Esajas 24
1 Se, HERREN gør Jorden tom og øde og vender op og ned på dens Overflade, han spreder dens Beboere;
Some day, Yahweh is going to destroy everything on the earth. He will devastate it and cause it to become a desert and scatter its people.
2 det går Lægfolk som Præst, Træl som Herre, Trælkvinde som Frue, Køber som Sælger, Långiver som Låntager, Ågerkarl som Skyldner.
He will scatter everyone— priests and common people, servants and their masters, maids and their mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, people who owe money and people who are owed money.
3 Jorden tømmes og plyndres i Bund og Grund, thi HERREN har talet dette Ord.
Nothing that is worth anything will be left on earth; everything valuable will be destroyed. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.
4 Jorden blegner og segner, Jorderig sygner og segner, Jordens Højder sygner hen.
[Everything on] the earth will dry up and die [DOU]; its important people will become weak and unimportant.
5 Vanhellig blev Jorden under dem, som bor der, thi Lovene krænked de, overtrådte Budet, brød den evige Pagt.
The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws; they have rejected the agreement that he intended to last forever.
6 Derfor fortærer Forbandelse Jorden, og bøde må de, som bor der. Derfor svides Jordens Beboere bort, kun få af de dødelige levnes.
Therefore, [Yahweh] will curse the earth; the people who live on it must be punished because of the sins that they have committed. They will be destroyed by fire, and [only a] few people will remain [alive].
7 Druesaften sørger, Vinranken sygner alle de hjertensglade sukker;
The grapevines will wither, and there will be no [grapes to make] wine. All [the people] who were previously happy will then groan and mourn.
8 Håndpaukens Klang er endt, de jublendes Larm hørt op, endt er Citrens Klang.
People will no longer play cheerful songs with tambourines, people will no longer play joyfully on their harps, and people will no longer shout noisily [during their celebrations].
9 De drikker ej Vin under Sang, besk smager den stærke Drik.
People will no longer sing while they drink wine, and [all] their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
10 Den øde Stad ligger nedbrudt, stængt er hver Boligs Indgang.
[Towns and] cities will be desolate; every house will be locked to prevent thieves from entering.
11 Man jamrer over Vinen på Gaden, bort er al Glæde svundet; landflygtig er Landets Fryd.
[Mobs] will gather in the streets, wanting wine; no one on the earth will be happy [DOU] any more.
12 I Byen er Øde tilbage, og Porten er hugget i Splinter.
Cities will be ruined and [all] their gates will be battered/broken into pieces.
13 Thi på Jorden midt iblandt Folkene går det, som når Olietræets Frugt slås ned, som ved Efterslæt, når Vinen er høstet:
It will be like that all over the earth: [there will only be a few people still alive], like what happens when [workers] beat all the olives off a tree [and there are only a few left], [or] when they harvest the grapes and there are only a few left [on the vines].
14 Disse opløfter Røsten, jubler over HERRENs Storhed, råber fra Vesten:
But [those who are left alive] will sing joyfully; people [in nations] to the west [of Israel] will declare that Yahweh is very great;
15 "Derfor skal I ære HERREN i Østen, på Havets Strande HERRENs, Israels Guds, Navn!"
people in nations to the east [of Israel will also] praise Yahweh [MTY]; in countries across the sea, people will praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
16 Fra Jordens Grænse hører vi Lovsange: "Hil den retfærdige!" Men jeg siger: Jeg usle, jeg usle, ve mig, Ransmænd raner, Ransmænd raner Ran,
We will hear [people] in the most distant places on the earth singing praise to [Yahweh], the [truly] righteous one. But [now], I am [SYN] very sad. Weep for me, [because] I have become thin and weak. Terrible things are happening! Treacherous [people still] betray/deceive others everywhere [DOU].
17 Gru og Grav og Garn over dig, som bor på Jorden!
You people all over the earth, you will be terrified, and you will fall into deep pits and traps/snares.
18 Den, der flygter for Gru, skal falde i Grav, og den, der når op af Grav, skal fanges i Garn. Thi Sluserne oventil åbnes, og Jordens Grundvolde vakler.
Those who [try to] flee because they are terrified will fall into [deep] pits, and those who climb out of the pits will be caught by traps/snares. The sky will split open and torrents [SIM] [of rain will fall]; the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 Jorden smuldrer og smuldrer, Jorden gynger og gynger, Jorden skælver og skælver;
The earth will split apart and be shattered; it will shake violently.
20 Jorden raver og raver som drukken og svajer som Vogterens Hytte; tungt ligger dens Brøde på den, den segner og rejser sig ikke.
[It will be as though] the earth will stagger like [SIM] a drunk; it will shake like [SIM] a hut [shakes in a windstorm]. It will collapse and not [be able to] rise again, [because] the guilt of the people who rebel [against Yahweh] is very great.
21 På hin Dag hjemsøger HERREN Himlens Hær i Himlen og Jordens Konger på Jorden.
At that time, Yahweh will punish the [wicked] powerful beings in the skies and the wicked kings on the earth.
22 De slæbes i Fængsel som Fanger, holdes under Lås og Lukke og straffes lang Tid efter.
They will [all] be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon/pit. They will be shut/locked in that dungeon/pit, and later they will be punished.
23 Månen blues og Solen skæmmes, thi Hærskarers HERRE viser, han er Konge på Zions Bjerg, i Jerusalem; for hans Ældstes Øjne er Herlighed.
At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; [it will be as though] they are ashamed [in the presence of] Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously (on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem), in the presence of the leaders [of his people].
