Jeremias 3
1 Det heter: Når en mann lar sin hustru fare, og hun går fra ham og blir en annen manns, kan han da igjen komme tilbake til henne? Vilde ikke da landet bli vanhelliget? Og du, du har drevet hor med mange venner og skulde enda komme tilbake til mig igjen? sier Herren.
“[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
2 Løft dine øine til de bare hauger og se: Hvor er du ikke blitt vanæret? Ved veiene satt du og ventet på dem, som en araber i ørkenen, og du vanhelliget landet ved ditt hor og din ondskap.
“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
3 Da blev regnbygene holdt tilbake, og vårregnet falt ikke; men du hadde en horkvinnes panne, du vilde ikke skamme dig.
That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
4 Har du ikke nettop nu ropt til mig: Min far, du er min ungdoms venn?
Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
5 Mon han vil holde fast ved sin vrede evindelig eller bevare sin harme til evig tid? Se, så talte du, og enda gjorde du det onde, og du maktet det.
So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
6 Og Herren sa til mig i kong Josias' dager: Har du sett hvad Israel, den frafalne kvinne, har gjort? Hun gikk op på hvert høit fjell og inn under hvert grønt tre og drev hor der.
[One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
7 Og jeg sa: Når hun har gjort alt dette, vil hun vende tilbake til mig. Men hun vendte ikke tilbake, og det så hennes søster Juda, den troløse.
I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
8 Og jeg så at enda jeg hadde latt den frafalne, Israel, fare og gitt henne hennes skilsmissebrev, fordi hun hadde drevet hor, fryktet allikevel ikke hennes søster Juda, den troløse, men gikk avsted og drev hor hun også;
The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
9 og med sitt frekke hor vanhelliget hun landet, og hun drev hor med sten og med tre.
They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
10 Og med alt dette vendte hennes søster Juda, den troløse, ikke tilbake til mig av hele sitt hjerte, men bare på skrømt, sier Herren.
The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
11 Og Herren sa til mig: Den frafalne, Israel, har vist sig rettferdigere enn den troløse, Juda.
Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
12 Gå avsted og rop ut disse ord mot nord og si: Vend tilbake, Israel, du frafalne, sier Herren; jeg vil ikke senke mitt åsyn i vrede mot eder; for jeg er miskunnelig, sier Herren, jeg vil ikke holde fast ved min vrede evindelig.
So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
13 Bare erkjenn din misgjerning, at du er falt fra Herren din Gud og på forskjellige veier har løpet om til de fremmede guder, inn under hvert grønt tre, og på min røst har I ikke hørt, sier Herren.
But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
14 Vend tilbake, I frafalne barn, sier Herren; for jeg er eders ekteherre, og jeg vil ta eder, en av en by og to av en ætt, og føre eder til Sion.
But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
15 Og jeg vil gi eder hyrder efter mitt hjerte, og de skal røkte eder med forstand og visdom.
[If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
16 Og når I blir et stort og tallrikt folk i landet i de dager, sier Herren, da skal de ikke mere tale om Herrens pakts-ark eller tenke på den; de skal ikke komme den i hu og ikke savne den, og der skal ikke mere gjøres nogen slik ark.
And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
17 På den tid skal de kalle Jerusalem Herrens trone, og alle folkene skal samle sig der, til Herrens navn i Jerusalem, og de skal ikke mere følge sitt onde, hårde hjerte.
At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
18 I de dager skal Judas hus gå til Israels hus, og de skal komme sammen fra landet i nord til det land jeg gav eders fedre til arv.
At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
19 Og jeg, jeg sa: Hvor høit vil jeg ikke sette dig blandt barna og gi dig et lystelig land, den herligste arv iblandt folkene! Og jeg sa fremdeles: I skal rope til mig: Min far! og ikke vende eder bort fra mig.
You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
20 Men sannelig, som en kvinne er troløs mot sin venn, således har I vært troløse mot mig, Israels hus! sier Herren.
But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
21 En røst høres på de bare hauger, Israels barns gråt og bønner; for de har gått på onde veier, de har glemt Herren sin Gud.
People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
22 Vend tilbake, I frafalne barn! Jeg vil læge eders frafall. Se, vi kommer til dig; for du er Herren vår Gud.
Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
23 Sannelig, fåfengt er det at I larmer på haugene; sannelig, i Herren vår Gud er Israels frelse!
We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
24 Men den skammelige avgudsdyrkelse har fortært frukten av våre fedres arbeid helt fra vår ungdom av, deres småfe og storfe, deres sønner og døtre.
From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
25 La oss ligge i vår vanære, og la vår skam dekke oss! For mot Herren vår Gud har vi syndet, vi og våre fedre, fra vår ungdom av like til denne dag, og vi har ikke hørt på Herrens, vår Guds røst.
So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
