¹Zedekias, Joasiases søn, blev konge Konjas, Jojakims søns sted, idet Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel satte ham til Konge i Judas Land.

¹And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,

²Men han og hans Mænd og Landets Befolkning hørte ikke på de Ord, HERREN talede ved Profeten Jeremias.

²and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

³Kong Zedekias sendte Jukal. Sjelemjas Søn, og Præsten Zefanja, Maasejas Søn, til Profeten Jeremias og lod sige: "Gå i Forbøn for os hos HERREN vor Gud!"

³And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Pray, we beseech thee, for us unto Jehovah our God.`

⁴Dengang gik Jeremias frit ud og ind blandt Folket, thi man havde endnu ikke kastet ham i Fængsel.

⁴And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),

⁵Faraos Hær var rykket ud fra Ægypten; og da kaldæerne, som belejrede Jerusalem, fik Nys herom, var de brudt op fra Jerusalem.

⁵and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jerusalem, hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.

⁶Da kom HERRENs Ord til Profeten Jeremias således:

⁶And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

⁷Så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Således skal du sige til Judas Konge, som har sendt Bud til dig for at rådspørge mig: Se, Faraos Hær, som er rykket ud for at hjælpe eder, skal vende hjem til Ægypten;

⁷`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt,

⁸og Kaldæerne skal vende tilbage og angribe denne By, indtage og afbrænde den.

⁸and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.

⁹Så siger HERREN: Når ikke eder selv ved at sige: "Kaldæerne drager bort fra os for Alvor!" Thi de drager ikke bort.

⁹`Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

¹⁰Ja, om, I så slog hele Kaldæernes Hær, der angriber eder, så der kun blev nogle sårede tilbage, hver i sit Telt, så skulde de stå op og afbrænde denne By.

¹⁰for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men — each in his tent — they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.`

¹¹Da Kaldæernes Hær var brudt op fra Jerusalem for Faraos Hær,

¹¹And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,

¹²gik Jeremias ud af Jerusalem for at drage til Benjamins Land og få en Arvelod iblandt Befolkningen.

¹²that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.

¹³Men da han kom til Benjaminsporten, var der en Vagthavende ved Navn Jirija, en Søn af Hananjas Søn Sjelemja, og han greb Profeten Jeremias og sagde: "Du vil løbe over til Kaldæerne."

¹³And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward — and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah — and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling.`

¹⁴Jeremias svarede: "Det er Løgn; jeg vil ikke løbe over til Kaldæerne." Jirija vilde dog ikke høre ham, men greb ham og bragte ham til Fyrsterne;

¹⁴And Jeremiah saith, `Falsehood — I am not falling unto the Chaldeans;` and he hath not hearkened unto him, and Irijah layeth hold on Jeremiah, and bringeth him in unto the heads,

¹⁵og Fyrsterne vrededes på Jeremias, slog ham og lod ham bringe til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus; thi det havde de gjort til Fængsel.

¹⁵and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house — the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

¹⁶Således kom Jeremias i Fangehuset i kælderen; og der sad han en Tid lang.

¹⁶When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,

¹⁷Men Kong Zedekias sendte Bud og lod ham hente; og Kongen spurgte ham i al Hemmelighed i sit Palads: "Er der et Ord fra HERREN?" Jeremias svarede: "Ja, der er: Du skal overgives i Babels Konges Hånd."

¹⁷and the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh him, and the king asketh him in his house in secret, and saith, `Is there a word from Jehovah?` And Jeremiah saith, `There is,` and he saith, `Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou art given.`

¹⁸Derpå sagde Jeremias til Kong Zedekias: "Hvad Synd har jeg gjort imod dig, dine Mænd og dette Folk, siden I har kastet mig i Fængsel?

¹⁸And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house?

¹⁹Og hvor er nu eders Profeter, som profeterede for eder, at Babels Konge ikke skulde komme over eder og dette Land?

¹⁹And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?

²⁰Så hør da, Herre Konge! Lad min Bøn nå dig og lad mig ikke bringe tilbage til Statsskriveren Jonatans Hus, af jeg ikke skal dø der!"

²⁰And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.`

²¹Da bød Kong Zedekias, at man skulde holde Jeremias i Varetægt i Vagtforgården; og der gaves ham daglig et Stykke Brød fra Bagerens Gade, indtil Brødet slap op i Byen. Således sad nu Jeremias i Vagtforgården.

²¹And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers` street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.