Jeremias 42

² og sagde til Profeten Jeremias: "Måtte vor Bøn nå dit Øre, så du beder til HERREN din Gud for hele denne Rest, thi som du ser os her, er vi kun få tilbage af mange.

² and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our petition come before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, that is for all this remnant; because we are left but a few out of many, as your own eyes now see us,

⁴ Profeten Jeremias svarede: "Godt! Jeg vil bede til HERREN eders Gud, som I ønsker; og alt hvad HERREN svarer, vil jeg kundgøre eder uden at forholde eder et Ord."

⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to pray to the Lord your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole message which the Lord will answer you. I will not keep back a word from you.”

⁶ Det være godt eller ondt, vi vil adlyde HERREN vor Guds Røst, til hvem vi sender dig, at det må gå os vel, når vi adlyder HERREN vor Guds Røst."

⁶ Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the Lord our God.”

⁸ Så sammenkaldte han Johaoan, Kareas Søn, alle Hærføreme, der var med ham, og alt Folket, store og små,

⁸ Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, and for all the people both small and great,

¹⁰ Hvis I bliver her i Landet, vil jeg bygge eder og ikke nedbryde eder, plante eder og ikke rykke eder op, thi jeg angrer det onde, jeg har gjort eder.

¹⁰ ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.

¹² Jeg vil lade eder finde Barmhjertighed, og han skal forbarme sig over eder og lade eder bo i eders Land.

¹² I will also show you compassion, so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil.

¹⁴ men drage til Ægypten og bo der for ikke mere at se Krig eller høre Hornets Klang eller hungre efter Brød,

¹⁴ saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”;

¹⁶ så skal Sværdet, som I frygter, nå eder der i Ægypten, og Hungeren, som I ængstes for, skal følge efter eder til Ægypten, og I skal omkomme der;

¹⁶ then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.

¹⁸ Thi så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Som min Vrede og Harme udgød sig over Jerusalems Indbyggere, således skal min Harme udgyde sig over eder, når I drager til Ægypten, og I skal blive et. Edens, Rædselens, Forbandelsens og Spottens Tegn og ikke mere få dette Sted at se.

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.”

²⁰ Thi I nedkalder ondt over eder selv, når I sender mig til HERREN eders Gud og siger: "Bed for os til HERREN vor Gud! Hvad HERREN vor Gud siger, skal du nøje kundgøre os, så vil vi gøre det,"

²⁰ For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord our God; and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us so, and we will do it.”

²² Så vid da nu, at I skal omkomme ved Sværd, Hunger og Pest på det Sted, hvor I agter at gå hen for at bo der somfremmede. 

²² Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence, in the place where you wish to go to reside.