Esaias 22
1 Utsagn om Syne-dalen. Hvad fattes dig siden alt ditt folk er steget op på takene?
The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?
2 Du larmfulle, du brusende stad, du jublende by! Dine drepte er ikke drept med sverd og ikke død i krig.
You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.
3 Dine høvdinger har alle sammen flyktet bort, uten bue er de fanget; alle som fantes i dig, er fanget, enda de hadde flyktet langt bort.
All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.
4 Derfor sier jeg: Se bort fra mig! Jeg må gråte bittert. Treng ikke inn på mig for å trøste mig over mitt folks undergang!
For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.
5 For en dag med forferdelse og nedtramping og forvirring holder Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud, i Syne-dalen; murer brytes ned, og skrik lyder op imot fjellet.
For it is a day of trouble and of crushing down and of destruction from the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the valley of vision; ...
6 Elam bærer kogger, drar frem med stridsmenn på vogner og med ryttere, og Kir har tatt dekket av sitt skjold.
And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.
7 Dine herligste daler fylles med vogner, og rytterne stiller sig op imot portene.
And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.
8 Så tar Herren dekket bort fra Juda, og du ser dig på den dag om efter rustningene i skoghuset,
He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.
9 og I ser at Davids stad har mange revner, og I samler vannet i den nedre dam,
And you saw all the broken places in the wall of the town of David: and you got together the waters of the lower pool.
10 og I teller Jerusalems hus, og I river husene ned for å styrke muren,
And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.
11 og I gjør en grav mellem begge murene for vannet fra den gamle dam; men I ser ikke op til ham som gjorde dette, og ham som uttenkte det for lang tid siden, ser I ikke.
And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.
12 Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud, kaller eder den dag til gråt og veklage og til å rake hodet og binde sekk om eder.
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
13 Men se, der er fryd og glede; de slakter okser, de slakter får, de eter kjøtt og drikker vin; de sier: La oss ete og drikke, for imorgen dør vi!
But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
14 Men i mine ører lyder Herrens, hærskarenes Guds åpenbaring: Sannelig, denne misgjerning skal I ikke få utsonet så lenge I lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud.
And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your death, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
15 Så sier Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud: Gå inn til denne overhovmester Sebna, han som står for huset, og si:
The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,
16 Hvad har du her, og hvem har du her, siden du her har hugget dig ut en grav, du som hugger dig ut en grav i høiden, huler dig ut en bolig i berget?
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
17 Se, Herren skal slynge dig, ja slynge dig bort, mann! Han skal rulle dig sammen,
See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,
18 han skal nøste dig til et nøste og kaste dig som en ball bort til et vidtstrakt land; dit skal du, og der skal du dø, og dit skal dine herlige vogner, du skamflekk for din herres hus!
Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!
19 Jeg vil støte dig bort fra din post, og fra din plass skal du bli kastet ned.
And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.
20 Og på den dag vil jeg kalle min tjener Eljakim, Hilkias' sønn,
And in that day I will send for my servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah:
21 og jeg vil klæ ham i din kjortel og binde ditt belte om ham og gi din makt i hans hånd, og han skal være en far for Jerusalems innbyggere og for Judas hus.
And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah.
22 Og jeg vil legge nøklen til Davids hus på hans skulder, og han skal lukke op, og ingen lukke til, og lukke til, og ingen lukke op.
And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.
23 Og jeg vil feste ham som en nagle på et sikkert sted, og han skal bli et æressete for sin fars hus.
And I will put him like a nail in a safe place; and he will be for a seat of glory to his father's family.
24 Og de skal henge på ham hele tyngden av hans fars hus, de edle og de ville skudd, alle småkarene, både fatene og alle krukkene.
And all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small vessel, even the cups and the basins.
25 På den dag, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal den nagle som var festet på et sikkert sted, løsne; den skal hugges av og falle ned, og den byrde som hang på den, skal ødelegges; for Herren har talt.
In that day, says the Lord of armies, will the nail fixed in a safe place give way; and it will be cut down, and in its fall the weight hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has said it.
