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.
I den tidi, segjer Herren, skal dei taka beini åt Juda-kongarne og beini åt hovdingarne og beini åt prestarne og beini åt profetarne og beini åt Jerusalems-buarne ut or graverne deira,
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.
og breida deim ut for soli og for månen og heile himmelheren, som dei elska og tente, og som dei for etter, og som dei søkte, og som dei tilbad. Dei vert ikkje samla og ikkje gravlagde; til møk utyver marki skal dei verta.
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.”
Og all leivningen som vert leivd av denne vonde ætti, på alle stader der dei leivde, der som eg driv deim burt, skal velja dauden heller enn livet, segjer Herren, allhers drott.
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]?
Og du skal segja med deim: So segjer Herren: Dett ein og stend ikkje upp att? eller gjeng ein burt og snur ikkje um att?
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].
Kvi hev då denne Jerusalems-lyden falle frå med eit ævelegt fråfall? Dei held fast på sitt svik og vil ikkje snu um att.
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.
Eg gav gaum og lydde: dei talar det som ikkje er rett, det finst ikkje den mann som angrar sin vondskap og segjer: «Kva hev eg gjort!» Alle saman hev dei snutt seg burt i laupet, likeins som ein hest som renner av stad i strid.
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.
Jamvel storken under himmelen veit sine tider, og turtelduva og svala og trana ansar på tidi når dei skal koma, men mitt folk kjenner ikkje Herrens rett.
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”?
Korleis kann de segja: «Me er Sise, og Herrens lov er hjå oss?» vanneleg, sjå, lygn-pennen åt dei skriftlærde hev gjort henne til lygn.
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!
Dei vise vert til skammar, dei vert tekne av ræddhug og rådløysa. Sjå, Herrens ord hev dei vanda; kvar skulde dei då hava visdom ifrå?
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.
Difor vil eg gjeva konorne deira til andre, jorderne deira åt landvinnarar. For både små og store, alle saman søkjer dei låk vinning, både profet og prest, alle saman fer dei med svik.
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.
Og dei fer lettvint åt med å lækja skaden åt dotteri, folket mitt, med di dei segjer: «Fred, fred!» endå det ingen fred er.
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.
Dei skal standa til skammar, for dei hev gjort skjemdarverk. Dei korkje skjemmest eller veit kva det er å blygjast. Difor skal dei falla med deim som fell; i si heimsøkjingstid skal dei snåva, segjer Herren.
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.’”
Eg vil gjera av med deim, segjer Herren. Det bid ikkje druvor på vintreet og ikkje fikor på fiketreet, og lauvet er visna. Og eg sender deim slike som skal koma yver deim.
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.
Kvifor sit me i ro? Samla dykk og lat oss ganga inn i dei faste byarne og tynast der! for Herren, vår Gud, vil lata oss tynast og gjeva oss eitervatn å drikka, av di me hev synda imot Herren.
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].
Me ventar på fred, men det kjem ikkje noko godt, på ei tid med lækjedom, og sjå - fælske.
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.”
Frå Dan høyrer ein frøsing av øykjerne hans, og for kneggjingi av dei spræke hestarne hans skjelv alt landet. Og dei kjem og et upp landet og det som i det er, byen og deim som i honom bur.
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].”
For sjå, eg sender imot dykk ormar, basiliskar, som ikkje let seg mana burt, og dei skal bita dykk, segjer Herren.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
Å, kva kan hugsvala meg i sorgi! Hjarta er sjukt i meg.
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]
Sjå, naudropi frå dotteri, folket mitt, ljomar frå eit land langt burte: «Er då ikkje Herren i Sion? eller er ikkje kongen hennar der?» - Kvi hev dei harma meg med gudebilæti sine, med fåfenglege framande gudar?
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].”
Skurdonni er lidi, fruktonni er ende, men me er ikkje frelste.
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Eg er tynt for tjonet på dotteri, folket mitt, eg gjeng i syrgjeklæde, fæla hev teke meg.
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.
Finst det då ikkje balsam i Gilead, eller bid det ingen lækjar der? Eller kvi hev ikkje dotteri, folket mitt, fenge bendsel på?
