Esaias 16
1 Send landsherren de lam han skal ha, fra Sela gjennem ørkenen til Sions datters berg!
[The rulers of Moab will say to each other, ] “We must send some [lambs] from Sela [city] as a gift to the ruler of Judah [to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more]. We should send them through the desert to the king.
2 Som flagrende fugler, lik unger som er jaget bort fra redet, skal Moabs døtre være ved Arnons ferjesteder.
The women of Moab will be left alone at the (fords of/places where people can walk across) the Arnon [River]; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
3 Gi råd, finn utvei for oss! La din skygge midt på dagen være som natten! Skjul de fordrevne, forråd ikke dem som flykter!
They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely [MET], we who are running away [from our enemies], and do not (betray us/tell our enemies where we are).
4 La mine fordrevne barn få herberge hos dig! Vær et skjul for Moab mot ødeleggeren! For det er forbi med voldsmannen, ødeleggelsen får ende, undertrykkerne blir borte av landet.
Allow [those of us] who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from [our enemies who want to] destroy us!’ [Some day] there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying [our land].
5 Så skal tronen bli grunnfestet ved miskunnhet, og en konge skal sitte trygt på den i Davids telt, en fyrste som søker rett og fremmer rettferdighet.
Then [Yahweh] will appoint someone to be king who will be [a descendant of King] David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
6 Vi har hørt om Moabs veldige overmot, om dets stolthet, dets overmot og dets storaktighet, dets tomme skryt.
We [people of Judah] have heard about [the people of] Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited [DOU]; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true.
7 Derfor skal Moab klage over Moab, alle skal klage; over Kir-Haresets druekaker skal I sukke i dyp sorg.
[Some day all the people in] Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because [there will be no more] raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth [city].
8 For Hesbons marker er visnet, og Sibmas vintre, hvis edle ranker slo folkenes herskere til jorden; de nådde like til Jaser og forvillet sig ut i ørkenen; dets kvister bredte sig ut og gikk over havet.
The [crops in] the fields at Heshbon [city] will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah [town] will wither also. The armies of [other] nations will destroy Moab, which is [like] [MET] a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread [north] to Jazer [town] and [east] to the desert. Its branches spread very far [west], to the west side of the [Dead] Sea.
9 Derfor gråter jeg med Jaser over Sibmas vintre; jeg vanner dig med mine tårer, Hesbon, og dig El'ale! For over din frukthøst og over din kornhøst faller frydeskrik.
So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the (summer/hot season) and the other crops that they harvest.
10 Og glede og fryd tas bort fra frukthavene, og i vingårdene lyder ingen frydesang, intet jubelrop; ingen treder vin i persekarene; frydeskriket gjør jeg ende på.
People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes [to get grape juice for wine]; there will be nothing to shout about [joyfully].
11 Derfor bruser mitt indre for Moab som en citar, og mitt hjerte for Kir-Heres.
I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like [SIM] [a sad song played on] a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth.
12 Og når Moab har møtt frem på offerhaugen og trettet sig ut der, og det går til sin helligdom for å bede, da utretter det intet.
[The people of] Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, [but] none of them will be able to rescue the people.
13 Dette er det ord som Herren fordum talte mot Moab.
Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
14 Men nu taler Herren og sier: Innen tre år, således som en dagarbeider regner årene, skal Moabs herlighet være aktet ringe tross hele dets store folkemengde, og det som blir levnet, skal være lite og ringe og ikke meget verdt.
But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that [the people of] Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
