Jeremias 51
1 So segjer Herren: Sjå, eg vekkjer eit skadever imot Babel og imot ibuarane i Leb-Kamai.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
2 Og eg sender framande mot Babel, og dei skal dryfta henne og dei skal tøma landet hennar. For dei skal setja på henne frå alle leider på ulukkedagen.
And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
3 Lat bogeskyttaren spenna boge mot den som boge spenner og mot den som briskar seg i brynja, og spar ikkje hennar drengjer, bannstøyt all hennar her!
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Då skal daudslegne menner falla i Kaldæarlandet og stungne menner på gatorne.
And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
5 For Israel og Juda er ikkje enkjor, gløymde av sin Gud, av Herren, allhers drott, endå landet deira var fullt av skuld mot Israels Heilage.
Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Fly ut or Babel, og kvar og ein berge sitt liv so de ikkje tynest ved hennar misgjerning! For dette er ei hemne-tid for Herren; han vil gjeva henne lika for det ho hev gjort.
Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
7 Eit gullstaup i Herrens hand var Babel, som gjorde all jordi drukki; av vinen hennar drakk folki, difor vart folki reint rasande.
Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 Dåtteleg datt Babel og vart krasa. Barma dykk yver henne! Henta balsam for hennar plåga! Kann henda det kunde verta lækt.
Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
9 «Me etla å lækja Babel, men ho var ulækjande. Lat oss skilja lag med henne, so me kann fara kvar til sitt land! For domen yver henne rekk upp til himmelen og når radt upp i skyerne.
“We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 Herren hev late vår rettvise sak koma upp i ljoset; kom, lat oss fortelja i Sion Herrens, vår Guds verk!»
The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11 Kvet pilerne blanke, grip skjoldarne! Herren hev vekt upp åndi til kongen i Media; for mot Babel hev han vendt sine tankar til å øydeleggja henne; for det er Herrens hemn, hemnen for templet hans.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Reis hermerke mot Babel-murarne, haldt sterk vakt, set ut vaktmenner, skipa til umsåtmenner! For Herren hev både tenkt ut og sett i verk det han hev tala mot Babel-buarne.
Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Du som bur attmed mykje vatn, rik på skattar, komen er din ende, di låke vinning hev nått sitt mål.
You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
14 Herren, allhers drott, hev svore ved seg sjølv: Endå eg hadde fyllt deg med menneskje som engsprettor i mengd, skal det like vel lyftast sigerrop yver deg.
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 Han hev gjort jordi med si kraft, skapt heimen med sin visdom, spana ut himlarne med sitt vit.
The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
16 Når han let røysti si ljoma, svarar dyn av vatn i himmelen, og han let skodda stiga upp frå utkantarne på jordi, let eldingar laga regn og sender vind ut or gøymslorne sine.
when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
17 Kvar ein mann stend klumsa og hev ikkje vit på det, kvar ein gullsmed lyt skjemmast av bilæti sine; for dei støypte bilæti hans er berre lygn, og det er ingi ånd i deim.
Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Dei er berre fåfengd, eit verk til å hæda; den tid dei vert heimsøkte, er det ute med deim.
They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19 Jakobs arvlut er ikkje deim lik, for det er han som hev skapt alt og fenge seg si odelsrætt. Herren, allhers drott, er namnet hans.
The portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 Du var hamaren min, stridsvåpnet, so eg med deg krasa folkeslag og med deg øyda kongerike.
“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 Og med deg krasa eg hest og ridar, og med deg krasa eg vogn og køyrar.
And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 Og med deg krasa eg mann og kvinna, og med deg krasa eg gamall og ung, og med deg krasa eg svein og møy.
And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 Og med deg krasa eg hyrding og hjordi hans, og med deg krasa eg pløgjar og pløgje-uksarne hans, og med deg krasa eg jarlar og landshovdingar.
And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
24 Men no gjev eg Babel og alle som bur i Kaldæa lika for alt vondt som dei hev gjort Sion, framfor augo dykkar, segjer Herren.
And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion, before your eyes, says the Lord.
25 Sjå, eg kjem yver deg, du Tynefjell, segjer Herren, du som tyner all jordi; og eg vil retta ut handi ut imot deg og velta deg ned frå hamrarne og gjera deg til eit forbrent fjell.
Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.
26 Av deg kann ein då korkje taka hyrnestein eller grunnstein, men til ævelege audner skal du verta, segjer Herren.
And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.
27 Reis hermerke i landet, blås i lur millom folki, vig folkeslag til strid imot henne, kalla imot det kongeriki Ararat, Minni og Askenaz, set inn herhovdingar imot henne, før fram hestar som bustute engsprettor!
Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
28 Vig folkeslag til strid imot henne, kongarne or Media, jarlarne og landshovdingarne der, og alt det land dei råder yver!
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
29 Då dirrar jordi og bivrar, for no vert Herrens tankar mot Babel sette i verk: å gjera Babellandet til ei øydemark, so ingen bur der.
And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
30 Kjemporne i Babel hev halde upp med striden, dei sit i ro i borgerne. Deira kraft er kvorvi, kvende er dei vortne. Det er kveikt eld på hennar bustader, hennar bommar er brotne sunder.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Lauparsvein løyp mot lauparsvein og sendebod mot sendebod, med bod til Babel-kongen at byen hans er teken frå ende til annan,
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 at vadi er hersette, vatsdemmorne turrbrende med eld og hermennerne forfærde.
