Jeremias 27 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Jeremias opfordrer landene til at acceptere Babyloniens herredømme

1 Herren gav mig følgende budskab i begyndelsen af kong Zidkijas^[1] regeringsperiode: 2 „Lav et åg og spænd det fast over nakken med læderstropper. 3-4 Derefter skal du sende de udsendinge, der er kommet til kong Zidkija i Jerusalem fra kongerne i Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyrus og Sidon tilbage til deres herrer med følgende budskab fra Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud: 5 Det er mig, der har skabt jorden og alle de mennesker og dyr, der lever på jorden. Derfor kan jeg gøre med ethvert land, som jeg vil. 6 Nu overdrager jeg jeres lande til kong Nebukadnezar af Babylonien. Jeg har givet ham kontrol over alt, selv de vilde dyr. 7 Alle jeres lande bliver underlagt ham og hans søn og hans sønnesøn, indtil deres stormagtstid er forbi. Så skal andre nationer og mægtige konger erobre og regere over Babylonien. 8 Men hvis et land nægter at underlægge sig kong Nebukadnezars åg, vil jeg bruge ham til at straffe det land med krig, hungersnød og epidemier, indtil det bukker under. 9 Lyt ikke til jeres falske profeter, sandsigere, drømmetydere, medier og troldmænd, der siger, at I ikke skal underordne jer Babyloniens herredømme. 10 De ved ikke, hvad de snakker om. Hvis I lytter til dem, vil det ende med, at nogle af jer bliver dræbt, mens andre bliver ført i eksil som slaver. 11 Men hvis I accepterer den babyloniske konges herredømme over jer, skal I få lov til at blive boende i jeres land og dyrke jeres jord som hidtil.” 12 Herren bad mig give et tilsvarende budskab til kong Zidkija af Juda: „Hvis I ønsker at overleve, skal I tage den babyloniske konges åg på jer. 13 Vil I hellere opleve krig, hungersnød og epidemier? Det er, hvad Herren har sagt vil ramme de lande, der ikke frivilligt underkaster sig Babyloniens konge. 14 Lyt ikke til de falske profeter, der siger, at I ikke skal underordne jer den babyloniske konges herredømme, for de ved ikke, hvad de snakker om. 15 De profeterer løgn alle sammen, og det er ikke Herren, der har sendt dem, selv om de påstår det. Hvis I lytter til dem, vil nogle af jer blive dræbt og resten ført i eksil. Det gælder også dig, som er konge, og alle de falske profeter.” 16 Jeg advarede også præsterne og folket med følgende ord: „Herren siger, at I ikke må lytte til de profeter, der påstår, at de kostbarheder, som babylonierne tog fra Herrens tempel, snart bliver bragt tilbage hertil. De lyver, 17 og derfor må I ikke lytte til dem. Hvis I har livet kært, så tag den babyloniske konges åg på jer. Ellers bliver hele byen lagt i ruiner. 18 Hvis de profeter virkelig var sendt af Herren, den Almægtige, så ville de bede ham om at skåne de kostbarheder, der endnu er tilbage i templet, i kongepaladset og andre steder i byen, så de ikke også ender i Babylon. 19-22 Herren, den Almægtige, siger: Nebukadnezar bortførte i første omgang Jerusalems og Judas overklasse til Babylon sammen med kong Jekonja. Dengang efterlod han bronzesøjlerne foran templet, det store bronzekar med vand i tempelforgården, de ti rulleborde af bronze, hvorpå offerdyrene slagtes, samt meget andet tempelinventar. Men de ting vil også blive ført til Babylon, og der vil de blive, indtil jeg sender bud efter dem. Engang i fremtiden vil jeg bringe dem tilbage til Jerusalem.”

King James Version

1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son' son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD' house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.