Esajas 7
1 Og det skete i de Dage da Akaz, Jotams Søn, Uzzijas Sønnesøn, var Konge i Juda, at Kong Rezin af Syrien og Remaljas Søn, Kong Peka af Israel, drog op for at angribe Jerusalem, hvad de dog ikke var stærke nok til.
And it came to pass in the days of Achaz [the son] of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.
2 Da det meldtes Davids Hus, at Syrerne havde lejret sig i Efraim, skjalv hans og hans Folks Hjerte, som Skovens Træer skælver for Vinden.
And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind.
3 Saa sagde HERREN til Esajas: »Med din Søn Sjearjasjub skal du gaa Akaz i Møde ved Enden af Øvredammens Vandledning ved Vejen til Blegepladsen
And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, you, and your son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field.
4 og sige til ham: Tag dig i Vare og hold dig i Ro! Frygt ikke og lad ikke dit Hjerte ængste sig for disse to rygende Brandstumper, for Rezins og Syriens og Remaljas Søns fnysende Vrede!
And you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.
5 Fordi Syrien, Efraim og Remaljas Søn har lagt onde Raad op imod dig og siger:
And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],
6 Lad os drage op mod Juda og indjage det Skræk, lad os tilrive os det og gøre Tabeals Søn til Konge der!
We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;
7 derfor, saa siger den Herre HERREN: Det skal ikke lykkes; det skal ikke ske!
thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.
8 Thi Syriens Hoved er Damaskus, og Damaskus's Hoved er Rezin, og om fem og tresindstyve Aar er Efraim knust og ikke længer et Folk.
But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people.
9 Og Efraims Hoved er Samaria, og Samarias Hoved er Remaljas Søn. Er I ikke troende, bliver I ikke boende.«
And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if you believe not, neither will you at all understand.
10 Fremdeles sagde HERREN til Akaz:
And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,
Ask for yourself a sign of the Lord your God, in the depth or in the height. (Sheol h7585)
12 Men Akaz svarede: »Jeg kræver intet, jeg frister ikke HERREN.«
And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
13 Da sagde Esajas: »Hør nu, Davids Hus! Er det eder ikke nok at trætte Mennesker, siden I ogsaa trætter min Gud?
And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do you contend against the Lord?
14 Derfor vil Herren selv give eder et Tegn: Se, Jomfruen bliver frugtsommelig og føder en Søn, og hun kalder ham Immanuel.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel.
15 Surmælk og Vildhonning skal være hans Føde, ved den Tid han ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode;
Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good.
16 thi før Drengen ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode, skal Landet, for hvis to Konger du gruer, være folketomt.
For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings.
17 Over dig, dit Folk og din Faders Hus vil Herren bringe Dage, hvis Lige ikke har været, siden Efraim rev sig løs fra Juda: Assyrerkongen!«
But God shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon the house of your father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda the king of the Assyrians.
18 Paa hin Dag skal HERREN fløjte ad Fluerne ved Udløbet af Ægyptens Strømme og ad Bierne i Assyrien;
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.
19 og de skal komme og alle til Hobe kaste sig over Dalkløfter og Klipperevner, over hvert Tjørnekrat og hvert Vandingssted.
And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.
20 Paa hin Dag afrager Herren med en hinsides Floden lejet Ragekniv, Assyrerkongen, baade Hovedhaaret og Kroppens Haar; ja, selv Skægget skraber den af.
In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.
21 Paa hin Dag kan en Mand holde sig en ung Ko og et Par Faar;
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.
22 og paa Grund af den megen Mælk, de giver, skal han spise Surmælk; thi Surmælk og Vildhonning skal enhver, der er tilbage i Landet, spise.
And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.
23 Paa hin Dag skal det ske, at hvert et Sted, hvor der nu er tusind Vinstokke, tusind Sekel Sølv værd, skal blive til Torn og Tidsel;
And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.
24 med Pil og Bue kommer man der, thi hele Landet skal blive til Torn og Tidsel;
[Men] shall enter there with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns.
25 og alle de Bjerge, der nu dyrkes med Hakke, skal man holde sig fra af Frygt for Torn og Tidsel. Det bliver Overdrev for Okser og trædes ned af Faar.
And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come there: for there shall be from [amongst] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.
