Esajas 8
1 Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Tag dig en stor Tavle og skriv derpå med Menneskeskrift: Hurtigt-Bytte, Hastigt-Rov!,
Then the Lord told me, “Get a large tablet and write on it in with an ordinary pen, ‘Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’
2 Og tag mig pålidelige Vidner, Præsten Urija og Zekarja, Jeberekjahus Søn!"
I will need Uriah the priest and Zechariah, son of Jeberekiah, to be my trustworthy witnesses.”
3 Og jeg nærmede mig Profetinden, og hun blev frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn. Så sagde HERREN til mig: "Kald ham Hurtigt-Bytte, Hastigt-Rov!
Then I slept with my wife the prophetess, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 Thi før Drengen kan sige Fader og Moder, skal Rigdommene fra Damaskus og Byttet fra Samaria bringes til Assyrerkongen!"
For even before the boy knows how to say ‘Daddy’ or ‘Mommy,’ the king of Assyria will carry off Damascus' wealth and Samaria's possessions.”
5 Fremdeles sagde HERREN til mig:
Then the Lord spoke to me again, saying,
6 Eftersom dette Folk lader hånt om Siloas sagte rindende Vande i Angst for Bezin og Remaljas Søn,
“Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that gently flow and instead have rejoiced with Rezin and Remaliah's son,
7 se, så lader Herren Flodens Vande, de vældige, store, oversvømme dem, Assyrerkongen og al hans Herlighed; over alle sine Bredder skal den gå, trænge ud over alle sine Diger,
the Lord is going to bring the powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River against them—the king of Assyria with all his glorious army. It will flood all its channels and overflow all its banks.
8 styrte ind i Juda, skylle over, vælte frem og nå til Halsen; og dens udbredte Vinger skal fylde dit Land, så vidt det når Immanuel!
It will sweep on into Judah, overflowing and flooding through, reaching up to the neck. Like outspread wings it will engulf the whole of your land, Immanuel!
9 I Folkeslag, mærk jer det med Rædsel, lyt til, alle fjerne Lande: Rust jer, I skal ræddes, rust jer, I skal ræddes.
Pay attention, you nations, and be smashed! Listen, all you distant lands, get ready, but you will be smashed. Get ready, but you will be smashed.
10 Læg Råd op, det skal dog briste, gør Aftale, det slår dog fejl, thi - Immanuel!
You can plan your strategy, but it will be foiled; you can say what you're intending, but it won't happen, for God is with us.”
11 Thi så sagde HERREN til mig, da hans Hånd greb mig med Vælde, og han advarede mig mod at vandre på dette Folks Vej:
For this is what the Lord told me, holding me with a strong hand, instructing me not to follow the way of this people. He said,
12 Kald ikke alt Sammensværgelse, hvad dette Folk kalder Sammensværgelse, frygt ikke, hvad det frygter, og ræddes ikke!
Don't call a conspiracy everything that these people call a conspiracy. Don't fear what they fear. Don't be overawed!
13 Hærskarers HERRE, ham skal I holde hellig, han skal være eders Frygt, han skal være eders Rædsel.
The Lord Almighty is the one you should see as holy. He is the one you should fear, he is the one you should be in awe of.
14 Han bliver en Helligdom, en Anstødssten og en Klippe til Fald for begge Israels Huse og en Snare og et Fangegarn for Jerusalems Indbyggere,
He will be a sanctuary for you. But to the royal families of both Israel and Judah he will be a stone they trip over and a rock that makes them stumble, a trap and a snare to the people who live in Jerusalem.
15 og mange iblandt dem skal snuble, falde og kvæstes, fanges og bindes.
Many people will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.
16 Bind Vidnesbyrdet til og sæt Segl for Læren i mine disciples Sind!
Safeguard this testimony, seal these instructions—they are for my disciples.
17 Jeg bier på HERREN, han, som dølger sit Åsyn for Jakobs Hus, til ham står mit Håb:
I will wait for the Lord, the one who is hiding his face from Jacob's descendants. I will wait in hope for him.
18 Se, jeg og de Børn, HERREN gav mig, er Varsler og Tegn i Israel fra Hærskarers HERRE, som bor på Zions Bjerg.
Look, I'm here, together with the children the Lord has given me. They are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Og siger de til eder: "Søg Genfærdene og Ånderne, som hvisker og mumler!" skal et Folk ikke søge sin Gud, skal man søge de døde for de levende?
When someone suggests to you, “Go and ask mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter,” shouldn't people ask their God? Why should they ask the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Nej! Til Læren og Vidnesbyrdet! Således skal visselig de komme til at tale, som nu er uden Morgenrøde.
Go and examine God's law and his instructions! If what they say doesn't correspond with God's word, there will be no dawn for them.
21 Han skal vanke om i Landet, trykket og hungrig. Og når han hungrer, skal han blive rasende og bande sin Konge og sin Gud. Vender han sig til det høje,
They will wander round the country, depressed and hungry. When they are starving they will become furious, and looking up they will curse their king and their God.
22 eller skuer han ud over Jorden, se da er der Trængsel og Mørke, knugende Mulm; i Bælgmørke er han stødt ud.
Then they will look towards the earth and see only misery and gloom and agonizing depression, and they will be thrown out into the darkness.
