks Lig skal blive Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til Æde, og ingen skal skræmme dem bort.
And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the wild beasts of the land, and there will be no one to drive them away.
34 Og i Judas Byer og på Jerusalems Gader gør jeg Ende på Fryderåb og Glædesråb, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst, thi Landet skal lægges øde.
And from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. For the land will be in utter desolation.”
