Jeremia 5
1 Går omkring gatorna i Jerusalem, och ser till, och förfarer; och söker på dess gator, om I någon finnen, som rätt gör, och efter trona, så vill jag vara honom nådelig.
[Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
2 Och om de än sade: Så sant som Herren lefver; så svärja de dock falskeliga.
But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
3 Herre, din ögon se efter trone. Du slår dem, och de kännat intet; du plågar dem, men de bättra sig intet; de hafva ett ansigte hårdare än sten, och vilja icke omvända sig.
Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
4 Men jag tänkte: Må ske, att den arme hopen är oförståndig; vet intet af Herrans väg, och af sins Guds rätt.
I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
5 Jag vill gå till de väldiga, och tala med dem; de måste ju veta af Herrans väg, och sins Guds rätt; men de samme hade alle sönderbrutit oket, och sönderslitit banden.
So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
6 Derföre skall ock lejonet, som af skogen kommer, sönderrifva dem, och ulfven af öknene skall förderfva dem, och parden skall vakta på deras städer; alla de som der utgå, skall han uppäta; ty deras synder äro alltför många, och de äro vordne förhärde uti sine olydno.
Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
7 Huru skall jag då vara dig nådelig; efter din barn öfvergifva mig, och svärja vid den som ingen gud är? Och nu, medan jag dem mättat hafver, bedrifva de hor, och löpa uti horohus.
Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
8 Hvar och en vrenskas efter sin nästas hustru, såsom välfodrade stodhästar.
[Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
9 Och skulle jag icke för sådant hemsöka dem, säger Herren; och skulle min själ icke hämnas öfver sådant folk, som detta är?
(Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
10 Bestormer hans murar och kaster dem omkull, och skoner intet; förer bort hans vinqvistar; ty de äro icke Herrans.
[I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
11 Utan de förakta mig, både Israels hus, och Juda hus, säger Herren.
The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
12 De förneka Herran, och säga: Det är icke han, och oss varder icke så illa gåendes; svärd och hunger kommer intet öfver oss;
They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
13 Propheterna tala mycket i vädret, och hafva intet Guds ord; det gånge dem så sjelfvom.
What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
14 Derföre säger Herren Gud Zebaoth: Efter I sådana tal hafven, si, så vill jag göra min ord i dinom mun till en eld, och detta folk till trä, och han skall förtära dem.
So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
15 Si, jag skall låta komma öfver eder af Israels hus, säger Herren, ett folk fjerranefter; ett mägtigt folk, hvilket det första folk varit hafver; ett folk, hvilkets tungomål du intet förstår, och intet förnimma kan, hvad de säga.
Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
16 Deras koger äro öppna grifter; ja, de äro allesamman hjeltar.
Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
17 De skola förtära din säd och ditt bröd; de skola uppäta dina söner och döttrar; de skola uppsluka din får och ditt fä; de skola förtära din vinträ, och fikonaträ; dina fasta städer, der du förlåter dig uppå, skola de förderfva med svärd.
They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
18 Och jag skall på den tid, säger Herren, intet skona eder.
But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
19 Och om de varda sägande: Hvi gör Herren vår Gud oss allt detta? så skall du svara dem: Lika som I hafven öfvergifvit mig, och tjenen främmande gudar, uti edart eget land; alltså skolen I ock tjena främmandom uti ett land, det icke edart är.
And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
20 Detta skolen I förkunna i Jacobs hus, och predika i Juda, och säga:
[Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
21 Hörer till, I galna folk, som intet förstånd hafven; I som ögon hafven, och sen intet; öron hafven, och hören intet.
Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
22 Viljen I icke frukta mig, säger Herren, och intet förskräckas för mig, som sätter hafvena sina strand, derinnan det alltid blifva måste, och der intet öfvergå? Och om det än svaller, så förmår det dock intet; och om dess böljor än fast bullra, så måste de dock icke der öfvergå.
Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
23 Men detta folket hafver ett affälligt och ohörsamt hjerta; blifva affällige, och hållat så allt framåt;
But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
24 Och säga icke en tid i sitt hjerta: Låt oss dock frukta Herran vår Gud, den oss arlaregn och serlaregn gifver i rättom tid; och bevarar oss årsväxten troliga och årliga.
You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
25 Men edra missgerningar förhindra detta, och edra synder vända detta goda ifrån eder.
It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
26 Ty man finner ibland mitt folk ogudaktiga, de der ställa snaror och gildre för menniskorna, att de måga fånga dem, lika som foglafångare göra med klofvar.
Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
27 Och deras hus äro full med bedrägeri, lika som en foglabur är full med lockofoglar; deraf varda de väldige, rike och fete.
Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
28 De omgå med ond stycker; de hålla ingen rätt; den faderlösa främja de icke i hans sak, dock går dem väl, och hjelpa icke den fattiga till rätta.
They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
29 Skulle jag det icke hemsöka, säger Herren; och skulle min själ icke hämnas uppå sådant folk, som detta är?
So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
30 Det står grufveliga och styggeliga till i landena.
Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
31 Propheterna lära falskt, och Presterna äro herrar i deras ämbete, och mitt folk vill gerna så hafvat; huru vill eder gå för sådant på sistone?
Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
