Isaiah 34
1 Come near, you nations, to hear. Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.
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 the LORD is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for 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 Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in 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 heaven will rot away, and the heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. And all their host will wither, as a leaf withering from the vine, and as leaves withering from the 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 has drunk its fill in the sky. Look, it will come down on Edom, and 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 The LORD's sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the LORD has 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 The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be soaked with blood, and their dust made greasy with fat.
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 the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Thi det er Herrens Hævns Dag, Gengældelsens Aar for Zions Retssag.
9 Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.
Og dets Bække skulle forvandles til Beg og dets Jordbund til Svovl, og dets Land skal blive til brændende Beg.
10 It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.
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 But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line 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 shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
Af dets ædle er der ingen, man kan kalde til Konge; og alle dets Fyrster skulle blive til intet.
13 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
Og der skal opvokse Tjørn; paa dets Paladser, Nælder og Tidsler i dets Befæstninger; og det skal være Dragers Bolig, Strudsungers Gaard.
14 And the wildcats will meet with the hyenas, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. There too, nocturnal animals shall settle, and shall find themselves a place of rest.
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 will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the vultures will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
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 Search in the scroll of the LORD, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit 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 He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
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.
