Esaias 24
1 Sjå, Herren tømer jordi og øyder henne, han brigder hennar skapnad, og spreider deim som bur på henne.
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 Då gjeng det presten som folket, trælen som herren hans, trælkvinna som frua hennar, kjøparen som seljaren, utlånaren som lånaren, okraren som skuldmannen hans.
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 Tømd, ja uttømd skal jordi verta og plundra, ja plundra. For Herren hev tala dette.
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 Jordi fauskast og folnar, jordheimen ormegtast og armast. Storingarne på jordi ormegtast.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 Og jordi er vanhelga under deira føter som bur der. For dei hev brote loverne, rengt retten, brote den ævelege pakti.
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 Difor øyder forbanning jordi, og bøta lyt ibuarane. Difor vert jordbuarne brende burt, so få folk vert leivde.
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 Druvesafti tek skade, vintreet visnar; sukka lyt alle hjarteglade.
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 Det er slutt med den glade ljod av trummor og slutt med ståket av deim som jublar. Det er slutt med gleda ved klangen av cither.
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 Syngjande tømer dei ikkje vinstaupet meir; beisk er drykken for deim som drikk.
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 Nedbroten er den aude byen; stengt er kvart hus, so ingen kann ganga inn.
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 Dei skrik på gatorne yver vinen, all gleda er burte, landlyst er gaman or landet.
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 Berre øyding er leivd i byen, og porten ligg krasa i røys.
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 For soleis skal det ganga til midt millom folki på jord, liksom når oljeber vert nedslegne, som ved etterhaustingi, når det er slutt med vinbergingi.
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 Dei, dei skal lyfte røysti si og ropa med fagnad; yver Herrens herlegdom skal dei frå havet fegnast.
These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 «Æra difor Herren, de i Austerland, namnet åt Herren, Israels Gud, de på havsens øyar.»
Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 Frå ytste jaren åt jordi høyrer me lovsong: «Æra vere den rettferdige!» Men eg segjer: Eg gjeng til, eg gjeng til, usæl eg! Ransmenner ranar, ja ransmenner gjer ran.
From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 Gruv og grav og gildra yver deg, du som bur på jordi!
Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Og det skal henda at den som flyr for det gruvelege bråket, skal falla i gravi, og den som kjem upp or gravi, skal verte fanga i gildra. For himmelslusorne er opna, og grunnvollarne åt jordi skjelv.
And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 Jordi brest og knest, jordi rivnar og klovnar, jordi skjek og skjelv.
The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 Skjangla skal jordi som drukken mann, svaga som eit gjætarskjol, misgjerdi hennar skal tyngja henne ned, og ho skal falla og ikkje reisa seg meir.
The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 Og det skal henda på den dagen at Herren skal heimsøkja høgheimsheren i høgdom og jordkongarne nedpå jordi,
And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 og dei skal sankast som fangar i hola og setjast fast i fangehuset, og etter mange dagar skal dei få si straff.
And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 Og månen skal blygjast og soli skjemmast. For Herren, allhers drott, råder på Sionsfjellet og i Jerusalem, og framfor augo på hans styresmenner er det herlegdom.
And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
