Esajas 7
1 Og det skete i de Dage da Akaz, Jotams Søn, Uzzijas Sønnesøn, var Konge i Juda, at Kong Rezin af Syrien og Remaljas Søn, kong Peka af Israel, drog op for at angribe Jerusalem, hvad de dog ikke var stærke nok til.
Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but were not able to overcome it.
2 Da det meldtes Davids Hus, at Syrerne havde lejret sig i Efraim, skjalv hans og hans Folks Hjerte, som Skovens Træer skælver for Vinden.
And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.
3 Så sagde HERREN til Esajas: "Med din Søn Sjearjasjub" skal du gå Akaz i Møde ved Enden af Øvredammens Vandledning ved Vejen til Blegepladsen
Then the Lord said to Isaiah, Go out now, you and Shear-jashub, your son, and you will come across Ahaz at the end of the stream flowing from the higher pool, in the highway of the washerman's field;
4 og sige til ham: Tag dig i Vare og hold dig i Ro! Frygt ikke og lad ikke dit Hjerte ængste sig for disse to rygende Brandstumper, for Rezins og Syriens og Remaljas Søns fnysende Vrede!
And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.
5 Fordi Syrien, Efraim og Remaljas Søn har lagt onde Råd op imod dig og siger:
Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,
6 Lad os drage op mod Juda og indjage det Skræk, lad os tilrive os det og gøre Tabeals Søn til Konge der!
Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:
7 derfor, så siger den Herre HERREN: Det skal ikke lykkes; det skal ikke ske!
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
8 Thi Syriens Hoved er Damaskus, og Damaskus's Hoved er Rezin, og om fem og tresindstyve År er Efraim knust og ikke længer et Folk.
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):
9 Og Efraims Hoved er Samaria, og Samarias Hoved er Remaljas Søn. Er I ikke troende, bliver I ikke boende."
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.
10 Fremdeles sagde HERREN til Akaz:
And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,
Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens. (Sheol h7585)
12 Men Akaz svarede: "Jeg kræver intet, jeg frister ikke HERREN."
But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
13 Da sagde Esajas: "Hør nu, Davids Hus! Er det eder ikke nok at trætte Mennesker, siden I også trætter min Gud?
And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?
14 Derfor vil Herren selv give eder et Tegn: Se, Jomfruen bliver frugtsommelig og føder en Søn, og hun kalder ham Immanuel".
For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
15 Surmælk og Vildhonning skal være hans Føde, ved den Tid han ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode;
Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
16 thi før Drengen ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode, skal Landet, for hvis to Konger du gruer, være folketomt.
For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.
17 Over dig, dit Folk og din Faders Hus vil Herren bringe Dage, hvis Lige ikke har været, siden Efraim rev sig løs fra Juda: Assyrerkongen!"
The Lord is about to send on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, such a time of trouble as there has not been from the days of the separating of Ephraim from Judah; even the coming of the king of Assyria.
18 På hin Dag skal HERREN fløjte ad Fluerne ved Udløbet af Ægyptens Strømme og ad Bierne i Assyrien;
And it will be in that day that the Lord will make a piping sound for the fly which is in the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.
19 og de skal komme og alle til Hobe kaste sig over Dalkløfter og Klipperevner, over hvert Tjørnekrat og hvert Vandingssted.
And they will come, covering all the waste valleys, and the holes of the rocks, and the thorns, and all the watering-places.
20 På hin Dag afrager Herren med en hinsides Floden lejet Ragekniv, Assyrerkongen, både Hovedhåret og Kroppens Hår; ja, selv Skægget skraber den af.
In that day will the Lord take away the hair of the head and of the feet, as well as the hair of the face, with a blade got for a price from the other side of the River; even with the king of Assyria.
21 På hin Dag kan en Mand holde sig en ung Ko og et Par Får;
And it will be in that day that a man will give food to a young cow and two sheep;
22 og på Grund af den megen Mælk, de giver, skal han spise Sur mælk; thi Surmælk og Vildhonning skal enhver, der er tilbage i Landet, spise.
And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.
23 På hin Dag skal det ske, at hvert et Sted, hvor der nu er tusind Vinstokke, tusind Sekel Sølv værd, skal blive til Torn og Tidsel;
And it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.
24 med Pil og Bue kommer man der, thi hele Landet skal blive til Torn og Tidsel;
Men will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be full of blackberries and thorns.
25 og alle de Bjerge, der nu dyrkes med Hakke, skal man holde sig fra af Frygt for Torn og Tidsel. Det bliver Overdrev for Okser og trædes ned af Får.
And they will send out the oxen and the sheep on all the hills which before were worked with the spade, ... fear of blackberries and thorns.
