Jeremia 11

1 Detta är det ord som till Jeremia skedde af Herranom, som sade:

This is [another] message that Yahweh told me:

2 Hörer detta förbunds ord, att I mågen säga dem till Juda och Jerusalems inbyggare;

“Listen to the agreement that I made with [the ancestors of] the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah. Then remind them of [that agreement].

3 Och säg till dem: Så säger Herren Israels Gud: Förbannad vare den som icke lyder detta förbunds ord,

Then tell them that [I], Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them.

4 Som jag edra fäder böd på den dag jag dem utur Egypti land förde, utur jernugnen, och sade: Hörer mina röst, och görer som jag eder budit hafver; så skolen I vara mitt folk, och jag vill vara edar Gud;

It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. [What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were] living in a hot furnace [MET]. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. [I also told them] that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God.

5 På det jag må hålla den ed, som jag edra fäder svorit hafver till att gifva dem ett land, der mjölk och hannog uti flyter, såsom det i denna dag för ögon är. Jag svarade, och sade: Ja, Herre, det ske alltså.

[Now tell these people that if they obey me], I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile [IDM] land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.”

6 Och Herren sade till mig: Predika alla dessa orden uti Juda städer, och uppå gatorna i Jerusalem, och säg: Hörer detta förbunds ord, och görer derefter.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the [other] cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement [that I made with their ancestors], and to obey it.

7 Ty jag hafver betygat edra fäder, ifrå den dagen jag dem utur Egypti land förde, intill denna dag, och betygade städse, och sade: Hörer mina röst.

When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now.

8 Men de hörde intet, och böjde ej heller sin öron härtill, utan hvar och en gick efter sins onda hjertas tycko; derföre vill jag ock öfver dem gå låta, all detta förbunds ord, det jag dem böd att de göra skulle, och de dock derefter icke gjort hafva.

But they did not obey me or [even] pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.”

9 Herren sade till mig: Jag vet väl, huru de i Juda och Jerusalem gadda sig tillhopa.

Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah are rebelling against me.

10 De vända sig till sina förfäders synder, hvilke min ord ej heller höra ville, utan följde också andra gudar efter, och tjente dem; alltså hafver Israel hus och Juda hus nu ( allstädes ) brutit mitt förbund, det jag med deras fäder gjort hafver.

Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and [now] these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and [now] the people of Judah have done the same thing.

11 Derföre, si, säger Herren: Jag vill låta en olycko gå öfver dem, den de icke undkomma skola; och när de ropa till mig, så vill jag intet höra dem.

So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me [to help them], I will not pay attention.

12 Så låt då Juda städer och Jerusalems inbyggare gå bort, och ropa till de gudar, hvilkom de rökt hafva; men de skola intet hjelpa dem i deras nöd.

When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and [other] cities in Judah will [offer sacrifices and] burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them.

13 Ty så många städer, så många gudar hafver du, Juda, och så många gator som i Jerusalem äro, så mång blygdealtare hafven I uppsatt, till att röka för Baal.

There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense [to those gods] as there are streets in Jerusalem.

14 Så bed nu du intet för detta folk, och haf ingen åkallan eller bön för dem; ty jag vill intet höra dem, när de ropa till mig i sine nöd.

Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.”

15 Hvad hafva mine vänner till att skaffa i mitt hus? De bedrifva alla falskhet, och mena det heliga köttet skall taga det bort af dem; och när de illa göra, så äro de glade deröfver.

Then Yahweh said, “The people [of Judah] whom I love certainly no longer have [RHQ] a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. [They think that] continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will [RHQ] protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice.

16 Herren kallade dig ett grönt, skönt, fruktsamt oljoträ; men nu hafver han med ett stort mordskri, upptändt en eld deromkring, så att dess qvistar måste förderfvade varda.

I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but [now I will send their enemies to attack] them furiously; [it is as though] I will break off their branches, and [their city] will be destroyed by fire.

17 Ty Herren Zebaoth, som dig planterat hafver, hafver lofvat dig ondt, för Israels hus, och Juda hus ondskos skull, den de bedrifva, så att de förtörna mig, i det de röka för Baal.

[It is as though] the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but [now], by burning incense to [their god] Baal, they have caused me to become [very] angry. So [now] I have decided to destroy them.”

18 Herren hafver mig det uppenbarat, så att jag det vet; och viste mig hvad de hafva för händer;

Yahweh revealed to me that [my enemies] were planning to kill me.

19 Nämliga att de vilja slagta mig, likasom ett armt får; ty jag visste icke, att de emot mig rådslagit hade, och sagt: Låt oss förderfva trät med sine frukt, och utrota honom utu de lefvandes land, att på hans namn skall aldrig mer tänkt varda.

[Before he did that], I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so [I did not know] that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me [MTY].

20 Men du, Herre Zebaoth, du rättvise domare, du som bepröfvar njurar och hjerta, låt mig se dina hämnd öfver dem; ty jag hafver befallt dig mina sak.

[Then I prayed], “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people [who want to kill me], because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”

21 Derföre säger Herren alltså emot dem i Anathoth, hvilke efter ditt lif stå, och säga: Spå oss intet i Herrans Namn, om du annars icke dö vill af våra händer.

It was the men of [my own town], Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say.

22 Derföre säger Herren Zebaoth alltså: Si, jag vill hemsöka dem; deras unge män skola med svärd dräpne varda, och deras söner och döttrar af hunger dö;

So the Commander of the armies of angels said [about them], “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food.

23 Så att intet af dem skall qvart blifva; ty jag skall låta en olycko gå öfver dem i Anathoth, på det året då de skola hemsökte varda.

I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.”