Ezekiel 39

1 Og du Menneskesøn! spaa imod Gog, og sig: Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Se, jeg kommer imod dig, Gog, du Fyrste over Rosk, Mesek og Tubal.

[Yahweh said to me], “You human, prophesy about [more terrible things that will happen] to Gog, and say this [to him]: ‘Gog, I am opposed to you who rule Meshech and Tubal.

2 Og jeg vil vende dig om og drive dig frem og føre dig op fra det yderste Nord og lade dig komme over Israels Bjerge.

I will turn you around and drag you [and your armies] from far north [of Israel] and send you to [fight on] the mountains in Israel.

3 Og jeg vil slaa din Bue ud af din venstre Haand og lade dine Pile falde ud af din højre Haand.

When you are there, I will snatch your bows from your left hands and cause your arrows to fall from your right hands.

4 Paa Israels Bjerge skal du falde, du og alle dine Hære og de Folk, som ere med dig; jeg vil give dig til Føde for Rovfuglene, Smaafuglene, alt det bevingede og de vilde Dyr paa Marken.

You and all the soldiers that are with you will die on the mountains in Israel. I will give your [corpses] to be food for the birds that eat [dead] flesh, and to the wild animals.

5 Paa den vide Mark skal du falde; thi jeg har talt det, siger den Herre, Herre.

You will die in the open fields. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, [have said that it will happen].

6 Og jeg vil sende en Ild paa Magog og paa dem, som bo tryggelig Paa Øerne, og de skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren.

I will cause [many] fires to burn in Magog and among [all] those who live safely in the areas along their coasts, and they will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].

7 Og jeg vil kundgøre mit hellige Navn midt iblandt mit Folk Israel og ikke ydermere lade mit hellige Navn vanhelliges, og Hedningerne skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren, den Hellige i Israel.

I will enable my Israeli people to know that I am holy. I will no longer allow people to damage my reputation, and [people in other] nations will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the Holy One in Israel.

8 Se, det kommer, og det skal ske, siger den Herre, Herre; det er den Dag, som jeg har talt om.

[I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that it will soon be the day that those things will happen. It will be the day that I have spoken [to you] about.

9 Og Indbyggerne i Israels Stæder skulle gaa ud og gøre Ild paa og hede med Rustninger og smaa Skjolde og store Skjolde, med Bue og med Pile og med Haandstav og med Spyd, og de skulle gøre Ild dermed i syv Aar.

At that time, those Israelis who live in the towns will go out and gather the weapons [from your dead soldiers], and use them to make fires [to cook their food]. They will burn the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs, and spears. There will be enough weapons to use as firewood for seven years.

10 Og de skulle ikke hente Træ fra Marken eller hugge af Skovene; thi de skulle gøre Ild med Rustninger; og de skulle røve fra dem, for hvilke de vare et Rov, og plyndre dem, af hvilke de bleve plyndrede, siger den Herre, Herre.

They will not need to gather firewood in the fields or cut wood from trees in the forests, because those weapons will be all the firewood [that they will need]. And they will take valuable things from those who took valuable things from them, and steal things from people who stole things from them. [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare [will happen].

11 Og det skal ske paa denne Dag, at jeg vil give Gog et Sted der til Begravelse i Israel, de vejfarendes Dal Østen for Havet, og den skal bringe de vejfarende til at holde sig for Næsen; og der skulle de begrave Gog og al hans Mangfoldighed og kalde den Gogs Mangfoldigheds Dal.

At that time I will create a graveyard for you, Gog, [and your soldiers], in the valley east of the [Dead] Sea. That graveyard will block the road that travelers [usually walk on], because you, Gog and all [the soldiers] of your huge army will be buried there. [So] it will be named ‘the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army’.

12 Og Israels Hus skal begrave dem, for at rense Landet, i syv Maaneder;

For seven months the people of Israel will be burying those corpses. [It will be necessary to bury all of them], in order that the land will not be (defiled/considered unacceptable to me) [because of any unburied corpses].

13 ja, alt Folket i Landet skal begrave dem, og det skal vorde dem til et Navn, paa den Dag, jeg forherliger mig, siger den Herre, Herre.

All the people of Israel will [do the work of] burying them. The day when I [win that victory] they will honor me.

14 Og de skulle udnævne faste Mænd, nogle, som skulle gaa igennem Landene, og nogle, som tillige med dem, der gaa igennem Landet, skulle begrave dem, der maatte være blevne tilbage oven paa Jorden, for at rense det; naar syv Maaneder ere til Ende, skulle de gennemsøge det.

After those seven months are ended, the Israeli people will appoint men to go throughout the land to bury corpses, in order that the land will not remain defiled.

15 Og de, som gaa igennem Landene, skulle gaa omkring, og naar nogen ser et Menneskes Ben, da skal han sætte et Mærke derved, indtil de, som begrave, begrave det i Gogs Mangfoldigheds Dal.

