Jeremia 8
1 på den tiden, säger HERREN, skall man kasta Juda konungars och furstars ben, och prästernas och profeternas ben, och Jerusalems invånares ben ut ur deras gravar
Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
2 och kringströ dem inför solen och månen och himmelens hela härskara, som de hava älskat, tjänat och efterföljt, sökt och tillbett; man skall icke sedan samla dem tillhopa eller begrava dem, utan de skola bliva gödsel på marken.
They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
3 Och alla kvarblivna, de som lämnas kvar av detta onda släkte, skola hellre vilja dö än leva, vilka än de orter må vara, dit dessa kvarlämnade bliva fördrivna av mig, säger HERREN Sebaot.
And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
4 Du skall ock säga till dem: Så säger HERREN: Om någon faller, står han ju upp igen; om någon går bort, vänder han ju tillbaka.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
5 Varför går det då bort i beständig avfällighet, detta folk i Jerusalem? Varför hålla de fast vid sitt svek och vilja icke vända tillbaka?
[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
6 Jag har givit akt och hört huru de tala vad orätt är; ingen enda finnes, som ångrar sin ondska, ingen säger: »Vad har jag gjort!» Alla löpa de bort, lika hästar som rusa åstad i striden.
I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
7 Till och med hägern under himmelen känner ju sin bestämda tid, och turturduvan, svalan och tranan taga i akt tiden för sin återkomst; mitt folk däremot känner ej HERRENS rätter.
All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
8 Huru kunnen I då säga: »Vi äro visa och hava HERRENS lag ibland oss»? Icke så, de skriftlärdes lögnpenna har förvandlat den i lögn.
Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
9 Sådana visa skola komma på skam, komma till korta och bliva snärjda. De hava ju förkastat HERRENS ord, vari äro de då visa?
Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
10 Så skall jag nu giva deras hustrur åt andra och deras åkrar åt erövrare Ty alla, både små och stora, söka orätt vinning; både profeter och präster fara allasammans med lögn,
So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
11 de taga det lätt med helandet av dottern mitt folks skada; de säga: »Allt står väl till, allt står väl till», och dock står icke allt väl
[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
12 De skola komma på skam, övade styggelse. Likväl känna de alls icke skam och veta icke av att blygas. Därför skola de falla bland de andra; när hemsökelsen träffar dem, skola de komma på fall, säger HERREN.
They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
13 Jag skall bortrycka och förgöra dem, säger HERREN. Inga druvor växa på vinträden, och inga fikon på fikonträden, utan till och med löven äro vissnade: De bud jag gav dem överträda de.
I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
14 Varför sitta vi här stilla? Församlen eder och låt oss fly in i de befästa städerna och förgås där; ty HERREN, vår Gud, vill förgöra oss, han giver oss gift att dricka därför att vi syndade mot HERREN.
[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
15 V bida efter frid, men intet gott kommer, efter en tid då vi skulle bliva helade, men se, förskräckelse kommer.
We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
16 Från Dan hör man frustandet av hans hästar; för hans hingstars gnäggande bävar hela landet. De komma och förtära landet med allt vad däri är, staden med dem som bo däri.
People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
17 Ty se, jag sänder emot eder ormar, basilisker, mot vilka ingen besvärjelse hjälper, och de skola stinga eder, säger HERREN.
[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
18 Var skall jag finna vederkvickelse i min sorg? Mitt hjärta är sjukt i mig.
I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
19 Hör, dottern mitt folk ropar i fjärran land: »Finnes då icke HERREN i Sion? Är dennes konung icke mer där?» Ja, varför hava de förtörnat mig med sina beläten, med sina främmande avgudar?
Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
20 Skördetiden är förbi, sommaren är till ända, och ingen frälsning har kommit oss till del.
[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
21 Jag är förkrossad, därför att dottern mitt folk så krossas, jag går sörjande, häpnad har gripit mig.
I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
22 Finnes då ingen balsam i Gilead, finnes ingen läkare där? Eller varför bliver dottern mitt folk icke helad från sina sår?
[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
