Isaiah 50
1 This is [also] what Yahweh says: “You [Israeli children], do not think [RHQ] that I [forced your parents to be exiled/taken to Babylonia] [MET] like some men send away their wives after giving them a paper on which they state that they were divorcing them! I certainly did not [RHQ] get rid of you like a man who sells his children to get money to pay what he owes. No, the reason that I forced you to be exiled [was to punish you] because of the sins that you have committed [DOU].
So segjer Herren: Kvar er skilsmålsbrevet åt dykkar mor som eg hev sendt henne burt med? Eller hev eg nokon kravsmann som eg hev selt dykk til? Nei, for synderne dykkar er de selde, og for dykkar brot er mor dykkar burtsend.
2 When I came to you [to rescue you], why did no one answer when I called out to you [RHQ]? Was there no one there [RHQ]? Or, did you think that I do not have the power [MTY] to rescue you [DOU]? Think about this: I can speak to a sea and cause it to become dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts, with the result that the fish in the rivers die from thirst and they rot.
Kvifor fann eg ingen då eg kom? Kvifor svara ingen då eg ropa? Er mi hand for stutt til utløysing, hev eg ingi kraft til å hjelpa? Med mitt trugsmål legg eg havet turt, elvarne gjer eg til øydemark, so fiskarne rotnar for vatnet er burte, og dei daudar av torste.
3 I cause the sky to become dark, [as though] [MET] it was wearing black clothes [because it was mourning because someone had died].”
Eg klæder himmelen i svart og sveiper honom i syrgjebunad.
4 Yahweh our God has given me his wise message [MTY] in order that I may encourage those who are weary. Each morning he awakens me, in order that I [SYN] may listen to what he teaches [SIM] me.
Herren, Herren hev gjeve meg ei læresveins-tunga, so eg kann vita å kveikja den trøytte med ord. Han vekkjer kvar morgon, han vekkjer mitt øyra til å høyra på læresveins vis.
5 Yahweh our God has spoken to me [IDM], and I have not rejected what he told me; I have accepted [LIT] it.
Herren, Herren hev opna mitt øyra, eg var ikkje strid og drog meg’kje undan.
6 I allowed people to beat me on my back and to pull out the whiskers in my beard [because they hated me]. I did not turn away [MTY] from them when they made fun of me and spat on me.
Min rygg baud eg fram åt deim som slo, og kinni åt deim som i skjegget reiv. Eg løynde ikkje mitt andlit for hæding og sputt.
7 But, because the Lord our God helps me, I will never be humiliated. Therefore, I am strongly determined [IDM] to face/endure difficulties, and I know that nothing will cause me to be ashamed.
Men Herren, Herren, han hjelpar, di turvte eg ikkje skjemmast. Difor gjorde eg andlitet hardt som stein, og eg veit eg vert ei til skammar.
8 God, the one who vindicates me, is near to me; so if anyone [RHQ] stands in front of me and accuses me in a court, he will not be able [to show that I have done anything that is wrong].
Min målsmann er nær, kven strider mot meg? Kom, lat oss berre møtast! Er nokon motparten min, so lat honom koma hit!
9 The Lord our God defends me [in court], so no one [RHQ] will be able to (condemn me/declare that I am guilty). All those who accuse me will disappear like [SIM] old clothes that have been eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches).
Sjå, Herren, Herren, han hjelpar meg, kven er det som domfeller meg? Sjå, alle skal morkna som klædeplagg, mol skal eta deim upp.
10 If you revere Yahweh and do what his servant tells you to do, even if you are (walking in darkness/enduring suffering), and it seems that [MET] there is no light, trust in Yahweh your God [DOU] [to help you].
Kven er det av dykk som ottast Herren, og høyrer på røysti åt tenaren hans? Um han ferdast i myrker, og ikkje ser minste ljos, skal han lita lel på Herrens namn og stydja seg på sin Gud.
11 But you people who [oppose me], [who would like to throw] me into a blazing fire, walk in your own fires and burn yourselves with your own torches! This is what Yahweh will cause to happen to you: You will be enduring great torment when you die [EUP]!
Men alle de som kveikjer eld, som væpnar dykk med brennande piler! Inn med dykk i logen av elden dykkar, og under dei brandpiler de hev kveikt! Frå mi hand skal det koma yver dykk, i pinsla skal de få liggja.
