Esajas 55
1 Hid, alle, som tørster, her er Vand, kom, I, som ikke har Penge! Køb Korn og spis uden Penge, uden Vederlag Vin og Mælk.
“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Hvi giver I Sølv for, hvad ikke er Brød, eders Dagløn for, hvad ej mætter? Hør mig, saa faar I, hvad godt er, at spise, eders Sjæl skal svælge i Fedt;
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
3 bøj eders Øre, kom til mig, hør, og eders Sjæl skal leve! Saa slutter jeg med jer en evig Pagt: de trofaste Naadeløfter til David.
Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Se, jeg gjorde ham til Vidne for Folkeslag, til Folkefærds Fyrste og Hersker.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
5 Se, paa Folk, du ej kender, skal du kalde, til dig skal Folk, som ej kender dig, ile for HERREN din Guds Skyld, Israels Hellige, han gør dig herlig.
Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
6 Søg HERREN, medens han findes, kald paa ham, den Stund han er nær!
Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
7 Den gudløse forlade sin Vej, Urettens Mand sine Tanker og vende sig til HERREN, at han maa forbarme sig, til vor Gud, thi han er rund til at forlade.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 Thi mine Tanker er ej eders, og eders Veje ej mine, lyder det fra HERREN;
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.
9 nej, som Himlen er højere end Jorden, er mine Veje højere end eders og mine Tanker højere end eders.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 Thi som Regnen og Sneen falder fra Himlen og ikke vender tilbage, før den har kvæget Jorden, gjort den frugtbar og fyldt den med Spirer, givet Sæd til at saa og Brød til at spise,
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 saa skal det gaa med mit Ord, det, som gaar ud af min Mund: det skal ej vende tomt tilbage, men udføre, hvad mig behager, og fuldbyrde Hvervet, jeg gav det.
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
12 Ja, med Glæde skal I drage ud; og i Fred skal I ledes frem; foran jer raaber Bjerge og Høje med Fryd, alle Markens Træer skal klappe i Haand;
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
13 i Stedet for Tjørnekrat vokser Cypresser, i Stedet for Tidsler Myrter — et Æresminde for HERREN, et evigt, uudsletteligt Tegn.
Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for the LORD, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
