Jeremiah 14
1 After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
Herrens ord som kom til Jeremia um turketidi:
2 [The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
Syrgjande ligg Juda, portarne ormegtast; syrgjeklædde luter dei mot jord, og naudropi stig upp frå Jerusalem.
3 The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
Storfolket deira sender sine undergjevne etter vatn; dei kjem til brunnarne, men finn inkje vatn; deira kjerald kjem tome attende. Dei kjenner seg skjemde og vonbrotne og sveiper inn sine hovud.
4 The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
For jordi skuld, som er forfærd vorti av di det ikkje vert regn i landet, kjenner bønderne seg skjemde, sveiper inn sine hovud.
5 Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
For jamvel hindi i marki ber kalven, men gjeng ifrå honom, for di det ikkje finst gras.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
Og villasni stend på snaude haugar, dei syp etter anden som sjakalar; augo deira kjenast upp, for di det ikkje finst urter.
7 [The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
Um våre misgjerningar vitnar mot oss, so gjer då miskunn for ditt namn skuld! For mange er våre fråfall, mot deg hev me synda.
8 You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
Du Israels von, du frelsar i trengsletid! Kvi er du som ein framand i landet, og som ein ferdamann som tjeldar berre for natti?
9 Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
Kvi er du lik ein forstøkt mann, lik ei kjempa som ikkje vinn å hjelpa? Du er då midt ibland oss, Herre, og me er uppkalla etter ditt namn; slepp oss ikkje frå deg!
10 And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
So segjer Herren um dette folket: Soleis likar dei å reika um; dei sparer ikkje føterne sine. So hev då Herren ikkje hugnad i deim; no vil han minnast misgjerningarne deira og heimsøkja synderne deira.
11 [Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
Og Herren sagde med meg: Du skal ikkje beda um velgang for dette folket.
12 When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
Når dei fastar, lyder eg ikkje på deira rop, og når dei ofrar brennoffer og grjonoffer, hev eg ikkje hugnad i deim, men med sverd, svolt og sott vil eg tyna deim.
13 Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
Då sagde eg: «Å, Herre, Herre, sjå profetarne segjer med deim: «De skal ikkje sjå sverd, og de ikkje verta ute for svolt, men fred med tryggje vil eg gjeva dykk på denne staden.»»
14 Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
Då sagde Herren med meg: Lygn spår profetarne i mitt namn; ikkje hev eg sendt deim og ikkje bede deim og ikkje tala til deim; lygn-syner og runing og fåfengd og sitt hjartans svik, det er det dei spår åt dykk.
15 So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
Difor, so segjer Herren um dei profetarne som spår i midt namn, endå eg ikkje hev sendt deim, og som segjer at sverd og svolt ikkje skal koma i dette landet: For sverd og svolt skal dei enda sine dagar, desse profetarne.
16 And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
Og folket som dei spår åt, skal liggja slengt på gatorne i Jerusalem, tynt av svolten og sverdet, og ingen skal jorda deim - dei sjølve, konorne deira og sønerne deira og døtterne deira - og eg vil renna vondska deira ut yver deim.
17 [So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
Men du skal segja med deim dette ordet: Tårorne trillar or augo mine natt og dag og fær ikkje stogga; for møyi, dotteri, folket mitt, er ovleg sundbroti, hev fenge eit stort ulækjande sår.
18 If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
Gjeng eg ut på marki, sjå, då ligg der dei som med sverd er slegne, og kjem eg inn i byen, sjå, der talmast dei av svolt. Ja, både prest og profet lyt flakka um, til eit land som dei ikkje kjenner.
19 [Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
Hev du då reint støytt Juda frå deg, eller styggjest di sjæl ved Sion? Kvi hev du slege oss so, at det ikkje bid helsebot for oss? Me ventar på fred, men det kjem ikkje noko godt, og på ei tid med helsebot, og sjå - fælske.
20 Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
Herre, me kjennest ved vår ugudlege åtferd, misgjerningi åt federne våre, at me hev synda mot deg.
21 But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
For ditt namn skuld støyt oss ikkje frå deg, lat ikkje din herlegdoms kongsstol verta svivyrd! Kom i hug, brjot ikkje di pakt med oss!
22 Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
Finst det nokon av dei fåfenglege gudarne åt heidningfolki som kann gjeva regn? Eller sender himmelen regnskurer av seg sjølv? Er det ikkje du, Herre, vår Gud? Me stundar på deg, for du hev gjort alt dette.
