Jeremia 23

1 Ve eder, herdar, I som förderfven och förskingren min fosterhjord, säger Herren.

Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.

2 Derföre säger Herren, Israels Gud, om de herdar, som mitt folk regera: I hafven förskingrat min hjord, och bortdrifvit, och icke besökt honom; si, jag skall hemsöka eder, för edart onda väsendes skull, säger Herren.

So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.

3 Och jag skall församla, det qvart är af minom hjord, utur all land, dit jag dem utdrifvit hafver, och skall hafva dem hem igen till deras hus, att de skola växa och förökas.

But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.

4 Och jag skall sätta herdar öfver dem, som dem sköta skola, att de icke mer skola frukta sig eller förskräckas, eller hemsökte varda, säger Herren.

[Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”

5 Si, den tiden kommer, säger Herren, att jag skall uppväcka David rättfärdighetenes frukt; och det skall vara en Konung, den väl regera skall, och skall upprätta rätt och rättfärdighet på jordene.

Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

6 På den tiden skall Juda hulpen varda, och Israel säker bo; och detta skall vara hans namn, det man honom kalla skall: Herren vår rättfärdighet.

At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”

7 Derföre, si, den tid skall komma, säger Herren, då man nu intet mer skall säga: Så sant som Herren lefver, som Israels barn utur Egypti land fört hafver;

Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”

8 Utan: Så sant som Herren lefver, som Israels hus säd utförde, och hade af nordlanden, och utur all land, dit jag dem fördrifvit hafver, så att de skola nu bo i sitt land.

Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].

9 Emot Propheterna: Mitt hjerta vill mig brista i mino lifve, all min ben darra; mig är lika som enom drucknom manne, och lika som enom den af vin ragar, för Herranom, och för hans heliga ordom;

I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.

10 Att landet så fullt med horkarlar är, att landet så jämmerliga står, att det så förbannadt är, och ängarna i öknene förtorkas; och deras lefverne är ondt, och deras regemente doger intet.

The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.

11 Ty både Propheter och Prester äro skalkar; och jag finner också deras ondska i mino huse, säger Herren.

Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.

12 Derföre är deras väg lika som en slipper väg i mörkrena, der de uppå falla; ty Jag skall låta komma olycko öfver dem, deras hemsökningsår, säger Herren.

Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

13 Med de Propheter i Samarien hafver jag sett galenskap, att de propheterade i Baal och förförde mitt folk Israel;

[Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.

14 Men med de Propheter i Jerusalem ser jag en styggelse; huru de bedrifva hor, och fara med lögn, och styrka de onda, på det att ju ingen skall omvända sig af sine ondsko. De äro alle för mig lika som Sodoma, och dess inbyggare lika som Gomorra.

And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.

15 Derföre säger Herren Zebaoth om Propheterna alltså: Si, jag skall spisa dem med malört, och gifva dem galla dricka; ty ifrå Propheterna i Jerusalem kommer ut skrymteri öfver hela landet.

So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”

16 Detta säger Herren Zebaoth: Hörer intet Propheternas ord, de eder prophetera; de bedraga eder, ty de predika sins hjertas syner, och icke utaf Herrans mun.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.

17 De säga dem som mig försmäda: Herren hafver det sagt: Eder varder väl gångandes; och allom dem som vandra efter sins hjertas tycko, säga de: Det kommer ingen olycka öfver eder.

They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’

18 Ty ho hafver varit i Herrans råd, den hans ord sett och hört hafver? Ho hafver förmärkt och hört hans ord?

But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.

19 Si, ett Herrans väder skall komma med grymhet, och ett förskräckeligit oväder falla de ogudaktiga öfver hufvudet.

So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.

20 Och Herrans vrede skall icke upphålla, tilldess han gör och uträttar det han i sinnet hafver. Härefter skolen I väl förvarat.

I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”

21 Jag sände intet Propheterna, likväl lupo de; jag talade intet med dem, likväl propheterade de.

[Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.

22 Ty om de hade blifvit vid mitt råd och hade predikat mino folke min ord, så hade de omvändt dem ifrå deras onda väsende, och ifrå deras onda lefverne.

If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”

23 Är jag icke en Gud, den hardt när är, säger Herren, och icke en Gud, den fjerran är?

Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.

24 Menar du, att någor kan så hemliga fördölja sig, att jag icke kan se honom? säger Herren. Är icke jag den som uppfyller himmel och jord? säger Herren.

So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!

25 Jag hörer väl, att Propheterna predika, och prophetera lögn i mitt Namn, och säga: Mig hafver drömt, mig hafver drömt.

I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’

26 När vilja nu Propheterna igenvända? de der lögn prophetera, och prophetera sins hjertas bedrägeri;

How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?

27 Och vilja, att mitt folk skall förgäta mitt Namn, för deras drömmars skull, som den ene för den andra predikar, såsom deras fäder förgåto mitt Namn för Baals skull.

They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.

28 En Prophet, som drömmar hafver, han predike drömmar; men den som mitt ord hafver, han predike mitt ord rätt. Huru när kommer agnar och hvete tillhopa? säger Herren.

Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].

29 Är icke mitt ord lika som en eld, säger Herren, och såsom en hammar, den berg sönderslår?

[It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.

30 Derföre, si: Jag vill till de Propheter, säger Herren, som min ord stjäla den ene dem andra.

Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.

31 Si, jag vill till de Propheter, säger Herren, som sitt eget ord föra, och säga: Han hafver det sagt.

I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.

32 Si, jag vill till de som falska drömmar prophetera, säger Herren, och predika dem, och förföra mitt folk med sine lögn och lösaktig ting; efter jag dock intet hafver sändt dem, och intet befallt dem, och de ej heller desso folkena nyttige äro, säger Herren.

I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”

33 Om detta folk, eller en Prophet, eller en Prest varder dig frågandes, och säger: Hvilket är Herrans tunge? så skall du säga till dem, hvad den tungen är: Jag skall bortkasta eder, säger Herren.

[Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’

34 Och om en Prophet, eller Prest, eller folk varder sägandes: Det är Herrans tunge; densamma skall jag hemsöka, och hans hus dertill.

And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.

35 Men så skall den ene tala med dem andra, och säga sig emellan: Hvad svarar Herren? Och hvad säger Herren?

What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’

36 Och kaller det icke mer Herrans tunga; ty hvarjom och enom skall hans egen ord vara till en tunga, efter I alltså lefvandes Guds, Herrans Zebaoths, vårs Guds ord förvänden.

But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.

37 Derföre skolen I säga till Propheten alltså: Hvad svarar Herren dig? Och hvad säger Herren?

This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’

38 Nu medan I sägen Herrans tunge, derföre säger Herren alltså: Efter I kallen ordet Herrans tunga, och jag till eder sändt hafver, och hafver säga låtit, att I icke skullen kallat Herrans tunga;

If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’

39 Si, så skall jag taga eder bort, och bortkasta eder samt med stadenom, som jag eder och edra fäder gifvit hafver, ifrå mitt ansigte;

So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.

40 Och skall foga eder en evig skam till, och en evig försmädelse, den aldrig förgäten skall varda.

I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”