Jesaja 16 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 I, som er ledere blandt flygtningene i Sela,* send vædderlam gennem ørkenen til Jerusalem som en gave til Judas konge med følgende bøn:

2 „Vores opskræmte folk er ved Arnonflodens vadesteder som flaksende fugle og hjemløse fugleunger.

3 Hjælp os, giv os ly for vores fjender. Vær med til at skjule de flygtende, og udlever os ikke til vores fjender.

4 Tillad vores hjemløse flygtninge at bo iblandt jer, og skjul dem for fjenden.” Når undertrykkelsen og ødelæggelsen er forbi, når den fjende, som trampede på os, er forsvundet,

5 vil der komme en ny konge fra Davids slægt, en oprigtig og barmhjertig konge, som altid vil handle retfærdigt.

6 Moab var kendt for sin stolthed, sit store hovmod og tomme praleri.

7 Men nu jamrer Moabs befolkning, og mange jamrer over, hvad der er sket med dem. Fortvivlet sørger de over tabet af Kir-Haresets rosinkager,*

8 over Heshbons afsvedne vinmarker og Sibmas forladte vinstokke, hvis druer kunne få landenes herskere til at gå i gulvet.* Den vin var kendt helt ud til Jazer, langt ind i ørkenen og hinsides havet.

9 Derfor græder jeg, som Jazer græder over Sibmas vinmarker. Mine tårer flyder ved tanken om Heshbon og Elale, for deres frugthøst og afgrøder blev ødelagt under fjendens sejrsråb.

10 Glæden er borte, fryden forstummet. Høstfolkenes festlige sang høres ikke mere i vinmarkerne. Ingen træder druer i persekarrene. De muntre råb er ophørt.

11 Mit hjerte skælver af sorg over Moab, som strengene på den sørgmodige harpe. Min sorg over Kir-Heres er stor.

12 Moabs folk opsøger deres helligdomme og mødes på offerhøjene for at bønfalde deres afguder, men det nytter intet.

13 Det er, hvad Herren tidligere har sagt om Moab,

14 men nu tilføjer han: „Om nøjagtig tre år er Moabs storhedstid forbi, og kun en ganske lille rest bliver tilbage i landet.”

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King James Version

1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 For it shall be, that , as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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