Jeremias opfordrer landene til at acceptere Babyloniens herredømme
1Herren gav mig følgende budskab i begyndelsen af kong Zidkijas* regeringsperiode:2„Lav et åg og spænd det fast over nakken med læderstropper.3Derefter 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:5Det 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.6Nu overdrager jeg jeres lande til kong Nebukadnezar af Babylonien. Jeg har givet ham kontrol over alt, selv de vilde dyr.7Alle 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.8Men 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.9Lyt ikke til jeres falske profeter, sandsigere, drømmetydere, medier og troldmænd, der siger, at I ikke skal underordne jer Babyloniens herredømme.10De 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.11Men 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.”12Herren 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.13Vil I hellere opleve krig, hungersnød og epidemier? Det er, hvad Herren har sagt vil ramme de lande, der ikke frivilligt underkaster sig Babyloniens konge.14Lyt 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.15De 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.”16Jeg 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,17og 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.18Hvis 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.19Herren, 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.”
English Standard Version
The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
1In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah* the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord.2Thus the Lord said to me: “Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.3Send word* to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.4Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:5“It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.6Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.7All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.8““But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.9So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’10For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.11But any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, to work it and dwell there, declares the Lord.”’”12To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.13Why will you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you.15I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”16Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you.17Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?18If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.19For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away, when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—21thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:22They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.”
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