Isaiah 24
1 Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered its inhabitants.
Se, HERREN gør Jorden tom og øde og vender op og ned på dens Overflade, han spreder dens Beboere;
2 And it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
det går Lægfolk som Præst, Træl som Herre, Trælkvinde som Frue, Køber som Sælger, Långiver som Låntager, Ågerkarl som Skyldner.
3 The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH has spoken this word:
Jorden tømmes og plyndres i Bund og Grund, thi HERREN har talet dette Ord.
4 The earth has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
Jorden blegner og segner, Jorderig sygner og segner, Jordens Højder sygner hen.
5 And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual covenant.
Vanhellig blev Jorden under dem, som bor der, thi Lovene krænked de, overtrådte Budet, brød den evige Pagt.
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been left.
Derfor fortærer Forbandelse Jorden, og bøde må de, som bor der. Derfor svides Jordens Beboere bort, kun få af de dødelige levnes.
7 The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
Druesaften sørger, Vinranken sygner alle de hjertensglade sukker;
8 The joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
Håndpaukens Klang er endt, de jublendes Larm hørt op, endt er Citrens Klang.
9 They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
De drikker ej Vin under Sang, besk smager den stærke Drik.
10 It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
Den øde Stad ligger nedbrudt, stængt er hver Boligs Indgang.
11 In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
Man jamrer over Vinen på Gaden, bort er al Glæde svundet; landflygtig er Landets Fryd.
12 Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
I Byen er Øde tilbage, og Porten er hugget i Splinter.
13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
Thi på Jorden midt iblandt Folkene går det, som når Olietræets Frugt slås ned, som ved Efterslæt, når Vinen er høstet:
14 They lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
Disse opløfter Røsten, jubler over HERRENs Storhed, råber fra Vesten:
15 Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
"Derfor skal I ære HERREN i Østen, på Havets Strande HERRENs, Israels Guds, Navn!"
16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
Fra Jordens Grænse hører vi Lovsange: "Hil den retfærdige!" Men jeg siger: Jeg usle, jeg usle, ve mig, Ransmænd raner, Ransmænd raner Ran,
17 Fear, and a snare, and a trap, [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Gru og Grav og Garn over dig, som bor på Jorden!
18 And it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
Den, der flygter for Gru, skal falde i Grav, og den, der når op af Grav, skal fanges i Garn. Thi Sluserne oventil åbnes, og Jordens Grundvolde vakler.
19 The earth has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
Jorden smuldrer og smuldrer, Jorden gynger og gynger, Jorden skælver og skælver;
20 The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
Jorden raver og raver som drukken og svajer som Vogterens Hytte; tungt ligger dens Brøde på den, den segner og rejser sig ikke.
21 And it has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
På hin Dag hjemsøger HERREN Himlens Hær i Himlen og Jordens Konger på Jorden.
22 And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
De slæbes i Fængsel som Fanger, holdes under Lås og Lukke og straffes lang Tid efter.
23 And the moon has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
Månen blues og Solen skæmmes, thi Hærskarers HERRE viser, han er Konge på Zions Bjerg, i Jerusalem; for hans Ældstes Øjne er Herlighed.
