Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
Detta säger Herren: Gack ned i Juda Konungs hus, och tala der detta ordet:
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
Och säg: Hör Herrans ord, du Juda Konung, som på Davids stol sitter, både du, och dine tjenare, och ditt folk, som igenom dessa portarna ingån;
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
Så säger Herren: Håller rätt och rättviso, Och hjelper den beröfvada utu våldsverkarens hand; och oförrätter icke främlingen, den faderlösa och enkona, och görer ingom öfvervåld, och utgjuter icke oskyldigt; blod i detta rummet.
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Om I detta gören, så skola Konungarna, som på Davids stol sitta, infara genom desses hus portar, både till vagn och till häst, samt med deras tjenare och folk.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
Men om I detta, icke hören, så hafver jag svorit vid mig sjelf, säger Herren: Detta hus skall förstördt varda.
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Ty så säger Herren om Juda Konungs hus: Gilead, du äst mig hufvudet i Libanon; hvad gäller, jag skall göra dig till öde, och städerna utan inbyggare?
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Ty jag hafver beställt förderfvare öfver dig, hvar och en med sin vapen; de skola omkullhugga, din utvalda cedreträ, och kasta dem i elden.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
Så skola månge Hedningar gå framom denna staden, och säga emellan sig: Hvi hafver Herren alltså, handlat med denna stora stadenom?
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Och man skall svara: Derföre, att de Herrans sins Guds förbund öfvergifvit hafva, och tillbedit andra gudar, och tjent dem.
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
Gråter icke öfver de döda, och grämer eder icke öfver dem; men gråter öfver den der bortfar, och skall aldrig igenkomma, att han sitt fädernesland mer se må.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Ty så säger Herren om Sallum, Josia son, Juda Konungs, som Konung är uti sins faders Josia stad, som utfaren är af detta rum: Han skall intet komma här igen;
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
Utan måste dö uti det rum, dit han för en fånga förd är, och skall detta land intet mer se.
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
Ve honom, som uppbygger sitt hus med synd, och sin mak med orätt; den sin nästa för intet arbeta låter, och icke gifver honom sin lön;
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
Och tänker: Nu väl, jag vill bygga mig ett stort hus, och ett vidt palats; och låter hugga sig fenster deruppå, och panelar det med cedreträ, och målar det rödt.
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
Menar du, att du vill vara Konung, efter du prålar med cedreträ? Hafver din fader ock icke ätit och druckit, och blef ändock likväl vid rätt och rättfärdighet; och honom gick väl?
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
Han halp dem elända och fattiga till rätt, och det gick honom väl af. Är icke detta rättsliga känna mig? säger Herren.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
Men din ögon och ditt hjerta stå intet alltså, utan på din girighet, på att utgjuta oskyldigt blod, till att göra öfvervåld och orätt.
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Derföre säger Herren om Jojakim, Josia son, Juda Konung: Man skall intet begråta honom ( sägandes ): Ack broder, ack syster! Man skall intet begråta honom ( sägandes ): Ack herre, ack ädling!
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Han skall likasom en åsne begrafven varda, försläpad och utkastad i porten i Jerusalem.
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
Ja, gack ock nu upp på Libanon, och ropa, och låt dig höra i Basan, och ropa af Abarim; ty alle dine älskare äro ömkelige.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Jag hafver tillförene sagt dig det, då det ännu väl stod med dig; men du sade: Jag vill intet hörat. Alltså hafver du gjort alla dina lifsdagar, att du intet hafver hört mina röst.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Vädret drifver alla dina herdar, och dine älskare fara bort fångne; der måste du till spott och skam varda, för alla dina ondskos skull.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
Du som nu i Libanon bor, och hafver din näste i cedreträ, huru skönliga skall du se ut, när dig värk och sveda uppåkommer, såsom ene i barnsnöd?
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
Så sant som jag lefver, säger Herren: Om Chonia, Jojakims son, Juda Konung, vore en signetsring på mine högra hand, så skulle jag ändå rifva dig deraf;
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
Och gifva dig dem i händer, som efter ditt lif stå, och för hvilkom du dig fruktar, nämliga uti NebucadNezars händer, Konungens i Babel, och de Chaldeers;
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Och skall drifva dig, och dina moder, som dig födt hafver, uti ett annat land, der edart fädernesland icke är, och der skolen I dö.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Och uti det land, der de af hjertat gerna igen voro, skola de icke igenkomma.
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
Hvilken en elände, föraktad och fördrifven man är dock Chonia! Ett vanvördt och uselt fat! Ack! huru är han dock, samt med sine säd, fördrifven, och uti ett obekant land kastad!
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
O land, land, land, hör Herrans ord.
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
Detta säger Herren: Skrifver denna mannen upp för en förderfvad; för en man dem i sina lifsdagar intet lyckas skall; ty han skall icke hafva den lyckona, att någor af hans säd skall sitta på Davids stol, och länger öfver Juda råda.
