¹It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell there on me.

¹I det sjette År på den femte dag i den sjette måned da jeg sad i mit Hus og Judas Ældste sad hos mig, faldt den Herre HERRENs Hånd på mig.

²Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire; and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.

²Og jeg skuede, og se, der var noget ligesom en Mand; fra hans Hofter og nedefter var der Ild, og fra Hofterne og opefter så det ud som strålende Lys, som funklende Malm.

³He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north; where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

³Han rakte noget som en Hånd ud og greb mig ved en Lok af mit Hovedhår, og Ånden løftede mig op mellem Himmel og Jord og førte mig i Guds Syner til Jerusalem, til Indgangen til den indre Forgårds Nordport, hvor Nidkærhedsbilledet, som vakte Nidkærhed, stod.

⁴Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

⁴Og se, der var Israels Guds Herlighed; at se til var den, som jeg så den i Dalen.

⁵Then he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

⁵Og han sagde til mig: "Menneskesøn, løft dit Blik mod Nord!" Jeg løftede mit Blik mod Nord, og se, norden for Alterporten stod Nidkærhedsbilledet, ved Indgangen.

⁶He said to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you shall again see yet other great abominations.

⁶Og han sagde til mig: "Menneskesøn, ser du, hvad de gør? Store er de Vederstyggeligheder, Israels Hus øver her, så jeg må vige langt bort fra min Helligdom. Men du skal få endnu større Vederstyggeligheder at se!"

⁷He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

⁷Så førte han mig hen til Indgangen til Forgården.

⁸Then he said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.

⁸Og han sagde til mig: "Menneskesøn, bryd igennem Væggen!" Og da jeg brød igennem Væggen, så jeg en Indgang.

⁹He said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.

⁹Og han sagde til mig: "Gå ind og se, hvilke grimme Vederstyggeligheder de øver der!"

¹⁰So I went in and saw; and see, every form of creeping things, and abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.

¹⁰Og da jeg kom derind og skuede, se, da var alskens væmmelige Billeder af Kryb og kvæg og alle Israels Huses Afgudsbilleder indridset rundt om på Væggen.

¹¹There stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.

¹¹Og halvfjerdsindstyve af Israels Huses Ældste med Jaazanja, Sjafans Søn, i deres Midte stod foran dem, hver med sit Røgelsekar i Hånden, medens Røgelseskyens Duft steg op.

¹²Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn’t see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.

¹²Da sagde han til mig: "Ser du, Menneskesøn, hvad Israels Huses Ældste øver i Mørke hver i sine Billedkamre? Thi de siger: HERREN ser intet, HERREN har forladt Landet!"

¹³He said also to me, You shall again see yet other great abominations which they do.

¹³Og han sagde til mig: "Du skal få endnu større Vederstyggeligheder at se, som de øver!"

¹⁴Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh’s house which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.

¹⁴Så førte han mig hen til Indgangen til HERRENs Huses Nordport, og se, der sad Kvinder og græd over Tammuz.

¹⁵Then he said to me, Have you seen this, son of man? You shall again see yet greater abominations than these.

¹⁵Og han sagde til mig: "Ser du det, Menneskesøn? Men du skal få endnu større Vederstyggeligheder at se!"

¹⁶He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house; and see, at the door of Yahweh’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward Yahweh’s temple, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.

¹⁶Så førte han mig hen til HERRENs Huss indre Forgård, og se, ved Indgangen til HERRENs Helligdom mellem Forhallen og Alteret var der omtrent fem og tyve Mænd; med Ryggen mod HERRENs Helligdom og Ansigtet mod Øst tilbad de Solen.

¹⁷Then he said to me, Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose.

¹⁷Og han sagde til mig: "Ser du det, Menneskesøn? Har Judas Hus ikke nok i at øve de Vederstyggeligheder her, siden de fylder Landet med Vold og krænker mig endnu mere? Se, hvor de sender Stank op i Næsen på mig"!

¹⁸Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

¹⁸Men derfor vil også jeg handle med dem i Vrede; jeg viser dem ingen Medynk eller Skånsel, og selv om de højlydt råber mig ind i øret vil jeg ikke høre dem.