Jeremias 22
1 Så sa Herren: Gå ned til Judas konges hus og tal der dette ord:
This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
2 Hør Herrens ord, du Judas konge som sitter på Davids trone, du selv og dine tjenere og ditt folk, I som går inn gjennem disse porter!
‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
3 Så sier Herren: Gjør rett og rettferdighet, fri den plyndrede ut av undertrykkerens hånd, og gjør ikke urett og vold mot den fremmede, den farløse og enken, og utøs ikke uskyldig blod på dette sted!
to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
4 For dersom I gjør efter dette ord, så skal konger som sitter på Davids trone, dra inn gjennem portene til dette hus på vogner og hester, kongen selv og hans tjenere og hans folk.
If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
5 Men dersom I ikke hører på disse ord, da sverger jeg ved mig selv, sier Herren, at dette hus skal bli ødelagt.
But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
6 For så sier Herren om Judas konges hus: Et Gilead er du for mig, en Libanons topp; men sannelig, jeg vil gjøre dig til en ørken, til byer som ingen bor i.
And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
7 Og jeg vil innvie ødeleggere mot dig, hver med sine våben, og de skal hugge ned dine herligste sedrer og kaste dem på ilden.
I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
8 Og mange hedninger skal gå forbi denne by og si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort så med denne store by?
People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
9 Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herrens, sin Guds pakt og tilbad andre guder og dyrket dem.
And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
10 Gråt ikke over en død og klag ikke over ham! Gråt over ham som har draget bort! For han skal ikke mere komme tilbake og se sitt fødeland.
[Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
11 For så sier Herren om Judas konge Sallum, Josias' sønn, som blev konge efter sin far Josias, og som drog bort fra dette sted: Han skal ikke mere komme tilbake hit;
Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
12 men på det sted som de har ført ham til i fangenskap, der skal han dø, og dette land skal han ikke se mere.
He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
13 Ve ham som bygger sitt hus med urettferdighet og sine saler med urett, som lar sin næste træle for intet og ikke gir ham hans lønn,
[And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
14 som sier: Jeg vil bygge mig et rummelig hus og luftige saler, og som hugger ut vinduer på det og paneler det med sedertre og maler det med rødt.
He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
15 Er du konge fordi du kappes i å bygge av sedertre? Din far - mon han ikke åt og drakk og gjorde rett og rettferdighet? Da gikk det ham vel.
But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
16 Han hjalp den elendige og fattige til hans rett; da gikk det vel. Er ikke dette å kjenne mig? sier Herren.
Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
17 Men dine øine og ditt hjerte er ikke rettet på annet enn på vinning og på å utøse den uskyldiges blod og på å bruke vold og undertrykkelse.
But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
18 Derfor sier Herren så om Judas konge Jojakim, Josias' sønn: De skal ikke holde sørgehøitid over ham og rope: Ve, min bror! Ve, søster! De skal ikke holde sørgehøitid over ham og rope: Ve, herre! Ve, hans herlighet!
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
19 Som de begraver et asen, skal han begraves; de skal slepe ham bort og slenge ham vekk langt fra Jerusalems porter.
[When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20 Stig op på Libanon og skrik, og la din røst lyde i Basan og skrik fra Abarim! For alle dine elskere er knust.
[You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
21 Jeg talte til dig i din trygghet; men du sa: Jeg vil ikke høre. Dette var din ferd fra din ungdom av at du ikke hørte på min røst.
When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
22 Alle dine førere skal vinden bortføre, og dine elskere må gå i fangenskap; ja, da skal du vanæres og bli til skamme for all din ondskaps skyld.
[So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
23 Du som bor på Libanon, som har ditt rede i sedrene, hvor du vil stønne når smerter kommer over dig, veer som den fødende kvinnes!
[Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
24 Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, selv om du Konja, Jojakims sønn, Judas konge, var en signetring på min høire hånd, så vilde jeg rive dig derfra.
Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
25 Og jeg vil gi dig i deres hånd som står dig efter livet, og i deres hånd som du gruer for, i Babels konge Nebukadnesars hånd og i kaldeernes hånd.
You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
26 Og jeg vil kaste dig og din mor som fødte dig, bort til et annet land, hvor I ikke blev født, og der skal I dø.
I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
27 Men det land de stunder efter å komme tilbake til, til det skal de ikke komme tilbake.
You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
28 Er han da en foraktet, knust lerkrukke, denne mann Konja, eller et kar som ingen bryr sig om? Hvorfor er de bortkastet, han og hans ætt, og slengt bort til det land de ikke kjente?
[Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
29 Land! land! land! Hør Herrens ord!
[I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
30 Så sier Herren: Skriv denne mann op som barnløs, som en mann som ingen lykke har i sine levedager! For ingen av hans ætt skal mere få lykke til å sitte på Davids trone og herske over Juda.
This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
