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.
Når en Mand frastøder sin hustru, og hun går fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun så gå tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! så lyder det fra 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.
Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du på dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet både ved din Utugt og Ondskab,
3 And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless toward all.
en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.
4 Hast you not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of your virgin-time?
Råbte du ikke nylig til mig: "Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.
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].
Vil han evigt gemme på Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?" Se, således taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.
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.
HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Så du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op på ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.
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.
Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det så hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;
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.
hun så, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik også hen og bolede.
9 And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.
Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.
10 And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.
Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun på Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.
11 And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda.
Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag står bedre end det svigefulde Judas.
12 Go and read these words toward 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.
Gå hen og udråb disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes på eder, thi nådig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt på Vrede;
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.
men vedgå din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, så lyder det fra 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:
Vend om, I frafaldne Søoner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,
15 and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.
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 når I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENs Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.
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.
På hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENs Trone, og der, til HERRENs Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.
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 hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.
19 And I said, So be it, Lord, for [you said] I will set you among 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, jeg sagde til dig: "Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod." Jeg sagde: "Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej 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 som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, så sveg du mig, Israels Hus, så lyder det fra 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.
Hør, der lyder Gråd på de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte 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.
Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer 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.
Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.
24 But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
Skændselen åd fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Småkvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og 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 lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi høre ikke på Herren vor Guds røst.
