Esajas 34

1 Kom hid, I Folk, og hør, laan Øre, I Folkefærd! Jorden og dens Fylde høre, Jorderig og al dets Grøde!

Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.

2 Thi HERREN er vred paa alle Folkene, harmfuld paa al deres Hær; han slaar dem med Band og giver dem hen til at slagtes;

For wrath [is] to Jehovah against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath given them to slaughter.

3 henslængt ligger de dræbte, Stank stiger op fra Ligene, Bjergene flyder af Blodet;

And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.

4 al Himlens Hær opløses; som en Bog rulles Himlen sammen, og al dens Hær visner hen som Vinstokkens visnende Blad, som Figentræets visnende Frugt.

And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.

5 Thi paa Himlen kredser HERRENS Sværd, og se, det slaar ned paa Edom, det Folk, han har bandlyst til Dom.

For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.

6 HERRENS Sværd er fuldt af Blod, det drypper af Fedt, af Faars og Bukkes Blod, af Fedt fra Vædres Nyrer. Thi HERREN slagter Offer i Bozra, har vældig Slagtning i Edom;

A sword [is] to Jehovah — it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice [is] to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

7 Urokser styrter med dem, Ungkvæg sammen med Tyre. Landet svælger i Blod, Jorden drypper af Fedt.

And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.

8 Thi en Hævndag har HERREN til Rede, Zions Værge et Gengældsaar.

(For a day of vengeance [is] to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife, )

9 Dets Bække forvandles til Tjære, dets Jord til Svovl, og Landet bliver til Tjære, der brænder ved Nat og ved Dag,

And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.

10 det slukkes aldrig; evigt stiger Røgen op, det er øde fra Slægt til Slægt, ingen skal færdes der.

By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.

11 Pelikan og Rørdrum arver det, Ugle og Ravn skal bo der. HERREN spænder Tomheds Snor og Ødelæggelses Blylod derover.

And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.

12 Der skal Bukketrolde bo, dets ypperste bliver til intet, til Kongevalg kaldes ej der, det er ude med alle dets Fyrster.

[To] the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.

13 Dets Paladser gror til i Torn, dets Borge i Tidsel og Nælde, et Tilholdssted for Hyæner og Enemærke for Strudse.

And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble [are] in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.

14 Der mødes Sjakal med Vildkat, og Bukketrolde holder Stævne; kun der skal Natteheksen raste og lægge sig der til Ro;

And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.

15 der bygger Pilslangen Rede, lægger Æg og samler dem og ruger. Kun der skal Gribbene flokkes, ej savner den ene den anden.

There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

16 Se efter i HERRENS Bog og læs: Ej fattes en eneste af dem, ej savner den ene den anden. Thi HERRENS Mund, den bød, hans Aand har samlet dem sammen;

Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth — it hath commanded, And His spirit — He hath gathered them.

17 han kastede Loddet for dem, hans Haand udskifted dem Land med Snoren; de tager det evigt i Eje, bor der fra Slægt til Slægt.

And He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned [it] to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!