Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Usæle dei som gjev urettferdige lover, og som med all si skriving berre bokfører urett,
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
so dei kann trengja småfolk burt ifrå retten og rana frå armingarne i folket mitt det som deira er og gjera enkjor til sitt herfang og plundra farlause.
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
Kva vil de gjera på heimsøkjingsdagen, når undergangen kjem langt burtan ifrå? Kven vil de fly til etter hjelp, og kvar vil de gøyma skattarne dykkar?
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
Er det noko anna for enn å bøygja kne millom fangar eller å falla millom drepne? Med alt dette hev ikkje vreiden hans vendt seg, og endå retter han ut handi.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
Usæl Assur, mitt vreideris! Min harm er staven i handi hans.
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
Mot eit gudlaust folk sender eg honom, eg byd honom fara imot eit folk som eg er harm på, at han skal plundra og rana og trakka det ned som saur på gatorne.
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Men soleis meiner ikkje han, og hjarta hans tenkjer ikkje soleis. Nei, hans hug stend til å øyda og rydja ut folk i mengd.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Han segjer: «Er ikkje hovdingarne mine kongar alle i hop?
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
Hev det ikkje gjenge Kalno liksom Karkemis og Hamat liksom Arpad og Samaria liksom Damaskus?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Liksom mi hand hev nått kongeriki åt dei andre gudarne, endå gudebilæti var meir tallrike enn i Jerusalem og i Samaria,
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
skulde eg ikkje då magta å gjera det same med Jerusalem og gudebilæti der som eg hev gjort med Samaria og gudarne der?»
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Men når Herren hev fullført alt sitt verk på Sionsfjellet og i Jerusalem, skal eg heimsøkja assyrarkongen for hans hjartans ovmodsfrukt og for hans høglyfte, stolte augo.
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
For han segjer: «Med mi velduge hand hev eg gjort dette og med min visdom, for eg er gløgg. Eg flutte folkegrensorne, og rana eignaluterne deira, og i mitt velde støytte eg ned deim som sat i kongsstolarne,
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
og handi mi greip etter skattarne åt folki liksom fuglereir, og liksom dei samlar egg som fuglarne er flogne av, soleis samla eg saman alle land på jordi, det fanst ingen som rørde vengen eller opna nebben til minste pip.»
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
Skal då øksi briska seg imot honom som høgg med henne? eller sagi skrøyta mot den som sagar? Rett liksom kjeppen skulde svinga den som lyfter honom! eller staven honom som ikkje er av tre!
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
Difor skal Herren, Allhers-Herren, senda tærande sott i den feite kroppen hans, og under hans herlegdom skal ein eld loga upp som eit brennande bål.
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
Israels ljos skal verta ein eld, og den Heilage i Israel til ein loge, og dei skal brenna upp og øyda hans tornar og tistlar, alt på ein dag.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
Og han skal gjera ende på dei gilde skogarne og aldehagarne hans med rubb og stubb; han skal verta liksom ein sjukling som visnar burt.
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Dei tre som vert att i skogen hans, skal vera lett teljande, eit barn kann skriva deim upp.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
På den tid skal leivningen av Israel og det som er att av Jakobs hus ikkje lenger stydja seg til honom som slo deim, men trufast stydja seg til Herren, Israels Heilage.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Ein leivning skal venda um, ein leivning av Jakob, til Gud den velduge.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
For um so ditt folk, Israel, var som sanden ved havet, so skal berre ein leivning av det venda um. Undergang er fastsett, og fløymer fram med rettferd.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
For øyding og fastsett straffedom skal Herren, Allhers-Herren, lata koma yver all jordi.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
Difor segjer Herren, Allhers-Herren, so: Folket mitt, du som bur på Sion, ottast ikkje Assur, når han slær deg med ris og lyfter staven sin imot deg, soleis som dei gjorde i Egyptarland!
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
For um ei liti stund er harmen min slokna, og min vreide vender seg til deira undergang.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Og Herren, allhers drott, svingar svipa si yver honom, liksom då han slo Midjan ved Ramneberget; og staven hans er utrett yver havet, og han skal lyfta honom som i Egyptarland.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
PÅ den dag skal byrdi hans falla av herdarne dine og oket hans av halsen din, oket skal brotna for ditt aukande hold.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Han kjem mot Ajjat, fer framum Migron; han let etter seg trænet i Mikmas.
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
Dei fer yver skardet. «I Geba heldt me nattekvild!» Rama skjelv; Sauls Gibea flyr.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
Skrik høgt, du dotter Gallim! Lyd etter, Laisa! Arme Anatot!
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Madmena flyr, Gebim-buarne bergar sitt bu.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Endå same dagen stend han i Nob, han lyfter handi mot fjellet åt dotteri Sion, mot Jerusalems-haugen.
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Sjå, Herren, Allhers-Herren, høgg kruna av med gruveleg kraft; dei rake stomnar er felte; dei røslege tre ligg brotne i bakken.
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
Den tjukke skogen vert nedhoggen med øksi. Libanon fell for den herlege.
