¹Således sagde HERREN: Gå hen og køb dig et krus hos pottemageren, tag nogle af Folkets og Præsternes Ældste med

¹Thus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter`s earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,

²og gå ud i Hinnoms Søns Dal ved Indgangen til Potteskårporten og udråb der de Ord, jeg taler til dig!

²and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,

³Du skal sige: Hør HERRENs Ord, Judas Konger og Jerusalems Borgere: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, jeg sender over dette Sted en Ulykke, så det skal ringe for Ørene på enhver, der hører derom,

³and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,

⁴fordi de forlod mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed og tændte Offerild der for andre Guder, som hverken de eller deres Fædre før kendte til, og Judas Konger fyldte dette Sted med skyldfries Blod,

⁴because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,

⁵og de byggede Baalshøjene for at brænde deres Børn i Ild som Brændofre til Baal, hvad jeg ikke havde påbudt eller talt om, og hvad aldrig var opkommet i min Tanke.

⁵and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

⁶Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da dette Sted ikke mere skal hedde Tofet og Hinnoms Søns Dal, men Morddalen.

⁶`Therefore, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.

⁷Jeg gør Juda og Jerusalem rådvilde på dette Sted og lader dem falde for Sværdet for deres Fjenders Øjne og for deres Hånd, som står dem efter Livet, og jeg giver Himmelens Fugle og Jordens Dyr deres Lig til Føde.

⁷And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

⁸Jeg gør denne By til Gru og Spot; alle, der komnmer forbi, skal grue og spotte over alle dens Sår.

⁸and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.

⁹Jeg lader dem æde deres Sønners og Døtres Kød, den ene skal æde den andens Kød under Belejringen og den Trængsel, deres Fjender og de, der står dem efter Livet, volder dem.

⁹And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

¹⁰Knus så Kruset i de Mænds Påsyn, der følger med dig,

¹⁰`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

¹¹og sig til dem: Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg vil knuse dette Folk og denne By, som man knuser et Lerkar, så det ikke kan heles igen. De døde skal jordes i Tofet, fordi Pladsen til at jorde på ikke slår til.

¹¹and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter`s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;

¹²Således vil jeg gøre med dette Sted og dets indbyggere, lyder det fra HERREN, idet jeg gør denne By til et Tofet:

¹²so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

¹³Jerusalems og Judas Kongers Huse skal blive urene som Tofets Sted, alle de Huse, på hvis Tage de tændte Offerild for al Himmelens Hær og udgød Drikofre for andre Guder.

¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been — as the place of Tophet — defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.`

¹⁴Derpå gik Jerenmias fra Tofet, hvorhen HERREN havde sendt ham for at profetere, og stod frenm i Forgården til HERRENs Hus og sagde til alt Folket:

¹⁴And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

¹⁵Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Se, over denne By og alle Byerne, der hører til den, sender jeg al den Ulykke, jeg har truet den med, fordi de gjorde Nakken stiv og ikke hørte mine Ord.

¹⁵`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck — not to hear My words!`