¹Så siger HERREN: Jeg opvækker en ødelæggelsens ånd mod Babel og dem, som bor i "mine Modstanderes Hjerte".

¹Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb — My withstanders, A destroying wind,

²Og jeg sender til Babel Kastere, de skal kaste det og tømme dets Land, thi fra alle Hanter er de over det på Ulykkens Dag.

²And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about — in the day of evil.

³Ingen skal spænde sin Bue eller rejse sig i Brynje. Spar ikke dets Ynglinge, læg Band på hele dets Hær!

³Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.

⁴Dræbte Mænd skal falde i Kaldæernes Land og gennemborede i Gaderne;

⁴And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.

⁵thi Israel og Juda er ikke forladt af deres Gud, Hærskarers HERRE, men deres Land var fuldt af Skyld mod Israels Hellige.

⁵For, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God — by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.

⁶Fly ud af Babel, enhver redde sit Liv, at I ikke skal omkomme for dets Brøde! Thi det er Hævnens Tid for HERREN, han øver Gengæld imod det.

⁶Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.

⁷Et gyldent Bæger var Babel i HERRENs Hånd, det gjorde al Jorden drukken; Folkene drak af Vinen, derfor blev Folkene galne.

⁷A golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.

⁸Babel faldt i et Nu, det knustes; jamrer over det! Hent Balsam hid til dets Sår, om det muligt kan læges!

⁸Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.

⁹Vi vilde læge Babel, men det lod sig ikke læge. Gå fra det og lad os drage hver til sit Land, thi dets Straffedom når til Himmelen, løfter sig til Skyerne.

⁹We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.

¹⁰HERREN har bragt vor Ret for Lyset; kom, lad os kundgøre HERREN vor Guds Værk i Zion!

¹⁰Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

¹¹Hvæs Pilene, gør Skjoldene blanke! HERREN har vakt Mederkongens Ånd, thi hans Hu står til at ødelægge Babel; thi det er HERRENs Hævn, Hævn for hans Tempel.

¹¹Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device [is] to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it [is], The vengeance of His temple.

¹²Løft Banner mod Babels Mure, forstærk Vagten, sæt Vagtposter ud, læg Baghold! Thi HERREN har et Råd for og gør, hvad han har talet mod Babels Indbyggere.

¹²Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

¹³Du, som bor ved de mange Vande, rig på Skatte, din Ende er kommet, den Alen, hvor man skære dig af.

¹³O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.

¹⁴Hærskarers Herre har svoret ved sig selv: Jeg vil fylde dig med Mennesker som Græshopper, og de skal istemme Vinperserråbet over dig.

¹⁴Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee — shouting.

¹⁵Han skabte Jorden i sin Vælde, grundfæstede Jorderig i sin Visdom, og i sin indsigt udspændte han Himmelen.

¹⁵The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,

¹⁶Når han løfter sin Røst, bruser Vandene i Himmelen, og han lader Skyer stige op fra Jordens Ende; han får Lynene til at give Regn og sender Stormen ud af sine Forrådskamre.

¹⁶At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

¹⁷Dumt er hvert Menneske, uden Indsigt, hver Guldsmed får Skam af sit Billede; thi Løgn er hans Støbning, der er ingen Ånd i dem;

¹⁷Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

¹⁸Tomhed er de, et dårende Værk; når deres Hjemsøgelses Tid kommer, er det ude med dem.

¹⁸Vanity [are] they — work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

¹⁹Jakobs Arvelod er ikke som de; thi han, der har skabt alt, er dets Arvelod; Hærskarers HERRE er hans Navn.

¹⁹Not like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.

²⁰Du var mig en Stridshammer, et Våben; med dig knuste jeg Folk, med dig ødelagde jeg Riger;

²⁰An axe [art] thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,

²¹med dig knuste jeg Hest og Rytter, med dig knuste jeg Vogn og Vognstyrer,

²¹And I have broken in pieces by thee horse and its rider, And I have broken in pieces by thee chariot and its charioteer,

²²med dig knuste jeg Mand og Kvinde med dig knuste jeg gammel og ung, med dig knuste jeg Yngling og Jomfru,

²²And I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,

²³med dig knuste jeg Hyrde og Hjord, med dig knuste jeg Agerdyrker og Oksespand, med dig knuste jeg Statholder og Landshøvding.

