Esajas 7
1 Og det skete i de Dage, da Akas, Jothams Søn, Usias Sønnesøn, var Konge i Juda, at Rezin, Kongen af Syrien, og Israels Konge Peka, en Søn af Remalia, droge op imod Jerusalem for at føre Krig imod den; men de formaaede ikke at stride imod den.
And it happened in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, ascended to Jerusalem to battle against it. But they were not able to defeat it.
2 Da blev det kundgjort for Davids Hus og sagt: Syrerne have lejret sig i Efraim; da bævede hans Hjerte og hans Folks Hjerte, som Træerne i Skoven bæve for Vejret.
And they reported to the house of David, saying: “Syria has withdrawn to Ephraim.” And his heart was shaken, with the heart of his people, just as the trees of the forest are moved by the face of the wind.
3 Men Herren sagde til Esajas: Gak nu ud imod Akas, du og Sear-Jasub, din Søn, til Enden af Vandledningen fra den øverste Dam, ved den alfare Vej ved Blegerens Ager,
And the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son, Jashub, who was left behind, to the end of the aqueduct, at the upper pool, on the road to the fuller’s field.
4 og sig til ham: Var dig og vær stille, frygt ikke og lad ikke dit Hjerte blive forsagt for disse to Stykker rygende Brande, for Rezins og Syrernes og Remalias Søns fnysende Vrede.
And you shall say to him: “See to it that you are silent. Do not be afraid. And have no dread in your heart over the two tails of these firebrands, nearly extinguished, which are the wrath of the fury of Rezin, king of Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.”
5 Fordi Syrerne have lagt onde Raad op imod dig, ligeledes Efraim og Remalias Søn, sigende:
For Syria has undertaken a plan against you, with the evil of Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
6 Vi ville drage op imod Juda og ængste det og rive det til os, og vi ville gøre Tabeals Søn til Konge derudi:
“Let us ascend to Judah, and stir it up, and tear it away for ourselves, and appoint the son of Tabeel as a king in its midst.”
7 Saa siger den Herre, Herre: Det skal ikke staa fast og ikke ske!
Thus says the Lord God: This shall not stand, and this shall not be.
8 Thi Damaskus er Hoved for Syrien og Rezin Hoved for Damaskus; og efter fem og tresindstyve Aar skal Efraim knuses, at det ikke mere skal være et Folk.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years from now, Ephraim will cease to be a people.
9 Og Samaria er Hoved for Efraim og Remalias Søn Hoved for Samaria: Ere I ej troende, blive I ej boende.
For the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you will not continue.
10 Og Herren blev ved at tale til Akas og sagde:
And the Lord spoke further to Ahaz, saying:
11 Begær dig et Tegn af Herren, din Gud; begær det i det dybe eller oventil i det høje! (Sheol h7585)
Ask for a sign for yourself from the Lord your God, from the depths below, even to the heights above. (Sheol h7585)
12 Men Akas sagde: Jeg vil ikke begære og ikke friste Herren.
And Ahaz said, “I will not ask, for I will not tempt the Lord.”
13 Da sagde han: Hører dog, I af Davids Hus! Er det eder lidet, at I falde Mennesker til Besvær, at I ogsaa ville falde min Gud til Besvær?
And he said: “Then listen, O house of David. Is it such a small thing for you to trouble men, that you must also trouble my God?
14 Derfor skal Herren selv give eder et Tegn: Se, Jomfruen bliver frugtsommelig og føder en Søn, og hun kalder hans Navn Immanuel.
For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.
15 Han skal æde Smør og Honning ved den Tid, han forstaar at forkaste det onde og at udvælge det gode.
He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good.
16 Thi førend Barnet forstaar at forkaste det onde og udvælge det gode, skal det Land, for hvis tvende Konger du gruer, vorde forladt.
But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings.
17 Over dig og over dit Folk og over din Faders Hus skal Herren lade Dage komme, som ikke ere komne siden den Dag, Efraim faldt fra Juda: — Kongen af Assyrien.
The Lord will lead over you, and over your people, and over the house of your father, such days as have not occurred since the days of the separation of Ephraim from Judah by the king of the Assyrians.
18 Og det skal ske, paa den Dag skal Herren hvisle Fluerne hid, som ere yderst ved Ægyptens Floder, og Bierne, som ere i Assyriens Land,
And this shall be in that day: the Lord will call for the fly, which is in the most distant parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the swarm, which is in the land of Assur.
19 og de skulle komme og nedlade sig alle sammen i de øde Dale og i Klippernes Revner og i alle Tornebuskene og paa alle Græsgangene.
And they will arrive, and they all will rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the caverns of the rocks, and in every thicket, and in every opening.
20 Paa den Dag skal Herren rage Hovedet og Haarene paa Fødderne med en Ragekniv, som er lejet paa hin Side Floden, det er ved Kongen af Assyrien, og den skal ogsaa aldeles borttage Skægget.
In that day, the Lord will shave with a razor the ones hired by those who are across the river, by the king of the Assyrians, from the head to the hairs of the feet, with the entire beard.
21 Og det skal ske paa den Dag, da skal en Mand lade en Kviekalv og to Faar leve,
And this shall be in that day: a man will raise a cow among oxen, and two sheep,
22 og det skal ske, fordi de skulle give megen Mælk, at han kan æde Smør; thi hver, som bliver tilovers i Landet, skal æde Smør og Honning.
and, instead of an abundance of milk, he will eat butter. For all who are left behind in the midst of the land will eat butter and honey.
23 Og det skal ske paa den Dag, at hvert Sted, hvor der var tusinde Vinstokke, tusinde Sekel Sølv værd, skal blive til Torn og Tidsel.
And this shall be in that day: every place, where there were a thousand grapevines worth a thousand pieces of silver, will become thorns and briers.
24 Man skal gaa derhen med Pile og med Bue; thi alt Landet skal blive til Torn og Tidsel.
They will enter such places with arrows and bows. For briers and thorns will be throughout the entire land.
25 Og til alle Bjerge, som hakkes med Hakken, skal man ikke kunne komme af Frygt for Torne og Tidsler; men de skulle være til at slippe Øksne løse paa og til at nedtrædes af Faar.
But as for all the mountains, which will be dug with a hoe, the terror of thorns and briers will not approach those places. And there will be pasture land for oxen, and a range for cattle.”
