Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
På den tiden skall Herren, med sitt hårda, stora och starka svärd, hemsöka Leviathan, som en raker orm är, och Leviathan, som en krokot orm är, och skall dräpa drakan i hafvena.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
På den tiden skall man sjunga om bästa vinsens vingård.
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
Jag Herren bevarar honom, och vattnar honom i tid, att man icke skall mista hans löf; jag skall bevara honom dag och natt.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
Gud är icke vred på mig. Ack! att jag strida måtte med tistel och törne, så ville jag till dem, och uppbränna dem alla tillsammans.
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
Han skall hålla mig vid magt, och skaffa mig frid; frid skall han ändå skaffa mig.
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
Det varder likväl ännu dertill kommandes, att Jacob skall rota sig, och Israel skall grönskas och blomstras, så att de skola uppfylla jordenes krets med frukt.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
Varder han dock icke slagen, såsom hans fiender slå honom, och varder icke dräpen, såsom hans fiender honom dräpa;
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Utan med mått dömer du dem, och låter dem lös, sedan du dem bedröfvat hafver, med ditt hårda väder, som är med östanväder.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Derföre skall derigenom Jacobs synd återvända; och det är nyttan deraf, att hans synd borttagen varder; då han gör alla altarens stenar, såsom sönderstötta stenar, till asko, att inga lundar eller beläte nu mer blifva.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Ty den faste staden måste ensam varda, de sköna hus bortkastad och öfvergifne blifva, såsom en öken; så att kalfvar skola der gå i bet, och vistas der, och afbita der qvistarna.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Hans qvistar skola brista sönder för torrhet, så att qvinnor skola komma och göra der eld med; ty det är ett oförståndigt folk; derföre varder ej heller förbarmandes sig öfver dem den dem gjort hafver, och den dem skapat hafver skall icke vara dem nådelig.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
På den tiden skall Herren kasta ifrå stranden af älfvene, allt intill Egypti älf; och I, Israels barn, skolen församlade varda, den ene efter den andra.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
På den tiden skall man blåsa med en stor basun, så skola komma de förtappade uti Assurs land, och de fördrefne uti Egypti land, och skola tillbedja Herran, på det helga berget i Jerusalem.
