Esajas 56
1 Så siger HERREN: Tag vare på Ret og øv Retfærd! Thi min Frelses komme er nær, min Ret skal snart åbenbares.
Thus saith the Lord: Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my justice to be revealed.
2 Salig er den; der gør så, det Menneske, som fastholder dette: holder Sabbatten hellig og varer sin Hånd fra at øve noget ondt.
Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.
3 Ej sige den fremmede, som slutter sig til HERREN: "HERREN vil skille mig ud fra sit Folk!" Og Gildingen sige ikke: "Se, jeg er et udgået Træ!"
And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.
4 Thi så siger HERREN: Gildinger, som holder mine Sabbatter, vælger, hvad jeg har Behag i, og holder fast ved min Pagt,
For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:
5 dem vil jeg give i mit Hus, på mine Mure et Minde, et Navn, der er bedre end Sønner og Døtre; jeg giver dem et evigt Navn, et Navn, der ikke skal slettes.
I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish.
6 Og de fremmede, som slutter sig til HERREN for at tjene ham og elske hans Navn, for at være hans Tjenere, alle, som helligholder Sabbatten og holder fast ved min Pagt,
And the children of the stranger that adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name, to be his servants: every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my covenant:
7 vil jeg bringe til mit hellige Bjerg og glæde i mit Bedehus; deres Brændofre og deres Slagtofre bliver til Behag på mit Alter; thi mit Hus skal kaldes et Bedehus for alle Folk.
I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.
8 Det lyder fra den Herre HERREN: Når jeg samler Israels bortstødte, samler jeg andre dertil, til dets egen samlede Flok.
The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his congregation.
9 Alle I Markens Dyr, kom hid og æd, alle I Dyr i Skoven!
All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
10 Blinde er alle dets Vogtere, intet ved de, alle er stumme Hunde, som ikke kan gø, de ligger og drømmer, de elsker Søvn;
His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
11 grådige er de Hunde, kender ikke til Mæthed. Og sådanne Folk er Hyrder! De skønner intet, de vender sig hver sin Vej, hver søger sin Fordel:
And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
12 Kom, så henter jeg Vin, vi drikker af Mosten; som i Dag skal det være i Morgen, ovenud herligt!"
Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more.
