Esajas 59
1 Se, for kort til at frelse er ej HERRENs Arm, Hans Øre er ikke for sløvt til at høre.
Behold, the hand of YHWH Has not been shortened from saving, Nor His ear heavy from hearing.
2 Eders Brøde er det, der skiller mellem eder og eders Gud, eders Synder skjuler hans Åsyn for jer, så han ikke hører.
But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you—from hearing.
3 Eders Hænder er jo sølet at Blod, eders Fingre sølet af Brøde; Læberne farer med Løgn, Tungen taler, hvad ondt er.
For your hands have been defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters perverseness.
4 Med Ret stævner ingen til Doms eller fører ærligt sin Sag. Man stoler på tomt, taler falsk, man undfanger Kval, føder Uret.
There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
5 Slangeæg ruger de ud, og Spindelvæv er, hvad de væver. Man dør, hvis man spiser et Æg, en Øgle kommer frem, hvis det knuses.
They have hatched eggs of a viper, And weave webs of a spider, Whoever is eating their eggs dies, and the crushed hatches a viper.
6 Deres Spind kan ej bruges til Klæder, ingen hyller sig i, hvad de laver; deres Værk er Ulykkesværk, og i deres Hænder er Vold;
Their webs do not become a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
7 deres Fødder haster til ondt, til at udgyde skyldfrit Blod; deres Tanker er Ulykkestanker; hvor de færdes, er Vold og Våde;
Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
8 de kender ej Fredens Veje, der er ingen Ret i deres Spor; de gør sig krogede Stier; Fred kender ingen, som træder dem.
They have not known a way of peace, And there is no judgment in their paths, They have made their paths perverse for themselves, None treading in it has known peace.
9 Derfor er Ret os fjern, og Retfærd når os ikke; vi bier på Lys se, Mørke, på Dagning, men vandrer i Mulm;
Therefore judgment has been far from us, And righteousness does not reach us, We wait for light, and behold, darkness, For brightness—in thick darkness we go,
10 vi famler langs Væggen som blinde, famler, som savnede vi Øjne, vi snubler ved Middag som i Skumring, er som døde i vor kraftigste Alder;
We feel [for] the wall like the blind, Indeed, we feel as without eyes, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
11 vi brummer alle som Bjørne, kurrer vemodigt som Duer; vi bier forgæves på Ret, på Frelse, den er os fjern.
We make a noise as bears—all of us, And we coo severely as doves; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation—it has been far from us.
12 Thi du ser; vore Synder er mange, vor Brøde vidner imod os: ja, vi har vore Synder for Øje, vi kender såvel vor Skyld:
For our transgressions have been multiplied before You, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities—we have known them.
13 Vi faldt fra og fornægtede HERREN, veg langt bort fra vor Gud, vor Tale var Vold og Frafald, og vi fremførte Løgne fra Hjertet.
Transgressing, and lying against YHWH, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
14 Retten trænges tilbage, Retfærd står i det fjerne, thi Sandhed snubler på Gaden, Ærlighed har ingen Gænge;
And judgment is removed backward, And righteousness stands far off, For truth has been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
15 Sandhedens Plads står tom, og skyr man det onde, flås man. Og HERREN så til med Harme, fordi der ikke var Ret;
And the truth is lacking, And whoever is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And YHWH sees, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
16 han så, at der ingen var, og det undrede ham, at ingen greb ind. Da kom hans Arm ham til Hjælp, hans Retfærd, den stod ham bi;
And He sees that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm gives salvation to Him, And His righteousness—it sustained Him.
17 han tog Retfærds Brynje på, satte Frelsens Hjelm på sit Hoved, tog Hævnens Kjortel på og hylled sig i Nidkærheds Kappe.
And He puts on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head, And He puts on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
18 Han gengælder efter Fortjeneste, Vrede mod Uvenner, Gengæld mod Fjender, mod fjerne Strande gør han Gengæld,
According to deeds—so He repays. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the islands He repays [their] deed.
19 så HERRENs Navn frygtes i Vest, hans Herlighed, hvor Sol står op. Thi han kommer som en indestængt Flom, der drives af HERRENs Ånde.
And from the west they fear the Name of YHWH, And from the rising of the sun—His glory, When an adversary comes in as a flood, The Spirit of YHWH has raised an ensign against him.
20 En Genløser kommer fra Zion og fjerner Frafald i Jakob, lyder det fra HERREN.
“And the Redeemer has come to Zion, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob,” A declaration of YHWH.
21 Dette er min Pagt med dem, siger HERREN: Min Ånd, som er over dig, og mine Ord, som jeg har lagt i din Mund, skal ikke vige fra din eller dit Afkoms eller dit Afkoms Afkoms Mund, siger HERREN, fra nu og til evig Tid.
“And I—this [is] My covenant with them,” said YHWH, “My Spirit that [is] on you, And My words that I have put in your mouth, Do not depart from your mouth, And from the mouth of your seed, And from the mouth of your seed’s seed,” said YHWH, “From now on, even for all time!”
