Jeremias 27

1 THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPOKE AGAINST BABYLON.

Im Anfang des Königreichs Jojakims, des Sohns Josias, des Königs Judas, geschah dies Wort vom HERRN zu Jeremia und sprach:

2 Proclaim you among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not: say you, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.

So spricht der HERR zu mir: Mache dir ein Joch und hänge es an deinen Hals.

3 For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.

Und schicke es zum Könige in Edom, zum Könige in Moab, zum Könige der Kinder Ammon, zum Könige zu Tyrus und zum Könige zu Zidon durch die Boten, so zu Zedekia, dem Könige Judas, gen Jerusalem kommen sind.

4 In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.

Und befiehl ihnen, daß sie ihren HERREN sagen: So spricht der HERR Zebaoth, der Gott Israels: So sollt ihr euren HERREN sagen:

5 They shall ask the way till [they come to] Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.

Ich habe die Erde gemacht und Menschen und Vieh, so auf Erden sind, durch meine große Kraft und ausgereckten Arm und gebe sie, wem ich will.

6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.

Nun aber habe ich alle diese Lande gegeben in die Hand meines Knechts Nebukadnezar, des Königs zu Babel, und habe ihm auch die wilden Tiere auf dem Felde gegeben, daß sie ihm dienen sollen.

7 All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers [had] a pasture of righteousness.

Und sollen alle Völker dienen ihm und seinem Sohn und seines Sohnes Sohn, bis daß die Zeit seines Landes auch komme; denn es sollen ihm viel Völker und große Könige dienen.

8 Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep.

Welch Volk aber und Königreich dem Könige zu Babel, Nebukadnezar, nicht dienen will, und wer seinen Hals nicht wird unter das Joch des Königs zu Babel geben, solch Volk will ich heimsuchen mit Schwert, Hunger und Pestilenz, spricht der HERR, bis daß ich sie durch seine Hand umbringe.

9 For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.

Darum so gehorchet nicht euren Propheten, Weissagern, Traumdeutern, Tagewählern und Zauberern, die euch sagen: Ihr werdet nicht dienen müssen dem Könige zu Babel.

10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied.

Denn sie weissagen euch falsch, auf daß sie euch ferne aus eurem Lande bringen, und ich euch ausstoße, und ihr umkommet.

11 Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering mine heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.

Denn welch Volk seinen Hals ergibt unter das Joch des Königs zu Babel und dienet ihm, das will ich in seinem Lande lassen, daß es dasselbige baue und bewohne, spricht der HERR.

12 Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: [she is] the last of the nations, desolate,

Und ich redete solches alles zu Zedekia, dem Könige Judas, und sprach: Ergebet euren Hals unter das Joch des Königs zu Babel und dienet ihm und seinem Volk, so sollt ihr lebendig bleiben.

13 by reason of the Lord's anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and every one that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.

Warum wollt ihr sterben, du und dein Volk, durch Schwert, Hunger und Pestilenz? wie denn der HERR geredet hat über das Volk, so dem Könige zu Babel nicht dienen will.

14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,

Darum gehorchet nicht den Worten der Propheten, die euch sagen: Ihr werdet nicht dienen müssen dem Könige zu Babel. Denn sie weissagen euch falsch,

15 and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.

und ich habe sie nicht gesandt, spricht der HERR; sondern sie weissagen falsch in meinem Namen, auf daß ich euch ausstoße, und ihr umkommet, samt den Propheten, die euch weissagen.

16 Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, [and] him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

Und zu den Priestern und zu all diesem Volk redete ich und sprach: So spricht der HERR: Gehorchet nicht den Worten eurer Propheten, die euch weissagen und sprechen: Siehe, die Gefäße aus dem Hause des HERRN werden nun bald von Babel wieder herkommen. Denn sie weissagen euch falsch.

17 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon [has gnawed] his bones.

Gehorchet ihnen nicht, sondern dienet dem Könige zu Babel, so werdet ihr lebendig bleiben. Warum soll doch diese Stadt zur Wüste werden?

18 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] take vengeance on the king of Babylon, and upon his land, as I took vengeance on the king of Assyria.

Sind sie aber Propheten und haben sie des HERRN Wort, so laßt sie den HERRN Zebaoth erbitten, daß die übrigen Gefäße im Hause des HERRN und im Hause des Königs Judas und zu Jerusalem nicht auch gen Babel geführet werden.

19 And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied.

Denn also spricht, der HERR Zebaoth von den Säulen und vom Meer und von dem Gestühle und von den Gefäßen, die noch übrig sind in dieser Stadt,

20 In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left

welche Nebukadnezar, der König zu Babel, nicht wegnahm, da er Jechanja, den Sohn Jojakims, den König Judas, von Jerusalem wegführete gen Babel samt allen Fürsten in Juda und Jerusalem;

21 on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you.

denn so spricht der HERR Zebaoth, der Gott Israels, von den Gefäßen, die noch übrig sind im Hause des HERRN und im Hause des Königs Judas und zu Jerusalem:

22 A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans!

Sie sollen gen Babel geführet werden und daselbst bleiben bis auf den Tag, da ich sie heimsuche, spricht der HERR, und ich sie wiederum herauf an diesen Ort bringen lasse.

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

24 They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, Babylon, that you will even be taken captive: you are found and taken, because you did resist the Lord.

25 The Lord has opened his treasury, and brought forth the weapons of his anger: for the Lord God [has] a work in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 For her times are come: open you her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her.

27 Dry you up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.

28 A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God.

29 Summon many against Babylon, [even] every one that bends the bow: camp against her round about; let no one of her [people] escape: render to her according to her works; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.

30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, says the Lord.

31 Behold, I am against you the haughty one, says the Lord: for your day is come, and the time of your retribution.

32 And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.

33 Thus says the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.

34 But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;

35 and he will sharpen a sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her nobles and upon her wise men;

36 a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots:

37 a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water,

38 and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven [images]; and in the islands, where they boasted.

39 Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever.

40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, says the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.

41 Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:

42 [the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.

44 Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?

45 Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.

46 For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.