Isaiah 33
1 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
Usæl du tynar som ikkje sjølv hev vorte tynt, og du ransmann som ingen hev rana ifrå! Når du er ferdig med å tyna, skal du sjølv verta tynt; når du hev slutta med å rana, skal andre rana frå deg.
2 Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
Herre, ver oss nådig! Etter deg biar me; ver armen vår kvar morgon, ja vår frelsa i nauds tid!
3 Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
For torerøysti rømer folki; når du reiser deg, vert heidningarne spreidde.
4 [And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
Fengdi dykkar vert sanka, liksom skavaren sankar; liksom engsprettorne spring, spring dei etter det.
5 Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
Upphøgd er Herren, for han bur i det høge; han fyller Sion med rett og rettferd.
6 [When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
Trygge tider skal koma for deg, ein fullnad av frelsa, av visdom og kunnskap; otte for Herren skal vera skatten åt det.
7 [But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
Høyr kjemporne deira skrik der ute, fredsbodi græt sårt.
8 No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
Ålmannvegarne er aude, ferdafolk er der’kje meir - han hev brote pakti, vanvyrdt byarne, ikkje vyrdt noko menneskje.
9 The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
Landet folnar, visnar; Libanon stend skjemd, folnar burt; Saron er som den aude mark; og Basan og Karmel rister lauvet av seg.
10 Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
No vil eg standa upp, segjer Herren, no vil eg reisa meg, no vil eg gjera meg høg.
11 You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
De skal ganga umhender med strå og føda halm; dykkar frøsing er ein eld som skal øyda dykk.
12 [Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
Og folkeslag skal verta brende til kalk - avskoren klunger som vert uppbrend med eld.
13 You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
Høyr, de som er langt undan, kva eg hev gjort, og de som er nær, kjenn min styrke!
14 The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
Syndarar skjelv på Sion, skjelte hev teke dei vanheilage: «Kven kann bu ved ein øydande eld? Kven kann bu ved ævelege bål?»
15 Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
Den som ferdast i rettferd og talar det som rett er, som ikkje vyrder urettferdig vinning, som held sine hender frå å taka mutor, stappar øyro att og vil ikkje høyra blodråd, og som let augo att og vil ikkje sjå på vondt,
16 they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
han skal bu på høge stader, fjellborger er hans vern; brødet vert gjeve honom, vatnet tryt ikkje for honom.
17 You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
Augo dine skal skoda kongen i hans fagerdom, dei skal sjå eit vidsveimt land.
18 When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
Hjarta ditt skal minnast rædsla: «Kvar er han som skreiv upp? Kvar er han som vog pengarne? Kvar er han som talde tårni?»
19 Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
Det ville folket skal du ikkje meir sjå, folket med det vande målet som ein ikkje kann skyna, med den stamande tunga som ein ikkje kann tyda.
20 [At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
Sjå på Sion, byen for våre høgtidsstemnor! Augo dine skal i Jerusalem sjå ein trygg bustad, eit fjell som ikkje vert flutt; pålarne vert æveleg ikkje upprykte, og ikkje ei av snorerne vert sundslitne.
21 Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
Men der skal me hava ein veldug, Herren - i staden for breide åer og elvar; ingi rorskuta skal fara der, og ikkje noko veldugt langskip.
22 Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
For Herren er domaren vår, Herren er vår lovgjerar, Herren er kongen vår, han skal frelsa oss.
23 The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
Slakke heng togi dine, dei evlar ikkje stydja mastri, dei held ikkje seglet utspent - då vert herfang bytt i mengd, jamvel dei lame ranar ran.
24 And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
Og ingen ibuar skal segja: «Eg er sjuk.» Folket som bur der, hev fenge si misgjerd forlati.
