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Jeremía 2
Icelandic Bible
Jeremía 2
Icelandic Bible
2 Orð Drottins kom til mín:
2 Far og kunngjör Jerúsalem þetta: Svo segir Drottinn: Ég man eftir kærleika æsku þinnar, elsku festartíma þíns, hversu þú fylgdir mér í eyðimörkinni, í ófrjóu landi.
3 Ísrael var helgaður Drottni, frumgróði uppskeru hans, allir þeir, sem vildu eta hann, urðu sekir, ógæfa kom yfir þá _ segir Drottinn.
4 Heyrið orð Drottins, Jakobs hús og allar þér ættkvíslir Ísraels húss!
5 Svo segir Drottinn: Hver rangindi hafa feður yðar fundið hjá mér, að þeir hurfu frá mér og eltu fánýt goð og breyttu heimskulega,
6 og sögðu ekki: "Hvar er Drottinn, sem flutti oss burt af Egyptalandi, sem leiddi oss um eyðimörkina, um heiða- og gjótulandið, um þurra og niðdimma landið, um landið, sem enginn fer um og enginn maður býr í?"
7 Ég leiddi yður inn í aldingarðslandið, til þess að þér nytuð ávaxta þess og gæða, en þegar þér voruð komnir þangað, saurguðuð þér land mitt og gjörðuð óðal mitt að viðurstyggð.
8 Prestarnir sögðu ekki: "Hvar er Drottinn?" og þeir, er við lögmálið fengust, þekktu mig ekki. Hirðarnir rufu trúnað við mig, og spámennirnir spáðu í nafni Baals og eltu þá, sem ekki geta hjálpað.
9 Fyrir því mun ég enn þreyta mál við yður _ segir Drottinn _ og við sonasonu yðar mun ég þreyta mál:
10 Farið yfir til stranda Kitta og gangið úr skugga um, og sendið til Kedars og hyggið vandlega að. Gangið úr skugga um, hvort slíkt hafi nokkurn tíma við borið!
11 hvort nokkur þjóð hafi skipt um guð _ og það þótt þeir væru ekki guðir! En mín þjóð hefir látið vegsemd sína fyrir það, sem ekki getur hjálpað.
12 Furðið yður, himnar, á þessu og skelfist og verið agndofa _ segir Drottinn.
13 Því að tvennt illt hefir þjóð mín aðhafst: Þeir hafa yfirgefið mig, uppsprettu hins lifandi vatns, til þess að grafa sér brunna, brunna með sprungum, sem ekki halda vatni.
14 Er Ísrael þræll, eða er hann heimafætt þý? Hví er hann orðinn að herfangi?
15 Ljón grenjuðu móti honum, hófu upp öskur sitt og gjörðu land hans að auðn. Borgir hans voru brenndar, urðu mannauðar.
16 Nóf-menn og Takpanes-menn reyttu á þér skallann.
17 Hefir þú ekki bakað þér þetta með því að yfirgefa Drottin, Guð þinn, þá er hann leiddi þig á veginum?
18 Og nú, hvað þarft þú að fara til Egyptalands? Til þess að drekka vatn úr Níl? Og hvað þarft þú að fara til Assýríu? Til þess að drekka vatn úr Efrat?
19 Vonska þín mun aga þig og fráhvarf þitt refsa þér. Þú skalt fá að kenna á því og reyna það, hve illt og beiskt það er, að þú yfirgafst Drottin, Guð þinn. Þú hafðir ekki ótta fyrir mér _ segir herrann, Drottinn allsherjar.
20 Fyrir löngu hefir þú sundurbrotið ok þitt, slitið böndin og sagt: "Ég vil ekki þjóna!" Því að á hverjum háum hól og undir hverju grænu tré lagðist þú niður og hóraðist.
21 En ég hafði gróðursett þig sem gæðavínvið, eintómt úrvalssæði, hvernig gastu breytst fyrir mér í villivínviðarteinunga.
22 Já, þótt þú þvægir þér með lút og brúkaðir mikla sápu á þig, þá verður samt misgjörð þín óhrein fyrir mér _ herrann Drottinn segir það.
23 Hvernig getur þú sagt: "Ég hefi ekki saurgað mig, ég hefi ekki elt Baalana"? Hygg að athæfi þínu í dalnum, sjá, hvað þú hefir gjört, léttfætta úlfaldahryssa, sem hleypur til og frá.
24 Eins og villiasna, sem vön er eyðimörkinni, stendur hún á öndinni í girndarbruna sínum, _ hver fær aftrað losta hennar? Þeir sem hennar leita, þurfa engir að þreyta sig, þeir finna hana í mánuði hennar.
25 Varðveit þú fót þinn, svo að skórinn fari ekki af honum, og háls þinn, svo að hann verði ekki þurr! En þú segir: "Það er til einskis! Nei! Ég elska hina útlendu og þá vil ég elta!"
26 Eins og þjófurinn má skammast sín, þegar hann er staðinn að verkinu, svo má Ísraels hús skammast sín: Þeir, konungar þeirra, höfðingjar þeirra, prestar þeirra og spámenn þeirra,
27 segja við trédrumb: "Þú ert faðir minn!" og við stein: "Þú hefir fætt mig!" Þeir hafa snúið við mér bakinu, en ekki andlitinu, en þegar þeir eru í nauðum staddir, þá hrópa þeir: "Rís upp og hjálpa oss!"
