Verse 1

O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal of fire in Bethhaccerem, for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Flykt, dere Benjamin-sønner, fra Jerusalem! Blås i hornet fra Tekoa, og løft opp et varselsignal over Bet-Kerem. For store ødeleggelser truer fra nord, og en stor ruin nærmer seg.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Dere, Benjamins barn, flykt ut fra Jerusalem, blås i trompeten i Tekoa og tenn et signalbål i Beth-Hakkerem; for ulykken kommer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Norsk King James

    O Benjamin barna, samle dere for å flykte ut av Jerusalem, blås i trompeten i Tekoa, og sett opp et signal med ild i Bethhaccerem; for ondskapen nærmer seg fra nord, og stor ødeleggelse.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Benjamins barn, samle dere og flykt fra Jerusalem, blås i hornet i Tekoa, og reis et signal over Bet-Kerem, for en ulykke kommer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    «Bli adskilt, dere benjaminitter, fra Jerusalems midte, og blås i hornet i Tekoa og løft et signal ved Bet-Hakkerem, for en ondskap truer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Dere, Benjamins barn, samle dere for å flykte fra Jerusalems midte. Blås i trompeten i Tekoa, sett et ildtegn i Bet-Hakkerem. For ondt kommer fra nord, og stor ødeleggelse.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    O, barn av Benjamin, saml dere for å flykte ut av midten av Jerusalem, og blås i hornet i Tekoa, og sett opp et ildtegn i Bethhaccerem; for ondskap trer frem fra nord, og stor ødeleggelse er nær.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Dere, Benjamins barn, samle dere for å flykte fra Jerusalems midte. Blås i trompeten i Tekoa, sett et ildtegn i Bet-Hakkerem. For ondt kommer fra nord, og stor ødeleggelse.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Fly, Benjamin-sønner, fra midten av Jerusalem! Blås i horn i Tekoa og reis et signal over Bet-Hak-Kerem, for en katastrofe truer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Take refuge, O sons of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise a signal over Beth-Haccherem. For disaster looms from the north, a great destruction.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Flykt, dere Benjamins barn, ut fra Jerusalem! Blås i horn i Tekoa og sett opp et signal i Bet-Kerem, for en ulykke truer fra nord, og et stort sammenbrudd nærmer seg.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    I Benjamins Børn! samler eder (og flyer) midt ud af Jerusalem, og blæser i Trompeten i Thekoa, og opreiser et Baal over Beth-Cherem; thi en Ulykke lader sig see af Norden, og en stor Forstyrrelse.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of usalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Dere barn av Benjamin, samle dere for å flykte fra midten av Jerusalem, blås i trompeten i Tekoa, og sett opp et ildsignal i Bet-Hakkerem, for det kommer ondskap fra nord, og stor ødeleggelse.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Flykt i sikkerhet, dere Benjamin-barn, ut fra midten av Jerusalem. Blås i basunen i Tekoa, og reis et signal i Bet-Hakkerem; for ulykken kommer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Gjør dere sterke, dere Benjamins barn, flykt fra Jerusalem, og blås i horn i Tekoa, sett opp et bål over Bet-Hakkerem, for det er sett en fare fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Fly for sikkerhet, dere Benjamins barn, ut av Jerusalems midte, og blås i trompeten i Tekoa, og reis et signal på Bet-Hakkerem; for ondskap kommer fra nord, en stor ødeleggelse.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Fly ut av Jerusalem for deres egen sikkerhet, dere barn av Benjamin; blåse i hornet i Tekoa og løft flagget på Bet-Hakkerem, for fra nord kommer det ulykke og stor ødeleggelse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Come out of Ierusalem, ye stronge childre of BenIamin: blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites, set vp a token vnto Bethacarem, for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O ye children of Beniamin, prepare to flee out of the middes of Ierusalem, and blowe the trumpet in Tekoa: set vp a standart vpon Beth-haccerem: for a plague appeareth out of the North and great destruction.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Come out of Hierusalem, ye strong chyldre of Beniamin blowe vp the trumpettes ye Thecuites, set vp a token vnto Bethcaran: for a plague & a great miserie appeareth out from the north.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Destruction of Jerusalem Depicted“Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 3:14 : 14 But the dung gate was repaired by Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
  • Judg 1:21 : 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead:
  • 2 Chr 11:6 : 6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, and Tekoa,
  • Jer 6:22 : 22 Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
  • Jer 10:17-18 : 17 Gather up your wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
  • Jer 10:22 : 22 Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
  • Jer 25:9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
  • Ezek 26:7-9 : 7 For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and many people. 8 He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field; and he shall build a fort against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a shield against you. 9 And he shall set up engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers. 10 Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you; your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hooves of his horses he shall tread down all your streets; he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall fall to the ground. 12 And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water. 13 And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 14 And I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it, says the Lord GOD. 15 Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!' 18 Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure. 19 For thus says the Lord GOD: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I shall bring up the deep upon you, and great waters shall cover you, 20 when I shall bring you down with those who descend into the pit, with the people of old, and shall set you in the low parts of the earth, in places long desolate, with those who go down to the pit, so that you are not inhabited; and I will set beauty in the land of the living, 21 I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you be sought for, you shall never be found again, says the Lord GOD.
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Josh 18:21-28 : 21 The cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Bethhoglah, the valley of Keziz, 22 Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chepharhaammonai, Ophni, Gaba—twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah, Eleph, Jebusi (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
  • Jer 1:14-15 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
  • Jer 4:5-6 : 5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retreat, do not stay: for I will bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.
  • Jer 4:19-20 : 19 My heart, my heart! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is ruined: suddenly my tents are ruined, and my curtains in a moment.
  • Jer 4:29 : 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell in it.