Jeremia 15

1 Och Herren sade till mig: Det än Mose och Samuel före mig stode, så hafver jag dock intet hjerta till detta folket, drif dem bort ifrå mig, och låt dem fara.

Then Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’

2 Och om de säga, till dig: Hvart skole vi? så säg nu till dem: Detta säger Herren: Hvem döden drabbar, uppå honom drabbe han; hvem svärdet drabbar, uppå honom drabbe det; hvem hungren drabbar, uppå honom drabbe han; hvem fängelse drabbar, uppå honom drabbe det.

And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].

3 Ty jag vill hemsöka dem med fyrahanda plågor, säger Herren; med svärd, att de skola slagne varda; med hundar, som dem bortsläpa skola; med himmelens foglar, och med djuren på jordene, att de skola uppätne varda, och förgås.

I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].

4 Och jag skall låta drifva dem hit och dit, i all rike på jordene, för Manasse skull, Jehiskia sons, Juda Konungs, för det han i Jerusalem bedrifvit hafver.

Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.

5 Ho vill då förbarma sig öfver dig, Jerusalem? Ho vill då medlidande med dig hafva? Ho skall då gå bort och förvärfva dig frid?

You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).

6 Du hafver öfvergifvit mig, säger Herren, och äst affällig vorden ifrå mig; derföre hafver jag uträckt mina hand emot dig, att jag skall förderfva dig; mig ledes vid att förbarma mig.

You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.

7 Jag skall kasta dem med en kastoskofvel bort utu landet; och mitt folk, som sig icke ifrå sitt väsende omvända vilja, dem skall jag allasamman faderlösa göra och förderfva.

At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.

8 Mig skola ibland dem flera enkor varda, än sanden i hafvet är; jag skall låta komma öfver de unga mäns moder en uppenbara förderfvare; och dermed låta öfverfalla staden hasteliga och oförseendes;

I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.

9 Så att den som sju barn hafver, hon skall elända varda, och af hjertat sucka; ty deras sol skall bittida på dagenom nedergå, att deras berömmelse och glädje skall en ända hafva, och de som qvare blifva, skall jag gifva uti svärd för deras fiendar, säger Herren.

A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

10 Ack! min moder, att du mig födt hafver, öfver hvilken hvar man Jadut ropar i hela landena; hafver jag dock uppå ocker hvarken lånt eller tagit, likväl bannar mig hvar man.

[I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses me.”

11 Herren sade: Nu väl, jag skall somliga af eder igen behålla; ty det skall åter väl gå, och jag skall komma eder till hjelp i nöd och ångest, ibland fienderna.

But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”

12 Menar du, att icke någorstäds något jern är, som kan sönderslå det jern och koppar nordanefter?

[Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.

13 Men jag skall tillförene gifva edart gods och ägodelar till sköfvels, så att I skolen få der intet före, och det för alla edra synders skull, som I uti alla edra gränsor bedrifvit hafven;

I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.

14 Och skall låta eder komma bort till edra fiendar, uti ett land det I intet kännen; ty elden i mine vrede är öfver eder uppågången.

I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”

15 Ack! Herre, du vetst det, kom oss ihåg, och låt dig om oss vårda, och hämnas oss uppå våra förföljare. Anamma oss, och fördröj icke dina vrede öfver dem; ty du vetst, att vi för dina skull försmädde varde.

[Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.

16 Emedan håller oss ditt ord uppe, då vi det få; och det samma ditt ord är vår hjertas fröjd och tröst; ty vi äre ju nämnde efter ditt Namn, Herre Gud Zebaoth.

Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]

17 Vi gifve oss icke i sällskap till de begabbare, eller fröjdom oss med dem; utan blifve ensamme, för dine hands fruktans skull; tv du vredgas svårliga öfver oss.

When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].

18 Hvi varar då vår vedermöda så länge, och vår sår äro så ganska ond, att dem ingen hela kan? Du äst oss vorden lika som en källa, den intet mer rinna vill.

So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”

19 Derföre säger Herren alltså: Om du håller dig intill mig, så vill jag hålla mig till dig, och du skall blifva min Predikare; och om du lärer de fromma skilja sig ifrå de onda, så, skall du vara min lärare, och förr än du skulle falla intill dem, skola de falla till dig.

Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.

20 Ty jag hafver gjort dig till en fast kopparmur emot detta folket; om de emot dig strida, så skola de dock intet förmå emot dig; ty jag är när dig, till att hjelpa dig och frälsa dig, säger Herren;

They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.

21 Och skall frälsa dig utu de högmodigas hand, och förlossa dig utu de tyranners hand.

[Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”