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Löften om en rättfärdig kung

23 ”Ve de herdar som låter fåren i min hjord gå förlorade och skingras, säger Herren.” Därför säger Herren, Israels Gud, om de herdar som vallar mitt folk: ”Ni har skingrat mina får, drivit bort dem och inte tagit hand om dem. Nu ska jag ta hand om er för allt ont ni gjort! säger Herren. Jag ska själv samla det som finns kvar av min hjord från alla de länder dit jag drivit bort dem och leda dem tillbaka till deras betesmarker, där de ska bli fruktsamma och föröka sig. Jag ska utse åt dem herdar, som ska valla dem. De ska aldrig mer behöva vara rädda eller ängslas, och ingen av dem ska saknas, säger Herren.

Den tid kommer, säger Herren,
    när jag ska låta ett rättfärdigt skott
växa upp åt David.
    Han ska bli en kung
som regerar med vishet
    och utövar rättvisa och rättfärdighet i landet.
Under hans tid ska Juda bli räddad
    och Israel bo i trygghet.
Han ska kallas ’Herren vår rättfärdighet.’

Det ska komma en tid, säger Herren, då man inte längre ska säga: ’Så sant Herren lever, han som förde israeliterna ut ur Egyptens land,’ utan: ’Så sant Herren lever, han som ledde israeliternas efterkommande ut ur landet i norr och från alla länder dit han hade fördrivit dem, för att de skulle få bosätta sig i sitt eget land.’ ”

Varning för falska profeter

Om profeterna:

Mitt hjärta vill brista inom mig,
    min kropp darrar.
Jag är som en drucken,
    som en man berusad av vin,
för Herrens och hans heliga ords skull.
10     Landet är fullt av äktenskapsbrytare,
för deras skull ligger landet i sorg
    och betesmarkerna är uttorkade.
Deras strävan är ondska
    och deras styrka det som är orätt.

11 ”Både profeter och präster är gudlösa.
    Till och med inne i mitt tempel
finner jag deras ondska, säger Herren.
12     Därför kommer deras väg att vara hal,
som en stig i mörkret.
    De ska drivas bort,
de ska snubbla och falla.
    Jag ska låta olycka komma över dem
det år deras straff kommer, säger Herren.

13 Hos profeterna i Samaria
    såg jag något anstötligt:
de profeterade i Baals namn
    och förledde mitt folk Israel.
14 Men hos Jerusalems profeter
    har jag sett något fruktansvärt:
De begår äktenskapsbrott
    och lever i lögn.
De stöder dem som gör det onda,
    så att ingen vänder om från sin ondska.
För mig har de blivit som Sodom,
    de som bor där är som Gomorra.”

15 Därför säger härskarornas Herre om profeterna:

”Jag ska ge dem malört att äta
    och förgiftat vatten att dricka.
För från Jerusalems profeter
    har gudlösheten spridit sig
ut över hela landet.”

16 Så säger härskarornas Herre:

”Lyssna inte på vad profeterna talar,
    när de profeterar för er
och inger er falskt hopp.
    De hittar på egna syner
och talar inte det som kommer från Herren.
17 De säger alltid till dem som föraktar mig:
    Herren har sagt: Allt ska gå väl för er,’
och till dem som envist lever som de själva vill:
    ’Inget ont ska komma över er.’
18 Men vem har varit med vid Herrens rådslag
    och sett eller hört hans ord? Vem har lyssnat och lytt hans ord?
19 Se, Herrens vrede bryter ut som en stormvind,
    ja, som en virvelstorm.
Över de gudlösa virvlar den ner.
20     Herrens vrede upphör inte
förrän han fullbordat sina planer.
    I kommande dagar ska ni förstå det.
21 Jag har inte sänt dessa profeter,
    och ändå rusar de iväg.
Jag har inte talat till dem,
    och ändå profeterar de.
22 Om de hade stått i mitt rådslag
    skulle de förkunna mina ord för mitt folk
för att vända dem från deras onda väg
    och från deras onda gärningar.

23 Är jag en Gud bara på nära håll, säger Herren,
och inte en Gud långt borta?
24     Kan någon gömma sig så bra,
att inte jag kan hitta honom? säger Herren.
Är jag inte den som uppfyller både himlen och jorden? säger Herren.

25 Jag har hört vad profeterna säger, de som profeterar lögn i mitt namn. De säger: ’Jag har haft en dröm, jag har haft en dröm.’ 26 Hur länge? Vad bär dessa profeter inom sig, lögnprofeterna, som hittar på sina falsarier? 27 Genom att berätta om sina drömmar för varandra försöker de få mitt folk att glömma mig på samma sätt som deras förfäder glömde mig för Baal. 28 Den profet som har haft en dröm berättar om sin dröm, och den som tagit emot mitt ord förkunnar verkligen mitt ord. Det är skillnad på halm och säd, säger Herren. 29 Är inte mitt ord som en eld? säger Herren. Är det inte som en kraftig hammare, som krossar klippan?

