Esaias 25
1 Herre, du er min Gud; eg vill upphøgja deg, eg vil prisa namnet ditt. For du hev gjort underverk. Dine råd frå forntidi er sanne og trufaste.
O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.
2 For du hev gjort ein by til ei steinrøys, ein fast by til ein grusdunge, framande slott, so dei ikkje meir er ein by. Aldri meir skal dei verta uppbygde.
For you have appointed a city as a tomb, a strong city for ruination, a house of foreigners: so that it may not be a city, and so that it may not be rebuilt forever.
3 Difor skal eit vilt folk æra deg, den illharde heidningbyen ottast deg.
Concerning this, a strong people will praise you; a city with a robust people will fear you.
4 For du hev vore ei vern for vesalmannen, ei vern for fatigmannen i naud, eit skjol mot skolregn, ein skugge for hiten. For valdsmenns frøsing er som skolregn mot veggen.
For you have been the strength of the poor, the strength of the indigent in his tribulation, a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the spirit of the mighty is like a whirlwind striking against a wall.
5 Og som hiten i ovturken, soleis døyver du bråket åt dei framande; ja, liksom hiten i skuggen av ei sky, soleis døyver du songen av valdsmenner.
You will bring low the uprising of foreigners, just as heat brings thirst. And like heat under a torrential cloud, you will cause the offshoot of the strong to wither away.
6 Og Herren, allhers drott, skal på dette fjellet bu til eit gjestebod for alle folk, eit gjestebod med feite retter, eit gjestebod med gamall vin, med feite mergfulle retter, med gamall avklåra vin.
And the Lord of hosts will cause all the peoples on this mountain to feast on fatness, to feast on wine, a fatness full of marrow, a purified wine.
7 Og han skal på dette fjellet riva sund sløret som sveiper seg ikring alle folki, og det sveipet som ligg yver heidningfolki.
And he will cast down violently, on this mountain, the face of the chains, with which all peoples had been bound, and the net, with which all nations had been covered.
8 Han skal gjera dauden til inkjes for all æva, og Herren, Herren skal turka tårorne av alle andlit, og sitt folks vanæra skal han taka burt frå all jordi. For Herren hev tala.
He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.
9 Og den dagen skal dei segja: «Sjå der er vår Gud! Me vona på honom, at han skulde frelsa, dette er Herren som me vona på. Lat oss frygda oss og fegnast i frelsa hans.
And they will say in that day: “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord! We have endured for him. We will exult and rejoice in his salvation.”
10 For handi åt Herren skal kvila yver dette fjellet. Moab skal verta nedtrakka der han er, liksom halm vert trakka ned i mykjavatn.
For the hand of the Lord will rest upon this mountain. And Moab will be trampled under him, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.
11 Og han skal breida ut henderne i det liksom ein symjar breider deim ut og vil symja. Men han skal stagga storlætet hans til tråss for sløgdi av hans hender.
And he will extend his hands under him, like a swimmer extending his hands to swim. And he will bring down his glory with a clap of his hands.
12 Og dei høgmura borgerne dine skal han riva ned, grunnsturta, jamna med jordi so dei ligg i dusti.»
And the fortifications of your sublime walls will fall, and be brought low, and be torn down to the ground, even to the dust.
