Jeremiah 37
1 And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,
Zedekias, Joasiases søn, blev konge Konjas, Jojakims søns sted, idet Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel satte ham til Konge i Judas Land.
2 and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
Men han og hans Mænd og Landets Befolkning hørte ikke på de Ord, HERREN talede ved Profeten Jeremias.
3 And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”
Kong Zedekias sendte Jukal. Sjelemjas Søn, og Præsten Zefanja, Maasejas Søn, til Profeten Jeremias og lod sige: "Gå i Forbøn for os hos HERREN vor Gud!"
4 And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
Dengang gik Jeremias frit ud og ind blandt Folket, thi man havde endnu ikke kastet ham i Fængsel.
5 and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.
Faraos Hær var rykket ud fra Ægypten; og da kaldæerne, som belejrede Jerusalem, fik Nys herom, var de brudt op fra Jerusalem.
6 And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Da kom HERRENs Ord til Profeten Jeremias således:
7 “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt,
Så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Således skal du sige til Judas Konge, som har sendt Bud til dig for at rådspørge mig: Se, Faraos Hær, som er rykket ud for at hjælpe eder, skal vende hjem til Ægypten;
8 and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire.
og Kaldæerne skal vende tilbage og angribe denne By, indtage og afbrænde den.
9 Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
Så siger HERREN: Når ikke eder selv ved at sige: "Kaldæerne drager bort fra os for Alvor!" Thi de drager ikke bort.
10 for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire.”
Ja, om, I så slog hele Kaldæernes Hær, der angriber eder, så der kun blev nogle sårede tilbage, hver i sit Telt, så skulde de stå op og afbrænde denne By.
11 And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,
Da Kaldæernes Hær var brudt op fra Jerusalem for Faraos Hær,
12 that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.
gik Jeremias ud af Jerusalem for at drage til Benjamins Land og få en Arvelod iblandt Befolkningen.
13 And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
Men da han kom til Benjaminsporten, var der en Vagthavende ved Navn Jirija, en Søn af Hananjas Søn Sjelemja, og han greb Profeten Jeremias og sagde: "Du vil løbe over til Kaldæerne."
14 And Jeremiah says, “Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads,
Jeremias svarede: "Det er Løgn; jeg vil ikke løbe over til Kaldæerne." Jirija vilde dog ikke høre ham, men greb ham og bragte ham til Fyrsterne;
15 and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house.
og Fyrsterne vrededes på Jeremias, slog ham og lod ham bringe til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus; thi det havde de gjort til Fængsel.
16 When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
Således kom Jeremias i Fangehuset i kælderen; og der sad han en Tid lang.
17 and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah says, “There is,” and he says, “You are given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
Men Kong Zedekias sendte Bud og lod ham hente; og Kongen spurgte ham i al Hemmelighed i sit Palads: "Er der et Ord fra HERREN?" Jeremias svarede: "Ja, der er: Du skal overgives i Babels Konges Hånd."
18 And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, “What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house?
Derpå sagde Jeremias til Kong Zedekias: "Hvad Synd har jeg gjort imod dig, dine Mænd og dette Folk, siden I har kastet mig i Fængsel?
19 And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?
Og hvor er nu eders Profeter, som profeterede for eder, at Babels Konge ikke skulde komme over eder og dette Land?
20 And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not die there.”
Så hør da, Herre Konge! Lad min Bøn nå dig og lad mig ikke bringe tilbage til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus, af jeg ikke skal dø der!"
21 And King Zedekiah commands, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give a cake of bread to him daily from the bakers’ street, until the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwells in the court of the prison.
Da bød Kong Zedekias, at man skulde holde Jeremias i Varetægt i Vagtforgården; og der gaves ham daglig et Stykke Brød fra Bagerens Gade, indtil Brødet slap op i Byen. Således sad nu Jeremias i Vagtforgården.