30 Därför står jag emot dessa profeter, säger Herren, de som säger sig tala mina ord men som sprider lögner. 31 Jag står emot profeterna, säger Herren, de som bara pratar: ’Så säger Herren[a].’ 32 Jag står emot profeterna som profeterar falska drömmar, säger Herren. De berättar dem och förleder mitt folk med sina lögner och sägner. Jag har inte sänt dem eller gett dem något uppdrag, och de är till ingen nytta för detta folk, säger Herren.

33 När detta folk eller en profet eller präst frågar dig: ’Vilka tunga ord bär du fram från Herren?[b]’ ska du svara dem: ’Vad för tunga ord?’ Jag ska visa bort er, säger Herren. 34 Och om en profet eller en präst eller någon bland folket säger ’Herrens tunga ord,’ kommer jag att straffa honom och hans familj. 35 Så ska ni var och en säga till varandra: ’Vad har Herren svarat? Vad har Herren sagt?’ 36 Men ’Herrens tunga ord’ ska ni inte mer nämna. För om hans ord blir ’tunga’ för någon människa, så förvanskar ni orden från den levande Guden, härskarornas Herre, vår Gud. 37 Så ska du säga till profeten: ’Vad har Herren svarat dig? Vad har Herren sagt?’ 38 Men om ni säger ’Herrens tunga ord’, så säger Herren: Ni använder detta ord, ’Herrens tunga ord’, trots att jag har sänt bud till er och meddelat att ni inte ska säga ’Herrens tunga ord’. 39 Därför förkastar jag er nu som en tung börda bort från min närhet, både er och den stad som jag gav er och era förfäder. 40 Jag ska låta er komma i evig förödmjukelse och få stå med en evig skam, som aldrig ska glömmas.”

Footnotes

  1. 23:31 Herren finns inte i grundtexten men kan antas utifrån kontexten.
  2. 23:33-39 Här finns en hebreisk ordlek som inte låter sig återges, en ordlek utifrån ”tunga ord” (profetisk utsaga) som också betyder tung börda. Folket kan tänkas vara en tung börda som Herren vill kasta bort, och i så fall bör uttrycket i fråga om folket översättas så.

将来的盼望

23 耶和华说:“那些本应像牧人照顾羊群一样统治我子民的人有祸了!因为他们残害、驱散我的子民。” 以色列的上帝耶和华这样斥责那些统治祂子民的首领:“你们驱散我的子民,没有照顾他们。看啊,我必因你们的恶行而惩罚你们。这是耶和华说的。 我要把我幸存的子民从我流放他们去的各地召集起来,领他们回到故土,使他们子孙兴旺。 我要派首领照顾他们,使他们不再担惊受怕,也不再有一人迷失。这是耶和华说的。”

耶和华说:“看啊,时候将到,我要为大卫选立一个公义的苗裔,使他执掌王权。他必秉公行义,治国有方。 在他掌权的日子,犹大必得拯救,以色列必国泰民安。他将被称为‘耶和华是我们的公义’。”

耶和华说:“看啊,时候将到,那时人不再凭把以色列人带出埃及的耶和华起誓, 而是凭把他们从流放之地——北方和列国领回来的永活耶和华起誓。他们必在自己的国土上安居乐业。”

论到那些先知,
我的心都碎了,
我的骨头都颤抖。
因为耶和华和祂圣言的缘故,
我好像不胜酒力的醉汉。
10 这里到处是拜偶像的人,
他们行为邪恶,滥用权力。
大地因受咒诅而悲哀,
旷野的草场都枯干了。
11 耶和华说:“先知和祭司都不敬虔,
我甚至看见他们在我的圣殿里行恶。
12 因此,他们必被赶到黑暗中,
在湿滑的路上跌倒,
因为我必在报应的日子降灾祸给他们。
这是耶和华说的。
13 我看见撒玛利亚的先知行为可憎,
他们靠巴力说预言,
引诱我的子民走入歧途。
14 我也看见耶路撒冷的先知行为可恶,
他们通奸,谎话连篇,
怂恿恶人,
以致无人悔过自新。
在我眼中,耶路撒冷人就像 所多玛人和蛾摩拉人一样败坏。
15 因此,论到这些先知,
万军之耶和华说,
‘看啊,我要使他们吃苦艾,
喝毒药,因为亵渎之风从耶路撒冷的先知那里蔓延,
遍及全境。’”

16 万军之耶和华对祂的子民说:“你们不要听信这些先知的预言,他们使你们充满虚假的盼望,他们的预言是自己编的,不是耶和华说的。 17 他们不断对藐视我的人说,‘耶和华说你们必安享太平。’他们对那些执迷不悟的人说,‘灾祸不会降到你们身上。’

18 “然而,他们谁曾站在耶和华面前看见并听见祂说话呢?
他们谁曾留心听祂的话呢?
19 看啊,耶和华的怒气像暴风一样袭来,
像旋风一样吹到恶人头上。
20 耶和华不完成祂心中的计划决不息怒。
将来你们会清楚地明白这一切。

21 “我没有差遣这些先知,
他们却妄自行动;
我没有对他们说话,
他们却乱发预言。
22 他们若曾站在我面前听我说话,
早就向我的子民宣告我的话,
使他们改邪归正了。”

