Esajas 18
1 Ve det Land med de susende Vinger, paa hin Side af Morlands Floder!
Terrible things will happen to [you people] of Ethiopia! In your land there are many sailboats at the upper part of the Nile River.
2 som sender Bud over Havet og med Fartøj af Rør over Vandet: Gaar, I lette Bud, til et Folk, som er velvokset og glatraget, til et forfærdeligt Folk, som er længere borte end dette; et Folk, kraftigt og nedtrædende, hvis Land Floder gennemstrømme.
Your rulers send ambassadors that sail [quickly] down the river in papyrus boats. You messengers to Ethiopia, go quickly! Go [up the river] to people who are tall and who have smooth skin. People everywhere are afraid of those people, because they conquer and destroy [other nations]; they live in a land that is divided by branches of one large river.
3 Alle I Indbyggere paa Jorderige, og I, som bo paa Jorden, naar man opløfter Bannere paa Bjergene, da ser til, og naar man blæser i Trompeten, da hører efter!
[You messengers] must tell people everywhere, to people everywhere, “Look when I lift up my battle flag on top of the mountain, and listen when I blow the ram’s horn [to signal that the battle is about to begin].”
4 Thi saa har Herren sagt til mig: Jeg vil være stille og se til fra min Bolig, naar Heden lumrer under Solskin, naar Skyen dugger i Høstens Hede.
[Listen] because Yahweh has told me this: “I will watch quietly from where I live. I will watch as quietly as [SIM] the heat waves shimmer as they rises on a hot summer day, as quietly as the dew forms [on the ground] during harvest time.”
5 Thi før Høsten, naar Blomstringen er til Ende, og Blomsterne ere blevne til Druer, som modnes, da skal man afskære Rankerne med Vingaardsknive, borttage og afhugge Grenene.
But [even] before the army of Ethiopia starts to attack, while their plans are [slowly forming] like [SIM] grapes that are ripening, Yahweh will [get rid of them like a farmer who] [MET] cuts off the new shoots of the grapevines with his shears, and prunes the branches that have become very long.
6 De skulle overlades til Hobe til Rovfuglene paa Bjergene og til Dyrene i Landet, at Rovfugle skulle holde Sommer med dem, og alle Dyr i Landet holde Vinter med dem.
All [the soldiers in the army of Ethiopia] will be killed, and their corpses will lie in the fields for vultures to eat their flesh in the (summer/hot season). Then wild animals will [chew on their bones] all during the (winter/cold season).
7 Paa den Tid skal der frembæres Skænk til den Herre Zebaoth fra det velvoksne og glatragede Folk og fra det forfærdelige Folk, som er længere borte end dette; et Folk, kraftigt og nedtrædende, hvis Land Floder gennemstrømme, hen til den Herre Zebaoths Navns Sted, lil Zions Bjerg.
At that time, the people of that land that is divided by the branches of that one big river will take gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Those tall people who have smooth/dark skin, whom people everywhere are afraid of, because they conquer and destroy many countries, will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where the Commander of the armies of angels lives.
