Esajas 46
1 I Knæ er Bel, og Nebo er bøjet, deres billeder gives til Dyr og Fæ, de læsses som byrde på trætte Dyr
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 De bøjes, i Knæ er de alle, de kan ikke frelse Byrden, og selv må de vandre i Fangenskab.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Hør mig, du Jakobs Hus, al Resten af Israels Hus, løftet fra Moders Liv, båret fra Moders Skød.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Til Alderdommen er jeg den samme, jeg bærer jer, til Hårene gråner; ret som jeg bar, vil jeg bære, jeg, jeg vil bære og redde.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 Med hvem vil I jævnstille ligne mig, hvem vil I gøre til min Lige?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 De øser Guld af Pung, Sølv får de vejet på Vægt, de lejer en Guldsmed, som gør det til en Gud, de bøjer sig, kaster sig ned;
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 de løfter den på Skuldren og bærer den, sætter den på Plads, og den står, den rører sig ikke af Stedet råber de til den, svarer den ikke, den frelser dem ikke i Nød.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Kom dette i Hu, lad jer råde, I frafaldne, læg jer det på Sinde!
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Kom i Hu, hvad er forudsagt før, thi Gud er jeg, ellers ingen, ja Gud, der er ingen som jeg,
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 der forud forkyndte Enden, tilforn, hvad der ikke var sket, som sagde: "Mit Råd står fast, jeg fuldbyrder al min Vilje,"
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 som fra Øst kalder Ørnen hid, fra det fjerne mit Råds Fuldbyrder. Jeg taled og lader det ske, udtænkte og fuldbyrder det.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Hør på mig, I modløse, som tror, at Retten er fjern:
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Jeg bringer min Ret, den er ej fjern, min Frelse tøver ikke; jeg giver Frelse på Zion, min Herlighed giver jeg Israel.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
