Isaiah 44:16
14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
15 It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Halvdelen av det brenner han opp med ild; med halvdelen av det tillager han det kjøtt han skal spise, han steker en stek og metter seg; han varmer seg også og sier: Å! Jeg er blitt varm, jeg kjenner ilden.
- OTB
- Halvparten av veden brenner han i ilden; over den tilbereder han sitt måltid, han steker kjøtt og spiser seg mett. Han varmer seg også og sier: "Åh! Jeg er varm; jeg ser ilden."
- B1930
- Halvdelen av det brenner han op med ild; med halvdelen av det tillager han det kjøtt han skal ete, han steker en stek og metter sig; han varmer sig også og sier: Å! Jeg er blitt varm, jeg kjenner ilden.
- BSB
- He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
- KJV
- He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- WEB
- He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
- ASV
- He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
- DARBY
- He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.
- BLB
- Half of it he burns in the fire, on half of it he eats meat; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; also, he warms [himself] and says, “Ah, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”