Jeremia 27
1 Im Anfange der Regierung Zedekias, des Sohnes Josias, des Königs von Juda, erging folgendes Wort an Jeremia von seiten Jahwes:
THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPOKE AGAINST BABYLON.
2 So sprach Jahwe zu mir: Mache dir Stricke und Jochhölzer und lege sie auf deinen Hals
Proclaim you among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not: say you, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up.
3 und sende an den König von Edom und an den König von Moab und an den König der Ammoniter und an den König von Tyrus und an den König von Sidon mittels der Boten, die zu Zedekia, dem Könige von Juda, nach Jerusalem gekommen sind,
For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.
4 und beauftrage sie, ihren Gebietern Folgendes zu sagen: So sprach Jahwe der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels: Also sollt ihr zu euren Gebietern sagen:
In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.
5 Ich habe die Erde, die Menschen und das Vieh, die auf der Erde leben, durch meine große Kraft und meinen ausgereckten Arm geschaffen und habe sie immer gegeben, wem es mir gefiel.
They shall ask the way till [they come to] Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.
6 Nunmehr aber gebe ich alle diese Länder in die Gewalt meines Knechtes Nebukadnezar, des Königs von Babel; selbst die Tiere des Feldes gebe ich ihm, daß sie ihm dienstbar seien.
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.
7 Es sollen aber alle Völker ihm, wie seinem Sohn und seinem Enkel dienstbar sein, bis auch seines Landes Zeit gekommen sein wird, und mächtige Völker und gewaltige Könige sich ihn dienstbar machen.
All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers [had] a pasture of righteousness.
8 Dasjenige Volk und Königreich aber, das ihm, Nebukadnezar, dem Könige von Babel, nicht dienen will und das seinen Hals nicht in das Joch des Königs von Babel stecken will, - mit dem Schwert und mit dem Hunger und mit der Pest will ich selbiges Volk heimsuchen, ist der Spruch Jahwes, bis ich sie durch seine Hand völlig vertilgt habe.
Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep.
9 Ihr nun - hört ja weder auf eure Propheten noch auf eure Wahrsager noch auf eure Träume noch auf eure Zeichendeuter noch auf eure Zauberer, wenn sie also zu euch sprechen: Ihr werdet mit nichten dem Könige von Babel dienstbar werden!
For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.
10 Denn Lügen weissagen sie euch damit, um euch von eurem Boden zu entfernen, daß ich euch forttreibe und ihr zu Grunde geht.
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied.
11 Das Volk indes, welches seinen Hals in das Joch des Königs von Babel steckt, daß es ihm diene, das will ich ruhig auf seinem Boden lassen - ist der Spruch Jahwes -, daß es ihn bearbeite und bewohne.
Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering mine heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls.
12 Auch zu Zedekia, dem Könige von Juda, redete ich ganz dem entsprechend also: Steckt eure Hälse in das Joch des Königs von Babel und dienet ihm und seinem Volke, so werdet ihr leben bleiben!
Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: [she is] the last of the nations, desolate,
13 Warum wollt ihr, du und dein Volk, durchs Schwert, durch den Hunger und durch die Pest umkommen, wie Jahwe den Völkern angedroht hat, die dem Könige von Babel nicht dienstbar sein wollen?
by reason of the Lord's anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and every one that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague.
14 Hört doch nicht auf die Reden der Propheten, die also zu euch sprechen: “Ihr werdet mit nichten dem Könige von Babel dienstbar werden!” - denn nur Lügen weissagen sie euch.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,
15 Denn ich habe sie nicht gesandt - ist der Spruch Jahwes -, vielmehr weissagen sie trügerisch in meinem Namen, damit ich euch forttreibe und ihr zu Grunde geht samt den Propheten, die euch geweissagt haben!
and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.
16 Auch zu den Priestern und zu diesem ganzen Volke habe ich also geredet: So spricht Jahwe: Hört nicht auf die Reden eurer Propheten, die euch also weissagen: “Fürwahr, die Geräte des Tempels Jahwes werden nun schleunigst von Babel zurückgebracht werden!” - denn nur Lügen weissagen sie euch.
Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, [and] him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
17 Hört nicht auf sie, dient vielmehr dem Könige von Babel, so werdet ihr leben bleiben! Warum soll diese Stadt zu einer Wüstenei werden?
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon [has gnawed] his bones.
18 Sind sie aber Propheten, und steht ihnen das Wort Jahwes zu gebote, so mögen sie doch Jahwe der Heerscharen darum angehen, daß die Geräte, die im Tempel Jahwes und im Palaste des Königs von Juda und in Jerusalem noch übrig geblieben sind, nicht auf noch nach Babel kommen!
Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] take vengeance on the king of Babylon, and upon his land, as I took vengeance on the king of Assyria.
19 Denn also spricht Jahwe der Heerscharen in betreff der Säulen und in betreff des Meers und in betreff der Gestühle und in betreff des Restes der Geräte, die in dieser Stadt noch übrig geblieben sind,
And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied.
20 die Nebukadnezar, der König von Babel, nicht weggenommen hat, als er Jechonja, den Sohn Jojakims, den König von Juda, aus Jerusalem nach Babel hinwegführte samt allen Edlen Judas und Jerusalems:
In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left
21 ja, also spricht Jahwe der Heerscharen, der Gott Israels, in betreff der Geräte, welche im Tempel Jahwes und im Palaste des Königs von Juda und in Jerusalem übrig geblieben sind:
on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you.
22 Nach Babel sollen sie gebracht werden und daselbst bleiben bis zu dem Tage, da ich wieder nach ihnen sehe - ist der Spruch Jahwes - und sie herführe und sie wieder zurückbringe an diesen Ort.
A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans!
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, Babylon, that you will even be taken captive: you are found and taken, because you did resist the Lord.
The Lord has opened his treasury, and brought forth the weapons of his anger: for the Lord God [has] a work in the land of the Chaldeans.
For her times are come: open you her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her.
Dry you up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.
A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God.
Summon many against Babylon, [even] every one that bends the bow: camp against her round about; let no one of her [people] escape: render to her according to her works; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, says the Lord.
Behold, I am against you the haughty one, says the Lord: for your day is come, and the time of your retribution.
And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Thus says the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.
But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;
and he will sharpen a sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her nobles and upon her wise men;
a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots:
a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water,
and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven [images]; and in the islands, where they boasted.
Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, says the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:
[the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them.
For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.
