Jeremia 8
1 In die tijd, spreekt Jahweh, zal men het gebeente van Juda’s koningen en vorsten uit de graven halen, met het gebeente der priesters en profeten, met het gebeente van Jerusalems burgers.
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 Men zal ze uitstallen voor zon en maan en heel het heir van de hemel, waarvan ze zoveel hebben gehouden, die ze hebben gediend en gevolgd, die ze hebben gezocht en aanbeden. Ze zullen niet worden verzameld, niet worden begraven, maar ze blijven liggen als mest op het land.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 En de dood zal welkom zijn boven het leven voor de hele rest, die overblijft van dit boze geslacht, overal waar Ik ze heendrijf, is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 Ge moet hun zeggen: Zo spreekt Jahweh! Staat iemand, die valt, nooit meer op; Keert iemand, die heengaat, niet terug?
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Waarom valt dan dit volk, Valt dan Jerusalem altijd af? Waarom houden ze dan aan leugens vast, En weigeren ze, zich te bekeren?
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Ik luisterde en hoorde toe: Nooit spreken ze waarheid; Niemand heeft berouw van zijn boosheid, En zegt: Wat heb ik gedaan? Allen draven ze weg, Als een ros, dat stormt naar de strijd.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Zelfs de ooievaar in de lucht Kent zijn vaste tijden; Trekduif, zwaluw en gans Houden vast aan de tijd van hun komst. Maar mijn volk weet niet eens, Wat het Jahweh verplicht is!
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 Hoe durft ge zeggen: We zijn wijs, Wij hebben de wet van Jahweh toch? Zeker, maar ze is in leugen veranderd Door de leugenstift der schriftgeleerden.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 De wijzen worden te schande, verslagen, verstrikt; Ze hebben Jahweh’s woord veracht: wat wijsheid hebben ze dan?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Daarom geef Ik hun vrouwen aan vreemden, Hun akkers aan nieuwe bezitters; Want van klein tot groot Azen allen op winst, Profeet en priester, Plegen allen bedrog;
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 Ze menen, de wonde van mijn volk te genezen, Door lichtzinnig te roepen: Vrede, vrede! En er is geen vrede!
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 Ze worden te schande, omdat ze zich schandelijk gedragen, Omdat ze niet blozen, en geen schaamte meer kennen. Daarom zullen ze vallen, als alles ineen valt; Struikelen, als Ik op hen afkom, spreekt Jahweh!
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Nu haal Ik de oogst bij hen in: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh! Aan de wijnstok geen druiven, Aan de vijgeboom geen vijgen, De blaren verdord: Ik geef ze aan de voorbijgangers weg!
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 Waarom blijven we zitten? Verzamelt u; wij vluchten de vestingen in, En komen daar om; Want Jahweh, onze God, laat ons sterven. Hij geeft ons een gifdrank te drinken, Omdat wij tegen Jahweh hebben gezondigd.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Op heil nog hopen? Geen goed te verwachten! Op een tijd van genezing? Neen, van verschrikking!
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Uit Dan hoort men reeds Het gesnuif van zijn paarden; Van het gebries zijner hengsten Davert heel het land. Ze komen het land, met wat er op staat, verslinden, De stad met die er in wonen.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 Want zie, Ik laat giftige slangen op u los, Waartegen geen bezwering zal baten; Die zullen u bijten: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Ongeneeslijk mijn smart, Mijn hart is zo ziek,
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Hoort het jammeren van de dochter van mijn volk Uit verre gewesten: Is Jahweh dan niet meer in Sion, Is zijn Koning daar niet? Waarom hebben ze Hem toch getart met hun beelden, Met die nietigheden uit de vreemde?
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 De oogst is voorbij, de zomer ten einde, En we zijn nòg niet gered.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Ik ben gewond door de wonde van de dochter van mijn volk, In rouw, en met ontzetting geslagen.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Is er geen balsem, geen geneesheer in Gilad; Waarom is de wonde van de dochter van mijn volk niet genezen?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
