< Jeremiah 19 >
1 Thus said Jehovah: Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
Saaledes sagde HERREN: Gaa hen og køb dig et Krus hos Pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med
2 and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee.
og gaa ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskaarporten og udraab der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!
3 And say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
Du skal sige: Hør HERRENS Ord, Judas Konger og Jerusalems Borgere: Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, jeg sender over dette Sted en Ulykke, saa det skal ringe for Ørene paa enhver, der hører derom,
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
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,
5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither did it come into my mind.
og de byggede Ba'alshøjene for at brænde deres Børn i Ild som Brændofre til Ba'al, hvad jeg ikke havde paabudt eller talt om, og hvad aldrig var opkommet i min Tanke.
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.
7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. And I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeg gør Juda og Jerusalem raadvilde paa dette Sted og lader dem falde for Sværdet for deres Fjenders Øjne og for deres Haand, som staar dem efter Livet, og jeg giver Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr deres Lig til Føde.
8 And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.
Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der kommer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Saar.
9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. And they shall eat each one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.
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 staar dem efter Livet, volder dem.
10 Then thou shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with thee,
Knus saa Kruset i de Mænds Paasyn, der følger med dig,
11 and shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Even so I will break this people and this city, as a potter's vessel is broken, that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury in Topheth till there be no place to bury.
og sig til dem: Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg vil knuse dette Folk og denne By, som man knuser et Lerkar, saa det ikke kan heles igen. De døde skal jordes i Tofet, fordi Pladsen til at jorde paa ikke slaar til.
12 Thus I will do to this place, says Jehovah, and to the inhabitants of it, even making this city as Topheth.
Saaledes vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets Indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:
13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Jerusalems og Judas Kongers Huse skal blive urene som Tofets Sted, alle de Huse, paa hvis Tage de tændte Offerild for al Himmelens Hær og udgød Drikofre for andre Guder.
14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,
Derpaa gik Jeremias fra Tofet, hvorhen HERREN havde sendt ham for at profetere, og stod frem i Forgaarden til HERRENS Hus og sagde til alt Folket:
15 Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
Saa 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.