When they go through the land, when one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it. [When] the gravediggers [see the markers, they will pick up the bones] and bury them in the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army.

16 Og der skal ogsaa en Stad kaldes Hamona; saa skulle de rense Landet.

There will be a city there named Hamonah, [which means ‘huge army’]. And by doing this [work of burying the corpses], they will (cleanse the land/cause the land to be acceptable to me again).’”

17 Og du Menneskesøn! saa siger den Herre, Herre: Sig til Fuglene, alt det bevingede, og til alle vilde Dyr paa Marken: Samler eder og kommer, sanker eder trindt omkring fra til mit Slagtoffer, som jeg slagter for eder, et stort Slagtoffer paa Israels Bjerge, og I skulle æde Kød og drikke Blod.

[Yahweh said to me], “You human, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Summon every kind of bird and wild animal. Say to them, ‘Gather together from everywhere and come to the feast that Yahweh is preparing for you. [It will be] a great feast on the mountains in Israel. [There] you will eat [men’s] flesh and drink their blood.

18 I skulle æde de vældiges Kød og drikke Jordens Fyrsters Blod: Vædres, Lams og Bukkes, Øksnes, som alle ere fedede i Basan.

You will eat the flesh of strong soldiers and drink the blood of kings [as if they were] fat animals—rams and lambs, goats and bulls—from the Bashan [region].

19 Og I skulle æde det fede, til I blive mætte, og drikke Blod, til I blive drukne, af mit Slagtoffer, som jeg slagter til eder.

At that feast that Yahweh is preparing for you, you will eat fat until your [stomachs] are full, and you will drink blood until [it is as though] you are drunk.

20 Og I skulle mætte eder ved mit Bord af Heste og Rytteri, at de vældige og alle Haande Krigsmænd, siger den Herre, Herre.

[It will be as though] you are eating at a table that I [have set up for you. You will eat all you want of the flesh] of horses and their riders, strong soldiers [DOU] of every kind.’ [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.

21 Og jeg vil vise min Herlighed iblandt Hedningerne, og alle Hedningerne skulle se min Dom, som jeg har holdt, og min Haand, som jeg har lagt paa dem.

I will show [people of] many nations that I am glorious, and all those nations will see how I punish them [DOU].

22 Og Israels Hus skal fornemme, at jeg er Herren deres Gud, fra den samme Dag af og fremdeles.

After that time, the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their God, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

23 Og Hedningerne skulle kende, at Israels Hus blev bortført for deres Misgerning, fordi de havde været troløse imod mig, saa at jeg skjulte mit Ansigt for dem og gav dem i deres Fjenders Haand, og de alle faldt for Sværdet.

And the [people of other] nations will know that the Israeli people had been forced to go to other countries because they sinned by not being faithful to me. I (turned away from/abandoned) them, and allowed their enemies to capture them [IDM], and many [HYP] of them were killed by [their enemies’] swords.

24 Efter deres Urenhed og efter deres Overtrædelser handlede jeg imod dem, og jeg skjulte mit Ansigt for dem.

I punished them like they deserved to be punished because of their disgusting behavior and sins, and I turned away from them [MTY].

25 Derfor, saa siger den Herre, Herre: Nu vil jeg vende Jakobs Fangenskab og forbarme mig over Israels hele Hus og være nidkær for mit hellige Navn.

Therefore, this is [now] what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will now bring back from exile/Babylonia [the descendants of] Jacob; I will pity all the Israeli people, and I will [also] jealously protect my reputation.

26 Og de skulle bære deres Skam og al Jeres Troløshed, som de begik imod mig, naar de bo tryggelig i deres Land, og der ingen er, som forfærder dem,

When the Israeli people [are back in their own country, they will] live safely in their land, with no one to cause them to be afraid, but they will be ashamed when they think about the disgraceful and unfaithful things that they did [previously].

27 naar jeg fører dem tilbage fra Folkene og sanker dem fra deres Fjenders Lande, og naar jeg helliggør mig paa dem for mange Hedningers Øjne.

When I have brought them back from their enemies’ countries and gathered them together [in Israel], the people of many nations will know that I am holy.

28 Og de skulle fornemme, at jeg er Herren deres Gud, idet jeg har bortført dem til Hedningerne og nu samler dem til deres Land og ikke ydermere lader nogen af dem blive tilbage hist.

And the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]. They will know that because [even though] I forced them to go to [other] countries, I will gather them together in their own country. I will not leave any of them in those countries.

29 Jeg vil og ikke mere skjule mit Ansigt for dem; thi jeg har udgydt min Aand over Israels Hus, siger den Herre, Herre.

I will no longer turn away from them; I will pour out my Spirit on the Israeli people. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”