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.

A message about Egypt. Look, the Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud on his way to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the Egyptians will become weak with fear.

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

I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.

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

I will destroy the confidence of the Egyptians. I will have their plans become all mixed up. They will ask their idols and the spirits of the dead what to do through mediums and spiritists.

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

I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.

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

The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.

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

The channels will start to stink; the branches of the Nile in Egypt will dry to a trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither away.

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

The vegetation along the banks of the Nile, and all the plants in the cultivated land along the Nile, will dry up and be blown away. Everything will be gone.

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

Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.

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

The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.

10 Spinderne er sønderknust, hver Daglejer sørger bittert.

The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.

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 leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?

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

So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.

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

The leaders of Zoan have become stupid; the leaders of Memphis have been fooled; the important leaders of Egypt have misled their people.

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 mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.

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

Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.

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

At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.

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.

The land of Judah will be a source of terror to Egypt for whenever Judah is mentioned, all Egyptians will tremble over what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to them.

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.

At that time there will be five cities in Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and who have sworn to worship the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

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

At that time there will be an altar to the Lord right in the middle of Egypt, and a stone monument to the Lord on its border.

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.

This will be a sign and a witness to the presence of the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord for help because they are being oppressed, he will send them a savior to fight for them and to rescue them.

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.

The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and at that time Egypt will come to know the Lord. They will worship him with sacrifices and offerings; they will make promises to the Lord and keep them.

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

The Lord will inflict a plague on Egypt. He will do this, but he will heal them. They will come back to the Lord. He will respond to their prayers and heal them.

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.

At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

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

At that time Israel will be the third part of this alliance, joining with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing to the whole of the earth.

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

The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, Assyria, the creation of my hands, and Israel, my special possession.”