Isaiah 42
1 [Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
Sjå min tenar som eg styd, min utvalde som eg elskar! Honom gjev eg anden min, rett han førar ut til folki.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Ikkje mun han ropa, skrika, ei på gata bruka mælet.
3 He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
Brostne røyrstrå ei han bryt, sløkkjer ei den veik som gløder, trufast ber han retten ut.
4 He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
Ei han veiknar, ei han brotnar fyrr han rett på jord fær setja, øyer ventar på hans lov.
5 Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
Soleis talar Herren Gud, som hev himmeln skapt og utspent, jordi lagt med vokstrar på, gjeve folk på henne ande, andedrag åt deim der ferdast:
6 “I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
Eg, Herren, hev deg i rettferd kalla, eg tok deg i handi, eg varar deg og gjer deg til folkepakt og til ljos for heidningar,
7 You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
til å opna blinde augo, føra fangar ut or fengsel deim som sit i myrker, or fangehus.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
Eg er Herren, det er mitt namn, ingen annan fær mi æra, ikkje bilæti min pris.
9 Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
Sjå, dei fyrste ting er komne, og eg meldar nye ting; endå fyrr dei upp hev runne, eg forkynner dykker deim.
10 Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
Syng ny song for Herren, lova han til heimsens endar! Sjøfolk og du havsens myrja, øyland og dei folk der bur!
11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
Heidi syng med sine byar, hytteby der Kedar bur. Dei som bur på berget, jublar, ropar ned frå høgste nut.
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Dei skal gjeva Herren æra og hans pris til øyland bera.
13 [It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
Ut gjeng Herren som ei kjempa, eggjar harmen som ein stridsmann, herrop lyfter han og skrik, ter si magt mot sine motmenn.
14 [He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
Stilt eg heve tagt so lenge, mållaus hev eg halde meg. No eg styn som viv i barnsnaud, etter anden syp og pæsar.
15 I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
Berg og haug eg legg i øyde, svider av alt grønt på deim, elvar gjer eg um til øyer, sjøar let eg turkast upp.
16 [My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
Blinde ukjend veg eg fører, so dei fer ukjende stigar, myrkt gjer eg til ljost for deim, bakkeland til flate sletta. Dette er det eg vil gjera og slett ikkje lata vera.
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Vika lyt storleg skjemmast dei som lit på bilæt-gud, og til støypte bilæt segjer: «De er våre gudar.»
18 You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
Dauve, høyr! Blinde, upp med augo! Sjå!
19 No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
Kven er blind, um ei min tenar, dauv som sendebodet mitt? Kven er blind som venen min? Kven er blind som Herrens tenar?
20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
Mangt du såg, men gøymer ikkje, han fekk øyra upp, men høyrer ei.
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
For si rettferd skuld vil Herren gjera lovi stor og herleg.
22 But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
Men det er eit plundra folk, herja folk, alle bundne sit i hol og i fangehusi løynde. Herfang er dei, og hev ingen frelsar, ran, og ingen segjer: «Gjev det att!»
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Kven av dykk gjev gaum på dette, lyder på og høyrer sidan?
24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
Kven gav Jakob burt til ran og til ransmenn Israel utan Herren som me synda mot, som hans vegar dei ei fara vilde og ei høyra på hans lov?
25 Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
So rende han yver deim sin heite harm og ein veldug krig. Det ikring deim loga, men dei skyna inkje, brende deim, men dei la ikkje det på hjarta.
