Jeremiah 6
1 “You people in Jerusalem who are from [the tribe of] Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa [city south of Jerusalem]! Send up a [smoke] signal in Beth-Haccherem [town] [to warn the people of the coming danger]! A powerful [army] will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction.
Församler eder, I BenJamins barn utu Jerusalem, och blåser i trummeter på Thekoa vakt, och reser upp ett baner på BethCherems vakt; ty en olycka är på färde ifrå nordan, och en stor jämmer.
2 Jerusalem is [like] a beautiful pasture [full of sheep], but it will soon be destroyed.
Dottren Zion är såsom en dägelig och lustig äng;
3 [Enemy kings, not] shepherds [MET], will come [with their armies] and set up their tents around the city, and each [king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like] [MET] shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep.
Men der skola herdar komma öfver henne med deras hjord; de skola uppslå sin tjäll allt omkring henne, och i bet ligga hvar på sitt rum ( och säga ):
4 [The kings will tell their troops], “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But [if we arrive there late in the afternoon] when the shadows are becoming long,
Ruster eder till strid emot henne; upp, låter oss draga upp, medan det ännu bittida dags är; ej! det kommer aftonen, och skuggen varder stor.
5 we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.”
Nu väl, låt oss nu vara uppe, det vi än skulle draga ditupp om nattena, och förderfva hennes palats.
6 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “[I will command those soldiers to] cut down the trees [outside Jerusalem] and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [in order that they can enter the city]. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others.
Ty så säger Herren Zebaoth: Fäller trä, och görer bålverk emot Jerusalem; ty det är en stad, som hemsökt skall varda; är der dock alltsammans orätt inne.
7 [It is as though] the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like [SIM] water flows out of a spring. [The noise from people doing] violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see [people who are] suffering and wounded.
Och likasom en källa uppväller sitt vatten, så uppväller ock hans ondska; hans orätt och öfvervåld ropar upp i himmelen; sitt mord och slag bedrifva de dagliga för mig.
8 Listen to what I am warning you, [you people of] [APO] Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.”
Bättra dig, Jerusalem, förr än mitt hjerta vänder sig ifrå dig, och jag gör dig till ett öde land, der ingen uti bor.
9 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “[I will tell your enemies] to cause your country to become as desolate [SIM] as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. [Their soldiers will seize the possessions of] those who remain in Israel [after the others have been exiled] like [SIM] farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes [that were (left/not picked)].”
Detta säger Herren Zebaoth: Hvad qvart blifvet är af Israel, det måste ock efteråt afhemtadt varda, lika som ett vinträ; vinhemtaren skall afhemta uti korgen det ena efter det andra.
10 [Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people] to warn them, (who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.) [RHQ] [It is as though] their ears are closed, [and as a result] they cannot hear [what I say]. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all.
Ack! med hvem skall jag dock tala och betyga, att dock någor ville hörat? Men deras öron äro oomskorne; de kunna icke hörat; si, de hålla Herrans ord för gäckeri, och vilja det intet.
11 So [now] I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” [So] Yahweh said [to me], “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.
Derföre är jag så full af Herrans trugande, att jag icke kan låtat; gjut ut både öfver barnen på gatone, och öfver de män i Rådet allt tillsammans; ty både man och qvinna, både åldrig och utgammal skola fångne varda.
12 [Tell the men that] I will give their houses to [their enemies], and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish [IDM] the people who live in this land.
Deras hus skola komma främmande tillhanda, samt med åkrar och hustrur; ty jag vill uträcka mina hand, säger Herren, öfver landsens inbyggare.
13 Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most [important people] to the least [important people]; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive [people to get money].
Ty de fara allesammans efter girighet, både små och store; och både Propheter och Prester lära allesamman falska Gudstjenst;
14 [They act as though the sins of my people are like] [MET] small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually [greet people by] saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well.
Och trösta mitt folk i deras olycko, att de skola det ringa akta, och säga: Det står väl till, det står väl till; och det står dock intet väl till.
15 They should be [RHQ] ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not [even] know how to (blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed). So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.”
