¹It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

¹Og 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.

²It was told the house of David, saying, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

²Da det meldtes Davids Hus, at Syrerne havde lejret sig i Efraim, skjalv hans og hans Folks Hjerte, som Skovens Træer skælver for Vinden.

³Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.

³Så sagde HERREN til Esajas: "Med din Søn Sjearjasjub" skal du gå Akaz i Møde ved Enden af Øvredammens Vandledning ved Vejen til Blegepladsen

⁴Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

⁴og 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!

⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,

⁵Fordi Syrien, Efraim og Remaljas Søn har lagt onde Råd op imod dig og siger:

⁶“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel.”

⁶Lad os drage op mod Juda og indjage det Skræk, lad os tilrive os det og gøre Tabeals Søn til Konge der!

⁷This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”

⁷derfor, så siger den Herre HERREN: Det skal ikke lykkes; det skal ikke ske!

⁸For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;

⁸Thi Syriens Hoved er Damaskus, og Damaskus's Hoved er Rezin, og om fem og tresindstyve År er Efraim knust og ikke længer et Folk.

⁹and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”

⁹Og Efraims Hoved er Samaria, og Samarias Hoved er Remaljas Søn. Er I ikke troende, bliver I ikke boende."

¹⁰Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

¹⁰Fremdeles sagde HERREN til Akaz:

¹¹“Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

¹¹"Kræv dig et Tegn af HERREN din Gud nede i Dødsriget eller oppe i Himmelen!"

¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

¹²Men Akaz svarede: "Jeg kræver intet, jeg frister ikke HERREN."

¹³He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

¹³Da sagde Esajas: "Hør nu, Davids Hus! Er det eder ikke nok at trætte Mennesker, siden I også trætter min Gud?

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. “Immanuel” means “God with us.”

¹⁴Derfor vil Herren selv give eder et Tegn: Se, Jomfruen bliver frugtsommelig og føder en Søn, og hun kalder ham Immanuel".

¹⁵He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

¹⁵Surmælk og Vildhonning skal være hans Føde, ved den Tid han ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode;

¹⁶For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

¹⁶thi før Drengen ved at vrage det onde og vælge det gode, skal Landet, for hvis to Konger du gruer, være folketomt.

¹⁷Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

¹⁷Over dig, dit Folk og din Faders Hus vil Herren bringe Dage, hvis Lige ikke har været, siden Efraim rev sig løs fra Juda: Assyrerkongen!"

¹⁸It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

¹⁸På hin Dag skal HERREN fløjte ad Fluerne ved Udløbet af Ægyptens Strømme og ad Bierne i Assyrien;

¹⁹They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.

¹⁹og de skal komme og alle til Hobe kaste sig over Dalkløfter og Klipperevner, over hvert Tjørnekrat og hvert Vandingssted.

²⁰In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

²⁰På hin Dag afrager Herren med en hinsides Floden lejet Ragekniv, Assyrerkongen, både Hovedhåret og Kroppens Hår; ja, selv Skægget skraber den af.

²¹It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

²¹På hin Dag kan en Mand holde sig en ung Ko og et Par Får;

²²and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.

²²og 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.

²³It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.

²³På 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;

²⁴People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.

²⁴med Pil og Bue kommer man der, thi hele Landet skal blive til Torn og Tidsel;

²⁵All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.”

²⁵og 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.