Esaias 28
1 Usæl den stolte kruna åt dei drukne i Efraim og den folnande blomen, den fagre prydnad som brikjer yver den feite dalen, der dei ligg dauddrukne av vin.
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 Sjå, ein sterk og veldug sender Herren, lik ein hagleling, ein øydande storm, lik eit fløde av velduge, yverfløymande vatn, som slær alt til jordi med magt.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 Med føter skal ho verta nedtrakka, den stolte kruna åt dei drukne i Efraim!
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 Og den folnande blomen, den fagre prydnaden, som brikjer yver den feite dalen, skal verta som den tidlege fika, fyrr sumaren er komen - so snart ein ser henne, so set ein henne til livs medan ein endå held henne i handi.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 På den dagen vert Herren, allhers drott, ei fager krune og ein storgild krans for leivningen av sitt folk,
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 og ei doms ande for deim som sit til doms, og styrke for deim som driv krigen attende til porten.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Men ogso desse ragar av vin og skjanglar av sterk drykk. Prest og profet ragar av sterk drykk, er dauddrukne av vin, skjanglar av sterk drykk. Dei ragar i syni, dei skjanglar i domen;
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 for alle bordi er fulle av ufyselegt spy, det finst ikkje ein rein flekk.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 «Kven er det han vil læra, og kven er det han vil få til å høyra på seg? Er det born som nett er avvande, tekne frå brjostet?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 For gnag og gnag, gnag og gnag, gnål og gnål, gnål og gnål, noko her og noko der fer han med.»
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 Ja vel, med stamande lippor og i eit framandt tungemål skal han tala til dette folket,
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 han som sagde til deim: «Dette er ro, lat den trøytte få kvila, og dette er kvila.» Men dei vilde’kje høyra.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 So skal då Herrens ord verta deim gnag og gnag, gnag og gnag, gnål og gnål, gnål og gnål, noko her, noko der, so dei skal ganga og detta baklenges og verta sundbrotne og bundne og fanga.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Difor, høyr Herrens ord, de spottarar, de herrar yver dette folket som er i Jerusalem!
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 For de segjer: «Me hev gjort ein avtale med dauden og eit samband med helheimen; når den susande svipa fer fram, skal ho ikkje nå oss; for me hev gjort lygni til livd og svikråd til skjol.» (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Sjå, eg er den som hev grunna i Sion ein stein, ein prøvd stein, ein dyrverdig fast grunna hyrnestein; den som trur, tek det med ro.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 Eg gjer rett til mælesnor og rettferd til lodd, og hagl skal riva burt lygnlivdi, og skylet skal vatnet skylja burt.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 Og dykkar avtale med dauden skal verta stroken, og dykkar samband med helheimen skal ikkje standa fast. Når den susande svipa fer fram, skal de verta nedslegne. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Kvar gong ho fer fram, skal ho riva dykk burt. For kvar morgon skal ho fara fram, um dagen og um natti, og den reine skræma vert det når de lyt agta på bodskapen.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 For sengi er for stutt til å strekkja seg i, og åklædet er for smalt til å sveipa seg i.
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 For Herren skal reisa seg liksom ved fjellet Perasim, han skal harmast liksom i dalen ved Gibeon; han skal gjera sitt verk, eit underlegt verk, han skal gjera sitt arbeid, eit sjeldsynt arbeid.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Og no, lat vera med å spotta, so bandi dykkar ikkje må verta stramare! For um øyding og fastsett straffedom hev eg høyrt frå Herren, Allhers-Herren, yver heile jordi.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 Vend øyra til og høyr mi røyst, gjev gaum og høyr kva eg segjer!
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 Når plogmannen vil så, held han då stødt på med å pløgja og fora og horva?
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 Når han hev jamna åkeren, spreier han ikkje då svartkarve og sår kryddekarve og set kveite i rader og bygg på avmerkte stader og spelt i kantarne?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Hans Gud hev synt honom den rette måten, han lærde honom det.
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 For ein treskjer ikkje svartkarve med treskjeslede, rullar ikkje vognhjul yver kryddekarve; men med stav bankar ein svartkarve, og kryddekarve med kjepp.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 Vert brødkorn krasa? Nei, ein treskjer det ikkje stødt, og når ein driv sine vogn og hestar yver det, so knusar ein det ikkje.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Ogso dette kjem frå Herren, allhers drott. Han er underfull i råd, stor i visdom.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
