Jesaja 18
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Svar till budbärarna från Nubien
18 Ve dig,
du land där vingar surrar,
du land bortom Nubiens strömmar,
2 (A) du som har sänt budbärare[a]
över havet,
i papyrusbåtar över vattnet.
Ge er av, ni snabba sändebud,
till det resliga folket
med glänsande hy,[b]
till det folk som är fruktat
vida omkring,
det starka och segerrika folket
i landet som delas av floder.
3 Alla ni världens invånare,
ni som bor på jorden,
se upp när man reser baner
på bergen,
lyssna när man blåser i basun!
4 För så har Herren sagt till mig:
"Stilla ska jag se ner
från min boning,
som glödande sol
från klar himmel,
som dagg från moln
under skördetidens hetta."
5 För innan skördetiden är inne,
när blomningen är över
och blomman blir
en mognande druva,
ska han skära av[c] rankorna
med vingårdskniv
och hugga bort grenarna.
6 Allt ska lämnas
åt rovfåglarna i bergen
och markens djur.
På dem ska rovfåglarna
tillbringa sommaren,
på dem ska markens alla djur
övervintra.
7 (B) På den tiden ska gåvor bäras fram
till Herren Sebaot
från det resliga folket[d]
med glänsande hy,
från det folk som är fruktat
vida omkring,
det starka och segerrika folket
i landet som delas av floder,
till platsen för Herren Sebaots namn,
Sions berg.
Footnotes
- 18:2 sänt budbärare Nubien tog vid denna tid över Egypten (19:2) och knöt kontakter både med Jerusalem och med stormakten Assyrien. Kung Sargons (722-705 f Kr) krönikor nämner nubiska budbärare och att man utlämnade Ashdods furste till honom (se 20:1 med not).
- 18:2 resliga folket med glänsande hy Även Herodotos noterar de östafrikanska folkens längd.
- 18:5 skära av Rankor som inte bar frukt skars normalt bort under sommaren (jfr Joh 15:2).
- 18:7 gåvor … från det resliga folket Jfr Ps 68:32, Apg 8:27.
Isaiah 18
King James Version
18 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
Isaiah 18
New King James Version
Proclamation Against Ethiopia
18 Woe (A)to the land shadowed with buzzing wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of [a]Ethiopia,
2 Which sends ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide.”
3 All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth:
(B)When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it;
And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.
4 For so the Lord said to me,
“I will take My rest,
And I will [b]look from My dwelling place
Like clear heat in sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away and cut down the branches.
6 They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey
And for the beasts of the earth;
The birds of prey will summer on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
7 In that time (C)a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts
[c]From a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts,
To Mount Zion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:1 Heb. Cush
- Isaiah 18:4 watch
- Isaiah 18:7 So with DSS, LXX, Vg.; MT omits From; Tg. To
Isaiah 18
English Standard Version
An Oracle Concerning Cush
18 Ah, land of (A)whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of (B)Cush,[a]
2 which (C)sends ambassadors by the sea,
in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
to a nation (D)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
a nation (E)mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide.
3 All you inhabitants of the world,
you who dwell on the earth,
when (F)a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
When a trumpet is blown, hear!
4 For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look (G)from my dwelling
like clear heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 (H)For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
6 (I)They shall all of them be left
to the birds of prey of the mountains
and to the beasts of the earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
7 (J)At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts
from a people (K)tall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide,
to (L)Mount Zion, the place of the (M)name of the Lord of hosts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:1 Probably Nubia
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