Isaiah 19
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when [I appear], and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid [IDM].
Framsegn um Egyptarland. Sjå, Herren fer fram på lette sky og kjem til Egyptarland. Då skjelv avgudarne i Egyptarland for honom, og hjarta åt egyptarane brånar i brjostet deira.
2 I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.
Og eg vil eggja upp egyptar mot egyptar, so bror skal strida mot bror, og ven mot ven, by mot by og rike mot rike.
3 The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.
Og vitet åt egyptarane skal kverva or hjarta deira, og eg vil gjera deira råd til inkjes; dei skal fretta ut avgudarne og trollmennerne sine, og deim som manar fram draugar og spåvette.
4 Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king [DOU].” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
Men eg skal gjeva egyptarane i handi på ein hard herre, og ein illrådig konge skal rikja yver deim, segjer Herren, Allhers-Herren.
5 [Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].
Og vatnet i sjøen skal kverva, og elvi grunnast og turkast ut.
6 The branches of the river will all dry up [DOU] The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and (bulrushes/tall grass).
Elvarne skal tevja, kanalarne minka og turkast ut, røyr og sev visna.
7 All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.
Engjarne frammed Nilen på åbakken og alt åkerland langs åi skal turkast upp, øydast og kverva.
8 The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad [because there will be no fish in the river].
Fiskarane klagar, og alle dei som kastar krok i Nilen syrgjer, og dei som set ut garn i vatnet, stend handfalne av sut.
9 Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.
Dei som yrkjer med hekla lin, vert til skammar, og dei som vev fint kvitt ty.
10 They will all despair and be very discouraged.
Landsens grunnpilarar er nedbrotne, og lønnsarbeidarane gripne av otte.
11 The officials in Zoan [city in northern Egypt] are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?
Hovdingarne i Soan er som fåmar; dei visaste millom rådsmennerne åt Farao gjev berre fåvise råd. Korleis kann de då segja til Farao: «Eg er ein son åt vismenner, ein son åt kongarne frå gamle dagar?»
12 King, (where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!) [RHQ] If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt [SAR]!
Ja, kvar er då vismennerne dine, at dei kann vitra deg um og skyna kva Herren, allhers drott, hev etla seg til å gjera med Egyptarland?
13 [Yes], the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis [city in northern Egypt] have deceived themselves. [All] leaders of the people have (caused their people to do wrong things/led their people astray).
Nei, hovdingarne i Soan hev vorte dårar, fyrstarne i Nof hev vorte til narr, dei som var hyrnesteinar for ætterne i Egyptarland, hev ført det på villstig.
14 Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, [it is as though the people of] Egypt stagger like [SIM] a drunken person staggers [and slips] in his own vomit.
Herren hev gjeve deim ei svimrings-ånd, so at dei hev ført Egyptarland vilt i alle tiltak, liksom ein drukken mann ragar um i spyet sitt.
15 There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].
Egyptarland skal ikkje hava framgang med noko av sine tiltak, anten det so er hovud eller hale, palmegrein eller sev som tek seg det fyre.
16 At that time, the people of Egypt will be [as helpless] as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified [because they know that] the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, [ready to strike/punish them].
På den tidi skal Egyptarland vera som kvinnor; det skal bivra og ræddast for den lyfte handi åt Herren, allhers drott, som han lyftar imot det.
17 The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because [that will remind them] of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them.
Og Judalandet vert ei rædsla for egyptarane; so ofte nokon nemner det for deim, skal dei skjelva for den rådgjerd Herren, allhers drott, hev tek imot deim.
18 At that time, [people in] five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will [learn to] speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘City of the Sun’.
På den dagen skal det vera fem byar i Egyptarland som talar Kana’ans tungemål og sver ved Herren, allhers drott, ein av deim skal heita Ir-Haheres.
19 At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a (pillar/large rock) to honor Yahweh at the border [between Egypt and Israel].
På den dagen skal det vera eit altar for Herren midt i Egyptarlandet, og ein merkestein for Herren ved landskilet.
20 That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are (oppressing them/causing them to suffer), he will send to them someone who will defend and rescue them.
Det skal vera til merke og til vitnemål i Egyptarlandet um Herren, allhers drott; når dei ropar til Herren um hjelp mot trælkarar, skal han senda deim ein frelsar og verjar og løysa deim ut.
21 Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise.
Og Herren skal gjera seg kjend for Egyptarland, og egyptarane skal kjenna Herren på den dagen, og dei skal tena honom med slagtoffer og grjonoffer, og gjera lovnader til Herren og halda deim.
22 After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him [for help], and he will cause their troubles to cease.
So skal då Herren skal slå Egyptarland, slå, men og lækja; og når dei vender um til Herren, skal han bønhøyra deim og lækja deim.
23 At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. [As a result], the people of Egypt will [be able to] travel [easily] to Assyria, and the people of Assyria [will be able to travel easily] to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship [Yahweh].
På den dagen skal det vera ein brøytt veg frå Egyptarland til Assyria, og assyrarane skal koma til Egyptarland og egyptarane til Assyria, og egyptarane skal tena Herren saman med assyrarane.
24 And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be [friendly to] each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.
På den dagen skal Israel vera tridjemann i sambandet med Egyptarland og Assyria, ei velsigning midt på jordi,
25 The Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “[You people of] Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.”
for di Herren, allhers drott, signar deim og segjer: Signa vere du Egypt, mitt folk, og du Assyria, verket av mine hender, og du Israel, min arv.
