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 neder, jungfru, du dotter Babel; sätt dig i stoftet, sätt dig uppå jordena; ty de Chaldeers dotter hafver ingen stol mer; man skall icke mer kalla dig den sköna och lustiga.
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].
Tag qvarnena, och mal mjöl; lös upp dina lockar, drag af skorna, blotta benen, vad öfver flodena;
3 You will be naked and [very] ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.”
Att din skam skall upptäckt, och din blygd sedd varda. Jag skall hämnas, och ingen menniska skall bedja mig det af.
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.
( Detta gör ) vår förlossare, den der heter Herren Zebaoth, den Helige i Israel.
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.
Sätt dig uti det stilla; gack in uti mörkret, du Chaldeers dotter; ty du skall icke mer heta fru öfver Konungarike.
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.
Ty då jag på mitt folk vred var, och ohelgade min arfvedel, öfvergaf jag dem uti dina hand; men du beviste dem ingen barmhertighet, och öfver de gamla, gjorde du oket alltför svårt;
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.
Och tänkte: Jag är en Drottning evinnerliga; du hafver härtilldags ännu icke fattat det i hjertat, eller tänkt deruppå, huru det skulle gå med dem i framtiden.
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].’
Så hör nu detta, du som i vällust lefver, och så säker sitter, och säger i ditt hjerta: Jag äret, och ingen mer; jag blifver icke enka, eller ofruktsam.
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].
Båda, dessa stycken skola dig hasteliga öfvergå på en dag, att du en barnlös och enka blifva skall; ja, fullkommeliga skola de öfver dig komma, för dina många trollkarlars skull, och för dina besvärjares skull, af hvilkom en stor hop när dig är.
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.
Ty du hafver förlåtit dig uppå dins ondsko, då du tänkte: Man ser mig intet. Din vishet och konst hafver förstört dig, att du säger i ditt hjerta: Jag äret, och ingen mer.
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].
Derföre skall en olycka komma öfver dig, så att du icke skall veta, när hon kommer; och ett ofall skall falla uppå dig, det du icke skall försona kunna; ty med hast skall ett skörl komma öfver dig, det du icke förser.
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!
Så gack nu fram med dina besvärjare, och med dina många trollkarlar, ibland hvilka du dig ifrå din ungdom bemödt hafver; om du kunde behjelpa dig, om du kunde stärka dig.
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].
Ty du äst trött för dina många anslags skull; gånge fram och hjelpe dig de mästare i himmelens lopp, och de stjernokikare, som efter månader räkna, hvad öfver dig komma skall.
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.
Si, de äro såsom strå, hvilket elden uppbränner; de kunna icke fria deras lif för låganom; ty ingen glöd skall blifva, der man må värma sig vid, eller eld, der man vid sitta kan.
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].”
Alltså äro de, under hvilka du dig bemödt hafver, dine köpmän af din ungdom; hvar och en varder gångandes sin gång hit och dit, och du hafver ingen hjelpare.
