1På den femte dag i den sjette måned i det sjette år af vores eksil i Babylonien opholdt jeg mig i mit hus sammen med en gruppe af Judas ledere. Da kom Guds kraft over mig,2og jeg fik igen et syn. Jeg så en skikkelse, der så ud som et menneske. Fra hofterne og nedefter så han ud som flammende ild, og fra hofterne og opefter så han ud som glødende metal.3Han rakte noget ligesom en hånd ud og greb mig i håret. Ånden løftede mig op i luften, så jeg svævede mellem himmel og jord, og jeg blev i synet ført til Jerusalem, til templets indre forgård, hvor der tæt ved den nordlige indgang var opstillet et stort afgudsbillede, som vakte Herrens vrede.4Pludselig fyldte Guds stråleglans stedet på samme måde, som jeg tidligere havde set den i dalen,5og han sagde til mig: „Du menneske, se mod nord!” Da jeg gjorde det, kunne jeg se det afskyelige afgudsbillede ved den nordlige indgang, tæt ved alteret.6„Ser du, hvem de bringer deres ofre til?” fortsatte han. „Ser du, hvilke afskyelige handlinger Israels folk begår? På den måde jager de mig ud af mit eget tempel. Men du vil få endnu værre ting at se.”7Så førte han mig hen til indgangen til den ydre forgård, og jeg kunne se et hul i muren.8„Gør hullet større!” beordrede han, og da jeg gjorde det, opdagede jeg en dør til en stor sal.9„Gå ind,” beordrede han, „så skal du se den ondskab, som går for sig derinde.”10Så gik jeg ind gennem døren. Indenfor så jeg, at væggene var fyldt med billeder af alle mulige urene dyr og afskyelige afguder. De var mejslet ind i væggen hele vejen rundt.1170 af Israels ledere, deriblandt Ja’azanja, Shafans søn, stod hele vejen rundt foran billederne og tilbad dem hver med sit røgelseskar i hånden. En tyk sky af røgelse hang i luften.12„Se hvordan de israelitiske ledere i hemmelighed tilbeder afguder i deres bedehuse,” sagde Herren. „De siger, at jeg ikke kan se dem, og at jeg har forladt landet og ladt dem i stikken.13Men kom, så skal jeg vise dig noget, som er endnu værre.”14Derefter førte han mig til den nordlige indgang til den ydre forgård, hvor der sad en flok kvinder og fejrede den årlige sørgehøjtid for afguden Tammuz.*15„Er det ikke forfærdeligt at se på?” spurgte han. „Men kom, så skal jeg vise dig noget, som er endnu værre.”16Så førte han mig ind i templets indre forgård. Og der, mellem alteret og forhallen ind til selve tempelbygningen, stod omkring 25 mænd* med ryggen til Herrens tempel. Med ansigtet vendt mod øst tilbad de solen!17„Er det ikke forfærdeligt at se på?” spurgte han. „Ikke alene tilbeder Judas folk afguderne her lige foran mit tempel, men de fylder også hele landet med vold. Deres stinkende afgudsdyrkelse er ulidelig.*18Derfor får de min vrede at føle. Jeg vil ikke skåne dem eller vise nogen form for medlidenhed. Nej, om de så skriger om nåde, vender jeg det døve øre til.”
English Standard Version
Abominations in the Temple
1In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.2Then I looked, and behold, a form that had the appearance of a man.* Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal.*3He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.4And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the valley.5Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.6And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”7And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.8Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.9And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here.”10So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.11And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.12Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”13He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”14Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.15Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these.”16And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.17Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their* nose.18Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
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