Isaiah 35
1 [Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
Erämaa ja hietikko iloitsee, aromaa riemuitsee ja kukoistaa kuin lilja.
2 the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
Se kauniisti kukoistaa ja iloitsee ilolla ja riemulla. Sille annetaan Libanonin kunnia, Karmelin ja Saaronin ihanuus. He saavat nähdä Herran kunnian, meidän Jumalamme ihanuuden.
3 [So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
Vahvistakaa hervonneet kädet, voimistakaa horjuvat polvet.
4 Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
Sanokaa hätääntyneille sydämille: "Olkaa lujat, älkää peljätkö. Katso, teidän Jumalanne! Kosto tulee, Jumalan rangaistus. Hän tulee ja pelastaa teidät."
5 When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
Silloin avautuvat sokeain silmät ja kuurojen korvat aukenevat.
6 Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
Silloin rampa hyppii niinkuin peura ja mykän kieli riemuun ratkeaa; sillä vedet puhkeavat erämaahan ja aromaahan purot.
7 The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
Hehkuva hiekka tulee lammikoiksi ja kuiva maa vesilähteiksi. Aavikkosutten asunnossa, missä ne makasivat, kasvaa ruoho ynnä ruoko ja kaisla.
8 And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
Ja siellä on oleva valtatie, ja sen nimi on "pyhä tie": sitä ei kulje saastainen; se on heitä itseänsä varten. Joka sitä tietä kulkee, ei eksy-eivät hullutkaan.
9 There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
Ei ole siellä leijonaa, ei nouse sinne raateleva peto; ei sellaista siellä tavata: lunastetut sitä kulkevat.
10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
Niin Herran vapahdetut palajavat ja tulevat Siioniin riemuiten, päänsä päällä iankaikkinen ilo. Riemu ja ilo saavuttavat heidät, mutta murhe ja huokaus pakenevat.
