Esajas 17
1 Profeti imod Damaskus. Se, Damaskus skal ikke mere være en Stad, men den skal være en sammenstyrtet Stenhob.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Damascus [the capital of Syria]: “Listen carefully! Damascus will no longer be a city; it will be [only] a heap of ruins!
2 Aroers Stæder skulle blive forladte; de skulle være for Hjorde, og disse skulle ligge der, og ingen skal forfærde dem.
The towns near Aroer [city] will be abandoned. Flocks [of sheep] will [eat grass in the streets and] lie down there, and there will be no one to chase them away.
3 Og det skal være forbi med Befæstningen for Efraim og med Kongedømmet for Damaskus og for det overblevne af Syrerne; de skulle være som Israels Børns Herlighed, siger den Herre Zebaoth.
The cities in Israel will not have walls around them [to protect them]. The power of the kingdom of Damascus will be ended, and the few people who will remain in Damascus will be disgraced like the people in Israel were disgraced.” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
4 Og det skal ske paa den Dag, da skal Jakobs Herlighed blive ringe, og hans Køds Fedme skal blive mager.
“At that time, Israel will become insignificant. It will be [like] [MET] a fat person who has become very thin.
5 Og det skal gaa, som naar en Høstmand griber om det stagende Korn, og hans Arm høster Aksene; og det skal gaa, som naar een samler Aks i Refaims Dal.
The entire land will be like [SIM] a field where the harvesters have cut all the grain; there will be nothing left, like [SIM] the fields in the Rephaim Valley after all the crops have been harvested.
6 Og der skal blive en Efterslet tilovers derudi, som naar man ryster et Olietræ: To eller tre Bær i den øverste Top, fire eller fem paa de frugtbare Kviste, siger Herren, Israels Gud.
Only a few of the Israeli people will remain [MET], like [SIM] the few olives that remain on the top of a tree after the workers have caused all the other olives to fall [to the ground]. [There will be only] two or three olives in the top branches, [or] four or five olives on the other branches.” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
7 Paa den Dag skal Mennesket se hen til den, som har skabt ham, og hans Øjne skulle se hen til den Hellige i Israel.
[Then], at that time, [you] people [of Israel] will (turn for help to/look up to) God, your creator, the Holy One of Israel.
8 Og han skal ikke se hen til Altrene, hans Hænders Gerning, og ikke se til det, som hans Fingre have gjort, hverken til Astartes eller Solens Billeder.
You will no [longer] seek to get help from your idols or worship the idols that you have made with your own hands [DOU]. You will never again bow down in front of the poles [where you worship the goddess] Asherah. You will never again worship at the shrines [that you have built for burning incense].
9 Paa den Dag skulle hans faste Stæder vorde som de forladte Skove og Højder, som man havde forladt for Israels Børns Skyld, og der skal blive en Ørk.
The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hiv and Amor people-groups abandoned (OR, like the forests that the [Canaan people-group] abandoned) when the Israelis [attacked them long ago]. No one will live there.
10 Thi du har glemt din Frelses Gud og ikke ihukommet din Styrkes Klippe; derfor planter du liflige Plantninger og besætter din Vingaard med fremmede Ranker.
[That will happen] because you have stopped worshiping God who is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which you can be safe. You have forgotten that he is the one who can hide/protect you. So, [now] you plant very nice grapevines and [even] plant very expensive ones that come from other countries.
11 Paa den Dag, du planter, gærder du derom, og om Morgenen bringer du din Sæd til at grønnes; men flygtet er Høsten paa Sygdommens og den ulægelige Smertes Dag.
[But] even if they sprout leaves on the day that you plant them, and even if they produce blossoms on that same morning, at harvest time, there will not be any grapes for you to pick. All that you will get is a lot of agony/misery.
12 Ve, en Brusen af mange Folkeslag! de bruse som Havets Brusen; og et Bulder af Folkefærd! de buldre, som mægtige Vande buldre.
Listen! [The armies of] many nations will roar like the sea roars. It will sound like the noise of crashing waves.
13 Folkene buldre som store Vandes Bulder, men han truer dem, saa de fly langt bort; og de bortjages som Avner paa Bjergene for Vejret og som en Hvirvel for Hvirvelvind.
But even though their loud roaring will be like the sound of crashing waves, when Yahweh rebukes them, they will run far away. They will flee like [SIM] chaff on the hills scatters when the wind [blows], like tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows.
14 Ved Aftenstid — se, da er der Forskrækkelse! førend Morgenen kommer, da ere de ikke mere; dette er deres Del, som plyndre os, og deres Lod, som berøve os.
And, even though you people of Israel will be terrified, in the morning [your enemies] will all be gone/dead. That is what will happen to those who invade our land and [then] steal our possessions.
