Esajas 59
1 Se, for kort til at frelse er ej HERRENs Arm, Hans Øre er ikke for sløvt til at høre.
Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
2 Eders Brøde er det, der skiller mellem eder og eders Gud, eders Synder skjuler hans Åsyn for jer, så han ikke hører.
But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
3 Eders Hænder er jo sølet at Blod, eders Fingre sølet af Brøde; Læberne farer med Løgn, Tungen taler, hvad ondt er.
For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
4 Med Ret stævner ingen til Doms eller fører ærligt sin Sag. Man stoler på tomt, taler falsk, man undfanger Kval, føder Uret.
There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
5 Slangeæg ruger de ud, og Spindelvæv er, hvad de væver. Man dør, hvis man spiser et Æg, en Øgle kommer frem, hvis det knuses.
They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
6 Deres Spind kan ej bruges til Klæder, ingen hyller sig i, hvad de laver; deres Værk er Ulykkesværk, og i deres Hænder er Vold;
Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
7 deres Fødder haster til ondt, til at udgyde skyldfrit Blod; deres Tanker er Ulykkestanker; hvor de færdes, er Vold og Våde;
Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
8 de kender ej Fredens Veje, der er ingen Ret i deres Spor; de gør sig krogede Stier; Fred kender ingen, som træder dem.
They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
9 Derfor er Ret os fjern, og Retfærd når os ikke; vi bier på Lys se, Mørke, på Dagning, men vandrer i Mulm;
Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
10 vi famler langs Væggen som blinde, famler, som savnede vi Øjne, vi snubler ved Middag som i Skumring, er som døde i vor kraftigste Alder;
We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
11 vi brummer alle som Bjørne, kurrer vemodigt som Duer; vi bier forgæves på Ret, på Frelse, den er os fjern.
We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
12 Thi du ser; vore Synder er mange, vor Brøde vidner imod os: ja, vi har vore Synder for Øje, vi kender såvel vor Skyld:
For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
13 Vi faldt fra og fornægtede HERREN, veg langt bort fra vor Gud, vor Tale var Vold og Frafald, og vi fremførte Løgne fra Hjertet.
sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
14 Retten trænges tilbage, Retfærd står i det fjerne, thi Sandhed snubler på Gaden, Ærlighed har ingen Gænge;
And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
15 Sandhedens Plads står tom, og skyr man det onde, flås man. Og HERREN så til med Harme, fordi der ikke var Ret;
And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
16 han så, at der ingen var, og det undrede ham, at ingen greb ind. Da kom hans Arm ham til Hjælp, hans Retfærd, den stod ham bi;
And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
17 han tog Retfærds Brynje på, satte Frelsens Hjelm på sit Hoved, tog Hævnens Kjortel på og hylled sig i Nidkærheds Kappe.
He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
18 Han gengælder efter Fortjeneste, Vrede mod Uvenner, Gengæld mod Fjender, mod fjerne Strande gør han Gengæld,
This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
19 så HERRENs Navn frygtes i Vest, hans Herlighed, hvor Sol står op. Thi han kommer som en indestængt Flom, der drives af HERRENs Ånde.
And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
20 En Genløser kommer fra Zion og fjerner Frafald i Jakob, lyder det fra HERREN.
And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
21 Dette er min Pagt med dem, siger HERREN: Min Ånd, 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.
This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
