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 to those who go down to Egypt [Abode of slavery] for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], and they don’t seek Adonai!
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.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work vain striving of iniquity.
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 [people from Abode of slavery] are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Adonai stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
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 Adonai says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will come down to fight on Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] and on its heights.
5 Som svævende Fugle saa skærmer Hærskarers HERRE Jerusalem, skærmer og frier, skaaner og redder.
As birds hovering, so Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will protect Jerusalem [City of peace]. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
6 Vend om til ham, hvem Israels Børn faldt fra saa dybt!
Make teshuvah ·complete return· to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel [God prevails].
7 Thi paa hin Dag vrager enhver sine Guder af Sølv, sine Guder af Guld, eders Hænders syndige Værk.
For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold— crime deserving penalty, sin ·missing the goal· which your own hands have made for you.
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;
“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
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.
His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Adonai, whose fire is in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and his furnace in Jerusalem [City of peace].
