Jeremia 17
1 Juda synd är med jernstyl och med skarp diamant skrifven, och uti deras hjertas taflor grafven, och uppå hornen af deras altare;
[Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of] the sins [committed by the people of] Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars [where they worship idols]. And [it is as though] this list is engraved on their inner beings!
2 Att deras barn skola ihågkomma de samma altare och lundar, vid de gröna trä, på de höga berg.
[Even] their children are happy to go to the altars [to worship their gods], and to the poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah [at which their parents worshiped], shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on [all] the high hills.
3 Men jag skall gifva dina höjder till sköfvels, både på berg och slätter, samt med dina håfvor, och alla dina ägodelar, för syndernas skull, i alla dina gränsor bedrefna.
So, I will allow your enemies to capture [Zion], your holy hill, and all your wealth and your (treasures/valuable things), and [even] the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land.
4 Och du skall varda utdrifven utu ditt arf, som jag dig gifvit hafver, och jag skall göra dig till dina fiendars träl, uti ett land det du intet känner; ty I hafven upptändt mine vredes eld, den evinnerliga brinna skall.
The [wonderful] land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. [I will do that] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] a fire that will burn forever.”
5 Detta säger Herren: Förbannad är den man som förlåter sig uppå mennisko, och sätter kött sig till arm, och viker med sitt hjerta ifrå Herranom.
This is [also] what Yahweh says: “[I] will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings [to help them], those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me.
6 Han skall varda såsom ljung i öknene, och skall intet få se den tillkommande tröstena; utan skall blifva uti det torra i öknene, uti en ofruktsam och öde mark.
They are like [dry] bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows.
7 Men välsignad är den man, som förlåter sig uppå Herran, och Herren hans tröst är.
But I am pleased with those who trust in [me], Yahweh, and who confidently expect [me to take care of them].
8 Han är lika som ett trä, det vid vatten planteradt och vid en bäck berotadt är; ty om än en hette kommer, så fruktar det sig dock intet, utan dess löf blifva grön; och sörjer intet, när ett torrt år kommer, men det bär frukt utan upphåll.
Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the [wet ground beside] the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
9 Ett argt, illfundigt ting öfver all ting är hjertat; ho kan utransakat?
Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible [RHQ] for anyone to understand that.
10 Jag Herren kan utransaka hjertat, och pröfva njurarna, och gifver hvarjom och enom efter hans vägar, och efter hans gerningars frukt.
But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”
11 Ty lika som en fogel, som lägger sig uppå ägg, och utkläcker dem icke, alltså är den som orätt gods församlar; ty han måste derifrå, då han det aldraminst tänker; och måste dock på sistone hafva spott dertill.
[I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that] people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they (did not lay/stole from another nest). So, when those people have lived only half of the years [that they expect to live], their wealth will disappear. Then [other people will realize that] those rich people have been foolish.
12 Men vår helgedoms rum, nämliga Guds härlighets säte, är alltid fast blifvet.
Yahweh, your temple is [like] a glorious throne that is still on a high hill.
13 Ty, Herre, du äst Israels hopp; alle de som dig förlåta, måste till skam varda, och de affällige måste på jordene skrefne varda; ty de öfvergifva Herran, som är en lefvandes vattens källa.
You are the one whom [we] Israeli people confidently expect [to bless us], and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written [only] in the dust, [and will soon disappear], because they have abandoned you, [who are like] [MET] a fountain where people obtain fresh water.
14 Hela du mig, Herre, så varder jag hel; hjelp du mig, så är mig hulpet; ty du äst min berömmelse.
Yahweh, [please] heal me, because [if you heal me], I will truly be healed. [If you] rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the [only] one whom I praise.
15 Si, de säga till mig: Hvar är då Herrans ord? Käre, låt kommat.
People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but (why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!)” [RHQ]
16 Men jag hafver fördenskull icke flytt ifrå dig, min herde; så hafver jag ock intet begärat menniskors ros, det vetst du; hvad jag predikat hafver, det är rätt inför dig.
Yahweh, you [appointed me to take care of your people like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not [previously] wanted this time of disaster [to come to people who ridicule me]. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] [to your people].
17 Var icke du mig förskräckelig, min tröst i nödene.
Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe.
18 Låt dem till skam komma, som mig förfölja, och icke mig; låt dem förskräckas, och icke mig; låt olyckones dag öfver dem gå, och sönderslå dem dubbelt.
[So now], cause those who (persecute me/cause me to suffer) to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not [do things to me that will] cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!
19 Så säger Herren till mig: Gack, och statt i folkens port, der Juda Konungar ut och in gå, och i alla portar i Jerusalem;
This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. [First] go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and [then] go to each of the [other] gates.
20 Och säg till dem: Hörer Herrans ord, I Juda Konungar, och hele Juda, och alle Jerusalems inbyggare, som igenom denna porten ingån.
Say to the people [at each gate], ‘You kings of Judah and everyone [else] who is living in Jerusalem and all [you other people of] Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!
21 Detta säger Herren: Vakter eder, och bärer ingen bördo om Sabbathsdagen, genom portarna, in i Jerusalem;
He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! [Stop doing work] on (Sabbath/our rest) days! Stop carrying loads through these gates [on those days]!
22 Och förer ingen klef på Sabbathsdagen utur edor hus, och görer intet arbete; utan helger Sabbathsdagen, såsom jag edra fäder budit hafver.
Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any [other] work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be (holy/set apart for me). I commanded your ancestors to do that,
23 Men de höra intet, och böja intet sin öron, utan blifva halsstyfve, på det de ju icke skola höra, eller ock låta säga sig.
but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.
24 Om I hören mig, säger Herren, så att I ingen bördo bären om Sabbathsdagen genom denna stadsporten, utan helgen honom, och gören intet arbete på dem dagenom;
But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates [on Sabbath days] or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,
25 Så skola ock igenom denna stadsporten ut och in gå Konungar och Förstar, som på Davids stol sitta, och rida, och fara både med vagn och hästar, de och deras Förstar, samt med alla de som i Juda och Jerusalem bo; och denna staden skall evinnerliga besutten varda;
kings of Judah [MTY] and [their] officials will [continue to] go in and out of these gates. There will [always] be someone who is a descendant of [MTY] [King] David ruling [here] [MTY] in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.
26 Och skola komma utaf Juda städer, och de omkring Jerusalem ligga, och utaf BenJamins land, af dalom och bergom, och sunnanefter, de der framföra skola bränneoffer, offer, spisoffer, och tackoffer, till Herrans hus.
And people will come [to Jerusalem] bringing offerings to be completely burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank [me]. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land [where the tribe] of Benjamin [lives] and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.
27 Men om I icke hören mig, så att I helgen Sabbathsdagen, och ingen bördo bären in genom de portar i Jerusalem på Sabbathsdagenom, skall jag upptända en eld i dess portar, den husen i Jerusalem förtära skall, och intet utsläckt varda.
But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you [continue to] carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’”
