1Herren gav mig følgende budskab, dengang Jojakim, Josias’ søn, var konge i Juda:2„Gå hen i den bydel, hvor rekabitterslægten holder til, og indbyd slægtens overhoveder til at komme op til templet. Når de indfinder sig, skal du føre dem ind i et sideværelse og servere vin for dem.”3Så opsøgte jeg Ja’azanja, Jeremjas søn, sønnesøn af Habazzinja, hvorefter jeg førte ham, hans brødre og sønner til templet som repræsentanter for alle rekabitterne.4Jeg samlede dem i det værelse, hvor profeten Hanan, Jigdaljas søn, underviste sine elever. Det værelse lå ved siden af hofmarskalens værelse, umiddelbart over tempeldørvogteren Ma’asejas, Shallums søns, værelse.5Jeg satte bægre og vinkarafler frem og indbød dem til at drikke.6„Nej tak,” sagde de, „vi drikker ikke vin, for vores forfar Jonadab, Rekabs søn, forbød én gang for alle sine efterkommere at drikke vin.7Ved samme lejlighed advarede han os imod at eje fast ejendom og befalede os at bo i telte i stedet. Han forbød os at bygge huse, plante vinmarker og så korn. Han lovede os, at hvis vi overholdt de regler, ville vi få fremgang i det land, hvor vi bor som nomader.8Indtil nu har vi gjort, som han sagde, så hverken vi selv, vores koner eller børn har nydt vin.9Vi har heller ikke bygget huse eller anskaffet os gårde og marker, og vi har hverken dyrket korn eller vin.10Vi har altid levet som nomader i lydighed mod vores forfar Jonadabs ord.11Den eneste grund til, at vi nu bor i Jerusalem, er, at vi blev bange, dengang kong Nebukadnezar af Babylonien besatte landet. Derfor flygtede vi ind i byen.”12Da sagde Herren til mig:13„Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Gå ud og sig til Judas og Jerusalems indbyggere: Her har I noget at lære.14Rekabitterne drikker ikke vin, fordi de ønsker at være lydige mod deres forfars befaling. Men hvor er jeres lydighed? Jeg har gang på gang talt til jer, men I nægter at høre efter.15Jeg har sendt den ene profet efter den anden til jer for at få jer til at vende om fra jeres ondskab og afgudsdyrkelse. Og jeg har givet jer det løfte, at I skulle få fred og gode kår i det land, jeg gav til jer og jeres forfædre, hvis I adlød mig.16Men I har nægtet at adlyde mig i modsætning til rekabitterne, der har adlydt deres forfar til punkt og prikke.17Derfor siger Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud: Fordi I ikke vil høre på mig og nægter at adlyde mig, vil jeg straffe jer med alle de ulykker, jeg har truet jer med.”18-19Derefter gik jeg tilbage til rekabitterne og sagde: „Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Fordi I adlød jeres forfar til punkt og prikke, vil Jonadab, Rekabs søn, altid have efterkommere, der tjener mig.”
Jeremias 35
King James Version
1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.3Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;4And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.6But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye , nor your sons for ever:7Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any : but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.8Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:10But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.11But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.12Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,13Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father' commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.15I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them , saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.16Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:17Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:19Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.