Jeremias 8
1 På den tid, sier Herren, skal de ta Judas kongers ben og dets høvdingers ben og prestenes ben og profetenes ben og Jerusalems innbyggeres ben ut av deres graver.
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 Og de skal brede dem ut for solen og månen og hele himmelens hær, som de elsket og dyrket, som de fulgte og søkte og tilbad; de skal ikke samles og ikke begraves; til gjødsel utover jorden skal de bli.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 Og de skal velge å dø fremfor å leve, alle de som blir igjen av denne onde ætt, på alle de steder som jeg driver dem bort til, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 Og du skal si til dem: Så sier Herren: Faller nogen og står ikke op igjen? Eller går nogen bort og vender ikke tilbake igjen?
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Hvorfor er folket her i Jerusalem falt fra med et evig frafall? De holder fast ved sin svik og vil ikke vende tilbake.
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Jeg gav akt og hørte; det som ikke er rett, taler de; det er ingen som angrer sin ondskap og sier: Hvad har jeg gjort! Alle sammen har vendt sig bort i sitt løp lik en hest som styrter avsted i krigen.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Endog storken under himmelen kjenner sine tider, og turtelduen og svalen og tranen passer tiden når de skal komme; men mitt folk kjenner ikke Herrens lov.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 Hvorledes kan I si: Vi er vise, og Herrens lov har vi hos oss? Sannelig, se, til løgn har de skriftlærdes løgnpenn gjort den.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 De vise blir til skamme, de blir forferdet, og ulykken rammer dem. Se, Herrens ord har de forkastet; hvor skulde de da ha visdom fra?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Derfor vil jeg gi deres hustruer til andre, deres marker til nye eiermenn; for både små og store søker alle sammen urettferdig vinning, både profeter og prester gjør alle sammen svik,
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 og de læger mitt folks skade på lettferdig vis, idet de sier: Fred! Fred! Og det er dog ingen fred.
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 De skal bli til skamme, for vederstyggelige ting har de gjort. De hverken skammer sig eller kjenner til blygsel; derfor skal de falle blandt dem som faller; på den tid de blir hjemsøkt, skal de snuble, sier Herren.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Jeg vil rykke dem bort, sier Herren; det er ingen druer på vintreet og ingen fikener på fikentreet, og bladene er visne, og jeg sender mot dem folk som kommer over dem.
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle eder og la oss gå inn i de faste byer og gå til grunne der! For Herren vår Gud vil la oss gå til grunne og gi oss beskt vann å drikke fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 Vi venter på fred, og det kommer intet godt, på lægedoms tid, og se, det kommer forferdelse.
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Fra Dan høres hans hesters fnysen, ved lyden av hans veldige gangeres vrinsken bever hele landet; og de kommer og fortærer landet og alt som i det er, byen og dem som bor i den.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 For se, jeg sender ormer iblandt eder, basilisker som ingen besvergelse hjelper mot, og de skal bite eder, sier Herren.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Å måtte jeg få vederkvegelse i min sorg! Mitt hjerte er sykt i mig.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Se, mitt folks skrik lyder fra et land langt borte: Er Herren da ikke i Sion? Eller er dets konge ikke der? - Hvorfor har de vakt min harme med sine utskårne billeder, med fremmede lands falske guder?
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 Kornhøsten er forbi, frukthøsten er til ende, men vi er ikke frelst.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Over mitt folks sønderknuselse er jeg sønderknust; jeg går i sørgeklær, forferdelse har grepet mig.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Er det da ingen balsam i Gilead? Eller er det ingen læge der? Hvorfor er det ikke lagt forbinding på mitt folks datter?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
