Jesajan 46
1 Beel vaipuu, Nebo taipuu; heidän kuvansa joutuvat elukkain ja juhtain selkään; mitä te kulkueessa kannoitte, se sälytetään kuormaksi uupuville.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 He taipuvat, he vaipuvat molemmat; he eivät voi pelastaa kuormaa, ja itse he vaeltavat vankeuteen.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Kuulkaa minua, te Jaakobin heimo, te kaikki Israelin heimon tähteet, te, joita on pitänyt kantaa äidinkohdusta asti, nostaa hamasta äidinhelmasta.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Teidän vanhuuteenne asti minä olen sama, hamaan harmaantumiseenne saakka minä kannan; niin minä olen tehnyt, ja vastedeskin minä nostan, minä kannan ja pelastan.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 Keneenkä te vertaatte minut, kenenkä rinnalle minut asetatte, kenenkä kaltaiseksi te minut katsotte, että olisimme toistemme vertaiset?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 He kaatavat kultaa kukkarosta ja punnitsevat hopeata vaa'alla; he palkkaavat kultasepän, ja hän tekee siitä jumalan, jonka eteen he lankeavat maahan ja jota he kumartavat.
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 He nostavat sen olallensa, kantavat ja asettavat sen paikoilleen, ja se seisoo eikä liikahda paikaltansa. Sitä huudetaan avuksi, mutta se ei vastaa, hädästä se ei pelasta.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Muistakaa tämä ja olkaa vahvat. Menkää itseenne, te luopiot.
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Muistakaa entisiä ikiajoista asti, sillä minä olen Jumala, eikä toista ole; minä olen Jumala, eikä ole minun vertaistani.
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 Minä ilmoitan alusta asti, mitä tuleva on, ammoisia aikoja ennen, mitä ei vielä ole tapahtunut; minä sanon: minun neuvoni pysyy, kaiken, mitä tahdon, minä teen.
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 Minä olen kutsunut kotkan päivänkoitosta, kaukaisesta maasta neuvopäätökseni miehen. Minkä olen puhunut, sen minä myös toteutan; mitä olen aivoitellut, sen minä myös teen.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Kuulkaa minua, te kovasydämiset, jotka olette kaukana vanhurskaudesta.
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Minä olen antanut vanhurskauteni lähestyä, se ei ole kaukana; ei viivy pelastus, jonka minä tuon. Minä annan Siionissa pelastuksen, annan kirkkauteni Israelille.
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
