Esajas 31
1 Ve dem, som går ned til Ægypten om hjælp og slår Lid til heste, som stoler på Vognenes mængde, på Rytternes store Tal, men ikke ser hen til Israels Hellige, ej rådspørger HERREN.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
2 Men viis er og han, lader Ulykke komme og går ej fra sit Ord. Han står op mod de ondes Hus og mod Udådsmændenes Hjælp.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Ægypterne er Mennesker, ikke Gud, deres Heste er Kød, ikke Ånd. Når HERREN udrækker Hånden, snubler Hjælperen, den hjulpne falder, de omkommer alle til Hobe.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4 Thi så sagde HERREN til mig: Som en Løve knurrer, en Ungløve over sit Rov, og ikke, når Hyrdernes Flok kaldes hid imod den, skræmmes af Skriget eller viger for Larmen, så stiger Hærskarers HERRE ned til Kamp på Zions Bjerg og Høj.
For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
5 Som svævende Fugle så skærmer Hærskarers HERRE Jerusalem, skærmer og frier, skåner og redder.
As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
6 Vend om til ham, hvem Israels Børn faldt fra så dybt!
Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
7 Thi på hin Dag vrager enhver sine Guder af Sølv sine Guder af Guld, eders Hænders syndige Værk.
For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 Assur falder for Sværd, men ikke en Mands, et Sværd fortærer det, ikke et Menneskes. Og han skal fly for Sværdet, til Hoveriarbejde tvinges hans Stridsmænd;
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
9 hans Klippe viger bort af Rædsel, hans Fyrster skræmmes fra Fanen. Så lyder det fra HERREN, hvis Ild er i Zion, som har sin Ovn i Jerusalem.
And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
