¹“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man’s, will he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.

¹Når en Mand frastøder sin hustru, og hun går fra ham og ægter en anden, kan hun så gå tilbage til ham? Er slig en Kvinde ej sunket til Bunds i Vanære? Og du, som boled med mange Elskere, vil tilbage til mig! så lyder det fra HERREN.

²“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

²Se til de nøgne Høje: Hvor mon du ej lod dig skænde? Ved Vejene vogted du på dem som Araber i Ørk. Du vanæred Landet både ved din Utugt og Ondskab,

³Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute’s forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

³en Snare blev dine mange Elskere for dig. En Horkvindes Pande har du, trodser al Skam.

⁴Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth?’

⁴Råbte du ikke nylig til mig: "Min Fader! Du er min Ungdoms Ven.

⁵“‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”

⁵Vil han evigt gemme på Vrede, bære Nag for stedse?" Se, således taler du, men øver det onde til Gavns.

⁶Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.

⁶HERREN sagde til mig i Kong Josias's Dage: Så du, hvad den troløse Kvinde Israel gjorde? Hun gik op på ethvert højt Bjerg og hen under ethvert grønt Træ og bolede.

⁷I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

⁷Jeg tænkte, at hun efter at have gjort alt det vilde vende om til mig; men hun vendte ikke om. Det så hendes svigefulde Søster Juda;

⁸I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn’t fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.

⁸hun så, at jeg forstødte den troløse Kvinde Israel for al hendes Hors Skyld, og at jeg gav hende Skilsmissebrev; den svigefulde Søster Juda frygtede dog ikke, men gik også hen og bolede.

⁹It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

⁹Ved sin letsindige Bolen vanærede hun Landet og horede med Sten og Træ.

¹⁰Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.

¹⁰Og alligevel vendte den svigefulde Søster Juda ikke om til mig af hele sit Hjerte, men kun på Skrømt, lyder det fra HERREN.

¹¹Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

¹¹Og HERREN sagde til mig: Det troløse Israels Sag står bedre end det svigefulde Judas.

¹²Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.

¹²Gå hen og udråb disse Ord mod Nord: Omvend dig, troløse Israel, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg vil ikke vredes på eder, thi nådig er jeg, lyder det fra HERREN; jeg gemmer ej evigt på Vrede;

¹³Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’ says Yahweh.”

¹³men vedgå din Uret, at du forbrød dig mod HERREN din Gud; for de fremmedes Skyld løb du hid og did under hvert grønt Træ og hørte ikke min Røst, så lyder det fra HERREN.

¹⁴“Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh; “for I am a husband to you. I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

¹⁴Vend om, I frafaldne Søoner, lyder det fra HERREN; thi jeg er eders Herre; jeg tager eder, een fra en By og en fra en Slægt og bringer eder til Zion,

¹⁵I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁵og jeg giver eder Hyrder efter mit Sind, og de skal vogte eder med Indsigt og Kløgt.

¹⁶It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,” says Yahweh, “they shall say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!’ neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

¹⁶Og når I bliver mangfoldige og frugtbare i Landet i hine Dage, lyder det fra HERREN, skal de ikke mere tale om HERRENs Pagts Ark, og Tanken om den skal ikke mere opkomme i noget Hjerte; de skal ikke mere komme den i Hu eller savne den, og en ny skal ikke laves.

¹⁷At that time they shall call Jerusalem ‘The throne of Yahweh;’ and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

¹⁷På hin Tid skal man kalde Jerusalem HERRENs Trone, og der, til HERRENs Navn i Jerusalem, skal alle Folk strømme sammen, og de skal ikke mere følge deres onde Hjertes Stivsind.

¹⁸In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.

¹⁸I hine Dage skal Judas Hus vandre til Israels Hus, og samlet skal de drage fra Nordens Land til det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre i Eje.

¹⁹“But I said, ‘How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father,” and shall not turn away from following me.’

¹⁹Og jeg, jeg sagde til dig: "Blandt Sønnerne sætter jeg dig, jeg giver dig et yndigt Land, Folkenes herligste Arvelod." Jeg sagde: "Kald mig din Fader, vend dig ej fra mig!"

²⁰“Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.

²⁰Men som en Kvinde sviger sin Ven, så sveg du mig, Israels Hus, så lyder det fra HERREN.

²¹A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

²¹Hør, der lyder Gråd på de nøgne Høje, Tryglen af Israels Børn, fordi de vandrede Krogveje, glemte HERREN deres Gud.

²²Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

²²Vend om, I frafaldne Sønner, jeg læger eders Frafald. Se, vi kommer til dig, thi du er HERREN vor Gud.

²³Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

²³Visselig, Blændværk var Højene, Bjergenes Larm; visselig, hos HERREN vor Gud er Israels Frelse.

²⁴But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

²⁴Skændselen åd fra vor Ungdom vore Fædres Gods, deres Småkvæg og Hornkvæg, Sønner og Døtre.

²⁵Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.”

²⁵Vi lægger os ned i vor Skændsel, vor Skam er vort Tæppe, thi mod HERREN vor Gud har vi syndet, vi og vore Fædre fra Ungdommen af til i Dag; vi høre ikke på Herren vor Guds røst.