Esajas 10
1 Ve dem, der giver Ulykkeslove og ivrigt fører Uret til Bogs
Woe vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,
2 for at trænge de ringe fra Retten og røve de armes Ret i mit Folk, at Enker kan blive deres Bytte og faderløse kan plyndres.
To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
3 Hvad gør I paa Straffens Dag, naar Undergang kommer fra det fjerne? Til hvem vil I ty om Hjælp, hvor gemmer I da eders Rigdom?
What will ye doe nowe in the day of visitation, and of destruction, which shall come from farre? to whom will ye flee for helpe? and where will ye leaue your glorie?
4 Enten maa I knæle blandt Fanger, eller ogsaa falde paa Valen! Men trods alt har hans Vrede ej lagt sig, hans Haand er fremdeles rakt ud.
Without me euery one shall fall among them that are bound, and they shall fall downe among the slayne: yet for all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Ve Assur, min Harmes Kæp, min Vrede er Stokken i hans Haand.
O Asshur, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation.
6 Jeg sender ham mod et vanhelligt Folk, opbyder ham mod min Vredes Folk til at gøre Bytte og røve og trampe det ned som Skarn paa Gaden.
I will sende him to a dissembling nation, and I will giue him a charge against the people of my wrath to take the spoyle and to take the pray, and to treade them vnder feete like the mire in the streete.
7 Men han, han mener det ej saa, hans Hjerte tænker ej saa. Nej, at ødelægge, det er hans Attraa, at udrydde Folk, ikke faa.
But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.
8 Thi han siger: »Er ej mine Høvedsmænd Konger til Hobe?
For he sayeth, Are not my princes altogether Kings?
9 Gik det ej Kalno som Karkemisj, mon ikke Hamat som Arpad, Samaria som Damaskus?
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Som min Haand fandt hen til Afgudernes Riger, der dog havde flere Gudebilleder end Jerusalem og Samaria —
Like as mine hand hath founde the kingdomes of the idoles, seeing their idoles were aboue Ierusalem, and aboue Samaria:
11 mon jeg da ikke skal handle med Jerusalem og dets Gudebilleder, som jeg handlede med Samaria og dets Afguder?«
Shall not I, as I haue done to Samaria, and to the idoles thereof, so doe to Ierusalem and to the idoles thereof?
12 Men naar Herren fuldbyrder alt sit Værk paa Zions Bjerg og i Jerusalem, vil jeg hjemsøge Assyrerkongens Hjertes Hovmodsfrugt og hans Øjnes trodsige Pral,
But when the Lord hath accomplished all his worke vpon mount Zion and Ierusalem, I will visite the fruite of the proude heart of the King of Asshur, and his glorious and proud lookes,
13 fordi han siger: »Med min stærke Haand greb jeg ind, med min Visdom, thi jeg er klog. Jeg flyttede Folkeslags Grænser og rev deres Skatte til mig, stødte Folk fra Tronen i Almagt;
Because he said, By ye power of mine owne hand haue I done it, and by my wisdome, because I am wise: therefore I haue remooued the borders of the people, and haue spoyled their treasures, and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man.
14 min Haand fandt til Folkenes Rigdom som hen til en Fuglerede; som man sanker forladte Æg, har jeg sanket den vide Jord, og ingen rørte en Vinge, aabnede Næbbet og peb.«
And mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, so haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper.
15 Mon Øksen bryster sig mod den, som hugger, gør Saven sig til mod den, som saver? Som om Kæppen kan svinge den, der løfter den, Stokken løfte, hvad ikke er Træ!
Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? or shall the sawe exalt it selfe against him that moueth it? as if the rod shoulde lift vp it selfe against him that taketh it vp, or the staffe should exalt it selfe, as it were no wood.
16 Derfor sender Herren, Hærskarers HERRE, Svindsot i hans Fedme, og under hans Herlighed luer en Lue som luende Ild;
Therefore shall the Lord God of hostes send amog his fat men, leannes, and vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of fire.
