Esekiel 21
1 Då kom Herrens ord til meg; han sagde:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Menneskjeson! Snu di åsyn mot Jerusalem og preika mot heilagdomarne og spå mot Israelslandet!
“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
3 Og du skal segja til Israelslandet: So segjer Herren: Sjå, eg skal finna deg og draga sverdet utor slira og rydja ut or deg rettferdige og ugudleg.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
4 Sidan eg vil rydja ut or deg rettferdig og ugudleg, so skal sverdet mitt fara utor slira mot alt kjøt frå sud til nord.
[what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.
5 Og alt kjøt skal sanna at eg, Herren, hev drege sverdet mitt or slira, det vert innatt-stunge.
Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’
6 Og du, menneskjeson, sukka! Du skal sukka framfor augo deira so det knakar i dine lender - i såran sut.
Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
7 Og når dei då segjer med deg: «Kvifor sukkar du?» då skal du segja: «For ei fretnad; for han kjem. Då vil kvart eit hjarta bråna og alle hender siga, og kvar ei ånd dovna og alle kne verta som vatn. Sjå, det kjem, og det hender, segjer Herren, Herren.»
And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
8 Og Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
9 Menneskjeson! Spå og seg: So segjer Herren: Seg: Eit sverd, eit sverd, kvest, ja, blenkt og.
“You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
10 Til å halda slagting med er det kvest, og til å blikta som eldingen er det blenkt. Eller skulde me fegnast, du min sons ætt, som vanvyrder alt tre?
It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.
11 Og han let det blenkjast til eit handyvle; dette sverdet er kvest og blenkt, med det er etla åt dråpsmanns hand.
A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
12 Ropa og barma deg, menneskjeson! For det er åt mitt folk, det er åt alle fyrstar i Israel; etla åt sverdet er dei med mitt folk. Difor, slå deg på lendi!
[So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
13 For prøva er komi, og kven skulde ho råka, um ikkje den ætti som vanvyrder tukt? segjer Herren, Herren.
I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
14 Og du, menneskjeson! Spå og slå i hop henderne! Tvifelt, ja trifelt kjem sverdet: sverdet til å stinga menner, sverd til å stinga den store, det møter deim alle stader.
So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.
15 Til eit bliktande sverd sette eg det imot alle portarne deira, so hjarto skal bråna og støytesteinarne verta mange. Å, det er gjort til å ljona, kvest til å slagta med.
In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
16 Tak deg på tak, sverd, hogg til høgre! Snu deg, hogg til vinstre! Kvar so eggi di snur!
Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
17 Då skal eg og slå i hop henderne mine og svala min harm. Eg, Herren, hev tala.
Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
18 Og Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
19 Og du, menneskjeson! Gjer deg tvo vegar som sverdet åt Babel-kongen kann fara fram på! Frå eitt land skal dei ganga ut båe. Laga so til ein vegvisar, laga honom til der vegarne tek av til kvar ein by!
“You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
20 Du skal gjera ein veg som sverdet kann fara fram på til Rabba åt Ammons-sønerne, og ein til Juda, inn i Jerusalem, borgbyen.
[If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
21 For Babel-kongen stend attmed vegemotet, der som båe vegarne tek til, og driv på med spaning; han rister pilerne, spør husgudarne, skodar på livri.
[When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
22 I høgre handi fær han luten «Jerusalem», at han skal setja upp murstangarar, lata upp munnen med tynar-rop, lata herrop ljoma, setja upp murstangarar mot portarne, kasta upp umlægringsvoll, byggja åtaksmurar.
With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
23 Men dei tykkjer det er berre fåfengd spådom; dei hev då lovnadseidar i mengd. Men han minner um misgjerning, so dei skal verta tekne.
The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
24 Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Etter di de hev drege dykkar misgjerning fram or gløymsla, med di dykkar brot vert openberra, so dykkar syndar vert synberre i alle dykkar verk - etter di de kjem fram or gløymsla, skal de verta tekne med handi.
Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
25 Og du vanheilage gudløysing, Israels fyrste, din dag er komen når misgjerningi ein gong lyt enda.
Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
26 So segjer Herren, Herren: Tak huva av, lyft kruna ned! Det som er, skal ikkje vera; det låge skal upp, det høge skal ned.
And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
27 I koll, i koll, i koll vil eg støyta det; det skal ikkje vera gjort med det heller - til dess han kjem som retten hev, han som eg vil gjeva det.
[Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
28 Og, du menneskjeson, spå og seg: So segjer Herren, Herren um Ammons-sønerne og um deira svivyrding: Og du skal segja: Eit sverd, eit sverd er drege, blenkt til å slagta med, til å tyna, til å ljona,
“And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.
29 medan dei ser fåfengde syner og spår deg lygn, so du kann verta lagd attmed halsarne åt daudedømde gudløysingar som dagen er komen åt, når misgjerningi ein gong lyt enda.
[Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
30 Stikk i slira ditt sverd! På den staden der du er skapt, i det landet du er ætta ifrå, vil eg døma deg.
You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
31 Eg vil renna utyver deg min harm, min vreideloge vil eg blåsa imot deg og gjeva deg i henderne på villmenner, meistrar i tynarverk.
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
32 Elden skal øyda deg, ditt blod skal verta utrent midt i landet, ingen skal koma deg i meir hug; for eg, Herren, hev tala.
You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
