Isaiah 48
1 Hear all of you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Hør dette, du Jakobs Hus, I, som kaldes med Israels Navn og er rundet af Judas Kilde, som sværger ved HERRENs Navn og priser Israels Gud - dog ikke redeligt og sandt -
2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
fra den hellige By har de jo Navn, deres Støtte er Israels Gud, hvis Navn er Hærskarers HERRE:
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Jeg forudsagde det, som er sket, af min Mund gik det ud, så det hørtes, brat greb jeg ind, og det indtraf.
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
Thi stivsindet er du, det ved jeg, din Nakke et Jernbånd, din Pande af Kobber.
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, Mine idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
Jeg sagde det forud til dig, kundgjorde det, førend det indtraf, at du ikke skulde sige: "Det gjorde mit Billede, mit skårne og støbte bød det."
6 You have heard, see all this; and will not all of you declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them.
Du hørte det, se det nu alt! Og vil I mon ikke stå ved det? Fra nu af kundgør jeg nyt, skjulte Ting, du ej kender;
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
nu skabes det, ikke før, før i Dag har I ikke hørt det, at du ikke skulde sige: "Jeg vidste det."
8 Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from that time that your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Hverken har du hørt eller vidst det, det kom dig ej før for Øre. Thi jeg ved, du er gennemtroløs, fra Moders Liv hed du "Frafalden";
9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off.
for mit Navns Skyld holder jeg Vreden hen, for min Ære vil jeg skåne, ej udrydde dig.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Se, jeg smelted dig Sølv blev det ikke prøved dig i Lidelsens Ovn.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
For min egen Skyld griber jeg ind; thi hvor krænkes dog ikke mit Navn! Jeg giver ej andre min Ære.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Hør mig dog nu, o Jakob, Israel, du, som jeg kaldte: Mig er det, jeg er den første, også jeg er den sidste.
13 Mine hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Min Hånd har grundlagt Jorden, min højre udspændt Himlen; så såre jeg kalder på dem, møder de alle frem.
14 All you, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them has declared these things? The LORD has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Samler jer alle og hør: Hvem af dem forkyndte mon dette? Min Ven fuldbyrder min Vilje på Babel og Kaldæernes Æt.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Jeg, jeg har talet og kaldt ham, fik ham frem, hans Vej lod jeg lykkes.
16 Come all of you near unto me, hear all of you this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, has sent me.
Kom hid til mig og hør: Jeg taled ej fra først i Løndom, jeg var der, så snart det skete. Og nu har den Herre HERREN sendt mig med sin Ånd.
17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God which teaches you to profit, which leads you by the way that you should go.
Så siger HERREN, din Genløser, Israels Hellige: Jeg er HERREN, din Gud, som lærer dig, hvad der båder, leder dig ad Vejen, du skal gå.
18 O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Ak, lytted du til mine Bud! Da blev din Fred som Floden, din Retfærd som Havets Bølger,
19 Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
da blev dit Afkom som Sandet, din Livsfrugt talløs som Sandskorn; dit Navn skulde ej slettes ud og ej lægges øde for mit Åsyn.
20 Go all of you out of Babylon, flee all of you from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare all of you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say all of you, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.
Gå ud af Babel, fly fra Kaldæa, kundgør, forkynd det med jublende Røst, udspred det lige til Jordens Ende, sig: "HERREN har genløst Jakob, sin Tjener,
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
lod dem gå gennem Ørk, de tørstede ikke, lod Vand vælde frem af Klippen til dem, kløvede Klippen, så Vand strømmed ud."
22 There is no peace, says the LORD, unto the wicked.
De gudløse har ingen Fred, siger HERREN.
