Jeremiah 8
1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
"Zu jener Zeit", ein Spruch des Herrn, "holt man aus ihren Grüften die Gebeine der Könige von Juda und die seiner Fürsten und die der Priester und Propheten und der Bewohner von Jerusalem
2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
und breitet sie der Sonne und dem Monde hin mitsamt dem ganzen Himmelsheer, gerade jenen, die sie so geliebt und denen sie gedient und nachgelaufen, die sie befragt und angebetet. Nie liest man sie mehr auf, begräbt sie nicht; als Dünger dienen sie dem Acker.
3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Und lieber ist das Sterben als das Leben dem ganzen Rest, der übrigbleibt von dieser bösen Sippe, an all den Orten übrigbleibt, wohin ich sie verstoße." Ein Spruch des Herrn der Heerscharen.
4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
Sprich das zu ihnen: "So spricht der Herr: Wer fällt denn hin und will nicht wieder sich erheben? Wer geht denn fort und kehrt nicht wieder?
5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
Warum fiel dieses Volk, warum Jerusalem auf immer? Weswegen hält es fest am Trug und sträubt sich, umzukehren?
6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
Ich horche hin und lausche; sie aber reden nicht, was recht. Kein Mensch hat heute Reue über seine Schlechtigkeit, so daß er spricht: 'Was habe ich getan?' Denn sie verharren insgesamt bei ihrem Lauf, dem Rosse gleich, das in den Kampf sich stürzt.
7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
Sogar die Störche unterm Himmel kennen ihre Zeit, und Turteltaube, Schwalbe, Drossel kehren pünktlich wieder. Mein Volk jedoch kennt nicht des Herren Ordnung."
8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
Wie mögt ihr sagen: "Wir sind so weise. Wir haben ja des Herren Lehre inne"? Fürwahr, in Lügen arbeitet der Lügengriffel eurer Schriftgelehrten.
9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
Schande über diese Weisen! Bestürzt, betroffen werden sie. Verworfen haben sie das Wort des Herrn. Was nützt nun ihnen ihre Weisheit?
10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
"Ich gebe deshalb ihre Weiber andern und ihre Felder den Eroberern. Denn groß und klein, sie alle wollen Geld, und die Propheten und die Priester schaffen Trug.
11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
Sie möchten gern den Schaden der Tochter meines Volkes auf das schnellste heilen. Nur Heil auf Heil verheißen sie, und doch ist nirgends Heil.
12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
Drum Schande über sie, daß sie so Greuliches verübt! Indes für sie gibt's kein Erröten mehr; - das Schämen haben sie verlernt. Drum werden sie bei den Erschlagnen liegen. Wenn ihrer Strafe Zeit erscheint, stürzen sie hin." - So spricht der Herr.
13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
"Ich will bei ihnen Ernte halten." Ein Spruchdes Herrn. "Am Weinstock keine Trauben! Am Feigenbaume keine Feigen, und selbst das Laub verwelkt! Ich bringe ihnen ihren Tod."
14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
Weswegen sitzen wir herum? Zuhauf! Wir wollen in die festen Städte ziehen, daß wir dort schweigend harren. Denn unser Gott, der Herr, hüllt uns in Schweigen; mit bittrem Wasser tränkt er uns, weil wir uns an dem Herrn vergangen.
15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
Auf Frieden hoffen wir, jedoch nichts Gutes kommt, auf Ruhezeit kommt das Entsetzen.
16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
Von Dan her hört man schon das Schnauben seiner Rosse vom lauten Wiehern seiner Hengste bebt das ganze Land. Sie fallen ein; das Land und seine Fülle fressen sie, die Stadt samt den Bewohnern. -
17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
"Giftschlangen schick ich euch, dawider jeder Zauber fehlt. Sie beißen euch", ein Spruch des Herrn.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
"Dafür gibt's keine Heilung." Der Jammer faßt mich an; mein Herz in mir ist krank.
19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
Horch auf! Die Tochter meines Volkes schreit aus wüstem Land. "Ist denn der Herr nicht mehr in Sion? Ist denn sein König nicht mehr dort?" - "Weswegen reizten sie durch ihre Bilder mich zum Zorn, durch fremde Nichtse?"
20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
"Vorbei der Sommer, und der Herbst vorüber, uns wird keine Hilfe."
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Dieweil gebrochen meines Volkes Tochter, bin ich gebrochen, übertraurig; mich packt Entsetzen.
22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
Gibt's keinen Balsam mehr in Gilead? Ist denn kein Arzt mehr da? Warum vernarbt sich nicht die Wunde der Tochter meines Volkes?
