Esajas 19

1 Et Udsagn om Ægypten. Se, HERREN farer paa letten Sky og kommer til Ægypten; Ægyptens Guder bæver for ham, Ægyptens Hjerte smelter i Brystet.

The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

2 Jeg hidser Ægypten mod Ægypten, saa de kæmper Broder mod Broder, Ven mod Ven, By mod By, Rige mod Rige.

And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.

3 Ægyptens Forstand staar stille, dets Raad gør jeg til intet, saa de søger Guder og Manere, Genfærd og Aander.

And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

4 Jeg giver Ægypten hen i en haardhjertet Herres Haand, en Voldskonge bliver deres Hersker, saa lyder det fra Herren, Hærskarers HERRE.

And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

5 Vandet i Floden svinder, Strømmen bliver sid og tør;

And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:

6 Strømmene udspreder Stank, Ægyptens Floder svinder og tørres; Rør og Siv visner hen,

And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.

7 alt Græsset ved Nilbredden dør, al Sæd ved Nilen hentørres, svinder og er ikke mere.

The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.

8 Fiskerne sukker og sørger, alle, som meder i Nilen; de, som, sætter Garn i Vandet, gribes af Modløshed.

The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.

9 Til Skamme er de, som væver Linned, Heglersker og de, som væver Byssus;

And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.

10 Spinderne er sønderknust, hver Daglejer sørger bittert.

And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.

11 Kun Daarer er Zoans Øverster, Faraos viseste Raadmænd saa dumt et Raad. Hvor kan I sige til Farao: »Jeg er en Ætling af Vismænd, Ætling af Fortidens Konger?«

The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

12 Ja, hvor er nu dine Vismænd? Lad dem dog kundgøre dig og lade dig vide, hvad Hærskarers HERRE har for mod Ægypten!

Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

13 Zoans Fyrster blev Daarer, Fyrster i Nof blev Taaber. Ægypten er bragt til at rave af Stammernes Hjørnesten.

The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.

14 I dets Indre har HERREN udgydt Svimmelheds Aand; Ægypten fik de til at rave i al dets Id, som den drukne raver i sit Spy.

The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.

15 For Ægypten lykkes intet, hverken for Hoved eller Hale, Palme eller Siv.

And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.

16 Paa hin Dag skal Ægypten blive som Kvinder; det skal ængstes og grue for Hærskarers HERRES svungne Haand, som han svinger imod det.

In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and the land will be shaking with fear because of the waving of the Lord's hand stretched out over it.

17 Judas Land bliver Ægypten en Rædsel; hver Gang nogen minder dem derom, gribes de af Angst for, hvad Hærskarers HERRE har for imod det.

And the land of Judah will become a cause of great fear to Egypt; whenever its name comes to mind, Egypt will be in fear before the Lord of armies because of his purpose against it.

18 Paa hin Dag skal fem Byer i Ægypten tale Kana'ans Tungemaal og sværge ved Hærskarers HERRE; en af dem skal kaldes Ir-Haheres.

In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making oaths to the Lord of armies; and one of them will be named, The Town of the Sun.

19 Paa hin Dag skal HERREN have et Alter midt i Ægypten og en Stenstøtte ved dets Grænse.

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at the edge of the land.

20 Det skal være Tegn og Vidne for Hærskarers HERRE i Ægypten; naar de raaber til HERREN over dem, som mishandler dem, vil han sende dem en Frelser; han skal stride og udfri dem.

And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying out to the Lord because of their cruel masters, then he will send them a saviour and a strong one to make them free.

21 Da skal HERREN give sig til Kende for Ægypten, Ægypterne skal lære HERREN at kende paa hin Dag; de skal bringe Slagtoffer og Afgrødeoffer og gøre Løfter til HERREN og indfri dem.

And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.

22 HERREN skal slaa Ægypten, slaa og læge; og naar de omvender sig til HERREN, bønhører han dem og læger dem.

And the Lord will send punishment on Egypt, and will make them well again; and when they come back to the Lord he will give ear to their prayer and take away their disease.

23 Paa hin Dag skal der gaa en banet Vej fra Ægypten til Assyrien, og Assyrien skal komme til Ægypten og Ægypten til Assyrien, og Ægypten skal tjene Herren sammen med Assyrien.

In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will come into Assyria; and the Egyptians will give worship to the Lord together with the Assyrians.

24 Paa hin Dag skal Israel selvtredje, sammen med Ægypten og Assyrien, være en Velsignelse midt paa Jorden,

In that day Israel will be the third together with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the earth:

25 som Hærskarers HERRE velsigner med de Ord: »Velsignet være Ægypten, mit Folk, og Assyrien, mine Hænders Værk, og Israel, min Arvelod!«

Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.