28 En hvar eru guðir þínir, sem þú hefir gjört þér? Þeir verða að rísa upp, ef þeir geta hjálpað þér, þegar þú ert í nauðum staddur! Því að guðir þínir, Júda, eru orðnir eins margir og borgir þínar.
29 Hví þráttið þér við mig? Þér hafið allir rofið trúnað við mig _ segir Drottinn.
30 Til einskis hefi ég slegið sonu yðar, aga þýddust þér ekki, sverð yðar tortímdi spámönnum yðar, eins og eyðandi ljón.
31 Þú kynslóð, gef gaum orði Drottins! Hefi ég verið eyðimörk fyrir Ísrael eða niðdimmt land? Hví segir þá þjóð mín: "Vér erum lausir, vér munum ekki koma aftur til þín!"
32 Mun mær gleyma skarti sínu, brúður belti sínu? Og þó hefir þjóð mín gleymt mér afar langan tíma.
33 Hversu haganlega fer þú að ráði þínu, til þess að leita þér ástar! Til þess hefir þú jafnvel vanið þig á glæpa-atferli.
34 Jafnvel á faldi klæða þinna sést blóð saklausra aumingja. Þú stóðst þá eigi að innbroti.
35 Þrátt fyrir allt þetta segir þú: "Ég er saklaus, vissulega hefir reiði hans snúist frá mér." Sjá, nú dreg ég þig fyrir dóm, af því að þú segir: "Ég hefi ekki syndgað."
36 Hví flýtir þú þér svo mjög burt til þess að halda aðra leið? Vonir þínar um Egyptaland munu og bregðast, eins og vonir þínar um Assýríu brugðust.
37 Einnig þaðan munt þú koma, sláandi höndum saman yfir höfði þér, því að Drottinn hefir hafnað þeim, er þú treystir á, og þér mun ekkert lánast með þá.
Jeremiah 2
New International Version
Jeremiah 2
New International Version
Israel Forsakes God
2 The word(A) of the Lord came to me: 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(B)
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(C)
through a land not sown.
3 Israel was holy(D) to the Lord,(E)
the firstfruits(F) of his harvest;
all who devoured(G) her were held guilty,(H)
and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
all you clans of Israel.
5 This is what the Lord says:
“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols(I)
and became worthless(J) themselves.
6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
who brought us up out of Egypt(K)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
through a land of deserts(L) and ravines,(M)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
a land where no one travels(N) and no one lives?’
7 I brought you into a fertile land
to eat its fruit and rich produce.(O)
But you came and defiled my land
and made my inheritance detestable.(P)
8 The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;(Q)
the leaders(R) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,(S)
following worthless idols.(T)
9 “Therefore I bring charges(U) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
“And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(V) and look,
send to Kedar[a](W) and observe closely;
see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods(X) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(Y) God
for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(Z) me,
the spring of living water,(AA)
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave(AB) by birth?
Why then has he become plunder?
15 Lions(AC) have roared;
they have growled at him.
They have laid waste(AD) his land;
his towns are burned(AE) and deserted.(AF)
16 Also, the men of Memphis(AG) and Tahpanhes(AH)
have cracked your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(AI)
by forsaking(AJ) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(AK)
to drink water from the Nile[b]?(AL)
And why go to Assyria(AM)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(AN)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding(AO) will rebuke(AP) you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter(AQ) it is for you
when you forsake(AR) the Lord your God
and have no awe(AS) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(AT)
and tore off your bonds;(AU)
you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(AV)
Indeed, on every high hill(AW)
and under every spreading tree(AX)
you lay down as a prostitute.(AY)
21 I had planted(AZ) you like a choice vine(BA)
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt,(BB) wild vine?
22 Although you wash(BC) yourself with soap(BD)
and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(BE)
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;(BF)
I have not run after the Baals’?(BG)
See how you behaved in the valley;(BH)
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running(BI) here and there,
24 a wild donkey(BJ) accustomed to the desert,(BK)
sniffing the wind in her craving—
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.
25 Do not run until your feet are bare
and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!(BL)
I love foreign gods,(BM)
and I must go after them.’(BN)
26 “As a thief is disgraced(BO) when he is caught,
so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
their priests(BP) and their prophets.(BQ)
27 They say to wood,(BR) ‘You are my father,’
and to stone,(BS) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(BT) to me
and not their faces;(BU)
yet when they are in trouble,(BV) they say,
‘Come and save(BW) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(BX) you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!(BY)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
as you have towns.(BZ)
29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all(CA) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
30 “In vain I punished your people;
they did not respond to correction.(CB)
Your sword has devoured your prophets(CC)
like a ravenous lion.
31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:
“Have I been a desert to Israel
or a land of great darkness?(CD)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
we will come to you no more’?(CE)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(CF) me,
days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(CG) love!
Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
34 On your clothes is found
the lifeblood(CH) of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.(CI)
Yet in spite of all this
35 you say, ‘I am innocent;(CJ)
he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(CK) on you
because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(CL)
36 Why do you go about so much,
changing(CM) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(CN)
as you were by Assyria.
37 You will also leave that place
with your hands on your head,(CO)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not be helped(CP) by them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
Jeremiah 2
King James Version
Jeremiah 2
King James Version
2 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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