Isaiah 48
1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
Hører dette, Jakobs Hus! I, som ere kaldte med Israels Navn, og som ere udgangne af Judas Kilde, I, som sværge Ved Herrens Navn og prise Israels Gud, men ikke i Sandhed og ej i Retfærdighed!
2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
Thi de kalde sig efter den hellige Stad og forlade sig fast paa Israels Gud; Herre Zebaoth er hans Navn.
3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
Jeg har forlængst kundgjort de første Ting, af min Mund ere de udgangne, og jeg lader dem høre det; jeg gør det hastelig, og det sker.
4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Efterdi jeg vidste, at du er haard, og din Nakke er Jernsener, og din Pande er Kobber,
5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
saa har jeg forlængst kundgjort dig det, jeg lod dig høre det, førend det kom, at du ikke maaske skal sige: Mit Gudebillede gjorde disse Ting, og mit udskaarne Billede og mit støbte Billede beskikkede dem.
6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
Hørt det har du, se det nu alt sammen! og I, ville I ikke kundgøre det? jeg har fra nu af ladet dig høre ny Ting, hvad der lønligt var bevaret og hvad du ikke kendte.
7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.
Nu blive de skabte og ikke fra fordums Tid, og før i Dag har du ikke hørt til dem, paa det du ikke skal sige: Se, jeg har kendt dem.
8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
Ja, du har ikke hørt det, du vidste det og ikke; ja, dit Øre var heller ikke aabnet fra fordums Tid; thi jeg ved, at du vil handle troløst, og at du er kaldet en Overtræder fra Moders Liv.
9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
For mit Navns Skyld vil jeg forhale min Vrede, og for min Æres Skyld holder jeg min Vrede imod dig tilbage, for at jeg ikke skal udrydde dig.
10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Se, jeg har lutret dig, dog ikke som Sølv; jeg har prøvet dig i Elendigheds Ovn.
11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
For min Skyld, for min egen Skyld vil jeg gøre det; thi hvorfor skulde mit Navn vanhelliges? og jeg vil ikke give en anden min Ære.
12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Hør mig, Jakob! og du, Israel, min kaldte! jeg er, jeg er den første, jeg er ogsaa den sidste.
13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.
Ja, min Haand har grundfæstet Jorden, og min højre Haand har udspændt Himlene; jeg kalder dem frem, og de staa der tilsammen.
14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
Samler eder, alle til Hobe, og hører! Hvo iblandt dem har forkyndt disse Ting: Den, Herren elsker, skal gøre efter hans Behag imod Babel og lade hans Arm kendes imod Kaldæerne.
15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
Jeg, jeg har sagt det, jeg har ogsaa kaldet ham; jeg vil lade ham komme, og hans Vej skal lykkes.
16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.
Kommer nær til mig, hører dette! fra Begyndelsen har jeg ikke talt i Løndom; fra den Tid, at det blev til, er jeg der; og nu har den Herre, Herre sendt mig, og sin Aand.
17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
Saa siger Herren, din Genløser, Israels Hellige: Jeg er Herren din Gud, som lærer dig, hvad nyttigt er, og som fører dig paa Vejen, som du skal gaa.
18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Gid du vilde agte paa mine Bud, da skulde din Fred vorde som Floden og din Retfærdighed som Havets Bølger.
19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.
Og din Sæd skulde vorde som Sand, og dit Livs Afkom som dets Smaastene; dens Navn skulde ikke udryddes eller ødelægges for mit Ansigt.
20 Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
Gaar ud af Babel, flyer fra Kaldæerne; forkynder og lader dette høre med Frydesangs Røst, bringer det ud indtil Jordens Ende, siger: Herren har genløst sin Tjener Jakob.
21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.
Og de lede ingen Tørst, han ledte dem igennem Ørknerne, han lod flyde Vand af en Klippe til dem; og han kløvede en Klippe, og der flød Vand.
22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
De ugudelige, siger Herren, have ingen Fred.
