Esajas 34
1 Kommer nær, I Hedninger! for at høre, og I Folk! giver Agt; Jorden høre det, og dens Fylde, Jorderige og al dens Grøde!
Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.
2 Thi Herrens Vrede er over alle Hedningerne og hans Fortørnelse over al deres Hær; han har sat dem i Band, giver dem hen at slagtes.
For wrath [is] to Jehovah against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath given them to slaughter.
3 Og deres ihjelslagne skulle henkastes, og Stanken af deres døde Kroppe skal stige op, og Bjergene skulle flyde af deres Blod.
And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.
4 Og Himmelens Hær skal svinde hen, og Himlene skulle rulles sammen som en Bog; og al deres Hær skal visne som et vissent Blad af et Vintræ og ligesom vissent Løv af et Figentræ.
And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.
5 Thi mit Sværd er vædet i Himlene; se, til Dom skal det fare ned over Edom og over det Folk, som jeg har sat i Band.
For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
6 Herrens Sværd er fuldt af Blod, er mættet af Fedme, af Lams og Bukkes Blod, af Vædres Nyrers Fedme; thi Herren har Slagtoffer i Bozra og en stor Slagtning i Edoms Land.
A sword [is] to Jehovah — it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice [is] to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 Og Bøfler fældes tillige med dem, og Ungkvæg tillige med Tyre; og deres Land skal blive vædet af Blod og deres Jordbund mættes med Fedme.
And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.
8 Thi det er Herrens Hævns Dag, Gengældelsens Aar for Zions Retssag.
(For a day of vengeance [is] to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife, )
9 Og dets Bække skulle forvandles til Beg og dets Jordbund til Svovl, og dets Land skal blive til brændende Beg.
And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.
10 Det skal ikke slukkes Dag eller Nat, Røgen deraf skal stige op evindelig; det skal være øde fra Slægt til Slægt, fra Evighed til Evighed skal ingen gaa igennem det.
By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.
11 Men Rørdrum og Pindsvin skulle eje det, og Hornuglen og Ravnen skulle bo i det; thi han skal udstrække Maalesnoren over det, at det bliver øde, og veje det ud, at det skal blive Ørk.
And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
12 Af dets ædle er der ingen, man kan kalde til Konge; og alle dets Fyrster skulle blive til intet.
[To] the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.
13 Og der skal opvokse Tjørn; paa dets Paladser, Nælder og Tidsler i dets Befæstninger; og det skal være Dragers Bolig, Strudsungers Gaard.
And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble [are] in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.
14 Og Ørkens Vildt og Ulve skulle møde hverandre, og den ene Skovtrold skal raabe til den anden, kun Vætter skulle slaa sig til Ro der og finde Hvile for sig.
And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.
15 Pilslangen skal bygge Rede der og lægge Æg og udklække Unger og samle dem under sin Skygge; kun Glenter flokkes der, den ene hos den anden.
There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.
16 Søger i Herrens Bog og læser, der fattes ikke een af disse Ting, det ene savner ikke det andet; thi hans Mund har budet det, og hans Aand har sanket dem.
Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth — it hath commanded, And His spirit — He hath gathered them.
17 Og han har kastet Lod for dem, og hans Haand har delt det ud iblandt dem ved Maalesnoren; de skulle eje det evindelig, fra Slægt til Slægt skulle de bo deri.
And He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned [it] to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!
