Ezekiel 37
1 The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;
Herrens Haand kom over mig, og Herren førte mig i Aanden ud og nedlod mig midt i en Dal, og den var fuld af Ben.
2 And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.
Og han lod mig gaa forbi dem trindt omkring, og se, der laa saare mange oven paa Jorden i Dalen, og se, de vare saare tørre.
3 And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.
Og han sagde til mig: Du Menneskesøn! mon disse Ben kunne blive levende? Og jeg sagde: Herre, Herre! du ved det.
4 And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.
Og han sagde til mig: Spaa om disse Ben og sig til dem: I tørre Ben, hører Herrens Ord!
5 This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;
Saa siger den Herre, Herre til disse Ben: Se, jeg vil lade komme Aand i eder, og I skulle blive levende.
6 And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Og jeg vil lægge Sener paa eder og lade Kød komme over eder og overdrage eder med Hud og bringe Aand i eder, at I blive levende; og I skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren.
7 So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
Og jeg spaaede, som mig var befalet, og der kom en Lyd, der jeg spaaede, og se, der blev en Raslen, og Benene nærmede sig, det ene Ben til det andet.
8 And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.
Og jeg saa, og se, der kom Sener og Kød paa dem, og der trak sig en Hud der ovenover; men der var ikke Aand i dem.
9 And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.
Og han sagde til mig: Spaa over Aanden, spaa, du Menneskesøn! og sig til Aanden: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Kom, du Aand! fra de fire Vejr, og aand paa disse ihjelslagne, at de blive levende.
10 And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.
Og jeg spaaede, som han befalede mig, og Aanden kom i dem, og de bleve levende og stode paa deres Fødder, en saare stor Hær.
11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
Og han sagde til mig: Du Menneskesøn! disse Ben ere Israels hele Hus; se, det siger: Vore Ben ere blevne tørre, og vor Forhaabning er borte, det er forbi med os!
12 For this cause be a prophet to them, and say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am opening the resting-places of your dead, and I will make you come up out of your resting-places, O my people; and I will take you into the land of Israel.
Derfor spaa, og sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg oplader eders Grave og fører eder op af eders Grave, mit Folk! og bringer eder til Israels Land.
13 And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people.
Og I skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren, naar jeg oplader eders Grave, og naar jeg fører eder op af eders Grave, mit Folk!
14 And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.
Og jeg vil sende min Aand i eder, at I blive levende, og jeg vil bosætte eder i eders Land, og I skulle fornemme, at jeg Herren, jeg har talt det og gjort det, siger Herren.
15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Og Herrens Ord kom til mig saalunde:
16 And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:
Og du Menneskesøn! tag dig et Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: „For Juda og for hans Medbrødre af Israels Børn‟; og tag et andet Stykke Træ og skriv derpaa: „For Josef‟ — det er Efraims Træ — „og for hele Israels Hus, hans Medbrødre‟,
17 Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.
og føj dem sammen, det ene til det andet, for dig til eet Stykke Træ, saa at de blive til eet i din Haand.
18 And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us?
Og naar dit Folks Børn sige til dig: Vil du ikke give os til Kende, hvad du mener med disse Ting:
19 Then say to them, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel who are in his company; and I will put it on the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.
Da sig til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg vil tage Josefs Træ, som er i Efraims Haand, og Israels Stammer, hans Medbrødre, som jeg sætter derpaa, samt Judas Træ, og jeg vil gøre dem til eet Stykke Træ, og de skulle være eet i min Haand.
20 And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.
Og de Stykker Træ, som du skriver paa, skulle være i din Haand for deres Øjne;
21 And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:
og tal til dem: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg tager Israels Børn ud fra Hedningerne, hvor de vandre, og jeg vil samle dem trindt omkring fra og lade dem komme til deres Land.
22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:
Og jeg vil gøre dem til eet Folk i Landet paa Israels Bjerge, og een Konge skal være Konge for dem alle, og de skulle ikke ydermere være tvende Folk og ej ydermere dele sig i to Riger fremdeles.
23 And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
De skulle ej heller mere besmitte sig ved deres Afguder og ved deres Vederstyggeligheder eller ved nogen af alle deres Overtrædelser; eg jeg vil fri dem for alle deres Boliger, i hvilke de have syndet, og rense dem; og de skulle være mit Folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud,
24 And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
Og min Tjener David skal være Konge over dem, og der skal være een Hyrde for dem alle, og de skulle vandre efter mine Bud, holde mine Skikke og gøre efter dem.
25 And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.
Og de skulle bo i Landet, som jeg har givet min Tjener Jakob, i hvilket eders Fædre boede; og de skulle bo der, de og deres Børn og deres Børnebørn til evig Tid, og David min Tjener skal være deres Fyrste evindelig.
26 And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.
Og jeg vil slutte en Freds Pagt med dem, det skal være dem en evig Pagt, og jeg vil bosætte dem og gøre dem mangfoldige og sætte min Helligdom midt iblandt dem evindelig.
27 And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.
Og min Bolig skal være hos dem, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skulle være mit Folk.
28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.
Og Hedningerne skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren, som helliger Israel, naar min Helligdom bliver midt iblandt dem evindelig.