²³And I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.

²⁴Men jeg vil gengælde Babel og alle Kaldæas Indbyggere alt det onde, de gjorde mod Zion for eders Øjne, lyder det fra HERREN.

²⁴And I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes — an affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁵Se, jeg kommer over dig, du ødelæggende Bjerg, lyder det fra HERREN, du, som ødelægger hele Jorden; jeg udrækker Hånden imod dig og vælter dig ned fra Klipperne og gør dig til et afsvedet Bjerg;

²⁵Lo, I [am] against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee for a burnt mountain.

²⁶man skal ikke fra dig hente Sten til Tinder eller Grundvolde, thi du skal blive en evig Ørken, lyder det fra HERREN.

²⁶And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.

²⁷Løft Banner på Jorden, stød i Horn blandt Folkene, vi Folkene til Kamp imod det, opbyd Ararats, Minnis og Asjkenazs Riger imod det, indsæt en Tipsar, lad Hestene fare frem som lodne Græshopper;

²⁷Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.

²⁸vi Folkene til Strid imod det, Mederkongen, hans Statholdere og alle hans Landshøvdinger og hele det Land, han råder over!

²⁸Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.

²⁹Jorden skal skælve og vride sig, thi HERRENs Tanker mod Babel fuldbyrdes, at gøre Babels Land til en Ørken, hvor ingen bor.

²⁹And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

³⁰Babels Helte opgiver Kampen, de sidder stille i Borgene, deres kraft ebber ud, de er blevet til Kvinder; dets Boliger afbrændes, dets Portstænger knækkes.

³⁰Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.

³¹Løber iler Løber i Møde, og Bud iler Bud i Møde for at melde Babels Konge, at hans By er indtaget fra Ende til anden,

³¹Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city — at the extremity.

³²Overgangsstederne taget, Borgene brændt og Krigsfolkene rædselslagne.

³²And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.

³³Thi så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: Babels Datter er som en Tærskeplads, når den stampes endnu en liden Stund, så kommer Høstens Tid for den.

³³For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing — yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.

³⁴Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel har fortæret mig, oprevet mig, sat mig til Side som et tomt kar. Som en Drage har han slugt mig, fyldt sin Vom med mine Lækkerbidskener og drevet mig bort.

³⁴Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.

³⁵Den Vold, jeg led, og min Overlast komme over Babel, siger de, som bor i Zion, mit Blod over Kaldæas Indbyggere, siger Jerusalem.

³⁵My wrong, and [that of] my flesh [is] on Babylon, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.

³⁶Derfor, så siger HERREN: Se, jeg fører din Sag og giver digHævn, jeg lægger dets Hav tørt og udtørrer dets Kilde.

³⁶Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

³⁷Babel skal blive en Grushob, Sjakalers Bolig, til Rædsel og Spot, så ingen bor der.

³⁷And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

³⁸De brøler alle som Løver, knurrer som Løveunger i deres Vildskab.

³⁸Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions` whelps.

³⁹Jeg holder et Drikkelag for dem og gør dem drukne, så de døves og falder i evig Søvn uden at vågne, lyder det fra HERREN.

³⁹In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not — an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁴⁰Jeg fører dem ned til af slagtes som Får, som Vædre sammen med Bukke.

⁴⁰I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.

⁴¹Hvor Sjesjak blev fanget og grebet, al Jordens Stolthed, hvor Babel dog blev til Rædsel imellem Folkene!

⁴¹How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.

⁴²Havet steg over Babel, af dets Bølgers Brus blev det skjult.

⁴²Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.

⁴³Dets Byer er blevet en Ørken, øde Land og Ødemark; intet Menneske bor i dem, intet Menneskebarn færdes i dem.

⁴³Its cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land — none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.

⁴⁴Jeg hjemsøger Bel i Babel, river ud af hans Mund, hvad han slugte, til ham skal ej Folkeslag strømme mer. Også Babels Mur er faldet.

⁴⁴And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed — from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.

⁴⁵Drag ud deraf, mit Folk, enhver redde sit Liv for HERRENs glødende Harme.

