Esaias 42
1 Se min tjener, som jeg støtter, min utvalgte, som min sjel har velbehag i! Jeg legger min Ånd på ham, han skal føre rett ut til hedningefolkene.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Han skal ikke skrike og ikke rope, og han skal ikke la sin røst høre på gaten.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Det knekkede rør skal han ikke knuse, og den rykende tande skal han ikke slukke; på rette måte skal han føre retten ut til dem.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Han skal ikke bli mødig, og hans kraft ikke bli knekket før han får grunnlagt retten på jorden; og på hans lov venter øene.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Så sier Gud Herren, som skapte himmelen og utspente den, som bredte ut jorden med det som gror på den, som gir ånde til folket som bor på den, og ånd til dem som ferdes på den:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Jeg, Herren, har kalt dig i rettferd og tatt dig ved hånden, og jeg vil verne dig og gjøre dig til en pakt for folket, til et lys for hedningene,
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 forat du skal åpne blinde øine, føre de bundne ut av fengslet og føre dem som sitter i mørke, ut av fangehuset.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Jeg er Herren, det er mitt navn, og jeg gir ikke nogen annen min ære eller de utskårne billeder min pris.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 De ting som er forkynt tidligere, se, de er kommet, og nu forkynner jeg nye ting; før de spirer frem, lar jeg eder høre om dem.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Syng Herren en ny sang, hans pris fra jordens ende, I som farer ut på havet, og alt som fyller det, I øer og I som bor der!
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Ørkenen og dens byer skal opløfte røsten, de teltbyer hvor Kedar bor; de som bor på fjellet, skal juble, fra fjelltoppene skal de rope høit.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 De skal gi Herren ære og forkynne hans pris på øene.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Herren skal dra ut som en kjempe, som en krigsmann egge sin harme; han skal rope høit, ja skrike; mot sine fiender skal han vise sin makt.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Jeg har tidd fra eldgammel tid, jeg talte ikke, jeg holdt mig tilbake. Nu vil jeg skrike som den fødende kvinne, jeg vil puste og fnyse.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Jeg vil legge fjell og hauger øde og la alle deres urter tørke bort, og jeg vil gjøre elver til land og tørke ut sjøer.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Og jeg vil føre blinde på en vei de ikke kjenner; på stier de ikke kjenner, vil jeg la dem ferdes; jeg vil gjøre mørke steder for deres åsyn til lys og bakker til sletteland. Dette er de ting jeg vil gjøre, jeg vil visselig ikke la det være.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 De skal vike tilbake og bli storlig til skamme de som setter sin lit til utskårne billeder, som sier til støpte billeder: I er våre guder.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 I døve, hør! Og I blinde, lukk øinene op og se!
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Hvem er blind uten min tjener og døv som det bud som jeg sender? Hvem er blind som min fortrolige venn, blind som Herrens tjener?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Du har sett meget, men du tar ikke vare på det, han har åpne ører, men han hører ikke.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 Det er Herrens vilje å gjøre loven stor og herlig for sin rettferdighets skyld.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Men det er et røvet og plyndret folk; de ligger alle sammen bundet i huler og skjult i fangehus; de blev røvet, og ingen reddet dem, de blev plyndret, og ingen sa: Gi tilbake!
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Hvem blandt eder vil herefter vende øret til dette, gi akt og høre på det?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Hvem har overgitt Jakob til plyndring og Israel til røvere? Var det ikke Herren, han som vi syndet mot, og på hvis veier de ikke vilde vandre, og på hvis lov de ikke hørte?
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Så utøste han over dem sin brennende vrede og en veldig krig; den satte dem i brand rundt omkring, men de forstod det ikke, den brente dem, men de la det ikke på hjerte.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
