Esajas 30
1 Ve de genstridige Børn, siger Herren, de, som holde Raad, der ikke ere af mig, og slutte Pagt, men ikke efter min Aand, og som lægge Synd til Synd!
Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
2 de, som gaa hen for at drage ned til Ægypten uden at adspørge min Mund for at styrke sig ved Faraos Magt og at søge Ly under Ægyptens Skygge.
You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].
3 Thi Faraos Magt skal blive eder til Beskæmmelse og det Ly under Ægyptens Skygge til Skam.
[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.
4 Thi deres Fyrster have været i Zoan, og deres Bud ere komne til Hanes.
Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],
5 Alle blive de til Skamme ved et Folk, som ikke gavner dem, ikke er til Hjælp eller til Gavn, men kun til Beskæmmelse og til Skændsel.
but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”
6 Profeti imod de Dyr, der drage imod Syd. Gennem Nøds og Trængsels Land, hvor der er Løvinder og Løver, Slanger og flyvende Drager, føre de deres Gods paa Folernes Ryg og deres Liggendefæ paa Kamelernes Pukkel ned til et Folk, som ikke kan gavne dem.
[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.
7 Thi Ægypterne — deres Hjælp er Forfængelighed og Tant; derfor kalder jeg det: „En Rahab, som sidder stille‟.
The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.
8 Kom nu, skriv det paa en Tavle for dem, og prent det i en Bog, at det kan staa til den kommende Dag, altid, indtil evig Tid.
Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.
9 Thi det er et genstridigt Folk, løgnagtige Børn, Børn, som ikke ville høre Herrens Lov,
[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.
10 som sige til Seerne: I maa ikke have Syner; og til Skuerne: I maa ikke skue os de Ting, som ere rette; siger os smigrende Ord, skuer bedragelige Ting;
They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!
11 viger bort fra Vejen, bøjer af fra Stien; lader os have Ro for den Hellige i Israel!
Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”
12 Derfor, saa siger Israels Hellige: Efterdi I forkaste dette Ord og forlade eder paa Vold og Krogvej og støtte eder derved:
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.
13 Derfor skal denne Misgerning blive eder som en Revne, der truer med Fald, og som giver sig ud i en høj Mur, hvis Brud kommer hastigt, i et Øjeblik.
Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].
14 Ja, han skal sønderbryde den, som naar man sønderbryder en Pottemagers Krukke, han skal sønderslaa uden Skaansel, og der skal ikke findes iblandt det sønderslagne deraf et Skaar til at tage Ild med af Arnestedet eller til at øse Vand med af en Brønd.
You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”
15 Thi saa sagde den Herre, Herre, den Hellige i Israel: Ved Omvendelse og Stilhed skulle I frelses, i Rolighed og i Tillid skal eders Styrke være; men I vilde ikke.
Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].
16 Men I sagde: Nej, thi vi ville fly til Hest, derfor skulle I fly; og vi ville ride paa lette Heste, derfor skulle eders Forfølgere ogsaa vorde lette.
You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.
17 Et Tusinde skal fly for eens Skælden; for fem, som skælde, skulle I fly, indtil I blive tilovers som en Stang oven paa et Bjerg og som et Banner paa en Høj.
[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”
18 Og derfor bier Herren, indtil han kan benaade eder, og derfor holder han sig i det høje, indtil han kan forbarme sig over eder; thi Herren er Dommens Gud, salige ere alle, som bie efter ham.
[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
19 Thi du Folk i Zion, du som bor i Jerusalem! du skal ikke græde; han skal benaade dig paa dit Raabs Røst, han skal svare dig, naar han hører den.
You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.
20 Og Herren skal give eder Angest til Brød og Trængsel til Vand, og ingen af dine Lærere skal ydermere drage sig tilbage; men dine Øjne skulle se dine Lærere.
Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.
21 Og dine Øren skulle høre bag dig et Ord, der siger: „Dette er Vejen, gaar paa den!‟ naar I afvige til højre eller venstre Side.
And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”
22 Og I skulle holde det Sølv for urent, som dine udskaarne Billeder ere beslagne med, og dit støbte Billedes Guldovertræk; du skal bortkaste dem som noget urent; du skal sige til dem: „Herud!‟
When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”
23 Da skal han give Regn til din Sæd, hvormed du besaar Jorden, og Brød af Jordens Grøde, og dette skal være fedt og saftigt; dit Kvæg skal den Dag græsse paa en vidtstrakt Eng.
[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.
24 Ogsaa Øksnene og Folerne, som bearbejde Jorden, skulle æde saltet Foder, som er kastet med Skuffe og med Kasteskovl.
After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.
25 Og paa hvert højt Bjerg og paa hver ophøjet Høj skal der være Bække, Strømme af Vand paa det store Slags Dag, naar Taarne falde.
At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].
26 Og Maanens Lys skal være som Solens Lys, og Solens Lys skal være syv Fold som de syv Dages Lys, paa den Dag, da Herren forbinder sit Folks Brøst og læger dets Vunders Saar.
The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.
27 Se, Herrens Navn kommer langvejs fra, hans Vrede brænder, og mægtigt hæver den sig; hans Læber ere fulde af Fortørnelse, og hans Tunge er som en fortærende Ild.
[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.
28 Og hans Aande er som en Bæk, der løber over, som naar indtil Halsen, til at fælde Hedningerne i Fordærvelsens Sold, og et Bidsel, der fører vild, lægges i Folkenes Kæber.
His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.
29 Men hos eder skal være Sang, som paa en Nat, naar man helliger en Højtid; og der skal være Hjertens Glæde, som naar man gaar med Piber for at komme til Herrens Bjerg, til Israels Klippe.
But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].
30 Og sin majestætiske Røst skal Herren lade høre, og sin sænkede Arm skal han lade se i sin Vredes Harme og med fortærende Ildslue, med Skybrud og Vandskyl og Hagelstene.
And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].
31 Thi for Herrens Røst forfærdes Assur, som slaar med Staven.
[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.
32 Og det skal ske, saa ofte det beskikkede Ris, som Herren lader falde paa dem, svinges, saa høres Trommer og Harper; thi i omtumlende Krige skal han stride imod dem.
And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.
33 Thi et Brandsted er alt beredt, det er og beredt til Kongen, dybt og vidt; dets Baal har Ild og Ved i Mangfoldighed, Herrens Aande, der er som en Svovlstrøm, antænder det.
[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.
