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.
Si min Tjenare, jag uppehåller honom, och min utkorade, i hvilkom min själ väl behagar. Jag hafver gifvit honom min Anda; han skall låta komma rätt ibland Hedningarna.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Han skall icke skria eller ropa, och hans röst skall man icke höra på gatomen.
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.
En förbråkad rö skall han icke sönderbryta, och en rykande veka skall han icke utsläcka. Han skall lära hålla rätten i sanning.
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.”
Han skall icke vara knorrisk eller grufvelig, på det han skall sätta rätt på jordene; och öarna skola vänta efter hans lag.
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],
Så säger Herren Gud, som himmelen skapar och utsträcker, den som jordena gör med det deruppå växer; den som folkena, som deruppå är, gifver lif, och anda dem som gå deruppå:
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.
Jag Herren hafver kallat dig i rättfärdighet, och fattat dig vid handena, och bevarat dig, och hafver gifvit dig till ett förbund i folkena, Hedningomen till ett ljus;
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.
Att du skall öppna de blindas ögon, och föra fångarna utu fängelse, och de som sitta i mörkret utu fångahuset.
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.
Jag Herren, det är mitt Namn; och jag skall icke gifva mina äro enom androm, ej heller mitt lof afgudomen.
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.”
Si, hvad komma skall förkunnar jag framföreåt, och förkunnar ny ting; förr än det sker, låter jag eder det höra.
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!
Sjunger Herranom en ny viso, hans lof är intill verldenes ändar; de som i hafvet fara, och hvad deruti är; öarna, och de som der bo.
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!
Roper högt, I öken och städer deruti, samt med de byar der Kedar bor; sig fröjde de som bo på klippomen, och rope utaf bergshöjdene.
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Låter dem gifva Herranom ärona, och förkunna hans lof på öarna.
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.
Herren varder utdragandes såsom en rese; han skall uppväcka nit såsom en krigsman; han skall fröjda sig, och ett gny göra; han skall sinom fiendom öfverhändig blifva.
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.
Jag tiger väl till en tid, och är stilla och håller mig; men nu vill jag ropa såsom en barnföderska; jag skall föröda och uppsvälja dem alla.
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.
Jag skall föröda berg och högar, och borttorka allt deras gräs; och skall göra vattuströmmarna till öar, och uttorka sjöarna.
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.
Men de blinda vill jag leda på den vägen, som de icke veta; Jag vill föra dem på de stigar, som de icke känna; jag vill sätta mörkret för dem till ett ljus, och det oslätt är, till jemnhet; detta vill jag göra dem, och icke öfvergifva dem.
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Men de som förlåta sig på afgudar, och säga till gjuten beläte: I ären våre gudar; de skola tillbakavända, och till skam varda.
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!
Hörer, I döfve, och ser härtill, I blinde, att I mågen se.
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.
Ho är så blind som min tjenare? Och ho är så döf som mitt bådskap, den jag sänder? Ho är så blind som den fullkomlige, och så blind såsom Herrans tjenare?
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.”
Man predikar väl mycket, men de hållat intet; man säger dem nog, men de vilja icke hörat.
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
Likväl vill Herren dem godt, för sina rättfärdighets skull, och att han skall göra sin lag härlig och stor.
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.
Det är ett bedröfvadt och skinnadt folk; de äro allesammans besnärde uti kulor, och bortgömde i fångahus; de äro vordne till rof, och ingen hjelpare är; beskinnade, och ingen är, som säger: Få dem igen.
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Hvilken är ibland eder, som aktar härtill; märker, och hörer hvad härefter kommer.
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.
Ho hafver öfvergifvit Jacob till sköfvels, och Israel röfvarom? Hafver icke Herren gjort det, emot hvilkom vi syndat hafve? Och de ville icke vandra på hans vägar, och lydde icke hans lag.
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].
Derföre hafver han utskuddat öfver dem sina vredes grymhet, och en krigsmagt, och hafver upptändt dem allt omkring; men de aktade det intet. Han fängde uppå dem, men de lade det intet uppå hjertat.
