¹At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

¹Til hin tid, lyder det fra Herren, vil jeg være alle Israel slægters Gud, og de skal være mit Folk.

²Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

²Så siger HERREN: Folket, der undslap Sværdet, fandt Nåde i Ørkenen, Israel vandred til sin Hvile,

³Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

³i det fjerne åbenbarede HERREN sig for dem: Jeg elsked dig med evig Kærlighed, drog dig derfor i Nåde.

⁴Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

⁴Jeg bygger dig atter, du skal bygges, Israels Jomfru, igen skal du smykkes med Håndpauke, gå med i de legendes Dans.

⁵Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.

⁵Vin skal du atter plante på Samarias Bjerge, plante skal du og høste.

⁶For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.

⁶Thi en Dag skal Vogterne råbe på Efraims Bjerge: "Kom, lad os drage til Zion, til HERREN vor Gud!"

⁷For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

⁷Thi så siger HERREN: Fryd jer over Jakob med Glæde, jubl over det første blandt Folkene, kundgør med Lovsang og sig: "HERREN har frelst sit Folk, Israels Rest."

⁸Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

⁸Se, jeg bringer dem hid fra Nordens Land, samler dem fraJordens Afkroge; iblandt dem er blinde og lamme, frugtsommelige sammen med fødende, i en stor Forsamling vender de hjem.

⁹They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

⁹Se, de kommer med Gråd; mens de ydmygt beder, leder jeg dem; jeg fører dem hen til Vandløb ad en jævn Vej, hvor de ej snubler; thi jeg er Israel en Fader, min førstefødte er Efraim.

¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.

¹⁰Hør HERRENs Ord, I Folk, forkynd på fjerne Strande: Han, som spredte Israel, samler det, vogter det som Hyrden sin Hjord;

¹¹For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

¹¹thi HERREN har udfriet Jakob, genløst det af den stærkeres Hånd.

¹²They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹²De kommer til Zions bjerg og jubler over HERRENs Fylde, over Kom og Most og Olie og over Lam og Kalve. Deres Sjæl er som en vandrig Have, de skal aldrig vansmægte mer.

¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹³Da fryder sig Jomfru i Dans, Yngling og Olding tilsammen. Jeg vender deres Kummer til Fryd, giver Trøst og Glæde efter Sorgen.

¹⁴I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.

¹⁴Jeg kvæger Præsterne med Fedt, mit Folk skal mættes med min Fylde, lyder det fra HERREN.

¹⁵Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

¹⁵Så siger HERREN: En Klagerøst høres i Rama, bitter Gråd, Rakel begræder sine Børn, vil ikke trøstes over sine Børn, fordi de er borte.

¹⁶Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

¹⁶Så siger HERREN: Din Røst skal du holde fra Gråd, dine Øjne fra Tårer, thi derer Løn fordin Møje,lyder det fra HERREN; fra Fjendeland vender de hjem;

¹⁷There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and your children shall come again to their own border.

¹⁷og der er Håb for din Fremtid, lyder det fra HERREN, Børn vender hjem til deres Land.

¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.

¹⁸Jeg hører grant, hvor Efraim klager: "Du tugted mig, og jeg blev tugtet som en utæmmet Kalv; omvend mig, så bliver jeg omvendt, thi du er HERREN min Gud.

¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

¹⁹Thi nu jeg er omvendt, angrer jeg; nu jeg har besindet mig, slår jeg mig på Hofte; jeg er skamfuld og beskæmmet, thi jeg bærer min Ungdoms Skændsel."

²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.

²⁰Er Efraim min dyrebare Søn, mit Yndlingsbarn? thi så tit jeg taler om ham, må jeg mindes ham kærligt, derfor bruser mit indre, jeg ynkes over ham, lyder det fra HERREN.

²¹Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

²¹Rejs dig Vejvisersten, sæt Mærkesten op, ret din Tanke på Højvejen, Vejen, du gik, vend hjem, du Israels Jomfru, til disse dine Byer!

²²How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

²²Hvor længe vil du dog tøve, du frafaldne Datter? Thi HERREN skaber nyt i Landet: Kvinde værner om Mand.

²³Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

²³Så siger Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud: End skal de i Judas Land og Byer sige dette Ord, når jeg vender deres Skæbne: "HERREN velsigne dig, du Retfærds Bolig, du hellige Bjerg!"

²⁴Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

²⁴Og deri skal Juda bo og alle dets Byer til Hobe, Agerdyrkerne og de omvankende Hyrder.

²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

²⁵Thi jeg kvæger den trætte Sjæl og mætter hver vansmægtende Sjæl.

²⁶On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

²⁶(Herved vågnede jeg og så mig om, og Søvnen havde været mig sød.)

²⁷Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

²⁷Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg tilsår Israels Hus og Judas Hus med Sæd at Mennesker og Kvæg.

²⁸It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.

²⁸Og som jeg har været årvågen over dem for at oprykke, nedbryde, omstyrte, ødelægge og gøre ilde, således vil jeg være årvågen over dem for at bygge og plante, lyder det fra HERREN.

²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

²⁹I hine Dage skal man ikke mere sige: Fædre åd sure Druer, og Børnenes Tænder blev ømme.

³⁰But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

³⁰Nej, enhver skal dø for sin egen Brøde; enhver, der æder sure Druer, får selv ømme Tænder.

³¹Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

³¹Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da jeg slutter en ny Pagt med Israels Hus og Judas Hus,

³²not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh.

³²ikke som den Pagt jeg sluttede med deres Fædre, dengang jeg tog dem ved Hånden for at føre dem ud af Ægypten, hvilken Pagt de brød, så jeg væmmedes ved dem, lyder det fra HERREN;

³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

³³nej, dette er den Pagt, jeg efter hine Dage slutter med Israels Hus, lyder det fra HERREN: Jeg giver min Lov i deres Indre og skriver den på deres Hjerter, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skal være mit Folk.

³⁴and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

³⁴Ven skal ikke mere lære sin Ven eller Broder sin Broder og sige: "Kend HERREN!" Thi de skal alle kende mig fra den mindste til den største, lydet det fra HERREN; thi jeg tilgiver deres Brøde og kommer ikke mer deres Synd i Hu.

³⁵Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:

³⁵Så siger HERREN, han, som satte Solen til at lyse om Dagen og Månen og Stjernerne til at lyse om Natten, han, som oprører Havet, så Bølgerne bruser, han, hvis Navn er Hærskarers HERRE:

³⁶If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

³⁶Når disse Ordninger viger fra mit Åsyn, lyder det fra HERREN, så skal også Israels Æt for alle Tider ophøre at være et Folk for mit Åsyn.

³⁷Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.

³⁷Så siger HERREN: Når Himmelen oventil kan udmåles og Jordens Grundvolde nedentil udgranskes, så vil jeg også forkaste Israels Æt for alt, hvad de har gjort, lydet det fra HERREN.

³⁸Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

³⁸Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra HERREN, da Byen skal opbygges for HERREN fra Hananeltårnet til Hjørneporten;

³⁹The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

³⁹og videre skal Målesnoren gå lige ud til Garebs Høj og så svinge mod Goa;

⁴⁰The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.

⁴⁰og hele Dalen, Ligene og Asken, og alle Markerne ned til Kedrons Bæk, til Hesteportens Hjørne mod Øst skal være HERREN helliget; det skal aldrig mere oprykkes eller nedlbrydes.