Jeremiah 11
1 This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:
Det ordet som kom til Jeremia frå Herren; han sagde:
2 “Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].
Høyr ordi i denne pakti, og tala til Juda-mennerne og Jerusalems-buarne!
3 Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.
Og du skal segja med deim: So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: Forbanna vere den mann som ikkje lyder på ordi i denne pakti,
4 It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.
som eg baud federne dykkar den dagen eg let deim koma ut or Egyptarlandet, ut or jarnomnen, og sagde: Høyr på mi røyst og gjer alt dette, so som eg bed dykk, då skal de vera mitt folk, og eg vil vera dykkar Gud,
5 [Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”
so eg kann få halda den eiden som eg svor federne dykkar: å gjeva deim eit land som fløymer med mjølk og honning, so som det er enn i dag. Og eg svara og sagde: «Amen, Herre!»
6 Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.
Og Herren sagde med meg: Ropa ut alle desse ordi i Juda-byarne og på Jerusalems-gatorne og seg: Lyd på ordi i denne pakti og gjer etter deim!
7 When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.
For eg hev ålvorleg vara federne dykkar, då eg let deim koma ut or Egyptarlandet, og alt til denne dag, jamt og samt, og sagt: «Høyr på mi røyst!»
8 But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”
Men dei lydde ikkje og lagde ikkje øyra sitt til, men kvar og ein ferdast etter sitt vonde, harde hjarta. So let eg då koma yver deim alt det eg hadde sagt i denne pakti, som eg baud deim å halda, men som dei ikkje heldt.
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.
Og Herren sagde med meg: Det er kome upp at Juda-mennerne og Jerusalems-buarne hev vore med kvarandre i ei samansverjing.
10 Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.
Dei hev snutt tilbake til misgjerningarne åt forfederne sine, som ikkje vilde høyra på ordi mine, og dei fer etter andre gudar, for å tena deim. Israels hus og Judas hus hev brote pakti mi, som eg gjorde med federne deira.
11 So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.
Difor, so segjer Herren: Sjå, eg let koma yver deim ei ulukka som dei ikkje kann koma seg undan. Då skal dei ropa på meg, men eg vil ikkje høyra på deim.
12 When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.
So skal Juda-byarne og Jerusalems-buarne ganga og ropa på gudarne som dei plar brenna røykjelse for; men dei skal ikkje frelsa deim i deira trengsletid.
13 There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.
For gudarne dine, Juda, er vortne like mange som byarne dine, og du hev reist like mange altar for skjemdi, altar til å brenna røykjelse på for Ba’al, som det er gator i Jerusalem.
14 Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”
Og du, ikkje skal du beda for dette folket og ikkje koma med klagerop eller bøn for deim. For eg vil ikkje høyra når dei ropar til meg i si naud.
15 Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.
Kva hev ho som eg elskar å gjera i mitt hus, ho som med mange gjer skjemdarverk? Kann heilagt offerkjøt fria deg? Når du gjer vondt, då fagnar du deg.
16 I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.
«Eit sigrønt oljetre, prydt med fager frukt, » so kalla Herren deg; medan eit veldugt glam ljomar, kveikjer han eld på det, og greinerne brotnar av det.
17 [It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”
Og Herren, allhers drott, som planta deg, hev sagt illsegn imot deg for illgjerningi som Israels hus og Judas hus hev gjort til å harma meg upp, med å brenna røykjelse for Ba’al.
18 Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.
Og Herren let meg få vita det, so no veit eg det; då synte du meg deira framferd.
19 [Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].
Men eg var som eit spakt lamb, som vert leidt til slagting, og eg visste ikkje at dei lagde løynderåder mot meg: «Lat oss øydeleggja treet og frukti og rydja honom ut or landet åt dei livande, so ein ikkje lenger kjem namnet hans i hug!»
20 [Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
Men Herren, allhers drott, er ein rettferdig domar, han ransakar nyro og hjarta. Eg fær sjå at du hemner deg på deim, for eg hev lagt saki mi fram for deg.
21 It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.
Difor, so segjer Herren um mennerne i Anatot, dei som ligg deg etter livet og segjer: «Du skal ikkje tala profetord i Herrens namn, annars skal du døy for vår hand, »
22 So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.
- difor, so segjer Herren, allhers drott: Sjå, eg vil heimsøkja deim dei unge menner skal falla for sverd, deira søner og døtter skal døy av svolt.
23 I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”
Og ikkje noko skal verta leivt åt deim; for eg sender ulukka på mennerne i Anatot det året dei vert heimsøkte.