17 Israels Lys bliver til Ild og dets Hellige til en Flamme, og den brænder og fortærer hans Tidsel og Torn paa een Dag;
And the light of Israel shalbe as a fire, and the Holy one thereof as a flame, and it shall burne, and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day:
18 hans Skovs og Frugthaves Herlighed skal den rydde Rub og Stub, og han bliver som en syg, der hentæres.
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitfull fieldes both soule and flesh: and he shalbe as ye fainting of a standard bearer.
19 De Træer, som levnes i hans Skov, bliver det let at tælle; et Barn kan skrive dem op.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
20 Paa hin Dag skal Israels Rest og det, som undslipper af Jakobs Hus, ikke mere støtte sig til den, der slaar det, men til HERREN, Israels Hellige, i Sandhed.
And at that day shall the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iaakob, stay no more vpon him that smote them, but shall stay vpon ye Lord, ye Holy one of Israel in trueth.
21 En Rest skal omvende sig, Jakobs Rest, til den vældige Gud.
The remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iaakob vnto the mightie God.
22 Thi var end dit Folk som Sandet ved Havet, Israel, kun en Rest deraf skal omvende sig. Ødelæggelse er fastslaaet, og med Retfærdighed vælter den frem;
For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, yet shall the remnant of them returne. The consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.
23 thi Ødelæggelse og fastslaaet Raad fuldbyrder Herren, Hærskarers HERRE, over al Jorden.
For the Lord God of hostes shall make the consumption, euen determined, in the middes of all the land.
24 Derfor, saa siger Herren, Hærskarers HERRE: Frygt ikke, mit Folk, som bor i Zion, for Assyrien, naar det slaar dig med Kæppen og løfter sin Stok imod dig som fordum Ægypten!
Therefore thus saith ye Lord God of hostes, O my people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of Asshur: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift vp his staffe against thee after the maner of Egypt:
25 Thi end om en føje Stund er Vreden ovre, og min Harme vender sig til deres Fordærv.
But yet a very litle time, and the wrath shall be consumed, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 Saa svinger Hærskarers HERRE Svøben imod det, som da Midjan blev slaaet ved Orebs Klippe; hans Stok er udrakt imod Havet, og han løfter den som fordum mod Ægypten.
And ye Lord of hostes shall raise vp a scourge for him, according to the plague of Midian in the rocke Oreb: and as his staffe was vpon the Sea, so he will lift it vp after the maner of Egypt.
27 Paa hin Dag tager han Byrden af din Skulder og Aaget af din Nakke, ja, Aaget brister for Fedme.
And at that day shall his burden be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke: and the yoke shalbe destroied because of the anoynting.
28 Han rykker mod Ajjat, drager uden om Migron, i Mikmas lader han Trosset blive;
He is come to Aiath: he is passed into Migron: at Michmash shall he lay vp his armour.
29 de gaar over Passet: »I Geba holder vi Natterast!« Rama ryster, Sauls Gibea flyr.
They haue gone ouer the foorde: they lodged in the lodging at Geba: Ramah is afraide: Gibeah of Saul is fled away.
30 Skrig højt, Gallims Datter! Lyt til, Lajsja! Stem i, Anatot!
Lift vp thy voyce, O daughter Gallim, cause Laish to heare, O poore Anathoth.
31 Madmena flyr, Gebims Folk bjærger deres Gods.
Madmenah is remoued: the inhabitants of Gebim haue gathered themselues together.
32 Endnu i Dag staar han i Nob; han svinger Haanden mod Zions Datters Bjerg, Jerusalems Høj —
Yet there is a time that he will stay at Nob: he shall lift vp his hand towarde the mount of the daughter Zion, the hill of Ierusalem.
33 Se, Herren, Hærskarers HERRE, afhugger hans Grene med Gru; de knejsende Stammer fældes, de stolte Træer maa segne.
Beholde, the Lord God of hostes shall cut off the bough with feare, and they of high stature shalbe cut off, and the hie shalbe humbled.
34 Med Jernet gør han lyst i Skovens Tykning, og Libanon falder for den Herlige.
And he shall cut away the thicke places of the forest with yron, and Lebanon shall haue a mightie fall.
