Isaiah 24

1 Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants.

Se, HERREN gør Jorden tom og øde og vender op og ned paa dens Overflade, han spreder dens Beboere;

2 And it hath been — as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.

det gaar Lægfolk som Præst, Træl som Herre, Trælkvinde som Frue, Køber som Sælger, Laangiver som Laantager, Aagerkarl som Skyldner.

3 Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:

Jorden tømmes og plyndres i Bund og Grund, thi HERREN har talet dette Ord.

4 Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.

Jorden blegner og segner, Jorderig sygner og segner, Jordens Højder sygner hen.

5 And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.

Vanhellig blev Jorden under dem, som bor der, thi Lovene krænked de, overtraadte Budet, brød den evige Pagt.

6 Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

Derfor fortærer Forbandelse Jorden, og bøde maa de, som bor der. Derfor svides Jordens Beboere bort, kun faa af de dødelige levnes.

7 Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

Druesaften sørger, Vinranken sygner alle de hjertensglade sukker;

8 Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.

Haandpaukens Klang er endt, de jublendes Larm hørt op, endt er Citrens Klang.

9 With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

De drikker ej Vin under Sang, besk smager den stærke Drik.

10 It was broken down — a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

Den øde Stad ligger nedbrudt, stængt er hver Boligs Indgang.

11 A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.

Man jamrer over Vinen paa Gaden, bort er al Glæde svundet; landflygtig er Landets Fryd.

12 Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.

I Byen er Øde tilbage, og Porten er hugget i Splinter.

13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,

Thi paa Jorden midt iblandt Folkene gaar det, som naar Olietræets Frugt slaas ned, som ved Efterslæt, naar Vinen er høstet:

14 They — they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.

Disse opløfter Røsten, jubler over HERRENS Storhed, raaber fra Vesten:

15 Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

»Derfor skal I ære HERREN i Østen, paa Havets Strande HERRENS, Israels Guds, Navn!«

16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, 'Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

Fra Jordens Grænse hører vi Lovsange: »Hil den retfærdige!« Men jeg siger: Jeg usle, jeg usle, ve mig, Ransmænd raner, Ransmænd raner Ran,

17 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

Gru og Grav og Garn over dig, som bor paa Jorden!

18 And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

Den, der flygter for Gru, skal falde i Grav, og den, der naar op af Grav, skal fanges i Garn. Thi Sluserne oventil aabnes, og Jordens Grundvolde vakler.

19 Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.

Jorden smuldrer og smuldrer, Jorden gynger og gynger, Jorden skælver og skælver;

20 Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.

Jorden raver og raver som drukken og svajer som Vogterens Hytte; tungt ligger dens Brøde paa den, den segner og rejser sig ikke.

21 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.

Paa hin Dag hjemsøger HERREN Himlens Hær i Himlen og Jordens Konger paa Jorden.

22 And they have been gathered — A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

De slæbes i Fængsel som Fanger, holdes under Laas og Lukke og straffes lang Tid efter.

23 And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders — honour!

Maanen blues og Solen skæmmes, thi Hærskarers HERRE viser, han er Konge paa Zions Bjerg, i Jerusalem; for hans Ældstes Øjne er Herlighed.