Esajas 24
1 Se, HERREN gør Jorden tom og øde og vender op og ned paa dens Overflade, han spreder dens Beboere;
Here! Yahweh [is] about to lay waste the earth and [is] about to devastate it and he will twist surface its and he will scatter inhabitants its.
2 det gaar Lægfolk som Præst, Træl som Herre, Trælkvinde som Frue, Køber som Sælger, Laangiver som Laantager, Aagerkarl som Skyldner.
And it will be as the people as the priest as the servant as master his as the maidservant as mistress her as the buyer as the seller as the lender as the borrower as the creditor as [the one] who a creditor [is] in him.
3 Jorden tømmes og plyndres i Bund og Grund, thi HERREN har talet dette Ord.
Certainly - it will be laid waste the earth and certainly - it will be plundered for Yahweh he has spoken the word this.
4 Jorden blegner og segner, Jorderig sygner og segner, Jordens Højder sygner hen.
It has dried up it has withered the earth it has languished it has withered [the] world they have languished [the] noble[s] 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 it has been polluted under inhabitants its for they have transgressed laws they have overstepped [the] decree they have broken [the] covenant of perpetuity.
6 Derfor fortærer Forbandelse Jorden, og bøde maa de, som bor der. Derfor svides Jordens Beboere bort, kun faa af de dødelige levnes.
There-fore a curse it has consumed [the] earth and they have been held guilty [the] inhabitants in it there-fore they have diminished [the] inhabitants of [the] earth and it will be left humankind of smallness.
7 Druesaften sørger, Vinranken sygner alle de hjertensglade sukker;
It has dried up new wine it has languished [the] vine they have groaned all [the people] joyful of heart.
8 Haandpaukens Klang er endt, de jublendes Larm hørt op, endt er Citrens Klang.
It has ceased [the] gaiety of tambourines it has stopped [the] uproar of jubilant [people] it has ceased [the] gaiety of [the] harp.
9 De drikker ej Vin under Sang, besk smager den stærke Drik.
With song not people will drink wine it will be bitter strong drink to [those who] drink it.
10 Den øde Stad ligger nedbrudt, stængt er hver Boligs Indgang.
It has been broken [the] town of formlessness it has been shut up every house from entering.
11 Man jamrer over Vinen paa Gaden, bort er al Glæde svundet; landflygtig er Landets Fryd.
An outcry on wine [will be] in the streets it has become evening all gladness it has departed [the] gaiety of the earth.
12 I Byen er Øde tilbage, og Porten er hugget i Splinter.
It has remained in the city desolation and ruin it will be crushed [the] gate.
13 Thi paa Jorden midt iblandt Folkene gaar det, som naar Olietræets Frugt slaas ned, som ved Efterslæt, naar Vinen er høstet:
For thus it will be in [the] midst of the earth in among the peoples like [the] beating of an olive tree like gleanings if it has come to an end [the] grape harvest.
14 Disse opløfter Røsten, jubler over HERRENS Storhed, raaber fra Vesten:
They they will lift up voice their they will shout for joy in [the] majesty of Yahweh they will cry aloud from [the] west.
15 »Derfor skal I ære HERREN i Østen, paa Havets Strande HERRENS, Israels Guds, Navn!«
There-fore in the east glorify Yahweh in [the] islands of the sea [the] name of Yahweh [the] 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] extremity of the earth songs we have heard splendor [belongs] to the righteous [one] and I said leanness [belongs] to me leanness [belongs] to me woe! to me [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously and treachery [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously.
17 Gru og Grav og Garn over dig, som bor paa Jorden!
Dread and pit and snare [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 will be the [one who] flees from [the] sound of the dread he will fall into the pit and the [one who] goes up from [the] midst of the pit he will be caught in snare for windows from a high place they have been opened and they have shaken [the] foundations of [the] earth.
19 Jorden smuldrer og smuldrer, Jorden gynger og gynger, Jorden skælver og skælver;
Utterly it has been broken the earth utterly it has been split through [the] earth certainly it has been shaken [the] earth.
20 Jorden raver og raver som drukken og svajer som Vogterens Hytte; tungt ligger dens Brøde paa den, den segner og rejser sig ikke.
Wildly it will stagger [the] earth like drunkard and it will sway like hut and it will be heavy on it transgression its and it will fall and not it will repeat to rise.
21 Paa hin Dag hjemsøger HERREN Himlens Hær i Himlen og Jordens Konger paa Jorden.
And it will be in the day that he will visit [judgment] Yahweh on [the] host of the height in the height[s] 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 will be gathered a gathering prisoner[s] to a pit and they will be shut up at a prison and from an abundance of days they will be visited.
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 it will be abashed the moon and it will be ashamed the sun for he will reign Yahweh of hosts on [the] mountain of Zion and in Jerusalem and before elders his glory.
