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].
Vakna upp, vakna upp, ikläd dig din makt, o Sion; ikläd dig din högtidsskrud, Jerusalem, du heliga stad; ty ingen oomskuren eller oren skall vidare komma in 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],
Skaka stoftet av dig, stå upp och intag din plats, Jerusalem; lös banden från din hals, du fångna dotter Sion.
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 så säger HERREN: I haven blivit sålda för intet; så skolen I ock utan penningar bliva lösköpta.
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.
Ja, så säger Herren, HERREN: Mitt folk drog i forna dagar ned till Egypten och bodde där såsom främlingar; sedan förtryckte Assur dem utan all rätt.
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].
Och vad skall jag nu göra här, säger HERREN, nu då man har fört bort mitt folk utan sak, nu då dess tyranner så skräna, säger HERREN, och mitt namn beständigt, dagen igenom, varder smädat?
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].”
Jo, just därför skall mitt folk få lära känna mitt namn, just därför skall det förnimma på den dagen, att jag är den som talar; ja, se här är jag.
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!
Huru ljuvliga äro icke glädjebudbärarens fotsteg, när han kommer över bergen för att förkunna frid och frambära gott budskap och förkunna frälsning, i det han säger till Sion: "Din Gud är nu 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.
Hör, huru dina väktare upphäva sin röst och jubla allasammans, ty de se för sina ögon, huru HERREN vänder tillbaka till Sion.
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.
Ja, bristen ut i jubel tillsammans, I Jerusalems ruiner; ty HERREN tröstar sitt folk, han förlossar Israel.
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 blottar sin heliga arm inför alla hedningars ögon, och alla jordens ändar få se vår Guds frälsning.
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].
Bort, bort, dragen ut därifrån, kommen icke vid det orent är; dragen ut ifrån henne, renen eder, I som bären HERRENS kärl.
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].
Se, I behöven icke draga ut med hast, icke vandra bort såsom flyktingar, ty HERREN går framför eder, och Israels Gud slutar edert tåg.
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.”
Se, min tjänare skall hava framgång; han skall bliva upphöjd och stor och högt uppsatt.
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.
Såsom många häpnade över honom, därför att hans utseende var vanställt mer än andra människors och hans gestalt oansenligare än andra människobarns,
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].
så skall han ock väcka förundran hos många folk; ja, konungar skola förstummas i förundran över honom. Ty vad aldrig har varit förtäljt för dem, det få de se, och vad de aldrig hava hört, det få de förnimma.