⁴⁵Go forth from its midst, O My people, And deliver ye, each his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah,

⁴⁶Lad ikke eders Hjerter blive modfaldne og frygt ikke ved de Tidender, der høres på Jorden, når der i det ene År kommer een Tidende og i det næste en anden, når der er Voldsfærd på Jorden og Hersker følger på Hersker.

⁴⁶And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;

⁴⁷Se, derfor skal Dage komme, da jeg hjemsøger Babels Gudebilleder, og alt dets Land bliver til Skamme, og alle deri skal falde på Valen.

⁴⁷Therefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.

⁴⁸Jubl over Babel, Himmel og Jord med alt, hvad i dem er, thi fra Nord kommer Hærværksmænd over det, lyder det fra HERREN.

⁴⁸And cried aloud against Babylon Have heavens and earth, and all that [is] in them, For, from the north come to it do the spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁴⁹Også Babel skal falde for de dræbte af Israels Skyld, ligesom dræbte på hele Jorden faldt for Babel.

⁴⁹Even Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.

⁵⁰I, som undslap Sværdet, drag bort, stands ikke, kom HERREN i Hu i det fjerne, lad Jerusalem komme frem i eders Tanker!

⁵⁰Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.

⁵¹Vi blev til Skamme, thi Smædeord måtte vi høre; Blusel lagde sig over vore Ansigter, thi fremmede overfaldt HERRENs Huss Helligdomme.

⁵¹We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.

⁵²Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg hjemsøger dets Gudebilleder, og sårede skal stønne i hele dets Land.

⁵²Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.

⁵³Selv om Babel stiger op til Himmelen, og selv om det gør sin Borg utilgængelig i det høje, fra mig skal der komme Hærværksmænd over det, lyder det fra HERREN.

⁵³Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁵⁴Der lyder Skrig fra Babel, et vældigt Sammenbrud fra Kaldæernes Land.

⁵⁴A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

⁵⁵Thi HERREN hærger Babel og gør Ende på den vældige Larm der; deres Bølger bruser som mange Vande, deres Brag lyder højt.

⁵⁵For Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.

⁵⁶Thi en Hærværksmand kommer over Babel, og dets Helte skal fanges, deres Buer knækkes; thi en Gengældelsens Gud er HERREN, han giver fuld Løn.

⁵⁶For come in against it — against Babylon — hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences — Jehovah — doth certainly repay.

⁵⁷Jeg gør dets Fyrster og Vismænd, dets Statholdere, Landshøvdinger og Helte drukne, og de skal falde i evig Søvn uden at vågne, lyder det fra kongen, hvis Navn er Hærskarers HERRE.

⁵⁷And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not — an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.

⁵⁸Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Babels brede Mur skal nedbrydes til Grunden og dets høje Porte opbrændes. Folkeslagenes Møje er spildt, og Folkefærdene slider sig trætte for Ilden.

⁵⁸Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon — The broad one — is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!

⁵⁹Det Ord, som Profefen Jeremias sendte med Seraja, en Søn at Masejas Søn Nerija, da han rejste, til Babel med Kong Zedekias af Juda i hans fjerde Regeringsår; Seraja sørgede for Nattely til Kongen, når han var på Rejse.

⁵⁹The word that Jeremiah the prophet hath commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign — and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;

⁶⁰Jeremias optegnede al den Ulykke, som skulde komme over Babel, i en og samme Bog, alle disse Ord, der er skrevet mod Babel;

⁶⁰and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book — all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

⁶¹og Jeremias sagde til Seraja: "Når du kommer til Babel og ser Lejlighed dertil, skal du oplæse alle disse Ord

⁶¹And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, `When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,

⁶²og sige: HERRE, du truede selv dette Sted med Udryddelse, så der ikke bliver nogen, som bor der, - hverken Folk eller Fæ, men det skal blive en evig Ørken.

⁶²and hast said: Jehovah, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.

⁶³Og når du er til Ende med at oplæse denne Bog, skal du binde en Sten til den, kaste den i Eufrat

⁶³And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,

⁶⁴og sige: Således skal Babel gå til Bunds og ikke mere komme op for al den Ulykke, jeg sender over det!" Til Ordene "slider sig trætte for Ilden går Jeremiass Ord.

⁶⁴and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.` Hitherto [are] words of Jeremiah.