Isaiah 52
1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
Statt upp, statt upp, Zion, ikläd dig dina starkhet; pryd dig härliga, du helige stad Jerusalem; ty härefter skall ingen oomskoren eller oren regera i dig.
2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
Statt upp utu stoftet, statt upp, du fångna Jerusalem; gör dig lös af din halsband, du fångna dotter Zion.
3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
Ty alltså säger Herren: I ären sålde för intet; I skolen ock utan penningar löste varda.
4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
Ty så säger Herren Herren: Mitt folk drog i förstone neder uti Egypten, på det de skulle vara der gäster; och Assur hafver gjort dem öfvervåld utan sak.
5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
Men huru skall man här bära sig åt med? säger Herren. Mitt folk varder förgäfves förfördt. De som råda öfver dem, komma dem till att gråta, säger Herren; och mitt Namn varder alltid dag ifrån dag försmädadt.
6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
Derföre skall mitt folk känna mitt Namn på den tiden; ty si, jag vill sjelf tala.
7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
O! huru ljuflige äro på bergomen bådbärarenas fötter, de som frid förkunna; predika godt, förkunna salighetena; de som säga till Zion: Din Gud är Konung.
8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
Dine vaktare ropa högt med deras röst, och fröjdas tillhopa; ty man skall se med ögonen, när Herren omvänder Zion.
9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
Fröjde och glädje sig tillsammans Jerusalems öde; ty Herren hafver tröstat sitt folk, och förlossat Jerusalem.
10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
Herren hafver uppenbarat sin helga arm för alla Hedningars ögon, så att alle verldenes ändar skola se vår Guds salighet.
11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
Viker, viker, drager ut dädan, och kommer vid intet orent; går ut ifrå dem, rener eder, I som Herrans tyg bären.
12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
Ty I skolen icke draga ut med hast, eller vandra med flykt; ty Herren skall draga för eder, och Israels Gud skall församla eder.
13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
Si, min tjenare skall visliga regera, och skall upphöjd och ganska högt uppsatt varda.
14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
Så att månge skola förarga sig öfver dig, efter hans skapnad är ledare än andra menniskors, och hans anseende än menniskors barnas.
15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
Men alltså skall han bestänka många Hedningar, att ock Konungar skola hålla sin mun för honom; ty dem som intet deraf förkunnadt är, de skola se det med lust, och de som intet deraf hört hafva, de skola besinnat.
