Esajas 46
1 Bel synker i Knæ, Nebo synker sammen, deres Billeder lægger man paa Dyr og Fæ; hvad I bare, læsses som en Byrde paa de trætte Dyr.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 De synke sammen, de synke i Knæ til Hobe, de kunne ikke undkomme med Byrden; men de selv maa gaa i Fangenskab.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Hører mig, Jakobs Hus og alle I overblevne af Israels Hus, I, som ere lagte paa mig fra Moders Liv af, I, som bæres af mig fra Moders Skød af!
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Ja, indtil eders Alderdom skal jeg være den samme og bære eder indtil eders graa Haar; jeg har gjort det og skal fremdeles holde eder oppe, og jeg vil bære eder og lade eder undkomme.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 Ved hvem ville I ligne mig, eller med hvem ville I stille mig sammen? og hvem ville I maale mig med, at vi skulle være hverandre lige?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 De ryste Guld ud af Pungen og veje Sølv paa Vægten, de lønne en Guldsmed, at han skal gøre en Gud deraf, for hvilken de falde paa Knæ og nedbøje sig.
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 De løfte den op, de bære den paa Skuldrene og sætte den paa dens Sted; der staar den, den viger ikke fra sit Sted, vil nogen end raabe til den, skal den dog ikke svare, den kan ikke frelse nogen af hans Nød.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Kommer dette i Hu og værer mandige; I Overtrædere! lægger det paa Hjerte!
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Kommer de forrige Ting fra gammel Tid i Hu; thi jeg er Gud og ingen ydermere, ja, jeg er Gud, og ingen er som jeg,
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 jeg, som fra Begyndelsen kundgør Enden og fra fordums Tid de Ting, som end ikke ere skete; jeg, som siger: Mit Raad skal bestaa, og jeg vil gøre alt det, som mig behager;
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 jeg, som kalder en Rovfugl fra Østen, en Mand, som skal gøre efter mit Raad, fra et langt fraliggende Land; jeg har baade talt det og vil lade det komme, og jeg har beskikket det, jeg vil ogsaa udføre det.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Hører mig, I, som ere stolte i Hjertet! I, som ere langt fra Retfærdighed!
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Jeg har ladet min Retfærdighed komme nær til, den er ikke langt borte, og min Frelse tøver ikke; jeg vil give Frelse i Zion og min Herlighed over Israel.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
