Jeremias 29 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Jeremias sender breve til de bortførte judæere i Babylon

1-2 Nogen tid efter at kong Jekonja sammen med enkedronningen, hoffolkene, embedsmændene og håndværkerne var blevet deporteret fra Jerusalem til Babylon af Nebukadnezar, skrev jeg i Jerusalem et brev til lederne, præsterne, profeterne og de øvrige bortførte judæere. 3 Brevet blev overbragt af Elasa, Shafans søn, og Gemarja, Hilkijas søn, da de drog af sted til Nebukadnezar i Babylon som kong Zidkijas udsendinge. I brevet stod der: 4 Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, sender følgende budskab til alle de fanger, han har sendt i eksil fra Jerusalem til Babylonien: 5 Indstil jer på at blive i Babylonien. Byg huse, plant vingårde og dyrk jeres marker, så I kan leve af det, I høster. 6 Gift jer og få børn. Lad jeres sønner og døtre gifte sig, så de kan få børn og befolkningen vokse. 7 Arbejd for, at den by, I nu bor i, får fremgang, og bed Herren om at velsigne den, for når det går godt for den, går det også godt for jer. 8 Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Lad jer ikke narre af de profeter og åndemanere, der findes iblandt jer. Lyt ikke til deres drømme, 9 for de profeterer løgn i mit navn. Jeg har ikke talt til dem, siger Herren. 10 Sandheden er, at I skal blive i Babylonien i 70 år. Men derefter vil jeg opfylde mit løfte og føre jer hjem til jeres eget land. 11 For jeg ved, hvilke planer jeg har for jer, siger Herren, planer om fred og ikke om ulykke, planer om fremtid og håb. 12 Når I beder til mig om hjælp, vil jeg høre jer, 13 når I søger efter mig, vil I finde mig. Ja, hvis I søger mig af hele jeres hjerte, vil I finde mig. 14 Jeg vender jeres skæbne, sætter jer fri og giver jer fremgang. Jeg samler jer fra de lande, jeg fordrev jer til, og fører jer hjem til jeres eget land. 15 Lad være med at tro på de profeter, I har hos jer i det fremmede. De lover jer en hurtig frihed, 16 men hør, hvad Herren siger angående kongen, der sidder på Davids trone, og alle dem, som stadig bor her i Jerusalem, og jeres slægtninge, som ikke blev bortført til Babylonien: 17 „Jeg sender krig, hungersnød og sygdom over dem, der bor i Jerusalem, så de bliver som uspiselige, rådne figner. 18 Ja, jeg vil straffe dem med krig, hungersnød og sygdom og sprede dem ud over hele jorden, så de bliver eksempler til skræk og advarsel for folkene i de lande, jeg fordriver dem til. Overalt vil de blive forbandet og hånet, 19 fordi de nægtede at lytte til mig, skønt jeg gang på gang talte til dem gennem mine profeter. 20 Derfor bør I høre efter og adlyde Herrens ord, alle I, som er i fangenskab i Babylonien.” 21 Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, har også noget at sige om Ahab, søn af Kolaja, og Zidkija, søn af Ma’aseja, der begge profeterer løgne og påstår, at de taler på mine vegne: „Jeg udleverer dem til Nebukadnezar, så han kan henrette dem offentligt. 22 Når man i fremtiden vil forbande nogen, vil man mindes deres grufulde skæbne og sige: ‚Må Herren gøre ved dig, som Babylons konge gjorde ved Zidkija og Ahab, da han brændte dem levende.’ 23 De to mænd har gjort frygtelige ting iblandt mit folk. De begik ægteskabsbrud med andres koner, og de har profeteret ting, som jeg aldrig har sagt. Jeg har set alt, hvad de har gjort,” siger Herren. 24 Senere sendte jeg et brev med et budskab til Shemaja fra Nehelam: 25 Herren den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Du skrev et brev til præsten Zefanja, søn af Ma’aseja, og sendte kopier til de øvrige præster og ledere i Jerusalem. 26 I brevet til Zefanja skrev du: „Herren udpegede dig til at overtage posten som præst i Jerusalem i stedet for Jojada. Det er altså dit ansvar at arrestere enhver tåbe, der hævder at være profet, og sætte ham i gabestok og halsjern. 27 Hvorfor har du så ikke gjort noget for at standse Jeremias fra Anatot, som giver sig ud for at være profet hos jer? 28 Han skrev til os her i Babylonien, at vi skulle indstille os på at blive her i lang tid, at vi skulle bygge huse og dyrker markerne, så vi kunne leve af det, vi høstede.” 29 Da Zefanja modtog dit brev, bragte han det til mig og læste det for mig. 30 Da sagde Herren til mig: 31 Send et åbent brev af sted til dem, som er i eksil i Babylonien med følgende budskab: „Fordi Shemaja har profeteret for jer, uden at jeg har talt til ham, og narret jer til at tro på sine løgne, 32 vil jeg straffe ham og hans familie. Hans slægt vil snart uddø, så ingen af dem kommer til at opleve den velsignelse, der venter mit folk, for han har gjort oprør mod Herren.”

King James Version

1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. 10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me , when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. 15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them ; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. 24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.