Esajas 2
1 Dette er, hvad Esajas, Amoz's Søn, skuede om Jerusalem:
The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
2 Det skal ske i de sidste Dage, at HERRENS Huses Bjerg, grundfæstet paa Bjergenes Top, skal løfte sig op over Højene. Did skal Folkene strømme
And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 og talrige Folkeslag vandre: »Kom, lad os drage til HERRENS Bjerg, til Jakobs Guds Hus; han skal lære os sine Veje, saa vi kan gaa paa hans Stier; thi fra Zion udgaar Aabenbaring, fra Jerusalem HERRENS Ord.«
And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 Da dømmer han Folk imellem, skifter Ret mellem talrige Folkeslag; deres Sværd skal de smede til Plovjern, deres Spyd til Vingaardsknive; Folk skal ej løfte Sværd mod Folk, ej øve sig i Vaabenfærd mer.
And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.
5 Kom, Jakobs Hus, lad os vandre i HERRENS Lys!
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6 Thi du forskød dit Folk, Jakobs Hus; de er fulde af Østens Væsen og spaar, som var de Filistre, giver Folk fra Udlandet Haandslag.
For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob: because they are filled as in times past, and have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have adhered to strange children.
7 Deres Land er fuldt af Sølv og Guld, talløse er deres Skatte; deres Land er fuldt af Heste, talløse er deres Vogne;
Their land is filled with silver and gold: and there is no end of their treasures.
8 deres Land er fuldt af Afguder, de tilbeder Værk af deres Hænder, Ting, deres Fingre har lavet.
And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.
9 Men bøjes skal Mennesket, Manden ydmyges, tilgiv dem ikke!
And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
10 Gaa ind i Klippen, skjul dig i Støvet for HERRENS Rædsel, hans Højheds Herlighed!
Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
11 Sine stolte Øjne skal Mennesket slaa ned, Mændenes Hovmod skal bøjes, og HERREN alene være høj paa hin Dag.
The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 Thi en Dag har Hærskarers HERRE mod alt det høje og knejsende, mod alt ophøjet og stolt,
Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
13 med alle Libanons Cedre, de knejsende høje, og alle Basans Ege,
And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.
14 mod alle knejsende Bjerge og alle høje Fjelde,
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the elevated hills.
15 mod alle stolte Taarne og alle stejle Mure,
And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.
16 mod alle Tarsisskibe og hver en kostelig Ladning.
And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.
17 Da skal Menneskets Stolthed bøjes, Mændenes Hovmod ydmyges, og HERREN alene være høj paa hin Dag.
And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 Afguderne skal helt forsvinde.
And idols shall be utterly destroyed.
19 Og man skal gaa ind i Klippehuler og Jordhuller for HERRENS Rædsel, hans Højheds Herlighed naar han staar op for at forfærde Jorden.
And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
20 Paa hin Dag skal Mennesket slænge sine Guder af Sølv og Guld, som han lavede sig for at tilbede dem, hen til Muldvarpe og Flagermus
In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.
21 for at gaa ind i Klipperevner og Fjeldkløfter for HERRENS Rædsel, hans Højheds Herlighed, naar han staar op for at forfærde Jorden.
And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
22 Slaa ikke mer eders Lid til Mennesker, i hvis Næse der kun er flygtig Aande, thi hvad er de at regne for?
Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.
