Jesaja 18
Icelandic Bible
18 Vei landi vængjaþytsins, hinumegin Blálands fljóta,
2 er gjörir út sendimenn yfir hafið og í reyrbátum yfir vötnin. Farið, þér hröðu sendiboðar, til hinna hávöxnu og gljáandi þjóðar, til lýðsins, sem hræðilegur var þegar frá upphafi vega sinna, til hinnar afar sterku þjóðar, sem allt treður undir fótum sér, um hverrar land fljótin renna:
3 Allir þér, sem heimskringluna byggið og á jörðu búið, skuluð sjá, þegar merkið er reist á fjöllunum, og hlusta, þegar blásið er í lúðurinn.
4 Því að svo hefir Drottinn sagt við mig: Ég vil halda kyrru fyrir og horfa á frá bústað mínum, meðan loftið er glóandi í sólskininu, meðan döggin er mikil í breiskjuhita kornskurðartímans.
5 Áður en uppskeran kemur, þegar blómgunin er á enda og blómið verður að fullvöxnu vínberi, heggur hann vínviðargreinarnar af með sniðlinum, og frjóangana stýfir hann, sníður þá af.
6 Allir saman skulu þeir gefnir verða ránfuglum fjallanna og dýrum jarðarinnar. Ránfuglarnir skulu sitja á þeim sumarlangt og öll dýr jarðarinnar halda sig þar þegar vetrar.
7 Á þeim tíma skulu gjafir verða færðar Drottni allsherjar frá hinum hávaxna og gljáandi lýð, frá lýðnum, sem hræðilegur var þegar frá upphafi vega sinna, frá hinni afar sterku þjóð, sem allt treður undir fótum sér, um hverrar land fljótin renna, _ til þess staðar, þar sem nafn Drottins hersveitanna er, til Síonfjalls.
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
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
by Icelandic Bible Society
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