Esajas 24
1 Se, HERREN gør Jorden tom og øde og vender op og ned paa dens Overflade, han spreder dens Beboere;
Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered its inhabitants.
2 det gaar Lægfolk som Præst, Træl som Herre, Trælkvinde som Frue, Køber som Sælger, Laangiver som Laantager, Aagerkarl som Skyldner.
And it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
3 Jorden tømmes og plyndres i Bund og Grund, thi HERREN har talet dette Ord.
The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH has spoken this word:
4 Jorden blegner og segner, Jorderig sygner og segner, Jordens Højder sygner hen.
The earth has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
5 Vanhellig blev Jorden under dem, som bor der, thi Lovene krænked de, overtraadte Budet, brød den evige Pagt.
And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual covenant.
6 Derfor fortærer Forbandelse Jorden, og bøde maa de, som bor der. Derfor svides Jordens Beboere bort, kun faa af de dødelige levnes.
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been left.
7 Druesaften sørger, Vinranken sygner alle de hjertensglade sukker;
The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
8 Haandpaukens Klang er endt, de jublendes Larm hørt op, endt er Citrens Klang.
The joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
9 De drikker ej Vin under Sang, besk smager den stærke Drik.
They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
10 Den øde Stad ligger nedbrudt, stængt er hver Boligs Indgang.
It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
11 Man jamrer over Vinen paa Gaden, bort er al Glæde svundet; landflygtig er Landets Fryd.
In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
12 I Byen er Øde tilbage, og Porten er hugget i Splinter.
Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
13 Thi paa Jorden midt iblandt Folkene gaar det, som naar Olietræets Frugt slaas ned, som ved Efterslæt, naar Vinen er høstet:
When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
14 Disse opløfter Røsten, jubler over HERRENS Storhed, raaber fra Vesten:
They lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
15 »Derfor skal I ære HERREN i Østen, paa Havets Strande HERRENS, Israels Guds, Navn!«
Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
16 Fra Jordens Grænse hører vi Lovsange: »Hil den retfærdige!« Men jeg siger: Jeg usle, jeg usle, ve mig, Ransmænd raner, Ransmænd raner Ran,
From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
17 Gru og Grav og Garn over dig, som bor paa Jorden!
Fear, and a snare, and a trap, [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Den, der flygter for Gru, skal falde i Grav, og den, der naar op af Grav, skal fanges i Garn. Thi Sluserne oventil aabnes, og Jordens Grundvolde vakler.
And it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
19 Jorden smuldrer og smuldrer, Jorden gynger og gynger, Jorden skælver og skælver;
The earth has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
20 Jorden raver og raver som drukken og svajer som Vogterens Hytte; tungt ligger dens Brøde paa den, den segner og rejser sig ikke.
The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
21 Paa hin Dag hjemsøger HERREN Himlens Hær i Himlen og Jordens Konger paa Jorden.
And it has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 De slæbes i Fængsel som Fanger, holdes under Laas og Lukke og straffes lang Tid efter.
And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
23 Maanen blues og Solen skæmmes, thi Hærskarers HERRE viser, han er Konge paa Zions Bjerg, i Jerusalem; for hans Ældstes Øjne er Herlighed.
And the moon has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
