Esajas 18
1 Hør Land med de surrende Vinger hinsides Ætiopiens Strømme,
Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 du, som sender Bud over Havet i Både af Siv på Vandspejlet: Gå, I hastige Bud, til det ranke, glinsende Folk, til Folket, som frygtes så vide, Kraftens og Sejrens Folk, hvis Land gennemstrømmes af Floder.
Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.
3 Alle I Jorderigs Folk, som bygger på Jord: Rejses Banner på Bjerge, så se, når der stødes i Horn, så hør!
All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.
4 Thi så sagde HERREN til mig: "Rolig ser jeg til fra mit Sæde som glødende Luft i Solskin, som Dugsky i Høstens Tid."
For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.
5 Thi før Høst, når Blomstring er endt, når Blomst sætter modnende Drue, afskærer han Rankerne med Knive, og Skuddene kapper han bort.
For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.
6 De gives alle til Bjergenes Fugle og Jordens Dyr, om Somren Føde for Fugle, om Vintren for al Jordens Dyr.
They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.
7 Til hin Tid skal der bringes Hærskarers HERRE Gave fra et rankt og glinsende Folk, et Folk, som frygtes så vide, Kraftens og Sejrens Folk, hvis Land gennemstrømmes af Floder, til Stedet, hvor Hærskarers HERREs Navn bor, til Zions Bjerg.
In that time an offering will be made to the Lord of armies from a people tall and smooth, causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers, an offering taken to the place of the name of the Lord of armies, even Mount Zion.
