¹Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

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

²and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;

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

³and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.

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,

⁴Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn’t know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

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,

⁵and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn’t command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

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.

⁶therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

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

⁷I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

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.

⁸I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

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

⁹I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.

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.

¹⁰Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

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

¹¹and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.

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.

¹²Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:

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

¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

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.

¹⁴Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh’s house, and said to all the people:

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:

¹⁵Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

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.