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At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
In daardie tyd, sê die HERE, sal hulle die bene van die konings van Juda, en die bene van sy vorstes, en die bene van die priesters, en die bene van die profete, en die bene van die inwoners van Jérusalem, uit hulle grafte uithaal:
2
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
En hulle sal hulle uitstrooi voor die son, en die maan, en al die leër van die hemel, wat hulle liefgehad het, en wat hulle gedien het, en agter wie hulle aangegaan het, en wat hulle gesoek het, en wat hulle aanbid het: hulle sal nie bymekaargemaak of begrawe word nie; hulle sal wees vir mis op die aangesig van die aarde.
3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
En die dood sal verkies word eerder as die lewe deur al die oorblyfsel van hulle wat oorbly van hierdie boos geslag, wat oorbly in al die plekke waarheen ek hulle verdryf het, sê die HERE van leërskare.
4
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Bowendien sal jy tot hulle sê, So sê die HERE; Sal hulle val, en nie opstaan nie? sal hy wegdraai, en nie terugkeer nie?
5
Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Waarom is hierdie volk van Jérusalem dan afgewyk deur ’n voortdurende afwyking? hulle hou vas aan bedrog, hulle weier om terug te keer.
6
I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Ek het geluister en gehoor, maar hulle het nie reg gespreek nie: geen man het berou gehad oor sy goddeloosheid, sê, Wat het ek gedoen nie? elkeen het in sy eie gang omgedraai, soos die perd in die geveg storm.
7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Ja, die ooievaar in die hemel ken haar aangewese tye; en die tortelduif en die kraanvogel en die swael let op die tyd van hulle koms; maar my volk ken nie die oordeel van die HERE nie.
8
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
Hoe sê julle dan, Ons is wys, en die wet van die HERE is by ons? Kyk, sekerlik tevergeefs het hy dit gemaak; die pen van die skrywers is tevergeefs.
9
The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
Die wyse manne is beskaamd, hulle is verskrik en gevange geneem: kyk, hulle het die woord van die HERE verwerp; en watter wysheid is in hulle?
10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Daarom sal ek hulle vroue aan ander gee, en hulle velde aan dié wat hulle erf: want elkeen van die geringste selfs tot die grootste is gegee tot hebsug, van die profeet selfs tot die priester handel elkeen bedrieglik.
11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
Want hulle het die wond van die dogter van my volk ligtelik genees, sê, Vrede, vrede; wanneer daar geen vrede is nie.
12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Was hulle beskaamd toe hulle die gruwel gepleeg het? nee, hulle was glad nie beskaamd nie, en hulle kon ook nie bloos nie: daarom sal hulle val onder dié wat val: in die tyd van hulle besoeking sal hulle neergewerp word, sê die HERE.
13
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: [there shall be] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.
Ek sal hulle sekerlik verteer, sê die HERE: daar sal geen druiwe aan die wingerdstok wees nie, en ook geen vye aan die vyeboom nie, en die blaar sal verwelk; en die dinge wat ek hulle gegee het, sal by hulle verbygaan.
14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Waarom sit ons stil? kom bymekaar, en laat ons in die versterkte stede ingaan, en daar stil wees: want die HERE onse God het ons stil gemaak, en ons water van gal gegee, omdat ons teen die HERE gesondig het.
15
We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Ons het na vrede uitgesien, maar geen goeie het gekom nie; en na ‚'n tyd van genesing, en kyk benoudheid!
16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Die gesnuif van sy perde is van Dan af gehoor: die hele land het gebewe by die geluid van die gebrul van sy sterk manne; want hulle is gekom, en het die land, en al wat daarin is, verteer; die stad, en dié wat daarin woon.
17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Want kyk, ek sal slange, basiliske, onder julle stuur, wat nie besweer sal word nie, en hulle sal julle byt, sê die HERE.
18
[When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.
Wanneer ek sou die smart verlig, is my hart flou in my.
19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?
Kyk die stem van die geroep van die dogter van my volk vanweë dié wat in ’n ver land woon: Is die HERE nie in Sion nie? is haar koning nie in haar nie? Waarom het hulle My geterg met hulle gesnede beelde, en met vreemde ydelhede?
20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Die oes is verby, die somer is geëindig, en ons is nie gered nie.
21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Vir die wond van die dogter van my volk is ek verwond; ek is swart; verbaasdheid het my aangegryp.
22
[Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Is daar geen balsem in Gílead nie; is daar geen geneesheer daar nie? waarom is dan die gesondheid van die dogter van my volk nie herstel nie?