Esajas 55
1 Hid, alle, som tørster, her er Vand, kom, I, som ikke har Penge! Køb Korn og spis uden Penge, uden Vederlag Vin og Mælk.
“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Hvi giver I Sølv for, hvad ikke er Brød, eders Dagløn for, hvad ej mætter? Hør mig, så får I, hvad godt er, at spise, eders Sjæl skal svælge i Fedt;
Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and why do you labor for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.
3 bøj eders Øre, kom til mig, hør, og eders Sjæl skal leve! Så slutter jeg med jer en evig Pagt: de trofaste Nådeløfter til David.
Turn your ears and come to me! Listen, that you may live! I will make an everlasting covenant with you—my reliable, faithful love that I promised to David.
4 Se, jeg gjorde ham til Vidne for Folkeslag, til Folkefærds Fyrste og Hersker.
Look, I have placed him as a witness to the nations, as a leader and commander to the peoples.
5 Se, på Folk, du ej kender, skal, du kalde, til dig skal Folk, som ej kender dig, ile for HERREN din Guds Skyld, Israels Hellige, han gør dig herlig.
Look, you will call to a nation that you did not know; and a nation that did not know you will run to you because of Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.”
6 Søg HERREN, medens han findes, kald på ham, den Stund han er nær!
Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is nearby.
7 Den gudløse forlade sin Vej, Urettens Mand sine Tanker og vende sig til HERREN, at han må forbarme sig, til vor Gud, thi han er rund til at forlade.
Let the wicked leave his path, and the man of sin his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will pity him, and to our God, who will abundantly forgive him.
8 Thi mine Tanker er ej eders, og eders Veje ej mine, lyder det fra HERREN;
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration—
9 nej, som Himlen er højere end Jorden, er mine Veje højere end eders og mine Tanker højere end eders.
for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 Thi som Regnen og Sneen falder fra Himlen og ikke vender tilbage, før den har kvæget Jorden, gjort den frugtbar og fyldt den med Spirer, givet Sæd til at så og Brød til at spise,
For as the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there unless they saturate the earth and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the farmer who sows and bread to the eater,
11 så skal det gå med mit Ord, det, som går ud af min Mund: det skal ej vende tomt tilbage, men udføre, hvad mig behager, og fuldbyrde Hvervet, jeg gav det.
so also my word will be that goes from my mouth—it will not return to me empty, but it will achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 Ja, med Glæde skal I drage ud; og i Fred skal I ledes frem; foran jer råber Bjerge og Høje med Fryd, alle Markens Træer skal klappe i Hånd;
For you will go out in joy and be led along peacefully; the mountains and the hills will break out in joyful shouts before you, and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
13 i Stedet for Tjørnekrat vokser Cypresser, i Stedet for Tidsler Myrter et Æresminde for HERREN, et evigt, uudsletteligt Tegn.
Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
