Isaiah 34
1 Come near, you nations, to hear, And you peoples, give attention, The earth and its fullness hear, The world, and all its productions.
Kommer nær, I Hedninger! for at høre, og I Folk! giver Agt; Jorden høre det, og dens Fylde, Jorderige og al dens Grøde!
2 For to YHWH [is] wrath against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He has devoted them to destruction, He has given them to slaughter.
Thi Herrens Vrede er over alle Hedningerne og hans Fortørnelse over al deres Hær; han har sat dem i Band, giver dem hen at slagtes.
3 And their wounded are cast out, And their carcasses cause their stench to ascend, And mountains have been melted from their blood.
Og deres ihjelslagne skulle henkastes, og Stanken af deres døde Kroppe skal stige op, og Bjergene skulle flyde af deres Blod.
4 And all the host of the heavens have been consumed, And the heavens have been rolled together as a scroll, And all their hosts fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig tree.
Og Himmelens Hær skal svinde hen, og Himlene skulle rulles sammen som en Bog; og al deres Hær skal visne som et vissent Blad af et Vintræ og ligesom vissent Løv af et Figentræ.
5 For My sword was soaked in the heavens, Behold, it comes down on Edom, On the people of My curse for judgment.
Thi mit Sværd er vædet i Himlene; se, til Dom skal det fare ned over Edom og over det Folk, som jeg har sat i Band.
6 A sword [is] to YHWH—it has been full of blood, It has been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and male goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For to YHWH [is] a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Herrens Sværd er fuldt af Blod, er mættet af Fedme, af Lams og Bukkes Blod, af Vædres Nyrers Fedme; thi Herren har Slagtoffer i Bozra og en stor Slagtning i Edoms Land.
7 And reems have come down with them, And bullocks with bulls, And their land has been soaked from blood, And their dust is made fat from fatness.
Og Bøfler fældes tillige med dem, og Ungkvæg tillige med Tyre; og deres Land skal blive vædet af Blod og deres Jordbund mættes med Fedme.
8 (For a day of vengeance [is] to YHWH, A year of recompenses for Zion’s strife),
Thi det er Herrens Hævns Dag, Gengældelsens Aar for Zions Retssag.
9 And her streams have been turned to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land has become burning pitch.
Og dets Bække skulle forvandles til Beg og dets Jordbund til Svovl, og dets Land skal blive til brændende Beg.
10 She is not quenched by night and by day, Her smoke goes up for all time, She is desolate from generation to generation, Forever and ever, none is passing into her.
Det skal ikke slukkes Dag eller Nat, Røgen deraf skal stige op evindelig; det skal være øde fra Slægt til Slægt, fra Evighed til Evighed skal ingen gaa igennem det.
11 And pelican and hedgehog possess her, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He has stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
Men Rørdrum og Pindsvin skulle eje det, og Hornuglen og Ravnen skulle bo i det; thi han skal udstrække Maalesnoren over det, at det bliver øde, og veje det ud, at det skal blive Ørk.
12 They call her nobles [to] the kingdom, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.
Af dets ædle er der ingen, man kan kalde til Konge; og alle dets Fyrster skulle blive til intet.
13 And thorns have gone up her palaces, Nettle and bramble [are] in her fortresses, And it has been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.
Og der skal opvokse Tjørn; paa dets Paladser, Nælder og Tidsler i dets Befæstninger; og det skal være Dragers Bolig, Strudsungers Gaard.
14 And desert-dwellers have met with howlers, And the goat calls for its companion, Surely the night-owl has rested there, And has found a place of rest for herself.
Og Ørkens Vildt og Ulve skulle møde hverandre, og den ene Skovtrold skal raabe til den anden, kun Vætter skulle slaa sig til Ro der og finde Hvile for sig.
15 The owl has made her nest there, Indeed, she lays, and has hatched, And has gathered under her shadow, Surely vultures have been gathered there, Each with its companion.
Pilslangen skal bygge Rede der og lægge Æg og udklække Unger og samle dem under sin Skygge; kun Glenter flokkes der, den ene hos den anden.
16 Seek out of the scroll of YHWH, and read, One of these has not been lacking, None has missed its companion, For My mouth—it has commanded, And His Spirit—He has gathered them.
Søger i Herrens Bog og læser, der fattes ikke een af disse Ting, det ene savner ikke det andet; thi hans Mund har budet det, og hans Aand har sanket dem.
17 And He has cast a lot for them, And His hand has apportioned [it] to them by line, They possess it for all time, They dwell in it from generation to generation!
Og han har kastet Lod for dem, og hans Haand har delt det ud iblandt dem ved Maalesnoren; de skulle eje det evindelig, fra Slægt til Slægt skulle de bo deri.
