Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the hand of YHWH Has not been shortened from saving, Nor His ear heavy from hearing.
Se, for kort til at frelse er ej HERRENS Arm, Hans Øre er ikke for sløvt til at høre.
2 But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you—from hearing.
Eders Brøde er det, der skiller mellem eder og eders Gud, eders Synder skjuler hans Aasyn for jer, saa han ikke hører.
3 For your hands have been defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters perverseness.
Eders Hænder er jo sølet af Blod, eders Fingre sølet af Brøde; Læberne farer med Løgn, Tungen taler, hvad ondt er.
4 There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
Med Ret stævner ingen til Doms eller fører ærligt sin Sag. Man stoler paa tomt, taler falsk, man undfanger Kval, føder Uret.
5 They have hatched eggs of a viper, And weave webs of a spider, Whoever is eating their eggs dies, and the crushed hatches a viper.
Slangeæg ruger de ud, og Spindelvæv er, hvad de væver. Man dør, hvis man spiser et Æg, en Øgle kommer frem, hvis det knuses.
6 Their webs do not become a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
Deres Spind kan ej bruges til Klæder, ingen hyller sig i, hvad de laver; deres Værk er Ulykkesværk, og i deres Hænder er Vold;
7 Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
deres Fødder haster til ondt, til at udgyde skyldfrit Blod; deres Tanker er Ulykkestanker; hvor de færdes, er Vold og Vaade;
8 They have not known a way of peace, And there is no judgment in their paths, They have made their paths perverse for themselves, None treading in it has known peace.
de kender ej Fredens Veje, der er ingen Ret i deres Spor; de gør sig krogede Stier; Fred kender ingen, som træder dem.
9 Therefore judgment has been far from us, And righteousness does not reach us, We wait for light, and behold, darkness, For brightness—in thick darkness we go,
Derfor er Ret os fjern, og Retfærd naar os ikke; vi bier paa Lys — se, Mørke, paa Dagning, men vandrer i Mulm;
10 We feel [for] the wall like the blind, Indeed, we feel as without eyes, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
vi famler langs Væggen som blinde, famler, som savned vi Øjne, vi snubler ved Middag som i Skumring, er som døde i vor kraftigste Alder;
11 We make a noise as bears—all of us, And we coo severely as doves; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation—it has been far from us.
vi brummer alle som Bjørne, kurrer vemodigt som Duer; vi bier forgæves paa Ret, paa Frelse, den er os fjern.
12 For our transgressions have been multiplied before You, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities—we have known them.
Thi du ser, vore Synder er mange, vor Brøde vidner imod os; ja, vi har vore Synder for Øje, vi kender saavel vor Skyld:
13 Transgressing, and lying against YHWH, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
Vi faldt fra og fornægtede HERREN, veg langt bort fra vor Gud, vor Tale var Vold og Frafald, og vi fremførte Løgne fra Hjertet.
14 And judgment is removed backward, And righteousness stands far off, For truth has been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
Retten trænges tilbage, Retfærd staar i det fjerne, thi Sandhed snubler paa Gaden, Ærlighed har ingen Gænge;
15 And the truth is lacking, And whoever is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And YHWH sees, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
Sandhedens Plads staar tom, og skyr man det onde, flaas man. Og HERREN saa til med Harme, fordi der ikke var Ret;
16 And He sees that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm gives salvation to Him, And His righteousness—it sustained Him.
han saa, at der ingen var, og det undred ham, at ingen greb ind. Da kom hans Arm ham til Hjælp, hans Retfærd, den stod ham bi;
17 And He puts on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head, And He puts on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
han tog Retfærds Brynje paa, satte Frelsens Hjelm paa sit Hoved, tog Hævnens Kjortel paa og hylled sig i Nidkærheds Kappe.
18 According to deeds—so He repays. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the islands He repays [their] deed.
Han gengælder efter Fortjeneste, Vrede mod Uvenner, Gengæld mod Fjender, mod fjerne Strande gør han Gengæld,
19 And from the west they fear the Name of YHWH, And from the rising of the sun—His glory, When an adversary comes in as a flood, The Spirit of YHWH has raised an ensign against him.
saa HERRENS Navn frygtes i Vest, hans Herlighed, hvor Sol staar op. Thi han kommer som en indestængt Flom, der drives af HERRENS Aande.
20 “And the Redeemer has come to Zion, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob,” A declaration of YHWH.
En Genløser kommer fra Zion og fjerner Frafald i Jakob, lyder det fra HERREN.
21 “And I—this [is] My covenant with them,” said YHWH, “My Spirit that [is] on you, And My words that I have put in your mouth, Do not depart from your mouth, And from the mouth of your seed, And from the mouth of your seed’s seed,” said YHWH, “From now on, even for all time!”
Dette er min Pagt med dem, siger HERREN: Min Aand, som er over dig, og mine Ord, som jeg har lagt i din Mund, skal ikke vige fra din eller dit Afkoms eller dit Afkoms Afkoms Mund, siger HERREN, fra nu og til evig Tid.