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
33 For so segjer Herren, allhers drott, Israels Gud: Babels dotter likjest ein treskjevoll når han vert tiltrakka; endå ei liti rid, og skurdonni vil koma for henne.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
34 «Nebukadressar, Babel-kongen, hev ete oss, hev øydt oss, hev sett oss burt som eit tomt kjerald, hev gløypt oss som ein hav-drake, hev fyllt buken sin med forkunnmaten min, burt hev han drive oss.
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 Valdsverki mot meg, ja, mot mitt kjøt, koma yver Babel!» segje Sion-buarne, «og mitt blod yver Kaldæa-folket! segje Jerusalem.
This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 Difor, so segjer Herren: Sjå, eg fører saki og hemnar meg for deg, og eg let hennar hav turkast upp og hennar kjelda torna.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 Og Babel skal verta til steinrøysar, eit sjakal-bøle, ei skræma og ei hæding; ingen skal bu der.
And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 Alle burar dei som ungløvor, gnaldrar som løve-kvelpar.
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
39 Når dei då er upp-øste, vil eg gjera eit drykkjelag åt deim og gjera deim drukne, so dei fagnar seg og sovnar i ein æveleg svevn og ikkje vaknar, segjer Herren.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 Eg vil føra deim ned til slagting som lamb, som verar og bukkar.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 Kor er Sesak vorte teke, og «fagnaden for all jordi» herteken! Kor er Babel hev vorte til ei skræma millom folki!
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 Havet gjekk yver Babel, ho vart løynt av dei marmande båror.
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Byarne hennar er vorte til ei audn, eit turt land og ei øydemark, eit land som ingen mann bur i, og som inkje mannsbarn fer framum.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
44 Og eg heimsøkjer Bel i Babel, og tek det han hev gløypt i seg ut or munnen hans, og folkeslag skal ikkje lenger strøyma til honom. Babel-murarne skal rynja, dei og.
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 Far ut derifrå, mitt folk, so dei kann berga kvar sitt liv for Herrens brennande vreide!
Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
46 Og ver ikkje hugfalne og rædde for dei tiender som spørst i landet! For det vil koma ei tiend eitt året og ei onnor eit anna år, og urett vil råda på jordi, drott vil risa mot drott.
For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
47 Difor, sjå, dei dagar skal koma då eg heimsøkjer gudebilæti hjå Babel, og alt landet hennar skal verta til skammar; og alle skal falla daudslegne hjå henne.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Då skal himmel og jord fagna seg yver Babel, for nordanfrå skal tynaren koma yver henne, segjer Herren.
And the heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her from the north, says the Lord.
49 Babel skal og falla, dei slegne menner av Israel, liksom det og for Babel hev falle slegne menner på heile jordi.
And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 De som slapp undan frå sverdet, far av stad, stana ikkje! Minnest Herren frå burtlengste land, og kom Jerusalem i hug.
You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 Me vart til skammar, for me laut høyra på svivyrding; skammi breidde seg yver våre andlit, for framande hadde kome seg inn yver heilagdomarne i Herrens hus.
We have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 Difor, sjå, dei dagar skal koma, segjer Herren, då eg vil heimsøkja gudebilæti hennar, og i alt hennar land skal slegne menner stynja.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Um so Babel vil hevja seg til himmelen, og um ho gjer si høge festning u-klivande, so skal frå meg tynarar koma yver henne, segjer Herren.
If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 Naudrop er høyrande frå Babel og stort tjon frå Kaldæarlandet.
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 For Herren tyner Babel og stoggar det store ståket hjå henne. Og bårorne deira skal dynja som store vatn, si dunande røyst skal dei lata ljoma.
For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
56 For ein tynar kjem yver henne, yver Babel, og kjemporne hennar vert fanga, bogarne deira sundbrotne. For Herren er ein Gud som gjev attergjeld, han gjev full løn.
For the despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
57 Og eg gjer deim drukne, hennar hovdingar og vismenner, hennar jarlar og landshovdingar og kjempor, og dei skal sovna av i ein æveleg svevn og ikkje vakna, segjer kongen - Herren, allhers drott, er namnet hans.
“And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
58 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Babel-muren, den breide, skal verta nedriven til grunnen, og portarne, dei høge, brende med eld, so folk skal ha mødt seg for inkje og folkeslag for elden, og stræva seg trøytte.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
59 Den fyresegni som profeten Jeremia gav Seraja, son åt Neria Mahsejason, då han for til Babel med Sidkia, Juda-kongen, i det fjorde året han var konge. Men Seraja var kvartermeister.
The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Og Jeremia skreiv i ei bok, all den ulukka som skulde koma yver Babel - alle desse ordi som er skrivne um Babel.
And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 Og Jeremia sagde med Seraja: «Når du kjem til Babel, då sjå til at du les alle desse ordi!»
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,
62 Og du skal segja: «Herre, du hev sjølv tala um denne staden at du vil rydja honom ut, so ingen skal bu der meir, korkje folk eller fe, for til ævelege audner skal han verta.»
you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Og når du hev lese upp denne boki til endes, skal du binda ein stein til henne og kasta henne midt ut i Frat
And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 og segja: «Soleis skal Babel søkka og ikkje koma upp att, » for den ulukka som eg let koma yver byen, og trøytte skal dei verta.» Hit når Jeremia-ordi.
And you will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’” The words of Jeremiah thus far.
