Jeremiah 27
1 Soon after Zedekiah became the King of Judah, Yahweh gave a message to me.
Uti Jojakims rikes begynnelse, Josia sons, Juda Konungs, skedde detta ordet af Herranom till Jeremia, och sade:
2 This is what he said to me: “Make a (yoke/set of wooden bars to fasten around the neck of an ox), but fasten it around your own neck with leather straps.
Detta säger Herren till mig: Gör dig ett ok, och häng det på din hals;
3 [Then] send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, by telling those messages to the ambassadors from those countries who have come to Jerusalem to [talk to] King Zedekiah.
Och sänd det till Konungen i Edom, till Konungen i Moab, till Konungen öfver Ammons barn, till Konungen i Tyro, och till Konungen i Zidon, med de sändningabåd, som till Zedekia, Juda Konung, till Jerusalem komne äro;
4 Tell them to give this message to their kings: This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli [people worship, ]:
Och befall dem, att de säga sina herrar: Detta säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Så skolen I säga edra herrar:
5 ‘With my very great power [MTY, DOU] I created the earth and the people and the animals that are on the earth. And I can give my power to anyone whom I want to.
Jag hafvet gjort jordena, och menniskona, och djuren, som på jordene äro, genom mina stora kraft och uträcktom arm, och gifver henne hvem jag vill.
6 And now I am going to enable King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who does what I want him to do, to control your countries. I am going to enable him to rule everything, even the wild animals.
Men nu hafver jag gifvit all denna landen uti mins tjenares hand, NebucadNezars, Konungens i Babel, och hafver desslikes gifvit honom de vilddjur på markene, att de honom tjena skola.
7 [The people of] all the nations will work for him, and [later] for his son, and [later] for his grandson, until the time for them [to rule] is finished. Then [the armies of] many great kings from many nations will conquer Babylon.’
Och all folk skola tjena honom, hans sone, och hans sonasone, tilldess hans lands tid ock kommer; då mång folk och stora Konungar skola låta tjena sig af honom.
8 But now I tell you that you must [do what the king of Babylon wants you to do] [MET], [like an ox that has] a yoke on its neck [must do what its master wants it to do]. I will punish any nation that refuses to do that. I will cause those people to experience war and famine and diseases, until [the armies of] Babylon have conquered that nation.
Men hvilket folk och rike icke vill tjena Konungenom af Babel, NebucadNezar, och hvilken som icke gifver sin hals under Konungens ok af Babel, det folket skall jag hemsöka med svärd, hunger och pestilentie, säger Herren, tilldess jag förgör dem genom hans hand.
9 So, do not pay attention to your [false] prophets and fortune-tellers and people who predict what will happen by working magic or by talking with spirits of dead people. Those people say that the king of Babylon will not conquer your country.
Derföre hörer intet edra Propheter, spåmän, drömtydare, dagsväljare och trollkarlar, som säga eder: I varden intet tjenande Konungenom af Babel.
10 Those people are [all] liars. [If you believe what they say, ] it will result in your being exiled from your land. I will cause you to be taken from your land, and you will die far away.
Förty de spå eder lögn, på det de skola draga eder långt bort utur edart land, och jag då utdrifver eder, och I förgåns.
11 But the people of any country who do what the King of Babylon wants them to do will remain in their own country and be able to plant their crops [MTY] [as they always have done. That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Ty hvilket folk, som böjer sin hals under Konungens ok i Babel, och tjenar honom, dem skall jag låta blifva uti sitt land, att de måga der bygga och bo, säger Herren.
12 [After I gave that message to those ambassadors, ] I gave the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. [I said to him, ] “If you want to remain alive, do what the King of Babylon and his officials want you to do [MET].
Och jag talade allt detta, till Zedekia, Juda Konung, och sade: Böjer edar hals under Konungens ok i Babel, och tjener honom och hans folke, så skolen I blifva lefvande.
13 [It would be foolish for you not to do that, because the result would be that] you and your people would die by [your enemies’] swords or by famine or diseases, which Yahweh will cause any nation to experience that refuses to allow the King of Babylon to rule them.
Hvi viljen I dö, du och ditt folk, genom svärd, hunger och pestilentie; såsom Herren sagt hafver öfver det folk, som Konungenom i Babel icke tjena, vill?
14 Do not pay attention to those prophets who say to you, ‘The King of Babylon will not conquer your country.’ They are liars.
Derföre hörer de Propheters ord intet, som säga eder: I varden intet tjenande Konungenom af Babel; ty de prophetera eder lögn.
15 [This is what] Yahweh says: ‘I have not appointed those prophets. They are saying that I [MTY] gave them messages, but they are lying. So, [if you believe them, ] I will expel you from this land. And you and all those prophets will die [in Babylon]!’”
Och jag hafver intet sändt dem, säger Herren, utan de prophetera lögn i mitt Namn på det jag skall utdrifva eder, och I förgås samt med Propheterna, som eder prophetera.
16 Then I spoke to the priests and the other people, and I said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Do not believe your prophets who tell you that all the gold items [that were taken] from my temple [by soldiers from Babylon] will soon be returned from Babylon, because what they are prophesying is a lie.
Och till Presterna, och till allt detta folket talade jag, och sade: Detta säger Herren: Hörer edra Propheters ord intet, som eder prophetera, och säga: Si, de kärile af Herrans hus komma nu snart ifrå Babel hem igen; förty de prophetera eder lögn.
17 Do not pay attention to what they say. Surrender to the king of Babylon. If you do that, you will remain alive. [If you do not do that] [RHQ], this entire city will be destroyed.
Hörer dem intet; utan tjener Konungenom af Babel, så blifven I lefvande. Hvi skulle dock denna staden varda till ett öde?
18 If they are really prophets who speak messages from me, tell them to plead to me, the Commander of the armies of angels, that [the soldiers from Babylon] will not be allowed to take away to Babylon the valuable items that [still] remain in the temple and in the king’s palace and in [the other palaces in] Jerusalem.
Äro de Propheter, och hafva Herrans ord, så låt dem det Herranom Zebaoth afbedja, att de qvarblefne kärilen i Herrans hus och Juda Konungs hus, och i Jerusalem, icke också till Babel förde varda.
19 [I say this] because the [huge] pillars [that are in front of the temple] and the large water tank and the [ten water] carts and all the other items that are used [for offering sacrifices are still in this city].
Ty så säger Herren Zebaoth om stodarna, och om hafvet, och om stolarna, och om de tyg, som ännu qvarblefna äro i denna staden,
20 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left those things here when he exiled Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the [other] leaders of Jerusalem and [the leaders of other places in] Judah.
De NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, icke borttog, då han bortförde Jechonia, Jojakims son, Juda Konung, ifrå Jerusalem till Babel, samt med alla Förstarna i Juda och Jerusalem;
21 [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say this about all those valuable things that are still outside the temple and in the palace of the king of Judah and in [other places in]:
Ty så säger Herren Zebaoth, Israels Gud, om de tyg som ännu qvarblefne äro i Herrans hus, och i Juda Konungs hus, och i Jerusalem:
22 They will [all] be carried away to Babylon. And they will stay there until I say that they should be brought back to Jerusalem. Then they will be bought back here. [That is what I, ] Yahweh, say.’”
De skola till Babel förde varda, och der blifva intill den dagen, jag söker dem, säger Herren; och jag låter dem åter här uppkomma till detta rummet igen.
