Jeremiah 38
1 [Four officials, ] Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people.
Men da Sjefatja Mattans søn, Gedalja Pasjhurs søn, Jukal Sjelemjas Søn og Pasjhur Malkijas Søn hørte Jeremias tale til alt Folket således:
2 [I had been telling them] that Yahweh was saying, “Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by [their enemies’] swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed.
"Så siger HERREN: Den, der bliver i denne By, skal dø ved Sværd, Hunger og Pest, men den, som overgiver sig til Kaldæerne, skal leve og vinde sit Liv som Bytte;
3 Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city [DOU].”
thi så siger HERREN: Denne By skal gives i Babels Konges Hærs Hånd, og han skal indtage den"
4 So those officials [went] to the king and said, “This man [Jeremiah] should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.”
da sagde Fyrsterne til Kongen: "Denne Mand må dø, thi han tager Modet fra Krigsmændene, som er tilbage i denne By, og fra alt Folket ved at tale således til dem; thi denne Mand tænker ikke på dette Folks Vel, men på dets Ulykke."
5 King Zedekiah said, “All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.”
Kong Zedekias svarede: "Se, han er i eders Hånd." Thi Kongen evnede intet over for dem.
6 So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was [a lot of] mud, so I sank [down deep] into the mud.
Så tog de Jeremias og kastede ham i Kongesønnen Malkijas Cisterne i Vagtforgården, idet de hejsede ham ned med Reb. Der var ikke Vand i Cisternen, men Dynd, og Jeremias sank i Dyndet.
7 But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard [someone say] that I was in the well. [At that time] the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.
Imidlertid hørte Ætioperen Ebed Melek, en Hofmand i Kongens Palads, at Jeremias var kastet i Cisternen; og da Kongen var i Benjaminsporten,
8 Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,
gik Ebed-Melek fra Paladset og talte således til Kongen:
9 “Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. [Almost] all the food in the city is gone, [so they will not be able to bring him any food] and as a result he will die from hunger!”
"Herre Konge, ilde har de gjort ved at lade denne Mand dø af Hunger, fordi der ikke er mere Brød i Byen!"
10 So the king told Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!”
Så bød Kongen Ætioperen Ebed-Melek: "Tag tredive Mænd med herfra og drag Profeten Jeremias op af Cisternen, før han dør!"
11 So Ebed-Melech took thirty men with him and they went into a room in the palace below the room where they stored very valuable things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me.
Ebed-Melek tog Mændene med og gik til Kælderen under Skatkammeret i Kongens Palads, hvor han hentede nogle Klude af slidte og iturevne klæder; dem hejsede han med Reb ned til Jeremias i Cisternen,
12 Then Ebed-Melech called down to me, “Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from [being injured by] the ropes!” So I did that.
idet han sagde: "Læg Kludene om Rebet!" Det gjorde Jeremias,
13 Then they pulled me out of the well. I [returned] to the courtyard where the palace guards stayed, and I stayed there.
og de drog ham op af Cisternen med Rebet. Således kom Jeremias atter til at sidde i Vagtforgården.
14 [One day] King Zedekiah summoned me, and I was brought to the king, [who was waiting for me] at the entrance of the temple. He said to me, “I want to ask you something. I want you [to answer me truthfully, and] and to not conceal anything.”
Kong Zedekias sendte Bud og lod Profeten Jeremias hente til sig i Livvagtens Indgang til HERRENs Hus. Og Kongen sagde til ham: "Jeg vil spørge dig om noget, dølg intet for mig!"
15 I replied, “If I tell you [the truth], you will [command that I] be executed. And if I give you [good] advice, you will not pay attention to what I say.”
Jeremias svarede Zedekias: "Hvis jeg siger dig det, vil du da ikke lade mig dræbe? Og selv om jeg råder dig, vil du dog ikke høre mig."
16 But King Zedekiah secretly promised me, “[Tell me the truth]! And as surely as Yahweh lives, I will not [cause] you to be executed, and I will not hand you over to those who are wanting to kill you.”
Da tilsvor Kong Zedekias i al Hemmelighed Jeremias: "Så sandt HERREN lever, som har skabt vor Sjæl, jeg vil ikke lade dig dræbe eller give dig i disse Mænds Hånd, som står dig efter Livet."
17 [So] then I said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will (be spared/not be killed), and this city will not be burned.
Så sagde Jeremias til Zedekias: "Så siger HERREN, Hærskarers Gud, Israels Gud: Hvis du overgiver dig til Babels Konges Fyrster, skal du redde dit Liv; denne By skal ikke afbrændes, og du og dit Hus skal blive i Live;
18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.’”
men overgiver du dig ikke til dem, skal Byen gives i Kaldæernes Hånd, og de skal afbrænde den, og du skal ikke undslippe deres Hånd."
19 The king replied, “But I am afraid [to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon], because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.”
Men kong Zedekias sagde til Jeremias: "Jeg er ræd for de Judæere, der er løbet over til Kaldæerne, at Kaldæerne skal overgive mig i deres Hånd, og at de skal drive Spot med mig."
20 I replied, “If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.
Så sagde Jeremias: "Det gør de ikke! Adlyd kun HERRENs Ord, som jeg taler til dig, så skal det gå dig vel, og du skal blive i Live.
21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:
Men vægrer du dig ved at overgive dig, så hør nu, hvad HERREN har ladet mig skue:
22 All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you: ‘You had friends whom [you thought] you could trust, but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision. Now [it is as though] you are stuck in mud, and your friends have abandoned you.’
Se, alle Kvinder, der er tilbage i Judas Konges Palads, førtes ud til Babels Konges Fyrster, medens de sang: Dig forledte og tvang dine gode Venner, de ledte din Fod i en Sump og trak sig tilbage.
23 All of your wives and children [in the city] will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. [The soldiers of] the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.”
Alle dine Hustruer og Børn skal føres ud til Kaldæerne, og du skal ikke undslippe deres Hånd, men gribes af Babels Konges Hånd, og denne By skal abrændes!"
24 Then Zedekiah said to me, “Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you.
Så sagde Zedekias til Jeremias: "Ingen må vide noget om denne Samtale, ellers er du dødsens;
25 If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’
og hvis Fyrsterne skulde få Nys om, at jeg har talt med dig, og komme til dig og sige: Sig os hvad du sagde til Kongen; dølg ikke noget for os, ellers dræber vi dig; sig os også, hvad Kongen sagde til dig!
26 If that happens, [just] tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the [dungeon/cell in] Jonathan’s house, [because you were afraid that] you would die [if you were put there again].”
sig så til dem: Jeg fremførte en ydmyg Bøn for Kongen om ikke at lade mig føre tilbage til Jonatans Hus for at dø der."
27 And [that is what happened]. The king’s officials came to me and asked [why the king had summoned me. But] I told them what the king told me to tell them. So they did not ask me any more [questions], because no one had heard what the king and I had said to each other.
Og alle Fyrsterne kom til Jeremias og spurgte ham; og han svarede dem nøje, som Kongen havde påbudt. Så lod de ham i Fred, eftersom Sagen ikke var blevet kendt.
28 So I remained being guarded in the courtyard [of the palace], until the day that [the army of Babylonia] captured Jerusalem.
Således sad Jeremias i Vagtforgården, lige til den Dag Jerusalem blev indtaget.
