Jeremias 51
1 So segjer Herren: Sjå, eg vekkjer eit skadever imot Babel og imot ibuarane i Leb-Kamai.
This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.
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.
I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.
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!
[I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’
4 Då skal daudslegne menner falla i Kaldæarlandet og stungne menner på gatorne.
Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.
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.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.
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.
[You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.
7 Eit gullstaup i Herrens hand var Babel, som gjorde all jordi drukki; av vinen hennar drakk folki, difor vart folki reint rasande.
Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.
8 Dåtteleg datt Babel og vart krasa. Barma dykk yver henne! Henta balsam for hennar plåga! Kann henda det kunde verta lækt.
But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can 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 [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].
10 Herren hev late vår rettvise sak koma upp i ljoset; kom, lat oss fortelja i Sion Herrens, vår Guds verk!»
Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].
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.
[You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.
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.
Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.
13 Du som bur attmed mykje vatn, rik på skattar, komen er din ende, di låke vinning hev nått sitt mål.
Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.
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 Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”
15 Han hev gjort jordi med si kraft, skapt heimen med sin visdom, spana ut himlarne med sitt vit.
Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
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 speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds 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.
People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
18 Dei er berre fåfengd, eit verk til å hæda; den tid dei vert heimsøkte, er det ute med deim.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
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.
But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.
20 Du var hamaren min, stridsvåpnet, so eg med deg krasa folkeslag og med deg øyda kongerike.
Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.
21 Og med deg krasa eg hest og ridar, og med deg krasa eg vogn og køyrar.
With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
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.
With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
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.
With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
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.
But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.
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.
[Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.
26 Av deg kann ein då korkje taka hyrnestein eller grunnstein, men til ævelege audner skal du verta, segjer Herren.
Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”
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!
[Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.
28 Vig folkeslag til strid imot henne, kongarne or Media, jarlarne og landshovdingarne der, og alt det land dei råder yver!
Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
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.
[When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].
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.
[When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].
31 Lauparsvein løyp mot lauparsvein og sendebod mot sendebod, med bod til Babel-kongen at byen hans er teken frå ende til annan,
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
32 at vadi er hersette, vatsdemmorne turrbrende med eld og hermennerne forfærde.
The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.
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.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”
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.
[The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].
35 Valdsverki mot meg, ja, mot mitt kjøt, koma yver Babel!» segje Sion-buarne, «og mitt blod yver Kaldæa-folket! segje Jerusalem.
[So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”
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.
And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.
37 Og Babel skal verta til steinrøysar, eit sjakal-bøle, ei skræma og ei hæding; ingen skal bu der.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.
38 Alle burar dei som ungløvor, gnaldrar som løve-kvelpar.
The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby 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.
But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!
40 Eg vil føra deim ned til slagting som lamb, som verar og bukkar.
I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].
41 Kor er Sesak vorte teke, og «fagnaden for all jordi» herteken! Kor er Babel hev vorte til ei skræma millom folki!
People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.
42 Havet gjekk yver Babel, ho vart løynt av dei marmande båror.
The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
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.
The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.
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 punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”
45 Far ut derifrå, mitt folk, so dei kann berga kvar sitt liv for Herrens brennande vreide!
[Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!
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.
Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.
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.
But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.
48 Då skal himmel og jord fagna seg yver Babel, for nordanfrå skal tynaren koma yver henne, segjer Herren.
Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.
49 Babel skal og falla, dei slegne menner av Israel, liksom det og for Babel hev falle slegne menner på heile jordi.
Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.
50 De som slapp undan frå sverdet, far av stad, stana ikkje! Minnest Herren frå burtlengste land, og kom Jerusalem i hug.
You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”
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.
[The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”
52 Difor, sjå, dei dagar skal koma, segjer Herren, då eg vil heimsøkja gudebilæti hennar, og i alt hennar land skal slegne menner stynja.
Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who 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.
Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
54 Naudrop er høyrande frå Babel og stort tjon frå Kaldæarlandet.
Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!
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.
Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
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.
Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.
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.
The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”
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.
Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”
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.
Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.
60 Og Jeremia skreiv i ei bok, all den ulukka som skulde koma yver Babel - alle desse ordi som er skrivne um Babel.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.
61 Og Jeremia sagde med Seraja: «Når du kjem til Babel, då sjå til at du les alle desse ordi!»
He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
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.»
Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will 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
[Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].
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.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
