¹Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

¹Så hørte jeg ham råbe med vældig røst: "Byens hjemsøgelse nærmer sig, og hver har sit Mordvåben i Hånden!"

²Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in their midst clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.

²Og se, seks Mænd kom fra den øvre nordport, hver med sin Stridshammer i Hånden, og een iblandt dem bar linned Klædebon og havde et Skrivetøj ved sin Lænd; og de kom og stillede sig ved Siden af Kobberalteret.

³The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.

³Men Israels Guds Herlighed havde hævet sig fra Keruberne, som den hvilede på, og flyttet sig hen til Templets Tærskel; og han råbte til Manden i det linnede Klædebon og med Skrivetøjet ved Lænden,

⁴Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

⁴og HERREN sagde til ham: "Gå midt igennem Byen, igennem Jerusalem, og sæt et Mærke på de Mænds Pander, der sukker og jamrer over alle de Vederstyggeligbeder, som øves i dets Midte!"

⁵To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity;

⁵Og til de andre hørte jeg ham sige: "Gå efter ham ud gennem Byen og hug ned! Vis ingen Medynk eller Skånsel!

⁶kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

⁶Oldinge og Ynglinge, jomfruer, Børn og Kvinder skal I hugge ned og udrydde; men ingen af dem, der bærer Mærket, må I røre! Begynd ved min Helligdom!" Så begyndte de med de Ældste, som stod foran Templet,

⁷He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

⁷Og han sagde til dem: "Gør Templet urent, fyld Forgårdene med dræbte og drag så ud!" Og de drog ud og huggede ned i Byen.

⁸It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?

⁸Men medens de huggede ned og jeg var ene tilbage, faldt jeg på mit Ansigt og råbte: "Ak, Herre, HERRE vil du da tilintetgøre alt, hvad der er levnet af Israel, ved at udøse din Vrede over Jerusalem?"

⁹Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.

⁹Han svarede: "lsraels og Judas Huses Brøde er såre, såre stor, thi Landet er fuldt af Blodskyld og Byen af Retsbrud; thi de siger, at HERREN har forladt Byen, og at HERREN intet ser.

¹⁰As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.

¹⁰Derfor viser jeg heller ingen Medynk eller Skånsel, men gengælder dem deres Færd."

¹¹Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.

¹¹Og se, Manden i det linnede klædebon og med Skrivetøjet ved Lænden kom tilbage og meldte: "Jeg har gjort, som du bød."