Esajas 31
1 Ve dem, som gaar ned til Ægypten om Hjælp og slaar Lid til Heste, som stoler paa Vognenes Mængde, paa Rytternes store Tal, men ikke ser hen til Israels Hellige, ej raadspørger HERREN.
Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charets, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong: but they looke not vnto the holy one of Israel, nor seeke vnto the Lord.
2 Men viis er og han, lader Ulykke komme og gaar ej fra sit Ord. Han staar op mod de ondes Hus og mod Udaadsmændenes Hjælp.
But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.
3 Ægypterne er Mennesker, ikke Gud, deres Heste er Kød, ikke Aand. Naar HERREN udrækker Haanden, snubler Hjælperen, den hjulpne falder, de omkommer alle til Hobe.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall, and they shall altogether faile.
4 Thi saa sagde HERREN til mig: Som en Løve knurrer, en Ungløve over sit Rov, og ikke, naar Hyrdernes Flok kaldes hid imod den, skræmmes af Skriget eller viger for Larmen, saa stiger Hærskarers HERRE ned til Kamp paa Zions Bjerg og Høj.
For thus hath the Lord spoken vnto me, As the lyon or lyons whelpe roareth vpon his praye, against whom if a multitude of shepheards be called, hee will not be afraide at their voyce, neither will humble him selfe at their noise: so shall the Lord of hostes come downe to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 Som svævende Fugle saa skærmer Hærskarers HERRE Jerusalem, skærmer og frier, skaaner og redder.
As birds that flie, so shall the Lord of hostes defend Ierusalem by defending and deliuering, by passing through and preseruing it.
6 Vend om til ham, hvem Israels Børn faldt fra saa dybt!
O ye children of Israel, turne againe, in as much as ye are sunken deepe in rebellion.
7 Thi paa hin Dag vrager enhver sine Guder af Sølv, sine Guder af Guld, eders Hænders syndige Værk.
For in that day euery man shall cast out his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde, which your handes haue made you, euen a sinne.
8 Assur falder for Sværd, men ikke en Mands, et Sværd fortærer det, ikke et Menneskes. Og han skal fly for Sværdet, til Hoveriarbejde tvinges hans Stridsmænd;
Then shall Asshur fall by the sworde, not of man, neither shall the sworde of man deuoure him, and hee shall flee from the sworde, and his yong men shall faint.
9 hans Klippe viger bort af Rædsel, hans Fyrster skræmmes fra Fanen. Saa lyder det fra HERREN, hvis Ild er i Zion, som har sin Ovn i Jerusalem.
And he shall go for feare to his towre, and his princes shall be afraide of the standart, sayeth the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his fornace in Ierusalem.
