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.
Men da alt dette var gjort, kom Øversterne til mig og sagde: "Folket, Israel og Præsterne og Leviterne, har ikke skilt sig ud fra Hedningerne eller fra deres Vederstyggeligheder, Kana'anæerne, Hetiterne, Perizziterne, 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 af deres Døtre har de taget sig selv og deres Sønner Hustruer, så at den hellige Sæd har blandet sig med Hedningerne; og Øversterne og Forstanderne var de første til at øve denne Troløshed!
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.
Da jeg hørte den Tale, sønderrev jeg min Kjortel og min Kappe, rev Hår af mit Hoved og Skæg og satte mig hen i stum Smerte.
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 samlede sig omkring mig alle de, der bævede for Israels Guds Ord mod Troløsheden hos dem, der havde været i Landflygtighed; og jeg sad i stum Smerte til Aftenafgrødeofferets 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,
Men ved Aftenafgrødeofferets Tid rejste jeg mig af min Selvydmygelse, og idet jeg sønderrev min Kjortel og min Kappe, kastede jeg mig på Knæ og udbredte Hænderne 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 sagde: Min Gud, jeg skammer mig og blues ved at løfte mit Ansigt til dig, min Gud, thi vore Misgerninger er vokset os over Hovedet, og vor Skyld er så stor, at den rækker til 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 Tid indtil denne Dag. har vor Skyld været stor, og for vore Misgerninger blev vi, vore Konger og Præster givet til Pris for Landenes Konger, for Sværd, Fangenskab, Udplyndring og Vanære, således som det er den Dag i 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.
Og nu er der en føje Stund blevet os Nåde til Del fra HERREN vor Gud, idet han har ladet os beholde en undsluppet Rest og givet os at slå vor Teltpæl på sit hellige Sted, for at vor Gud kan lade vore Øjne lyse og give os en Smule Livskraft 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 er vi end Trælle, har vor Gud dog ikke forladt os i vor Trældom, men vundet os Nåde for Perserkongernes Åsyn, så at han har givet os Livskraft til at rejse vor Guds Hus og opbygge dets Grushobe og givet 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,
Men hvad skal vi nu sige, vor Gud, efter alt dette? Vi har jo 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.
som du gav os ved dine Tjenere Profeterne, da du sagde: Det Land, I drager ind i og tager i Besiddelse, er et urent Land på Grund af Hedningernes Urenhed, på Grund af de Vederstyggeligheder, de i deres Urenhed har fyldt det med fra Ende til 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.
derfor må I ikke give deres Sønner eders Døtre eller tage deres Døtre til Hustruer for eders Sønner og ingen Sinde søge deres Velfærd og Lykke, at I kan blive stærke og nyde Landets Goder og sikre eders Sønner Besiddelsen deraf for evigt!
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;
Efter alt, hvad der er vederfaret os på Grund af vore onde Gerninger og vor svare Skyld - og endda har du vor Gud ikke i fuldt Mål tilregnet os vore Synder, men skænket os en sådan Flok undslupne -
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?
skal vi da på ny krænke dine Bud ved at besvogre os med Folk, der øver slige Vederstyggeligheder? Vil du da ikke vredes således på os, at du ødelægger os aldeles, så der ikke levnes nogen Rest, og ingen undslipper?
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, derfor er vi nu en Rest tilbage, som er undsluppet; se, vi står for dig i vor Syndeskyld; thi det er umuligt at bestå for dit Åsyn, når sligt kan ske!"
