Jeremia 14
1 Detta är det ord, som Herren till Jeremia sade, om den dyra tiden:
After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 Juda ligger jämmerliga, hans portar stå i en ömkelig måtto; det står klageliga till i landena, och i Jerusalem är ett stort rop.
[The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
3 De store sända de små efter vatten; men då de komma till brunnen, så finna de intet vatten, och bära sina käril tom hem igen; de gå sorgse och bedröfvade, och omsvepa sin hufvud;
The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
4 Derföre, att jorden refnar, efter intet regnar på jordena; åkermännerna, gå sorgse, och omsvepa sin hufvud.
The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
5 Ty ock hinderna, som på markena kalfva, öfvergifva sina kalfvar, efter intet gräs växer.
Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
6 Vildåsnarna stå på bergen, och lukta efter vädret, lika som drakar, och försmäkta, efter ingen ört växer.
The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
7 Ack! Herre, våra missgerningar hafva det ju förtjent; men hjelp dock för ditt Namns skull; ty vår ohörighet är stor, der vi emot dig med syndat hafve.
[The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
8 Du äst Israels tröst, och hans nödhjelpare; hvi skickar du dig, lika som du vore främmande i landena, och såsom en gäst, den icke mer än ena natt derinne ligger?
You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
9 Hvi hafver du dig såsom en hjelte, som förtviflad är; och som en kämpe, den intet hjelpa kan? Du äst ju dock ibland oss, Herre, och vi nämnes efter ditt Namn; öfvergif oss icke.
Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
10 Så säger Herren om detta folket: De löpa gerna hit och dit, och blifva icke gerna hemma; derföre hafver Herren ingen vilja till dem; utan han tänker nu uppå deras missgerningar, och vill hemsöka deras synder.
And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
11 Och Herren sade till mig: Du skall intet bedja för detta folk om nåde.
[Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
12 Ty om de än fastade, så vill jag dock intet höra deras bön; och om de än hade bränneoffer och spisoffer fram, så behaga de mig dock intet; utan jag vill göra en ända uppå dem med svärd, hunger och pestilentie.
When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
13 Då sade jag: Ack Herre Herre! Si, Propheterna säga dem: I skolen intet svärd se, och ingen dyr tid få när eder; men jag skall gifva eder en god frid i detta rummet.
Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
14 Och Herren sade till mig: Propheterna, spå lögn i mitt Namn; jag hafver intet sändt dem, och intet befallt dem, och intet talat med dem; de predika eder falska syner, spådom, afguderi, och sins hjertans bedrägeri.
Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
15 Derföre säger Herren om de Propheter, som i mitt Namn prophetera, ändock jag dem intet sändt hafver, och de likväl predika, att intet svärd eller dyr tid skall komma i detta land: Sådana Propheter skola dö genom svärd och hunger.
So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
16 Och folket, hvilko de prophetera, skola af svärd och hunger ligga här och der på gatomen i Jerusalem, att ingen skall begrafva dem; sammalunda ock deras hustrur, söner och döttrar; och jag skall gjuta deras ondsko uppå dem.
And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
17 Och du skall säga till dem detta ordet: Min ögon flyta med tårar dag och natt, och vända intet åter; ty jungfrun, mins folks dotter, är grufveliga plågad, och jämmerliga slagen.
[So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
18 Går jag ut på markena, si, så ligga der de slagne med svärd; kommer jag in uti staden, så ligga der de försmäktade af hunger; ty ock Propheterna och Presterna måste bortdraga uti ett land, det de intet känna.
If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
19 Hafver du då förkastat Juda? Eller hafver din själ en vämjelse till Zion? Hvi hafver du så slagit oss, att oss ingen hela kan? Vi hoppades, att det skulle frid varda, men här kommer intet godt; vi hoppades, att vi skulle helade varda, och si, här är nu mera vedermöda.
[Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
20 Herre, vi kännom vårt ogudaktiga väsende, och våra fäders missgerningar; ty vi hafve syndat emot dig.
Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
21 Men, för ditt Namns skull, låt oss icke skämde varda; låt dine härlighets säte icke begabbadt varda; kom dock ihåg, och låt icke ditt förbund med oss återvända.
But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
22 Det är dock ingen ibland Hedningarnas afgudar, som regn gifva kan; himmelen kan ock icke regna. Du äst ju Herren vår Gud, uppå hvilken vi hoppas; ty du kan alltsammans detta göra.
Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
