Esaias 15
1 Utsagn om Moab. Ja, i en natt blir Ar-Moab ødelagt, gjort til intet; ja, i en natt blir Kir-Moab ødelagt, gjort til intet.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
2 De stiger op til huset og til Dibon på offerhaugene for å gråte; på Nebo og på Medeba skal Moab hyle; hvert hode er skallet, hvert skjegg avskåret.
The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
3 På dets gater binder de sekk om sig; på dets tak og på dets streder skal alle hyle og la sine tårer strømme.
In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
4 Hesbon og El'ale skriker så det høres like til Jahas; derfor klager Moabs krigsmenn, Moabs sjel skjelver.
[The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
5 Mitt hjerte klager over Moab, dets flyktninger kommer like til Soar, den treårige kvige; for de går gråtende opover bakken til Luhit, på veien til Horona'im løfter de klagerop over ødeleggelsen.
I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
6 Nimrims vann blir til ørkener, gresset tørker bort, med urtene er det forbi, det finnes ikke mere et grønt strå.
The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
7 Derfor bærer de det som de har samlet sammen, sitt opsparte gods, over Vidjebekken.
The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
8 Ja, klagerop lyder rundt omkring i Moabs land; like til Egla'im når dets hyl, og til Be'er-Elim;
Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
9 for Dimons vann er fulle av blod. Ja, jeg vil la ennu mere komme over Dimon - en løve skal falle over de undkomne av Moab, over levningen i landet.
The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
