Jeremias 3
1 If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man's, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? you you have gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and have returned to me, says the Lord.
Man siger: Dersom en Mand lader sin Hustru fare, og hun gaar fra ham og bliver en anden Mands, mon han da maa vende tilbage til hende igen? mon ikke dette Land vilde blive besmittet derved? Men du har bedrevet Hor med mange Bolere, og du skulde komme til mig igen? siger Herren.
2 Lift up your eyes [to look] straight forward, and see where you have not been utterly defiled. You have sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and have defiled the land with your fornications and your wickedness.
Opløft dine Øjne til de nøgne Høje, og se, hvor er du ikke skændet? du sad ved Vejene for dem, som en Araber i Ørken, og du besmittede Landet med dine Horerier og med din Ondskab.
3 And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless towards all.
Derfor ere Regndraaberne tilbageholdte, og sildig Regn kom ikke; men du har en Horkvindes Pande, du vil ikke skamme dig.
4 Hast you not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of your virgin-time?
Har du ikke fra nu af raabt til mig: Min Fader! min Ungdoms Leder er du.
5 Will [God's anger] continue for ever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done these bad things, and had power [to do them].
Mon han vil beholde Vrede evindelig? eller bevare den til evig Tid? se, du har talt, men du gjorde disse onde Ting og satte dem igennem.
6 And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast you seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there.
Og Herren sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Har du set, hvad det frafaldne Israel har gjort? Hun gik paa alle høje Bjerge og hen under alle grønne Træer og bedrev der Hor.
7 And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.
Og jeg sagde: Efter at hun havde gjort alt dette, vil hun omvende sig til mig; men hun omvendte sig ikke. Og hendes troløse Søster Juda saa det.
8 And I saw that (for all the sins of which she was convicted, wherein the house of Israel committed adultery, and I put her away, and gave into her hands a bill of divorcement, ) yet faithless Juda feared not, but went and herself also committed fornication.
Og jeg saa, da jeg formedelst alt det, at det frafaldne Israel havde bedrevet Hor, lod hende fare og gav hende hendes Skilsmissebrev, at dog det troløse Juda, hendes Søster, ikke frygtede, men gik bort og bedrev ogsaa Hor.
9 And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.
Og det skete for hendes Horeris Letfærdighed, at hun besmittede Landet; thi hun bolede med Sten og med Træ.
10 And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.
Og med alt dette omvendte hendes troløse Søster Juda sig ikke til mig af sit ganske Hjerte, men paa Skrømt, siger Herren.
11 And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda.
Og Herren sagde til mig: Det frafaldne Israel har vist sig retfærdigt fremfor det troløse Juda.
12 Go and read these words towards the north, and you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you for ever.
Gak, og raab disse Ord imod Norden, og sig: Omvend dig, du frafaldne Israel! siger Herren, jeg vil ikke lade mit vrede Ansigt falde paa eder; thi jeg er miskundelig, siger Herren, jeg vil ikke beholde Vrede evindelig.
13 Nevertheless, know your iniquity, that you have sinned against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every shady tree, but you did not listen to my voice, says the Lord.
Kend ikkun din Misgerning; thi du har gjort Overtrædelse imod Herren din Gud, og du er løben hid og did paa dine Veje til fremmede Guder under hvert grønt Træ, men paa min Røst have I ikke hørt, siger Herren.
14 Turn, you children that have revolted, says the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion:
Omvender eder, I frafaldne Børn! siger Herren; thi jeg er eders Husbonde, og jeg vil tage eder, een af en Stad og to af en Slægt og føre eder til Zion.
15 and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
Og jeg vil give eder Hyrder efter mit Hjerte; og de skulle føde eder med Kundskab og Forstand.
16 And it shall come to pass that when you are multiplied and increased upon the land, says the Lord, in those days they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Holy One of Israel: it shall not come to mind; it shall not be named; neither shall it be visited; nor shall [this] be done any more.
Og det skal ske, naar I ere blevne mange og ere blevne frugtbare i Landet i de Dage, siger Herren, da skulle de ikke mere tale om Herrens Pagts Ark, og den skal ikke mere komme nogen i Tanke, og de skulle ikke komme den i Hu og ikke savne den, og den skal ikke forfærdiges mere.
17 In those days and at that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered to it: and they shall not walk any more after the imaginations of their evil heart.
Paa den Tid skulle de kalde Jerusalem Herrens Trone, og alle Hedningerne skulle forsamles til den for Herrens Navns Skyld, i Jerusalem; og de skulle ikke ydermere vandre efter deres onde Hjertes Stivhed.
18 In those days the house of Juda, shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit.
I de Dage skal Judas Hus gaa til Israels Hus, og de skulle komme med hinanden fra et Land af Norden, til Landet, som jeg har givet eders Fædre til Arv.
19 And I said, So be it, Lord, for [you said] I will set you amongst children, and will give you a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, You shall call me Father; and you shall not turn away from me.
Og jeg havde sagt: Vil jeg ej sætte dig iblandt Børnene og give dig et kosteligt Land, Folkenes alleryndigste Arv? Og jeg sagde: Min Fader vil du kalde mig og ikke vende dig fra mig.
20 But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord.
Men ligesom en Kvinde bliver troløs imod sin Boler, saaledes ere I af Israels Hus blevne troløse imod mig, siger Herren.
21 A voice from the lips was heard, [even] of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel: for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God their Holy One.
Der er hørt en Røst paa de nøgne Høje, Israels Børns ydmyge Begæringers Graad; thi de have forvendt deres Vej, de have forglemt Herren deres Gud.
22 Turn, you children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be your servants; for you are the Lord our God.
Saa vender om, I frafaldne Børn! jeg vil læge eders Afvigelser. „Se, her ere vi, vi komme til dig; thi du er Herren vor Gud.
23 Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Sandelig, det er idel Bedrageri med Tummelen paa Bjergene; sandelig, Israels Frelse er i Herren vor Gud.
24 But shame has consumed the labours of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
Og Skændsel har fortæret vore Fædres Arbejde, fra vor Ungdom af, deres smaa Kvæg og deres store Kvæg, deres Sønner og deres Døtre.
25 We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.
Vi maa ligge i vor Skændsel og vor Skam skjule os; thi vi have syndet imod Herren vor Gud, vi og vore Fædre, fra vor Ungdom af og indtil denne Dag; og vi vare ikke Herren vor Guds Røst lydige‟.
