Jeremiah 7
1 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
Det Ord, som kom til Jeremias fra HERREN:
2 Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.
Staa hen i Porten til HERRENS Hus og udraab dette Ord: Hør HERRENS Ord, hele Juda, I, som gaar ind gennem disse Porte for at tilbede HERREN!
3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.
Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Bedrer eders Veje og eders Gerninger, saa vil jeg lade eder bo paa dette Sted.
4 Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
Stol ikke paa den Løgnetale: Her er HERRENS Tempel, HERRENS Tempel, HERRENS Tempel!
5 For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor,
Men bedrer eders Veje og eders Gerninger! Dersom I virkelig øver Ret Mand og Mand imellem,
6 If you opress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,
ikke undertrykker den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken, ej heller udgyder uskyldigt Blod paa dette Sted, ej heller til egen Skade holder eder til fremmede Guder,
7 I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.
saa vil jeg til evige Tider lade eder bo paa dette Sted i det Land, jeg gav eders Fædre.
8 Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:
Se, I stoler paa Løgnetale, som intet baader.
9 To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.
Stjæle, slaa ihjel, hore, sværge falsk, tænde Offerild for Ba'al, holde eder til fremmede Guder, som I ikke kender til —
10 And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.
og saa kommer I og staar for mit Aasyn i dette Hus, som mit Navn nævnes over, og siger: »Vi er frelst!« — for at gøre alle disse Vederstyggeligheder.
11 Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.
Holder I dette Hus, som mit Navn nævnes over, for en Røverkule? Men se, ogsaa jeg har Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN.
12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:
Gaa dog hen til mit hellige Sted i Silo, hvor jeg først stedfæstede mit Navn, og se, hvad jeg gjorde ved det for mit Folk Israels Ondskabs Skyld.
13 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:
Og nu, fordi I øver alle disse Gerninger, lyder det fra HERREN, og fordi I ikke vilde høre, naar jeg aarle og silde talede til eder, eller svare, naar jeg kaldte paa eder,
14 I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the places which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.
derfor vil jeg gøre med Huset, som mit Navn nævnes over, og som I stoler paa, og med Stedet, jeg gav eder og eders Fædre, ligesom jeg gjorde med Silo;
15 And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.
og jeg vil støde eder bort fra mit Aasyn, som jeg stødte alle eders Brødre bort, al Efraims Æt.
16 Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them: and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee.
Men du maa ikke gaa i Forbøn for dette Folk eller frembære klage og Bøn eller trænge ind paa mig for dem, thi jeg hører dig ikke.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Ser du ikke, hvad de har for i Judas Byer og paa Jerusalems Gader?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.
Børnene sanker Brænde, Fædrene tænder Ild, og Kvinderne ælter Dejg for at bage Offerkager til Himmelens Dronning og udgyde Drikofre for fremmede Guder og krænke mig.
19 Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?
Mon det er mig, de krænker, lyder det fra HERREN, mon ikke sig selv til deres Ansigters Skam?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation was enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Derfor, saa siger den Herre HERREN: Se, min Vrede og Harme udgyder sig over dette Sted, over Folk og Fæ, over Markens Træer og Jordens Frugt, og den skal brænde uden at slukkes.
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh.
Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Læg eders Brændofre til eders Slagtofre og æd Kød!
22 For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Thi dengang jeg førte eders Fædre ud af Ægypten, talede jeg ikke til dem eller bød dem noget om Brændoffer og Slagtoffer;
23 But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
men dette bød jeg dem: »I skal høre min Røst, saa vil jeg være eders Gud, og I skal være mit Folk; og I skal gaa paa alle de Veje, jeg byder eder, at det maa gaa eder vel.«
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,
Men de hørte ikke og laante ikke Øre; de fulgte deres onde Hjertes Stivsind og gik tilbage, ikke fremad.
25 From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.
Fra den Dag eders Fædre drog ud af Ægypten, og til i Dag har jeg Dag efter Dag, aarle og silde sendt eder alle mine Tjenere Profeterne;
26 And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.
men de hørte ikke og laante ikke Øre; de gjorde Nakken stiv og øvede mere ondt end deres Fædre.
27 And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.
Naar du siger dem alle disse Ord, hører de dig ikke, og kalder du paa dem, svarer de dig ikke.
28 And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth.
Sig saa til dem: Det er det Folk, som ej hørte HERREN deres Guds Røst, det, som ej tog ved Lære; Sandhed er svundet, udryddet af deres Mund.
29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath,
Afklip dit Haar, kast det bort og klag paa de nøgne Høje! Thi HERREN har forkastet og bortstødt den Slægt, han var vred paa.
30 Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it;
Thi Judas Sønner har gjort, hvad der er ondt i mine Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN; de har opstillet deres væmmelige Guder i Huset, som mit Navn nævnes over, for at gøre det urent;
31 And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.
de har bygget Tofets Offerhøje i Hinnoms Søns Dal for at brænde deres Sønner og Døtre i Ilden, hvad jeg ikke har paabudt, og hvad aldrig var i min Tanke.
32 Therefore behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topeth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter, and they shall bury in Topeth, because there is no place.
Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da man ikke mere skal sige Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen, og man skal jorde de døde i Tofet, fordi Pladsen ikke slaar til.
33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be non to drive them away.
Og dette Folks Lig skal blive Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr til Æde, og ingen skal skræmme dem bort.
34 And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Og i Judas Byer og paa Jerusalems Gader gør jeg Ende paa Fryderaab og Glædesraab, Brudgoms Røst og Bruds Røst, thi Landet skal lægges øde.
