Esajas 59
1 Se, Herrens Haand er ikke forkortet, at han ikke kunde frelse; og hans Øre er ikke tunghørende, at han ikke kunde høre.
Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear?
2 Men eders Misgerninger gøre Skilsmisse imellem eder og imellem eders Gud; og eders Synder gøre, at han skjuler Ansigtet for eder, saa at han ikke hører.
Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away [his] face from you, so as not to have mercy [upon you].
3 Thi eders Hænder ere besmittede med Blod og eders Fingre med Misgerning; eders Læber tale Løgn, eders Tunge udsiger Uret.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness.
4 Der er ingen, som paakalder i Retfærdighed, og ingen, som gaar i Rette med Redelighed; man forlader sig paa Tomhed og taler Løgn, undfanger Uret og føder Udaad.
None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty [words]; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity.
5 De udruge Basiliskæg og væve Spindelvæv; hvo, som æder af deres Æg, maa dø, og trykkes et i Stykker, udfarer der en Øgle.
They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk.
6 Deres Væv skal ikke blive til Klæder, og man kan ikke skjule sig med deres Arbejde, deres Arbejder ere uretfærdige Arbejder, og der er Voldsgerning i deres Hænder.
Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity.
7 Deres Fødder løbe efter det onde og haste efter at udgyde uskyldigt Blod, deres Tanker ere uretfærdige Tanker; der er Ødelæggelse og Forstyrrelse paa deres Veje.
And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;
8 Fredens Vej kende de ikke, og der er ingen Ret i deres Spor; deres Stier gøre de krogede for sig selv, hver den, som betræder dem, ved ikke af Fred.
and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace.
9 Derfor er Retten langt fra os, og Retfærdigheden naar ikke til os; vi forvente Lys, og se, der er Mørke; vi vente idel Solskin, og se, vi vandre i Mulm.
Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.
10 Vi famle som de blinde efter en Væg, ja, vi famle som de, der ikke have Øjne; vi støde os om Middagen som i Tusmørket, vi ere paa de øde Steder som de døde.
They shall feel for the wall as blind [men], and shall feel [for it] as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.
11 Vi brumme alle sammen som Bjørne og kurre som Duer; vi bie efter Ret, og den kommer ikke, efter Frelse, og den er langt borte fra os.
They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.
12 Thi vore Overtrædelser ere mange for dig, og vore Synder vidne imod os; thi vore Overtrædelser følge os, og vi kende vore Misgerninger:
For our iniquity is great before thee, and our sins have risen up against us: for our iniquities are in us, and we know our unrighteous deeds.
13 At vi have gjort Overtrædelser og fornægtet Herren, og at vi have vendt os bort fra vor Gud, at vor Tale gik ud paa Undertrykkelse og Frafald, at vi have undfanget og udtalt falske Ord af vort Hjerte.
We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
14 Retten er vegen tilbage, og Retfærdigheden staar langt borte, thi Sandheden støder an paa Gaden, og Retten finder ingen Indgang.
And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight [path].
15 Og Sandheden er borte, og den, som viger fra det onde, bliver et Rov. Og Herren saa det, og det var ondt for hans Øjne, at der ingen Ret var.
And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside [their] mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.
16 Og han saa, at der ingen var, og han undrede sig saare, at der var ingen Midler; men hans egen Arm hjalp ham, og hans Retfærdighed stod ham bi.
And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and stablished [them] with [his] mercy.
17 Og han iførte sig Retfærdighed som sit Panser, og Frelsens Hjelm var paa hans Hoved; og som Klædning tog han Hævnens Klæder paa og iførte sig Nidkærhed som en Kappe.
And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,
18 Efter Fortjeneste, „ja derefter skal han betale sine Modstandere med Vrede, sine Fjender med Vederlag; ja, dem paa Øerne skal han betale efter Fortjeneste.
as one about to render a recompence, [even] reproach to his adversaries.
19 Og de fra Vesten skulle frygte Herrens Navn, og de fra Solens Opgang hans Herlighed; naar Fjenden kommer som en Flod, skal Herrens Aand oprette Banner imod ham.
So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they [that come] from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury.
20 Og der skal komme en Genløser for Zion og for dem, som omvende sig fra Overtrædelse i Jakob, siger Herren.
And the deliverer shall come for Sion's sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
21 Og jeg — dette er min Pagt med dem, siger Herren: Min Aand, som er over dig, og mine Ord, som jeg har lagt i din Mund, skulle ikke vige fra dia Mund, eller fra dine Børns Mund, eller fra dine Børnebørns Mund, siger Herren, fra nu og indtil evig Tid.
And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever.
