Ezra 9
1 Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Og der dette var fuldendt, gik de Øverste frem til mig og sagde: Israels Folk og Præsterne og Leviterne have ikke holdt sig adskilte fra Folkene i Landene, som de burde efter de Vederstyggeligheder, som begaas af Kananiterne, Hethiterne, Feresiterne, Jebusiterne, Ammoniterne, Moabiterne, Ægypterne og Amoriterne;
2 For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
thi de have taget af deres Døtre for sig og for deres Sønner, og den hellige Sæd har blandet sig med Folkene i Landene; og de Øverstes og Forstandernes Haand har været den første i denne Forsyndelse.
3 And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
Og der jeg hørte dette Ord, sønderrev jeg min Kjortel og min Kappe, og jeg rev Haar af mit Hoved og mit Skæg og sad forfærdet.
4 Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.
Da samledes til mig hver, der skælvede for Israels Guds Ord over deres Forsyndelses Skyld, som havde været bortførte, og jeg sad forfærdet indtil Aftenmadoffers Tid.
5 And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,
Og ved Aftenmadoffers Tid stod jeg op fra min Faste, efterat jeg havde sønderrevet min Kjortel og min Kappe, og jeg faldt paa mine Knæ og udbredte mine Hænder til Herren min Gud,
6 I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
og jeg sagde: Min Gud! jeg blues og skammer mig ved at opløfte mit Ansigt til dig, min Gud; thi vore Misgerninger ere mangfoldige og gaa os over Hovedet, og vor Skyld er stor indtil Himmelen.
7 From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.
Fra vore Fædres Dage af have vi været i stor Skyld indtil denne Dag, og for vore Misgerningers Skyld ere vi, ja vi, vore Konger, vore Præster, givne i Kongernes Haand i Landene, givne hen til Sværd, til Fangenskab og til Rov og til vore Ansigters Blusel, som det ses paa denne Dag.
8 And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Men nu er et lidet Øjeblik sket os Naade af Herren vor Gud, at han har ladet os nogle undkomne blive tilovers og sat os som en Nagle paa sit hellige Sted, saa at vor Gud har opklaret vore Øjne og givet os et lidet Livsophold i vor Trældom;
9 For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
thi vi ere Trælle; dog vor Gud har ikke forladt os i vor Trældom, og han har tilvendt os Miskundhed hos Kongerne i Persien for at give os Livsophold, at vi kunde opføre vor Guds Hus og oprejse dets øde Steder, og for at give os et Gærde i Juda og Jerusalem.
10 And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,
Og nu, vor Gud, hvad skulle vi sige herefter? da vi have forladt dine Bud,
11 Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from end to end.
hvilke du har budet ved dine Tjenere, Profeterne, sigende: Det Land, som I komme ind udi at eje, det er et Land, som er urent ved Landenes Folks Urenhed og ved deres Vederstyggelighed, hvormed de i deres Urenhed have opfyldt det, fra den ene Ende til den anden.
12 So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
Saa skulle I nu ikke give eders Døtre til deres Sønner og ikke tage deres Døtre til eders Sønner og ikke søge deres Fred og deres gode indtil evig Tid, paa det I skulle blive stærke og æde det gode i Landet og indtage det til Ejendom for eders Børn indtil evig Tid.
13 And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;
Og efter alt det, som er kommet over os for vore onde Gerninger og for vor store Skyld, da du, vor Gud, har sparet os langt over vor Misgerning og givet os en Redning, som denne er:
14 Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?
Skulde vi da vende om og gøre dine Bud til intet og gøre Svogerskab med Folk, som have gjort disse Vederstyggeligheder? monne du ikke skulde blive vred paa os, indtil at der gjordes Ende paa os, saa at der ingen blev tilovers og ingen Redning?
15 O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
Herre, Israels Gud! du er retfærdig, thi vi ere overblevne som en Levning, som det ses paa denne Dag; se, vi ere for dit Ansigt i vor Skyld, thi ved sligt kan ingen bestaa for dit Ansigt.
