Esekiel 28
1 Og Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said]:
2 Menneskjeson! Seg med fyrsten i Tyrus: So segjer Herren, Herren: Av di at ditt hjarta ovmodar seg, og du segjer: «Eg er ein gud, i Guds høgsæte sit eg midt i havet, » og du er menneskje og ingen gud, endå du set ditt hjarta jamgodt med Guds hjarta
“You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You have very proudly claimed, “I am a god! I sit on a throne of a god [in a city on an island] in the sea!” You boast that you are a god; but you are only a man, not a god.
3 - sjå, visare enn Daniel er du; ingen løyndom kann dei dylja for deg;
[You think that] you are wiser than Daniel was, [and you think that] you can understand every secret.
4 med din visdom og ditt vit hev du vunne deg rikdom og samla gull og sylv i dine skattkammer;
By being wise and understanding [a lot], you have become [very] rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 med din store klokskap i handel hev du auka rikdomen din, og ditt hjarta ovmoda seg av din rikdom -
[Yes, it is true that] by trading wisely, you have been enabled to become very rich, and because you are rich, you have become very proud.
6 difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Av di du sette ditt hjarta jamgodt med Guds hjarta,
Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god,
7 sjå, difor let eg framande koma yver deg, valdsmennerne millom folki, og dei skal draga ut sverdi sine mot din høgprude visdom og vanhelga di pryd.
I will [now] bring a foreign [army] to attack your [country], an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, [you who think that] [IRO] you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things.
8 I gravi skal dei støypa deg ned, og du skal døy ihelslegen manns daude midt uti havet.
They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like [MET] those who died in the sea.
9 Skal tru du då vil segja: «Eg er ein gud, » beint uppi syni på din banemann, endå du er eit menneskje og ingen gud i handi på din dråpsmann?
Then you will certainly not [RHQ] say to those who are killing you, 'I am a god!' [because they will know that] you are not a god; you are only a man.
10 Som u-umskorne døyr, so skal du døy for framandmanns hand; for eg hev tala, segjer Herren, Herren.
You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die, killed by foreigners.” [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
11 Og Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
Yahweh also gave me this message:
12 Menneskjeson! Set i med ein syrgjesong yver Tyrus-kongen! Og du skal segja med honom; so segjer Herren, Herren: Du som var innsigle på den vel tilmåta bygnaden, full av visdom og fullkomen vænleik:
“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: [“You thought that] [IRO] you were completely perfect, extremely wise and handsome.
13 I Eden, Guds hage, var, yverstrådd med dyre steinar av alle slag: Karneol, topas og demant, krysolit, onyks og jaspis, safir, karfunkel, smaragd og gull. Arbeid i drive metall og utskurd prydde deg. Det var laga den dagen du vart skapt.
You [had a wonderful life, as though] you were in my [beautiful] garden in Eden. Your [clothes] were decorated with many [HYP] kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl [stones]. Those stones were set/placed in gold [mountings]. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.
14 Du var ein veldug kerub som gav livd, og eg sette deg til å vera på Guds heilage fjell, millom logande steinar ferdast du.
I appointed [DOU] you to be like [MET] a strong angel to guard the people. [It was as though I put] you on my holy mountain, and you walked among fiery stones.
15 Ulastande var du på dine vegar frå den dagen du vart skapt, til dess urettvisa fanst hjå deg.
You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you [started to] do wicked things.
16 Den store handelen din valda at du vart full av urett og tok til å synda. Då vanhelga eg deg, so du laut burt frå Guds fjell, og eg tynte deg, du livd-gjevande kerub, so du ikkje lenger fekk vera millom dei logande steinar.
[Then] you became busy trading things, and you started to act violently, and you sinned. So I caused you to be disgraced; and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain, forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones.
17 Ditt hjarta ovmoda seg av din vænleik, og du spillte din visdom for ditt glim. Til jordi kasta eg deg, framfor augo på kongar lagde eg deg, so dei kunde skoda deg.
You were extremely proud because you were very handsome. Because you loved beautiful things, you did things that wise people do not do. [So] I threw you to the ground, and allowed [other] kings who saw you to laugh at you.
18 Med dine mange misgjerningar, med din urettferdige handel vanhelga du heilagdomarne dine. So let eg eld loga midt utor deg, han skal øyda deg, og eg gjer deg til oska på jordi framfor augo på alle som ser deg.
By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire [to burn down your city]. [Your city] was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground.
19 Alle som kjende deg millom folkeslagi, er forfærde yver deg; ei skræma er du vorten, og du er ikkje til - i all æva.
All the people who knew what your [city was like previously] were appalled. Now [your city] has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.”’”
20 Og Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
21 Menneskjeson! Vend di åsyn mot Sidon og spå imot det!
“You human, turn toward Sidon [city], and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.
22 Og du skal segja: So segjer Herren, Herren: Sjå, eg finna deg, Sidon, og eg vil syna meg herleg i deg. Og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren, når eg held dom yver det og helgar meg på det.
Give [the people of Sidon] this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘I am your enemy, [you people of] Sidon, and by what I do to you, I will reveal that I am very great/glorious. When I punish you and reveal that I am holy, everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].
23 Og eg vil senda inn i det sott og blod på gatorne. Og iheldslegne skal falla midt i det for sverd som kjem yver deim rundt ikring, og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren.
I will send a plague upon you, and I will send [enemies to come and] kill [MTY] you in your streets. They will attack you from every direction, and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city. Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'
24 Og det skal aldri meir vera for Israels-lyden ein stingande klunger eller svidande tistel av alle deira grannar som svivyrder deim. Og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren, Herren.
No longer will those who live near you people of Israel [hurt you] like [MET] painful briers and sharp thorns [hurt people]. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
25 So segjer Herren, Herren: Når eg samlar Israels-lyden ifrå folki der som dei er spreidde, då vil eg helga meg på deim framfor augo på folkeslag, og dei skal bu i sitt land som eg gav min tenar Jakob.
And this is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land [again], the land that I gave to Jacob, who [also] served me. I will gather them from [distant] countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people.
26 Og dei skal bu der i trygd og byggja hus og planta vinhagar, ja, dei skal bu i trygd, medan eg held dom yver alle deira grannar som vanvyrde deim. Og dei skal sanna at eg, Herren, er deira Gud.
My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, [who has done it].”
