Jeremias 20
1 Og Pashur Immersson, presten, som var yver-tilsynsmann i Herrens hus, høyrde Jeremia spå dette.
Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied.
2 Då slo Pashur profeten Jeremia og sette honom i stokken i den øvre Benjaminsporten i Herrens hus.
[So he arrested me]. Then he [commanded guards to] whip me and fasten my feet in (stocks/a wooden frame) at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple.
3 Men dagen etter slepte Pashur Jeremia laus or stokken. Då sagde Jeremia med honom: «Herren kallar deg ikkje Pashur, men Magor Missabib.
The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’,
4 For so segjer Herren: Sjå, eg gjer deg til ei rædsla for deg sjølv og for alle venerne dine, og dei skal falla for fiendesverd midt framfor dine augo. Og alt Juda vil eg gjeva i Babel-kongens hand, og han skal føra deim i utlægd til Babel og slå deim med sverd.
because Yahweh says this [to you]: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the [army of the] king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords.
5 Og eg vil gjeva alt godset i denne byen og alt dei hev stræva i hop og alle deira eignaluter og alle skattarne åt Juda-kongarne - det vil eg gjeva i henderne på deira fiendar. Og dei skal rana deim og taka deim og føra deim til Babel.
And I will enable their soldiers to take away [other things in] Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings.
6 Og du, Pashur, og alle som bur i ditt hus skal verta fangar. Og til Babel skal du koma, og der skal du døy, og der skal du verta gravlagd, du og alle venerne dine, som du spådde lygn for.»
And [as for] you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’”
7 Du lokka meg, Herre, og eg let meg lokka, du bruka magti på meg og vann. Eg hev vorte til låtteløgje all dagen, alle so spottar dei meg.
[One day I said this to Yahweh]: “Yahweh, [when you chose me to be a prophet, ] deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I [become a prophet] and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone [HYP] ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day.
8 For so ofte som eg talar, lyt eg skrika, um vald og tjon lyt eg ropa, for Herrens ord hev vorte meg til håd og spott all dagen.
When I tell [people your messages], I shout saying, ‘[Yahweh is going to cause you to experience] violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long.
9 Difor sagde eg: «Eg vil ikkje koma honom i hug og ikkje lenger tala i hans namn.» Men då vart det i hjarta mitt som ein logande eld, innestengd i mine bein, og eg møddest med å tola det, men kunde ikkje.
But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, [MTY]’ [it would be as though] your message would burn in my inner being like [SIM] a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that.
10 For eg høyrde mange baktala - rædsla rundt i kring: «Klaga honom, lat oss ganga og klaga honom!» Alle dei menner eg livde i fred med, gjætte på um eg ikkje skulde falla: «Kann henda let han seg lokka, so me kann vinna på honom og hemna oss på honom.»
I hear many people whispering [about me], saying ‘[He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to] be terrified everywhere. We must tell [the authorities what he is saying]! We must denounce him!’ [Even] my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. [They are saying], ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’
11 Men Herren er med meg lik ei veldug kjempa, difor skal forfylgjarane mine snåva og ikkje vinna. Dei vert ovleg til skammar for di dei ikkje for visleg åt - ei æveleg, ugløymande skjemsla.
But [you], Yahweh, are helping me like [SIM] a strong warrior, so [it is as though] you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced.
12 Og Herren, allhers drott, røyner med rettferd, han ser nyro og hjarta. Eg skal få sjå din hemn på deim; for eg hev lagt saki mi fram for deg.
Commander of the armies of angels, you examine [all] those who are righteous; you know [all that is in] their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those [who want to harm me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
13 Syng for Herren, lova Herren! For han hev fria sjæli åt armingen ut or henderne på illgjerningsmenner.
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues [poor and] needy people, from those [SYN] who are wicked.
14 Forbanna vere den dagen då eg vart fødd! Den dagen mor mi fødde meg, vere ikkje velsigna!
But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want [anyone to] celebrate that day.
15 Forbanna vere den mann som kom med det gledebodet til far min: «Du hev fenge ein son, » og soleis gledde honom storleg.
And [as for] that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “[You wife] has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he [also] will be cursed.
16 Med den mannen verte det likeins som med dei byarne Herren støytte i koll utan trege, og han høyre naudrop um morgonen og hergny ved høgstdags leite,
Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed [long ago], without acting mercifully [toward them]. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and [to hear the enemy soldiers shout their] battle cries at noon.
17 for di han ikkje drap meg alt i moderlivet, so mor mi vart mi grav, og livet hennar æveleg fremmelegt!
[I want that to happen to him] because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been [like] [MET] my grave.
18 Kvi kom eg då ut or moderlivet til å sjå møda og sorg og enda mine dagar i skam?
I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary [RHQ] for me to me born?
