Isaiah 56
1 Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.
Saa siger Herren: Holder over Ret og gører Retfærdighed; thi min Frelse er nær til at komme og min Retfærdighed til at aabenbares.
2 I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.
Saligt er det Menneske, som gør dette, og det Menneskes Barn, som holder fast derved, den, som holder Sabbat, at han ikke vanhelliger den, og som varer sin Haand, at den aldrig gør ondt.
3 And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
Og den fremmede, som har sluttet sig til Herren, sige ikke: Herren skal vist skille mig fra sit Folk; og Gildingen sige ikke: Se, jeg er et tørt Træ.
4 They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:
Thi saa siger Herren: De Gildinger, som ville holde mine Sabbater og udvælge det, som mig behager, og holde fast ved min Pagt:
5 I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.
Dem vil jeg give en Plads i mit Hus og inden mine Mure og et bedre Navn end Sønner og end Døtre; jeg vil give dem et evigt Navn, som ikke skal forgaa.
6 I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].
Og de fremmede, som have sluttet sig til Herren for at tjene ham og at elske Herrens Navn for at være hans Tjenere; hver af dem, som holder Sabbat, saa at han ikke vanhelliger den, men holder fast ved min Pagt:
7 I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
Dem vil jeg føre til mit hellige Bjerg, og glæde dem i mit Bedehus; deres Brændofre og deres Slagtofre skulle være mig en Velbehagelighed paa mit Alter; thi mit Hus skal kaldes et Bedehus for alle Folkeslag.
8 [I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”
Saa siger den Herre, Herre, som samler de fordrevne af Israel: Jeg vil endnu samle flere om ham til dem, som ere forsamlede om ham.
9 “You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!
Alle I Markens Dyr! kommer at æde, alle I Dyr i Skoven!
10 The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
Alle hans Vægtere ere blinde, de vide intet, de ere alle stumme Hunde, som ikke kunne gø, de ligge og drømme, de holde af Søvn.
11 [And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.
Og det er Hunde, som ere graadige, de kende ikke Mættelse, og det er Hyrder, som fattes Forstand; de have vendt sig hver sin Vej, hver til sin Vinding, den ene med den anden.
12 They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”
„Kommer, jeg vil tage Vin, og lader os drikke stærk Drik; og i Morgen skal det gaa som den Dag i Dag, stort og saare ypperligt!‟