Derföre skola de komma på skam, att de sådana styggelse bedrifva; ändock de vilja oskämde vara, och vilja intet skämma sig; derföre måste de falla hvar öfver annan; och när jag varder dem hemsökandes, skola de falla, säger Herren.
16 This is [also] what Yahweh said [to the Israeli people]: “Stand at the crossroads and look [at the people who pass by]. Ask them what was the good behavior [that their ancestors had] long ago. [And when they tell you], behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’
Detta säger Herren: Går uppå vägarna, och ser till, och fråger efter de förra vägar, hvilken den gode vägen är, och vandrer deruppå, så skolen I finna ro för edra själar; men de sade: Vi göre det intet.
17 I sent [my prophets who were like] [MET] watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets [to warn you that your enemies are approaching],’ but you said, ‘[No], we do not want to listen.’
Jag hafver satt väktare öfver eder; akter uppå trummeternas ljud; men de sade: Vi göret intet.
18 Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the [Israeli people].
Derföre hörer, I Hedningar, och akter häruppå, samt med edart folk.
19 Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the [Israeli] people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws.
Du jord, hör till: Si, jag vill låta komma en olycko öfver detta folk, nämliga deras förtjenta lön, att de icke akta min ord, och förkasta min lag.
20 [You Israeli people], when you burn frankincense that came from [far away in] Sheba, and [when you offer to me] sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not [RHQ] be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with [any of] your sacrifices.
Hvad frågar jag efter rökelse, som kommer af rika Arabien, och efter god canel, som kommer utaf fjerran land? Edor bränneoffer äro mig intet tacknämlig, och edor offer behaga mig intet.
21 Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.”
Derföre säger Herren alltså: Si, jag vill sätta desso folkena en förargelse, der både fäder och barn skola sig tillsammans uppå stöta, och skola förgås, den ene grannen med den andra.
22 Yahweh [also] says this: “You will see a [huge] army marching [towards you] from the north. [An army of] a great nation very far away is preparing [to attack you].
Detta säger Herren: Si, ett folk varder kommandes nordanefter, och ett stort folk skall uppresa sig hardt vid vårt land;
23 They have bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.”
De der båga och spets föra; det är grufveligit, och utan barmhertighet; de fräsa såsom ett stormande haf, och rida på hästar, rustade såsom krigsfolk, emot dig, du dotter Zion.
24 [The people of Jerusalem say], “We have heard reports about the enemy; [so] we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like [SIM] women who are about to give birth to babies.
När vi få höra af dem, så skola oss våra händer nedfalla; oss varder ångest och ve, lika som ene i barnsnöd.
25 [So one person says to another], ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy [soldiers] have swords [and they are everywhere]; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’”
Ingen gånge ut på markena, och ingen ut uppå vägarna; ty det är allestäds osäkert för fiendans svärd.
26 [So I say], “My dear people, put on (sackcloth/rough clothes) and sit in ashes [to show that you are sorry for your sins]. Mourn and cry very much, like [SIM] [a woman would cry] if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy [everything].”
O! du mins folks dotter, drag en säck uppå, och lägg dig i asko; haf sorg lika som för enda sonen, och beklaga dig lika som de der högeliga bedröfvade äro; ty förderfvaren kommer öfver oss hasteliga.
27 [Then Yahweh said to me], “[Jeremiah], I have caused you to become [like] [MET] someone who heats metal very hot [to completely burn the impurities]. You will examine my people’s behavior.
Jag hafver satt dig till en smältare i mitt folk, det så hårdt är; att du deras väsende förfara och bepröfva skall.
28 You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. [Their inner beings] are as hard as bronze or iron; they all [continually] deceive others.
De äro allesamman affällige, vandrande förrädeliga; de äro allesamman förderfvad koppar och jern.
29 [A metalworker causes] the bellows to blow very hard to [make the fire very hot to] completely burn up the impurities [MET]. [But just as] a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate [the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only] the wicked people.
Blåsbälgen är förbränd, blyet försvinner, smältningen är förgäfves; ty det onda är icke ifråskildt.
30 [I], Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are [like] [MET] worthless silver.”
Derföre heta de ock ett förkastadt silfver; ty Herren hafver förkastat dem.
