Esajas 34
1 Kom hid, I Folk, og hør, lån Øre, I Folkefærd! Jorden og dens Fylde høre, Jorderig og al dets Grøde!
Draw near, ye nations; and hearken, ye princes; let the earth hear, and they that are in it; the world, and the people that are therein.
2 Thi HERREN er vred på alle Folkene, harmfuld på al deres Hær; han slår dem med Band og giver dem hen til at slagtes;
For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and [his] anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter.
3 henslængt ligger de dræbte, Stank stiger op fra Ligene, Bjergene flyder af Blodet;
And their slain shall be cast forth, and their corpses; and their [ill] savour shall come up, and the mountains shall be made wet with their blood.
4 al Himlens Hær opløses; som en Bog rulles Himlen sammen, og al dens Hær visner hen som Vinstokkens visnende Blad, som Figentræets visnende Frugt.
And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig-tree.
5 Thi på Himlen kredser HERRENs Sværd, og se, det slår ned på Edom, det Folk, han har bandlyst til Dom.
My sword has been made drunk in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and with judgment upon the people doomed to destruction.
6 HERRENs Sværd er fuldt af Blod, det drypper af Fedt, af Fårs og Bukkes Blod, af Fedt fra Vædres Nyrer. Thi HERREN slagter Offer i Bozra har vældig Slagtning i Edom;
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is glutted with fat, with the blood of goats and lambs, and with the fat of goats and rams: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bosor, and a great slaughter in Idumea.
7 Urokser styrter med dem, Ungkvæg sammen med Tyre. Landet svælger i Blod, Jorden drypper af Fedt.
And the mighty ones shall fall with them, and the rams and the bulls; and the land shall be soaked with blood, and shall be filled with their fat.
8 Thi en Hævndag har HERREN til Rede, Zions Værge et Gengældsår.
For it is the day of judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompence of Sion in judgment.
9 Dets Bække forvandles til Tjære, dets Jord til Svovl, og Landet bliver til Tjære, der brænder ved Nat og ved Dag,
And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day;
10 det slukkes aldrig; evigt stiger Røgen op, det er øde fra Slægt til Slægt, ingen skal færdes der.
and it shall never be quenched, and her smoke shall go up: it shall be made desolate throughout her generations,
11 Pelikan og Rørdrum arver det, Ugle og Ravn skal bo der. HERREN spænder Tomheds Snor og Ødelæggelses Blylod derover.
and for a long time birds and hedgehogs, and ibises and ravens shall dwell in it: and the measuring line of desolation shall be cast over it, and satyrs shall dwell in it.
12 Der skal Bukketrolde bo, dets ypperste bliver til intet, til Kongevalg kaldes ej der, det er ude med alle dets Fyrster.
Her princes shall be no more; for her kings and her great men shall be destroyed.
13 Dets Paladser gror til i Tom, dets Borge i Tidsel og Nælde, et Tilholdssted for Hyæner og Enemærke for Strudse.
And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court of ostriches.
14 Der mødes Sjakal med Vildkat, og Bukketrolde holder Stævne; kun der skal Natteheksen raste og lægge sig der til Ro;
And devils shall meet with satyrs, and they shall cry one to the other: there shall satyrs rest, having found for themselves [a place of] rest.
15 der bygger Pilslangen Rede, lægger Æg og samler dem og ruger. Kun der skal Gribbene flokkes, ej savner den ene den anden.
There has the hedgehog made its nest, and the earth has safely preserved its young: there have the deer met, and seen one another's faces.
16 Se efter i HERRENs Bog og læs: Ej fattes en eneste af dem, ej savner den ene den anden. Thi HERRENs Mund, den bød, hans Ånd har samlet dem sammen;
They passed by in [full] number, and not one of them perished: they sought not one another; for the Lord commanded them, and his Spirit gathered them.
17 han kastede Loddet for dem, hans Hånd udskifted dem Land med Snoren; de tager det evigt i Eje, bor der fra Slægt til Slægt.
And he shall cast lots for them, and his hand has portioned out [their] pasture, [saying], Ye shall inherit [the land] for ever: they shall rest on it [through] all generations.
