1I 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.3Måske 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.”4Da sendte jeg bud efter Baruk, Nerijas søn, og han nedskrev alle profetierne efter mit diktat.5Da arbejdet var overstået, sagde jeg til Baruk: „Jeg har ikke lov til at gå op i templet.6Derfor 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.7Måske 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.”8Baruk 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.11Da Gemarjas søn, Mika, hørte alle disse budskaber fra Herren,12gik 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.13Mika fortalte dem nu om alt det, han havde hørt Baruk læse op for folket.14Derefter 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.16Da han var færdig, så embedsmændene forfærdede på hinanden og sagde: „Det må vi fortælle kongen.”17Så 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.”20Derefter gemte embedsmændene bogrullen i sekretæren Elishamas kontor og gik til kongen for at fortælle ham det hele.21Kongen sendte straks Jehudi af sted for at hente bogrullen i Elishamas værelse, og Jehudi læste den op for kongen og hans hoffolk.22Kongen sad foran ildstedet i paladsets vintersal, for det var koldt i årets niende måned.23Hver 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.24Hverken kongen eller hans hoffolk viste nogen tegn på forfærdelse over budskaberne, og ingen af dem rev deres klæder itu i fortvivlelse.25Elnatan, Delaja og Gemarja bad kongen om endelig ikke at brænde bogrullen, men han hørte ikke på dem.26Derefter 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.27Efter 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.29Og sig så til kongen: Herren siger: Du brændte bogrullen, fordi der stod, at den babyloniske konge skal ødelægge landet og gøre det folketomt.30Derfor 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.31Jeg 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.”32Så 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.
English Standard Version
Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll
1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord that he had spoken to him.5And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am banned from going to the house of the Lord,6so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the Lord’s house you shall read the words of the Lord from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.7It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”8And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.9In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.10Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.11When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll,12he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.13And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people.14Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.15And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them.16When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.”17Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”18Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.”19Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”20So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king.21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary. And Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king.22It was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, and there was a fire burning in the fire pot before him.23As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot.24Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, nor did they tear their garments.25Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.27Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:28“Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.29And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?”30Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night.31And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.’”32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
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