23 耶和华说:“我是无处不在的上帝。” 24 耶和华说:“难道人藏起来我就看不见了吗?我岂不是充满天地之间吗?这是耶和华说的。 25 我听见假先知奉我的名说,‘上帝托梦给我了!上帝托梦给我了!’ 26 这些先知谎话连篇,凭空预言要到何时呢? 27 他们彼此传讲所做的梦,想借此使我的子民忘记我,正如他们的祖先因祭拜巴力而忘记了我。 28 让做梦的先知尽管宣扬他们的梦吧,但得到我话语的先知要忠心地传达我的话。糠秕怎能与麦子相比呢!这是耶和华说的。” 29 耶和华说:“难道我的话不像火吗?不像击碎岩石的铁锤吗?” 30 耶和华说:“看啊,我要对付那些假先知,他们盗用同伙的话,却妄称是我的话。” 31 耶和华说:“看啊,我要对付那些假先知,他们妄自说预言,却谎称是耶和华的话。” 32 耶和华说:“看啊,我要对付那些假先知,他们谎称我托梦给他们,四处宣扬,用弥天大谎把我的子民引入歧途。其实我并没有差遣他们,也没有委派他们,他们对我的子民毫无益处。这是耶和华说的。”

33 耶和华说:“耶利米啊,如果有百姓、先知或祭司问你,‘耶和华有什么启示?’你要对他们说,‘你们就是耶和华的重担[a],耶和华说要丢弃你们。’ 34 如果有先知、祭司或百姓宣称有耶和华的启示,我必惩罚他和他全家。 35 你们各人要问自己的亲友,‘耶和华有什么答复?’或‘耶和华说了什么?’ 36 你们不可再说有耶和华的启示,因为你们把自己的话当成祂的启示,曲解你们永活的上帝——万军之耶和华的话。 37 耶利米啊,你要这样问先知,‘耶和华有什么答复?耶和华说了什么?’ 38 如果他们说,‘这是耶和华的启示。’你就说,‘耶和华说,你们无视我的警告,宣称有我的启示, 39 我必彻底忘记你们,把你们和我赐给你们及你们祖先的城邑抛弃。 40 我要使你们永远蒙羞受辱、遗臭万年。’”

Footnotes

  1. 23:33 重担”希伯来文也有“启示”的意思。

The Righteous Branch

23 “Woe to the shepherds(A) who are destroying and scattering(B) the sheep of my pasture!”(C) declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds(D) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock(E) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil(F) you have done,” declares the Lord. “I myself will gather the remnant(G) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(H) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds(I) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(J) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(K)” declares the Lord.

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(L)
a King(M) who will reign(N) wisely
    and do what is just and right(O) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(P)
This is the name(Q) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(R)

“So then, the days are coming,”(S) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(T) but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(U)

Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart(V) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.(W)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.(X)
10 The land is full of adulterers;(Y)
    because of the curse[b](Z) the land lies parched
    and the pastures(AA) in the wilderness are withered.(AB)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(AC)
    even in my temple(AD) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(AE)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,(AF)
declares the Lord.

13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(AG)
    and led my people Israel astray.(AH)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:(AI)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.(AJ)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(AK)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(AL)
They are all like Sodom(AM) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(AN)

15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,(AO)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness(AP) has spread throughout the land.”

16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Do not listen(AQ) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions(AR) from their own minds,
    not from the mouth(AS) of the Lord.
17 They keep saying(AT) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(AU)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(AV) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm(AW) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(AX) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(AY) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(AZ) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger(BA) of the Lord will not turn back(BB)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send(BC) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,(BD)
    they would have proclaimed(BE) my words to my people
and would have turned(BF) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.(BG)

23 “Am I only a God nearby,(BH)
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
24 Who can hide(BI) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(BJ)
declares the Lord.

25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies(BK) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!(BL) I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions(BM) of their own minds?(BN) 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget(BO) my name, just as their ancestors forgot(BP) my name through Baal worship.(BQ) 28 Let the prophet who has a dream(BR) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word(BS) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”(BT) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(BU) that breaks a rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(BV) the prophets(BW) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’(BX) 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,(BY)” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray(BZ) with their reckless lies,(CA) yet I did not send(CB) or appoint them. They do not benefit(CC) these people in the least,” declares the Lord.

False Prophecy

33 “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message(CD) from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake(CE) you, declares the Lord.’ 34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message(CF) from the Lord,’ I will punish(CG) them and their household. 35 This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’(CH) or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36 But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort(CI) the words of the living God,(CJ) the Lord Almighty, our God. 37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord’s answer to you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 38 Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast(CK) you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace(CL)—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line
  2. Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things

23 Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply.

And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness.

Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

but, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of Jehovah, and because of the words of his holiness.

10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.

11 For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

12 Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

16 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

17 They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.

18 For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?

19 Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.

20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.

21 I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.

23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

24 Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

25 I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

29 Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their boasting; and I have not sent them, nor commanded them; and they profit not this people at all, saith Jehovah.

33 And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.

34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

36 And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

38 But since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

39 therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.

40 And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.