Isaiah 49
1 All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
De øyland, høyre på meg, og lyde, de folk langt burte! Meg hev Herren kalla frå moderliv og nemnt meg på namn frå moderfang.
2 [When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
Min munn hev han gjort til eit sverd so kvast, i skuggen av handi si hev han meg gøymt, og meg hev han gjort til ei pil so blank og hev gøymt meg i pilehuset sitt.
3 He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
Og han sa til meg: «Min tenar, er du Israel, som meg æra skal gjeva.»
4 I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
Men eg sagde: «Eg hev stræva til fåfengs, til unyttes reint hev eg øydt mi kraft. Men like vel er min rett hjå Herren, og løni mi er hjå min Gud.»
5 Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
«Men no, » segjer Herren, som hev gjort meg til tenar frå moderliv til å føra Jakob attende til han, so Israel kann samlast til han - og eg vann æra for Herrens augo, og min Gud, han vart min styrke -
6 He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
han segjer: «D’er for lite at du er min tenar til å attreisa Jakobs ætter og Israels leivningar føra til meg. So vil eg gjera deg til heidningljos, at mi frelsa kann nå til enden av jordi.»
7 Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
So segjer Herren, Israels løysar og Heilage, til den djupt vanvyrde som folk hev stygg for, til trælen under tyranner: Kongar skal sjå det og reisa seg upp, hovdingar med, og kasta seg ned for Herrens skuld som trufast er, Israels Heilage som valde deg ut.
8 This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
So segjer Herren: I nådestundi eg bønhøyrer deg, og på frelsedagen hjelper eg deg, og eg varar deg og gjer deg til folkepakt, til å attreisa landet og utskifta øydelagd odelsgrunn.
9 I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
Du skal segja til fangar: «Gakk ut!» Til deim i myrkret: «Kom fram!» Attmed vegarne skal dei få beita og hava kvar snaudheid til beite.
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
Dei skal ikkje svelta, skal ikkje tyrsta, og ikkje skal sandglod og solsteik deim skada, for deira miskunnar skal føra deim og leida deim lint til uppkomevatn,
11 And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
og alle mine fjell vil eg gjera til veg, og mine stigar skal byggjast høge.
12 My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
Sjå, dei kjem langt burtanfrå! sume frå nord og sume frå vest og sume frå sinesar-landet.
13 [Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
Jubla himmel, og fegnast jord, de berg set i med glederop! For Herren trøystar sitt folk og miskunnar armingarn’ sine.
14 [The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
Men Sion segjer: «Herren hev forlate meg, Herren hev gløymt meg.»
15 But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
Gløymer vel ei kvinna sogbarnet sitt, so ho ikkje miskunnar den ho bar under hjarta? Um endå dei kunde gløyma, so gløymer eg ikkje deg.
16 Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
Sjå her, eg hev teikna deg på henderne mine, murarne dine hev eg alltid for augo.
17 Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
Sønerne dine skundar seg hit, dei som braut deg i grus, fer burt frå deg.
18 You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
Upp med augo og sjå deg ikring! Alle samlar seg hit til deg. So sant eg liver, segjer Herren, du skal hava deim alle på deg til prydnad og binda deim um deg til brurebelte.
19 Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
For ruinarne dine og grushaugarne og ditt herja land - jau, no vert du for trong for borgarane, og burte er dei som gløypte deg.
20 The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
Endå skal du få høyra borni frå barnløyse segja: «Romet er meg for trongt. Flyt deg, so eg kann få bu!»
21 Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
Då tenkjer du med deg sjølv: «Kven hev født meg desse borni? For eg var barnlaus og ufør til føding, utlæg og heimlaus, kven hev fostra desse? Eg sat eismall att, kvar var då dei?»
22 This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
So segjer Herren, Herren: Sjå, eg lyftar mi hand for heidningarne, og reisar mitt merke for folkeslagi, so kjem dei med sønerne dine i fanget, og døtterne dine ber dei på herdi.
23 Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
Kongar vert fosterfeder for deg og deira dronningar ammor åt deg. Dei kastar seg ned på jordi for deg og slikkar moldi av føterne dine. Då fær du røyna at eg er Herren, at dei ikkje vert svikne som vonar på meg.
24 There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
Kann ein taka herfanget frå ei kjempa? Eller fangarne sleppa frå den som hev siger-retten?
25 But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
Ja! for so segjer Herren: Både skal dei taka fangar frå kjempa, og valdsmanns herfang skal sleppa undan, og eg vil strida med motparten din og frelsa sønerne dine.
26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
Eg let dine trælkarar eta sitt eige kjøt og drikka sitt blod som druvesaft. Og alt kjøt skal kjenna at det er eg, Herren, som frelsar deg, og at Jakobs Velduge løyser deg ut.
