Esajas 34
1 Kom hid, I Folk, og hør, lån Øre, I Folkefærd! Jorden og dens Fylde høre, Jorderig og al dets Grøde!
Come near, ye nations, to hear, and attend, ye peoples; let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 Thi HERREN er vred på alle Folkene, harmfuld på al deres Hær; han slår dem med Band og giver dem hen til at slagtes;
For the LORD hath indignation against all the nations, and fury against all their host; He hath utterly destroyed them, He hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 henslængt ligger de dræbte, Stank stiger op fra Ligene, Bjergene flyder af Blodet;
Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their carcasses shall come up, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 al Himlens Hær opløses; som en Bog rulles Himlen sammen, og al dens Hær visner hen som Vinstokkens visnende Blad, som Figentræets visnende Frugt.
And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree.
5 Thi på Himlen kredser HERRENs Sværd, og se, det slår ned på Edom, det Folk, han har bandlyst til Dom.
For My sword hath drunk its fill in heaven; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of My ban, to judgment.
6 HERRENs Sværd er fuldt af Blod, det drypper af Fedt, af Fårs og Bukkes Blod, af Fedt fra Vædres Nyrer. Thi HERREN slagter Offer i Bozra har vældig Slagtning i Edom;
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 Urokser styrter med dem, Ungkvæg sammen med Tyre. Landet svælger i Blod, Jorden drypper af Fedt.
And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 Thi en Hævndag har HERREN til Rede, Zions Værge et Gengældsår.
For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.
9 Dets Bække forvandles til Tjære, dets Jord til Svovl, og Landet bliver til Tjære, der brænder ved Nat og ved Dag,
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 det slukkes aldrig; evigt stiger Røgen op, det er øde fra Slægt til Slægt, ingen skal færdes der.
It shall not be quenched night nor day, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste: none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11 Pelikan og Rørdrum arver det, Ugle og Ravn skal bo der. HERREN spænder Tomheds Snor og Ødelæggelses Blylod derover.
But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
12 Der skal Bukketrolde bo, dets ypperste bliver til intet, til Kongevalg kaldes ej der, det er ude med alle dets Fyrster.
As for her nobles, none shall be there to be called to the kingdom; and all her princes shall be nothing.
13 Dets Paladser gror til i Tom, dets Borge i Tidsel og Nælde, et Tilholdssted for Hyæner og Enemærke for Strudse.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches.
14 Der mødes Sjakal med Vildkat, og Bukketrolde holder Stævne; kun der skal Natteheksen raste og lægge sig der til Ro;
And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall repose there, and shall find her a place of rest.
15 der bygger Pilslangen Rede, lægger Æg og samler dem og ruger. Kun der skal Gribbene flokkes, ej savner den ene den anden.
There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 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 Ånd har samlet dem sammen;
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read; no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for My mouth it hath commanded, and the breath thereof it hath gathered them.
17 han kastede Loddet for dem, hans Hånd udskifted dem Land med Snoren; de tager det evigt i Eje, bor der fra Slægt til Slægt.
And He hath cast the lot for them, and His hand hath divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
