Isaiah 47
1 [Yahweh also says], “You people of Babylon, you should go and sit in the dust/dirt [to show that you are mourning], because your time to rule [MTY] [other countries] is almost ended. People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful [like] a very attractive/beautiful young woman.
Stig ned og set deg i moldi, du møy Babel-dotter! Set deg på jordi utan kongsstol, du kaldæar-dotter! For ei skal du lenger kallast den kløkke og kjælne.
2 [You will be slaves, so] take heavy stones and grind grain [like slave women do]. Take off your [beautiful] veils and take off your robes [as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go].
Tak handkverni og mal mjøl, legg sløret burt! lyft slæpet upp, næk leggen, vad yver elvar!
3 You will be naked and [very] ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.”
Lat skammi di syna seg, lat deim sjå di skjemsla! Hemn tek eg og sparer ikkje eit menneskje.
4 The one who frees us [people of Judah], whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, is the Holy One of Israel.
Vår utløysar, Allhers-Herren han heiter, Israels Heilage.
5 [Yahweh says], “You people of Babylon, sit silently in the darkness, because people will never again say that your city is [like] [MET] a queen that rules many kingdoms.
Set deg stilt og gøym deg i myrkret, du kaldæar-dotter! For ei skal du lenger kallast dronning yver riki.
6 I was angry with the people whom I chose [to belong to me], and I punished them. I allowed you [people of Babylon] to conquer them. But [when you conquered them], you did not have mercy on them. You (oppressed/treated cruelly) [MET] even the old people.
Eg var harm på mitt folk, vanhelga min arvlut og gav deim i dine hender. Men du viste ikkje medynk. Jamvel på gamlingar la du ditt tunge ok.
7 You said, ‘We will rule [other nations] forever; [it is as though our city] will be the queen [of the world] forever!’ But you did not think about the things [that you were doing], or think about what would result.
Du sagde: «Eg skal alltid vera Æve-dronning, » du la ikkje det på hjarta, tenkte ikkje på endelykti.
8 You people [of Babylon] who enjoy pleasure and sex, listen to this: You enjoy a luxurious life and you feel secure. You say, ‘We are [like gods], and there are no others like us. Our women will never become widows, and our children will never be killed [in wars].’
So høyr no det, du kjælne, som trunar so trygt, du som segjer i ditt hjarta: «Eg og ingen annan! Eg skal ikkje sitja enkja, og aldri sjå meg barnlaus!»
9 But both of those things will happen to you suddenly: Many of your women will become widows and many of your children will die, even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic [to prevent bad things from happening to you].
Båe desse ulukkor skal brått koma yver deg på ein einaste dag, barnløysa og enkjestand kjem på deg i fullaste mål, tråss i dine mange trollingar og dine sterke bannlysingar.
10 You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things, and you said, ‘No one will see what we [are doing]!’ [You thought that] you were very wise and knew many things, and you said, ‘We are gods, and there are no others like us,’ but you deceived yourselves.
Du var trygg i vondskapen din og sa: «Det er ingen som ser meg!» Visdomen din og vitskapen din hev dåra deg, so du sa i ditt hjarta: «Eg og ingen annan!»
11 So you will experience terrible things, and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic. You will experience disasters, and you will not be able to pay anyone to prevent those things from happening. (A catastrophe/Something terrible) will happen to you suddenly, something that you will not realize [is about to happen].
So skal det då vondt koma yver deg, som du veit’kje å venda av, ei ulukka skal falla yver deg, som du ikkje kann sona burt, og brått skal det koma yver deg tjon når du ikkje varast.
12 So you can continue to perform all your magic spells [IRO]! You can perform the many kinds of sorcery that you have practiced for many years! Perhaps [doing those things will enable you to] be successful; perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you!
Kom no med dine bannlysingar, dine mange trollingar, som du hev stræva med ifrå ungdomen! Kanskje kunde du finna hjelp, kanskje skræma ulukka burt.
13 But [all that has resulted from your] doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired! The men who look at the stars every month and predict what will happen should come forward and rescue you [from the disasters that you are about to experience].
Du hev trøytta deg med dine mange råder, lat deim so møta, lat dei himmelkunnige hjelpa deg, stjernekikaran’, dei som kvar månad forkynner kva som skal hendast deg!
14 But [they cannot do that, because] they are like [SIM] straw that is burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames. Those men are unable to help you [MET]; they are as useless as stubble [that burns quickly and produces no heat] for you.
Men dei hev vorte som halm, elden brenner deim upp, dei kann ikkje berga sitt eige livet or loge-vald. Det er ikkje glod til å verma seg med, ikkje bål til å sitja attved.
15 The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young [will not help you], because they will just continue doing their own foolish things, and they will not pay any attention to you [when you cry out for help].”
So gjeng det deg med deim du hev stræva for, handelsvenerne dine frå ungdomen din. Dei vildrar kvar sin veg, ingen som hjelper deg.
