Isaiah 32
1 Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king, and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly.
Sjå, med rettferd skal kongen råda, og hovdingarne skal styra etter rett,
2 Each [of them] will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind and a (refuge/place to be protected) from the storm. They will be like [SIM] streams of water in the desert, like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.
og kvar ein av deim skal vera som eit skyle for veret og ei livd mot sturtregn, som vatsbekkjer på ein turr stad, som skuggen av eit veldugt berg i eit uppturka land.
3 When that happens, [those leaders will enable] people who have not understood [MET] [God’s truth] to understand it, and [they will enable] those who have not paid attention to [MET] [God’s truth] to pay attention to it.
Då skal augo åt deim som ser ikkje vera blinde, og øyro åt deim som høyrer, skal vera grannhøyrde,
4 [Even] those who act very hastily will have good sense, and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.
hjarto åt dei tankelause skal evla skyna, og tunga åt dei stame skal hava lett for å tala klårt.
5 [At that time], people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be (admired/looked up to), and scoundrels will no longer be respected.
Dåren skal ein ikkje meir kalla gjæv, og den innfule skal ein ikkje kalla hugstor.
6 Foolish people say things that are foolish, and they plan to do evil things. Their behavior is disgraceful, and they say things about Yahweh that are false. They do not give food to those who are hungry, and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.
For dåren talar dårskap, og hjarta hans finn på vondt; han gjer vanheilag gjerd, og talar forvende ting um Herren, han let den hungrige svelta og let den tyrste vanta drikka.
7 Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people; they plan to do evil things; by telling lies [in court] they cause poor people to (have trouble/be convicted), even when what the poor [people] are requesting is fair/just.
Og våpni åt den innfule er vonde; han tenkjer ut meinråder, til å føra dei spaklyndte i ulukka med falske ord, og det når den fatige talar det som rett er.
8 But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things, and they do the honorable/good things that they plan to do.
Men gjævingen hev gjæve tankar, og han stend fast ved det som gjævt er.
9 You women [of Jerusalem] who think that you are very secure/safe and think that everything is going well, listen to [IDM] what I say!
De sorglause kvinnor, statt upp og høyr det eg segjer! De trygge døtter, vend øyra dykkar til min tale!
10 One year from now, you who now (are not worried about anything/think that everything is going well) will tremble, because there will be no grapes for you to harvest and no [other] crops to harvest.
Um år og dag skal de skjelva, de trygge! For det er ute med vinhausten, frukhausten kjem ikkje.
11 [So] tremble [now], you women who are not worried about anything! Take off your [fancy] clothes and put rough sackcloth around your waists.
Vert forfærde, de sorglause; skjelv, de trygge! Klæd dykk og næk dykk, og umgyrd dykkar lender!
12 Beat/Hit your breasts to show that you are grieving about [what will happen in] your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines,
Dei slær seg for bringa yver dei fagre marker, yver det fruktrike vintreet,
13 because [only] thorns and thistles will grow in your soil. Your houses where you had joyful parties and your city where you have been happy will be gone.
yver jordi åt mitt folk, der tornar og tistlar skyt upp, ja, yver alle gledehus, den morogalne byen.
14 The [king’s] palace will be empty; there will be no people in the city that [now] is very noisy. Wild donkeys will walk around and flocks of sheep will eat grass in the empty forts and watchtowers.
For borgi er tom, mugen i byen er burte. Haug og vakttårn hev vorte til holor for ævelege tider, til frygd for villasen, til beite for bølingar -
15 [It will be like that] until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven. [When that happens], the deserts will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fertile fields.
til dess åndi vert utrend yver oss frå det høge, og øydemarki vert til ein frukthage, og frukthagen vert rekna som skog.
16 People [PRS] will act/rule justly/fairly in those desert areas, and people will act/rule righteously in those fertile fields.
Og rett skal bu i øydemarki, og rettferd skal hava sin heim i frukthagen.
17 And the result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace, the land will be tranquil/quiet, and people will be secure/safe forever.
Og rettferds verk skal vera fred, og rettferds frukt ro og tryggleik til æveleg tid.
18 My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly, in places of rest.
Og folket mitt skal bu i freds bustad og i tryggleiks tjeld og på sorgfrie kvilestader.
19 [Even if a severe] hailstorm knocks down [the trees in] the forest, and [all the buildings in] the city are blown down,
Men det skal hagla når skogen fell, og djupt skal byen søkka ned.
20 Yahweh [will greatly] bless you; you will plant [seeds in fields] alongside the streams [and there will be abundant crops]. Your donkeys and cattle will easily find grass to eat.
Sæle er de som sår attved alle vatn, som let uksen og asnet vera på frifot!
