Jeremias 5
1 Gå omkring i gatene i Jerusalem og se efter og gi akt, søk på torvene om I finner nogen, om det er nogen som gjør rett, som streber efter redelighet! Så vil jeg tilgi byen.
[Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
2 Og om de enn sier: Så sant Herren lever, så sverger de allikevel falsk.
But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
3 Herre! Ser ikke dine øine efter redelighet? Du slo dem, men de kjente ingen smerte; du gjorde ende på dem, de vilde ikke ta imot tukt, de gjorde sitt ansikt hårdere enn sten, de vilde ikke vende om.
Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
4 Da sa jeg: Det er bare småfolk; de er uforstandige, for de kjenner ikke Herrens vei, sin Guds rett;
I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
5 jeg vil nu gå til storfolk og tale med dem; for de kjenner Herrens vei, sin Guds rett. Men nettop de har alle sammen brutt åket og sprengt båndene.
So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
6 Derfor skal løven fra skogen slå dem, ulven fra villmarkene ødelegge dem; leoparden lurer utenfor deres byer, hver den som går ut av dem, skal bli revet i stykker; for mange er deres overtredelser, tallrike deres frafall.
Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
7 Hvorfor skulde jeg tilgi dig? Dine barn har forlatt mig og svoret ved guder som ikke er guder; og jeg mettet dem, men de drev hor og flokket sig i skjøgens hus.
Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
8 Som velnærte hester er de tidlig på ferde; de vrinsker, hver efter sin næstes hustru.
[Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
9 Skulde jeg ikke straffe slikt, sier Herren, eller skulde min sjel ikke hevne sig på et folk som dette?
(Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
10 Stig op på dets murer og ødelegg, men gjør ikke helt ende på det! Ta bort dets kvister, de hører ikke Herren til!
[I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
11 For Israels hus og Judas hus har båret sig troløst at imot mig, sier Herren.
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
12 De har fornektet Herren og sagt: Han er ikke til, og det skal ikke komme nogen ulykke over oss, og sverd og hunger skal vi ikke se,
They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
13 og profetene skal bli til vind; for det er ingen som taler i dem. Således skal det gå dem selv.
What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
14 Derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så: Fordi I taler slike ord, se, så gjør jeg mine ord i din munn til en ild og dette folk til ved, og ilden skal fortære dem.
So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
15 Se, jeg lar et folk fra det fjerne komme over eder, Israels hus, sier Herren; et kraftig folk er det, et folk fra eldgammel tid, et folk hvis tungemål du ikke kjenner, og hvis tale du ikke skjønner.
Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
16 Deres kogger er som en åpen grav, de er alle sammen kjemper.
Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
17 Og de skal fortære din høst og ditt brød, de skal fortære dine sønner og dine døtre, de skal fortære ditt småfe og storfe, de skal fortære ditt vintre og fikentre; dine faste byer som du setter din lit til, skal de bryte ned med sverd.
They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
18 Men selv i de dager, sier Herren, vil jeg ikke gjøre helt ende på eder.
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
19 Og når I da sier: Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss? - da skal du si til dem: Likesom I forlot mig og tjente fremmede guder i eders land, således skal I også tjene fremmede herrer i et land som ikke er eders.
And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
20 Forkynn dette i Jakobs hus og kunngjør det i Juda og si:
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 Hør dette, du uvettige og uforstandige folk, som har øine, men ikke ser, som har ører, men ikke hører!
Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
22 Vil I ikke frykte mig, sier Herren, vil I ikke beve for mitt åsyn? Jeg som har satt sanden til grense for havet, til en evig demning som det ikke kan komme over, så om bølgene raser, makter de intet, og om de bruser, kan de ikke komme over den.
Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
23 Men dette folk har et trossig og gjenstridig hjerte; de har veket fra ham og er gått bort.
But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
24 Og de har ikke sagt i sitt hjerte: La oss frykte Herren vår Gud, som gir regn i rett tid, både høstregn og vårregn, han som holder ved lag for oss den ordning han har fastsatt for høstens uker!
You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
25 Eders misgjerninger har gjort at alt dette er kommet i ulag for eder, og eders synder har holdt det gode borte fra eder.
It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
26 For det finnes ugudelige blandt mitt folk; de legger sig på lur, likesom fuglefangere dukker sig ned; de setter ut snarer og fanger mennesker.
Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
27 Som et bur er fullt av fugler, således er deres hus fulle av svik; derfor er de blitt store og rike.
Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
28 De er blitt fete, de glinser, de strømmer over av ondt, de dømmer ikke rett i nogen sak, ikke i den farløses sak, så de fremmer den, og fattigfolk hjelper de ikke til deres rett.
They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
29 Skulde jeg ikke straffe slikt, sier Herren, skulde min sjel ikke hevne sig på et folk som dette?
So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
30 Forferdelige og gruelige ting skjer i landet;
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 profetene profeterer løgn, og prestene styrer efter deres råd, og mitt folk vil gjerne ha det således. Men hvad vil I gjøre når enden på dette kommer?
Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
