Jeremiah 3
1 “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her again? Would that land not be greatly polluted? You have lived as a prostitute who has many lovers; and would you return to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Naar en Mand forstøder sin Hustru, og hun gaar fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun saa gaa tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! saa lyder det fra HERREN.
2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and look! Is there any place where you have not had illicit sex? By the roadsides you sat waiting for your lovers, as an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du paa dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet baade ved din Utugt og Ondskab,
3 So the showers have been withheld and the spring rains have not come; yet you have the forehead of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.
4 Have you not just now called to me: 'My father! My closest friend even from my youth!
Raabte du ikke nylig til mig: »Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.
5 Will he always be angry? Will he always keep his wrath to the end?' Look! This is what you have said, but you do all the evil you can!”
Vil han evigt gemme paa Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?« Se, saaledes taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.
6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Do you see what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up every high hill and under every leafy tree, and there she has acted like a prostitute.
HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Saa du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op paa ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.
7 I said, 'After she does all these things, she will return to me,' but she did not return. Then her faithless sister Judah saw these things.
Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det saa hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;
8 So I saw that, in the same way that faithless Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a bill of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
hun saa, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik ogsaa hen og bolede.
9 Her prostitution was nothing to her; she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stones and trees.
Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.
10 Then after all of this, her faithless sister Judah returned to me, not with all her heart, but with a lie—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun paa Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “Faithless Israel has been more righteous than faithless Judah!
Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag staar bedre end det svigefulde Judas.
12 Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say, 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you. Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever.
Gaa hen og udraab disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes paa eder, thi naadig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt paa Vrede;
13 Acknowledge your iniquity, for you have transgressed against Yahweh your God; you have shared your ways with strangers under every leafy tree! For you have not listened to my voice!—this is Yahweh's declaration.
men vedgaa din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, saa lyder det fra HERREN.
14 Return, faithless people!—this is Yawheh's declaration—I am your husband! I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion!
Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,
15 I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and insight.
og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.
16 Then it will happen that you will increase and bear fruit in the land in those days—this is Yahweh's declaration-they will no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!” This matter will no longer come up in their hearts or be remembered; it will not be missed, and another one will not be made.'
Og naar I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENS Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.
17 In that time they will proclaim about Jerusalem, 'This is Yahweh's throne,' and all the other nations will gather at Jerusalem in Yahweh's name. They will no longer walk in the stubbornness of their wicked hearts.
Paa hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENS Trone, og der, til HERRENS Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.
18 In those days, the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel. They will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
I hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.
19 As for me, I said, 'How I want to treat you as my son and give you a pleasant land, an inheritance more beautiful than what is in any other nation!' I would have said, 'You will call me “my father”.' I would have said that you would not turn from following me.
Og jeg, jeg sagde til dig: »Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod.« Jeg sagde: »Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej fra mig!«
20 But like a woman faithless to her husband, you have betrayed me, house of Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
Men som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, saa sveg du mig, Israels Hus, saa lyder det fra HERREN.
21 A voice is heard on the plains, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel! For they have changed their ways; they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Hør, der lyder Graad paa de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte HERREN deres Gud.
22 “Return, faithless people! I will heal you of treachery!” “Behold! We will come to you, for you are Yahweh our God!
Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer til dig, thi du er HERREN vor Gud.
23 Surely lies come from the hills, a confusing noise from the mountains; surely Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.
24 Yet shameful idols have consumed what our ancestors have worked for— their flocks and cattle, their sons and daughters!
Skændselen aad fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Smaakvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og Døtre.
25 Let us lie down in shame. May our shame cover us, for we have sinned against Yahweh our God! We ourselves and our ancestors, from the time of our youthfulness to this present day, have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God!”
Vi lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi hørte ikke paa HERREN vor Guds Røst.
