Esaias 11
1 Men en kvist skal skyte frem av Isais stubb, og et skudd fra hans røtter skal bære frukt.
[Like] [MET] a [new] shoot [often] grows from the stump [of a tree], there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
2 Og Herrens Ånd skal hvile over ham, visdoms og forstands Ånd, råds og styrkes Ånd, den Ånd som gir kunnskap om Herren og frykt for ham.
The Spirit of Yahweh will always be with him. The Spirit will enable him to be wise and to understand [much about many things]. The Spirit will enable him to decide what is good to do, and will enable him to be very powerful. The Spirit will enable him to know Yahweh and to revere him.
3 Han skal ha sitt velbehag i Herrens frykt, og han skal ikke dømme efter det hans øine ser, og ikke skifte rett efter det hans ører hører,
He will be glad to obey Yahweh. He will not decide [whether someone is righteous or not only] by seeing what that person looks like, or by listening to [what others say about that person].
4 men han skal dømme de ringe med rettferdighet og skifte rett med rettvishet for de saktmodige på jorden, og han skal slå jorden med sin munns ris og drepe den ugudelige med sine lebers ånde.
He will judge [the cases of] needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides [MTY]; he will get rid of wicked people because of [MTY] [their behavior].
5 Rettferdighet skal være beltet om hans lender, og trofasthet beltet om hans hofter.
He will always act righteously; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a belt [around his waist]. He will always speak what is true; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a sash [around his waist].
6 Da skal ulven bo sammen med lammet, og leoparden ligge hos kjeet, og kalven og den unge løve og gjøfeet skal holde sig sammen, og en liten gutt skal drive dem.
[When he becomes king], wolves and lambs will live together [peacefully]; leopards, [instead of killing] baby goats, will lie down with them. [Similarly], calves and lions will eat food together; and a young child will take care of them.
7 Ku og bjørn skal beite sammen, deres unger skal ligge hos hverandre, og løven skal ete halm som oksen.
Cows and bears will eat [together]; bear cubs and calves will lie down together. Lions will [not eat other animals]; [instead], they will eat hay like cows do.
8 Diebarnet skal leke ved huggormens hule, og over basiliskens hull skal det avvente barn rekke ut sin hånd.
Babies will play [safely] near the holes where cobra snakes [live]; small children will [even] put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes, [and the snakes will not harm them].
9 Ingen skal gjøre noget ondt og ingen ødelegge noget på hele mitt hellige berg; for jorden er full av Herrens kunnskap, likesom vannet dekker havets bunn.
No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on [Zion Hill], my holy hill; and the earth will [be filled with people who] know Yahweh like [SIM] the seas are full of water.
10 På den tid skal hedningefolkene søke til Isais rotskudd, som står som et banner for folkeslag, og hans bolig skal være herlighet.
At that time, a descendant of King David will [hold up] a flag to signal to the people of all people-groups [that they should gather around him]; they will come to him to get his advice, and the place where he lives will be glorious.
11 På den tid skal Herren ennu en gang rekke ut sin hånd for å vinne levningen av sitt folk, de som blir reddet fra Assyria og Egypten og Patros og Etiopia og Elam og Sinear og Hamat og havets øer.
At that time, Yahweh will (reach out his hand/use his power) as he did long ago; he will enable those who had been (exiled from/forced to leave) Israel to return home, from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea.
12 Og han skal løfte et banner for folkene og samle de fordrevne av Israel og sanke de adspredte av Juda fra jordens fire hjørner.
Yahweh will raise his flag among [all] the people-groups, and he will gather together the people of Israel who had been exiled [long ago]. He will gather from very distant places [IDM] on the earth the people of Judah who [(had been scattered to/are living in) those places].
13 Da skal Efra'ims misunnelse vike, og de som overfaller Juda, skal utryddes; Efra'im skal ikke misunne Juda og Juda ikke overfalle Efra'im.
[Then], the people of Israel and the people of Judah will not be jealous of each other [any longer], and they will no [longer] be enemies of each other.
14 Og de skal slå ned på filistrenes skulder mot vest; sammen skal de plyndre Østens barn; på Edom og Moab skal de legge hånd, og Ammons barn skal lyde dem.
Their [armies] will [join together to] attack the people of Philistia to the west. And together they will attack nations to the east; they will [defeat those nations and] take away all their valuable possessions. They will capture [the areas of] Edom and Moab, and the people of the Ammon people-group will be controlled/ruled by the people of Israel and Judah.
15 Og Herren skal slå bukten av Egyptens hav med bann og svinge sin hånd over elven med sin sterke storm, og han skal kløve den til syv bekker, så en kan gå over den med sko.
Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt. And [it will be as though] he will wave his hand over the [Euphrates] River and send a strong wind to cause it to divide into seven streams, with the result that people will be able to walk across [those streams].
16 Og der skal være en ryddet vei for levningen av hans folk, de som blir reddet fra Assyria, likesom det var for Israel den dag de drog op fra Egyptens land.
And because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria, they will be able to return [to their own land], just like [long ago] he made a path for [the people of] Israel [so that they could go through the water] when they left Egypt.
