< Esajas 21 >
1 Et Udsagn om Havørknen. Som hvirvlende Storme, der jager i Sydlandet, kommer det fra Ørkenen, det grufulde Land
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 Så svart et Syn blev mig meldt: "Ransmænd raner, Hærmænd hærger! Frem, Elamiter! Til Belejring, Meder! Alle Suk gør jeg Ende på!"
A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
3 Derfor fyldes mine Lænder af Skælven, jeg gribes af Veer som, fødende Kvinde, døv af Svimmelhed, blind af Skræk,
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4 mit Hjerte forvirres, Gru falder på mig; Skumringen, jeg elsker, bliver mig til Angst.
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me.
5 Bordet dækkes, Hynder bredes, man spiser og drikker, "Op I Fyrster, salv eders Skjolde!"
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
6 Thi så sagde Herren til mig: "Gå hen og stil Vægteren ud! Hvad han får at se, skal han melde.
For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
7 Og ser han Ryttere, et Par komme ridende, en Rytter på Æsel, en Rytter på Kamel, da skal han lytte, ja lytte spændt!"
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with much heed:
8 Og han råbte: "Se, o Herre, på Varden står jeg bestandig, Dagen lang, og på min Vagtpost står jeg trolig
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 Nat efter Nat!" Men se, da kom der ridende Mænd, et Par kom ridende; de råbte: "Faldet, faldet er Babel, han knuste alle dets Guder i Støvet!"
And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken to the ground.
10 Mit knuste, mit tærskede Folk! Hvad jeg, har hørt fra Hærskarers HERRE, fra Israels Gud, det melder jeg eder.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.
11 Et Udsagn om Duma. Der råbes til mig fra Se'ir: "Vægter, hvordan skrider Natten, Vægter, hvordan skrider Natten?"
The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12 Vægteren svarer: "Morgen kommer, men også Nat! Vil I spørge, så spørg! Kom kun igen!"
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come.
13 Et Udsagn: "I Ødemarken". Søg Nattely i Ødemarkens Krat, I Dedans Karavaner!
The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanim.
14 Bring de tørstige Vand i Møde, I, som bor i Temas Land, mød de flyende med Brød!
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 Thi de er på Flugt for Sværd, på Flugt for det dragne Sværd, på Flugt for den spændte Bue, på Flugt for Krigens Tynge.
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 Thi så sagde Herren til mig:"Et År endnu, som Daglejeren regner Året, og det er ude med al Kedars Herlighed.
For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 Resten af Kedars Heltes Buer skal være ringe, så sandt HERREN, Israels Gud, har talet."
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.