Esaias 24
1 Sjå, Herren tømer jordi og øyder henne, han brigder hennar skapnad, og spreider deim som bur på henne.
Here! Yahweh [is] about to lay waste the earth and [is] about to devastate it and he will twist surface its and he will scatter inhabitants its.
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 it will be as the people as the priest as the servant as master his as the maidservant as mistress her as the buyer as the seller as the lender as the borrower as the creditor as [the one] who a creditor [is] in him.
3 Tømd, ja uttømd skal jordi verta og plundra, ja plundra. For Herren hev tala dette.
Certainly - it will be laid waste the earth and certainly - it will be plundered for Yahweh he has spoken the word this.
4 Jordi fauskast og folnar, jordheimen ormegtast og armast. Storingarne på jordi ormegtast.
It has dried up it has withered the earth it has languished it has withered [the] world they have languished [the] noble[s] of [the] people of the earth.
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 it has been polluted under inhabitants its for they have transgressed laws they have overstepped [the] decree they have broken [the] covenant of perpetuity.
6 Difor øyder forbanning jordi, og bøta lyt ibuarane. Difor vert jordbuarne brende burt, so få folk vert leivde.
There-fore a curse it has consumed [the] earth and they have been held guilty [the] inhabitants in it there-fore they have diminished [the] inhabitants of [the] earth and it will be left humankind of smallness.
7 Druvesafti tek skade, vintreet visnar; sukka lyt alle hjarteglade.
It has dried up new wine it has languished [the] vine they have groaned all [the people] joyful of heart.
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.
It has ceased [the] gaiety of tambourines it has stopped [the] uproar of jubilant [people] it has ceased [the] gaiety of [the] harp.
9 Syngjande tømer dei ikkje vinstaupet meir; beisk er drykken for deim som drikk.
With song not people will drink wine it will be bitter strong drink to [those who] drink it.
10 Nedbroten er den aude byen; stengt er kvart hus, so ingen kann ganga inn.
It has been broken [the] town of formlessness it has been shut up every house from entering.
11 Dei skrik på gatorne yver vinen, all gleda er burte, landlyst er gaman or landet.
An outcry on wine [will be] in the streets it has become evening all gladness it has departed [the] gaiety of the earth.
12 Berre øyding er leivd i byen, og porten ligg krasa i røys.
It has remained in the city desolation and ruin it will be crushed [the] gate.
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 thus it will be in [the] midst of the earth in among the peoples like [the] beating of an olive tree like gleanings if it has come to an end [the] grape harvest.
14 Dei, dei skal lyfte røysti si og ropa med fagnad; yver Herrens herlegdom skal dei frå havet fegnast.
They they will lift up voice their they will shout for joy in [the] majesty of Yahweh they will cry aloud from [the] west.
15 «Æra difor Herren, de i Austerland, namnet åt Herren, Israels Gud, de på havsens øyar.»
There-fore in the east glorify Yahweh in [the] islands of the sea [the] name of Yahweh [the] God of Israel.
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] extremity of the earth songs we have heard splendor [belongs] to the righteous [one] and I said leanness [belongs] to me leanness [belongs] to me woe! to me [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously and treachery [those who] act treacherously they act treacherously.
17 Gruv og grav og gildra yver deg, du som bur på jordi!
Dread and pit and snare [are] on 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 it will be the [one who] flees from [the] sound of the dread he will fall into the pit and the [one who] goes up from [the] midst of the pit he will be caught in snare for windows from a high place they have been opened and they have shaken [the] foundations of [the] earth.
19 Jordi brest og knest, jordi rivnar og klovnar, jordi skjek og skjelv.
Utterly it has been broken the earth utterly it has been split through [the] earth certainly it has been shaken [the] earth.
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.
Wildly it will stagger [the] earth like drunkard and it will sway like hut and it will be heavy on it transgression its and it will fall and not it will repeat to rise.
21 Og det skal henda på den dagen at Herren skal heimsøkja høgheimsheren i høgdom og jordkongarne nedpå jordi,
And it will be in the day that he will visit [judgment] Yahweh on [the] host of the height in the height[s] and on [the] kings of the earth on the earth.
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 a gathering prisoner[s] to a pit and they will be shut up at a prison and from an abundance of 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 it will be abashed the moon and it will be ashamed the sun for he will reign Yahweh of hosts on [the] mountain of Zion and in Jerusalem and before elders his glory.
