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.

Kom hid, I Folk, og hør, laan Øre, I Folkefærd! Jorden og dens Fylde høre, Jorderig og al dets 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 HERREN er vred paa alle Folkene, harmfuld paa al deres Hær; han slaar dem med Band og giver dem hen til 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.

henslængt ligger de dræbte, Stank stiger op fra Ligene, Bjergene flyder af Blodet;

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.

al Himlens Hær opløses; som en Bog rulles Himlen sammen, og al dens Hær visner hen som Vinstokkens visnende Blad, som Figentræets visnende Frugt.

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 paa Himlen kredser HERRENS Sværd, og se, det slaar ned paa Edom, det Folk, han har bandlyst til Dom.

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, det drypper af Fedt, af Faars og Bukkes Blod, af Fedt fra Vædres Nyrer. Thi HERREN slagter Offer i Bozra, har vældig Slagtning i Edom;

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.

Urokser styrter med dem, Ungkvæg sammen med Tyre. Landet svælger i Blod, Jorden drypper af Fedt.

8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Thi en Hævndag har HERREN til Rede, Zions Værge et Gengældsaar.

9 Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, And its land will become burning pitch.

Dets Bække forvandles til Tjære, dets Jord til Svovl, og Landet bliver til Tjære, der brænder ved Nat og ved Dag,

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 slukkes aldrig; evigt stiger Røgen op, det er øde fra Slægt til Slægt, ingen skal færdes der.

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.

Pelikan og Rørdrum arver det, Ugle og Ravn skal bo der. HERREN spænder Tomheds Snor og Ødelæggelses Blylod derover.

12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

Der skal Bukketrolde bo, dets ypperste bliver til intet, til Kongevalg kaldes ej der, det er ude med alle dets Fyrster.

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.

Dets Paladser gror til i Torn, dets Borge i Tidsel og Nælde, et Tilholdssted for Hyæner og Enemærke for Strudse.

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.

Der mødes Sjakal med Vildkat, og Bukketrolde holder Stævne; kun der skal Natteheksen raste og lægge sig der til Ro;

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.

der bygger Pilslangen Rede, lægger Æg og samler dem og ruger. Kun der skal Gribbene flokkes, ej savner den ene 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.

Se efter i HERRENS Bog og læs: Ej fattes en eneste af dem, ej savner den ene den anden. Thi HERRENS Mund, den bød, hans Aand har samlet dem sammen;

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.

han kastede Loddet for dem, hans Haand udskifted dem Land med Snoren; de tager det evigt i Eje, bor der fra Slægt til Slægt.