Jeremias 36 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Kong Jojakim brænder Jeremias’ bogrulle

1 I kong Jojakim af Judas fjerde regeringsår sagde Herren til mig: 2 „Tag en bogrulle og sørg for at få nedskrevet alle mine budskaber om Israel, Juda og de øvrige nationer. Begynd med de budskaber, jeg gav dig tilbage i Josias’ dage, og nedskriv dem alle sammen helt op til i dag. 3 Måske vil Judas folk vende om fra deres ondskab, når de læser om den frygtelige straf, der venter dem. Hvis de omvender sig, vil jeg tilgive dem.” 4 Da sendte jeg bud efter Baruk, Nerijas søn, og han nedskrev alle profetierne efter mit diktat. 5 Da arbejdet var overstået, sagde jeg til Baruk: „Jeg har ikke lov til at gå op i templet. 6 Derfor skal du på den næste fastedag gå op i templet og læse alle budskaberne højt for folket. Den dag vil der være folk samlet fra hele Judas land. 7 Måske de så vil vende om fra deres ondskab og bede Herren om tilgivelse, før det er for sent. For Herren har truet sit folk med forfærdelige ting.” 8-10 Baruk gjorde, som jeg havde bedt ham om. I den niende måned i kong Jojakims femte regeringsår blev der udråbt en faste, og folk fra hele Juda kom til templet for at deltage i højtiden. Da gik Baruk op i templet for at oplæse alle budskaberne i bogrullen. Han placerede sig i den øvre forgård ved indgangen til Den Nye Port, hvor Gemarja, der var søn af statssekretæren Shafan, havde et værelse. Fra det sted kunne alle i tempelforgården høre ham. 11 Da Gemarjas søn, Mika, hørte alle disse budskaber fra Herren, 12 gik han hen til statssekretærens værelse i kongens palads, hvor landets øverste embedsmænd sad i møde. Blandt de tilstedeværende var sekretæren Elishama; Delaja, søn af Shemaja; Elnatan, søn af Ahbor; Gemarja, søn af Shafan; og Zidkija, søn af Hananja. 13 Mika fortalte dem nu om alt det, han havde hørt Baruk læse op for folket. 14 Derefter sendte embedsmændene en mand ved navn Jehudi hen for at sige til Baruk, at han skulle komme hen til dem med bogrullen. Det gjorde Baruk så. 15 „Sæt dig ned og læs op for os,” sagde embedsmændene, og Baruk læste for dem. 16 Da han var færdig, så embedsmændene forfærdede på hinanden og sagde: „Det må vi fortælle kongen.” 17 Så spurgte de Baruk: „Sig os, hvordan har du fået alt det skrevet ned? Var det Jeremias, der dikterede det for dig?” 18 „Ja, det var ham, der dikterede for mig, og jeg skrev det hele ned med blæk i denne bogrulle,” svarede Baruk. 19 „Du og Jeremias må hellere gå under jorden,” sagde embedsmændene til Baruk. „Fortæl ikke nogen, hvor I befinder jer.” 20 Derefter gemte embedsmændene bogrullen i sekretæren Elishamas kontor og gik til kongen for at fortælle ham det hele. 21 Kongen sendte straks Jehudi af sted for at hente bogrullen i Elishamas værelse, og Jehudi læste den op for kongen og hans hoffolk. 22 Kongen sad foran ildstedet i paladsets vintersal, for det var koldt i årets niende måned. 23 Hver gang Jehudi havde læst tre-fire spalter, skar kongen det læste stykke af rullen, og kastede det i ilden. Sådan blev han ved, indtil hele bogrullen var brændt. 24 Hverken kongen eller hans hoffolk viste nogen tegn på forfærdelse over budskaberne, og ingen af dem rev deres klæder itu i fortvivlelse. 25 Elnatan, Delaja og Gemarja bad kongen om endelig ikke at brænde bogrullen, men han hørte ikke på dem. 26 Derefter gav kongen en befaling til Jerahme’el, der var medlem af kongefamilien, samt Seraja, Azriels søn, og Shelemja, Abde’els søn, om at arrestere både mig og Baruk. Men Herren beskyttede os, så vi ikke blev opdaget. 27 Efter at kongen havde brændt bogrullen, sagde Herren til mig: 28 „Få fat i en ny bogrulle og sørg for at få skrevet alle de ord ned, der stod i den første bogrulle, som kongen brændte. 29 Og sig så til kongen: Herren siger: Du brændte bogrullen, fordi der stod, at den babyloniske konge skal ødelægge landet og gøre det folketomt. 30 Derfor siger Herren til dig: Ingen af dine efterkommere får chancen for at blive konge efter dig. Dit lig bliver smidt på jorden og udsat for sol om dagen og frost om natten. 31 Jeg vil straffe dig, din familie og dine hoffolk for jeres ondskab. Ja, jeg vil lade alle de ulykker, jeg har truet med, ramme jer og Judas og Jerusalems folk, fordi I ikke ville lytte til mine advarsler.” 32 Så fik jeg fat i en ny bogrulle og begyndte forfra med at diktere budskaberne for Baruk. Alt, hvad der stod i den bogrulle, som kong Jojakim brændte, kom med, ja, endnu mere end før, for der blev gjort adskillige tilføjelser.

King James Version

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD' house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD' house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD' house, in the ears of all the people. 11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 12 Then he went down into the king' house, into the scribe' chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe' chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. 27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. 32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.