Jesaja 10
1 Ein Wehe denen, die verderbliche Gesetze machen! Ein Wehe jenen Schreibern, die Plackereien schreiben,
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 die von dem Rechtsweg die Geringen drängen und meines Volkes Arme ihres Rechts berauben! Die Witwen werden ihre Beute, und Waisen plündern sie.
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 Was wollt denn ihr am Tag der Strafe machen, wenn die Verheerung aus der Ferne kommt? Zu wem flieht ihr um Hilfe rufend? Wo laßt ihr eure Schätze?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 Wer sich dem Kerkermeister nicht ergibt, verfällt dem Henker. - Und dennoch konnte sich sein Zorn nicht legen; noch immer blieb sein Arm gereckt. -
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 Doch wehe dem Assyrer. Meines Zornes Stock! In seiner Hand ist meines Grimmes Rute.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Ich send ihn gegen ein unheilig Volk; ich biete gegen eine Nation ihn auf, mit der ich zürne, sie zu berauben, sie zu plündern, sie zu zertreten gleich dem Straßenkot.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Er aber meint's nicht so; dies hat er nicht im Sinn. Gesonnen ist er zu vertilgen, nicht wenige Völker auszurotten.
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 So sagt er ja: "Sind meine Obersten nicht alle Könige?
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 Erging's nicht Kalno so wie Karkemis? Nicht Hamat so wie Arpad? Samaria wie Damaskus?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 Wie meine Hand der Götter Königreiche traf, und ihrer Götzenbilder waren's mehr als die Jerusalems und die Samarias, -
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 da sollte ich, was ich Samaria und seinen Götzen angetan, nicht auch Jerusalem und seinen Götzen tun?"
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Hat nur der Herr sein ganzes Werk erst an dem Sionsberg und an Jerusalem vollzogen, - "so strafe ich kopfüber auch des Assurkönigs stolzen Sinn und unverhofft sein übermütiges Geschau".
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Er sagt: "Durch meinen starken Arm und meine Weisheit hab ich's ausgeführt; denn ich bin klug. Der Völker Grenzen habe ich verrückt und ihre Schätze ausgeplündert und die Bewohner fürchterlich geschwächt.
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 Und meine Hand griff in der Völker Reichtum wie in Nester. Wie man verlassene Eier sammelt, so habe ich die ganze Erde eingesteckt. Da gab's kein Flügelschlagen, kein Schnabelsperren und kein Zwitschern."
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 Rühmt sich die Axt denn vor dem Fäller, und protzt die Säge vor dem Säger? - Als ob ein Stab den schwänge, der ihn schwingt! Als höb ein Stock den auf, der nicht von Holz!
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 Der Herr, der Heeresscharen Herr, schickt Abzehrung deswegen seinen Starken, und seiner Pracht entbrannt ein Brand wie Feuerbrand.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 In Feuer wandelt sich das Licht von Israel, sein Heiliger in eine Flamme. Sie sengt und frißt an einem Tag sein Dorngebüsch und seine Disteln
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 und seines Waldes Pracht samt seinem Fruchtgefilde; die Seele samt dem Leib vernichtet er, wie wenn dahin ein Krankes siecht!
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 Der Bäume Rest in seinem Wald wird zählbar sein; ein Kind vermag sie aufzuschreiben.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 Was übrigbleibt von Israel und was von Jakobs Haus entrinnt, verläßt sich nimmermehr an jenem Tag auf einen Büttel. Aufrichtig baut es auf den Herrn, den Heiligen Israels.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Ein Rest kehrt um, der Jakobsrest zum starken Gott. -
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Wenn Israel, Dein Volk, wie Sand am Meere wäre, allein ein Rest davon bekehret sich. Ein Garaus, festbeschlossen, bricht mit gerechter Strenge ein.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Verheerung, wenn auch abgekürzt, verhängt der Herr, der Heeresscharen Herr, für alle Teile dieses Landes.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 "Trotzdem", so spricht der Heeresscharen Herr, "hab keine Furcht, mein Volk, das hier in Sion wohnt, vor dem Assyrer, der dich mit dem Stocke schlägt und seine Rute gegen dich erhebt nach Art Ägyptens!
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Denn nur noch eine kleine Weile, dann ist der Zorn vorüber und geht mein Grimm zu Ende."
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 Dann schwingt der Heeresscharen Herr die Peitsche über ihn zu Streichen, wie Midian sie am Rabenfelsen spürte; er streckt dann seine Rute aus, wie einstens übers Meer auf dem Ägypterwege. -
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 An jenem Tage schwindet seine Last von deinem Nacken, sein Joch von deinem Halse. Zunichte wird der Fremden Joch. -
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Er geht auf Ajat los und zieht durch Migron. Zu Michmas läßt er sein Gepäck. -
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Sie ziehen durch den Paß; zu Geba sind die Nachtquartiere. Da zittert Rama; Sauls Gibea flieht. -
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 Schrei laut auf, Gallims Tochter! Horch auf, Laisa! Gib weiter, Anatot, den Schrei!
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Madmena schwankt von dannen; Gebims Bewohner fliehen.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 In Nob steht er noch heute und macht dem Berg der Sionstochter eine Faust, dem Hügel von Jerusalem.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Doch seht! Der Herr, der Heeresscharen Herr, entästet schrecklich das Gezweige. Die hohen Wipfel werden abgeschlagen, und Ragendes fällt ab.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Er fällt des Waldes Dickicht mit der Axt; der Libanon stürzt hin mit Macht.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
