Esaias 33
1 Usæl du tynar som ikkje sjølv hev vorte tynt, og du ransmann som ingen hev rana ifrå! Når du er ferdig med å tyna, skal du sjølv verta tynt; når du hev slutta med å rana, skal andre rana frå deg.
Woe to you who plunder! Will you yourselves not also be plundered? And woe to you who despise! Will you yourselves not also be despised? When you will have completed your plundering, you will be plundered. When, out of fatigue, you will have ceased acting with contempt, you will be treated with contempt.
2 Herre, ver oss nådig! Etter deg biar me; ver armen vår kvar morgon, ja vår frelsa i nauds tid!
O Lord, take pity on us. For we have waited for you. Be our arm in the morning and our salvation in the time of tribulation.
3 For torerøysti rømer folki; når du reiser deg, vert heidningarne spreidde.
From the voice of the Angel, the people fled. And from your exultation, the nations were scattered.
4 Fengdi dykkar vert sanka, liksom skavaren sankar; liksom engsprettorne spring, spring dei etter det.
And your spoils will be gathered together, just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them.
5 Upphøgd er Herren, for han bur i det høge; han fyller Sion med rett og rettferd.
The Lord has been magnified, because he has lived on high. He has filled Zion with judgment and justice.
6 Trygge tider skal koma for deg, ein fullnad av frelsa, av visdom og kunnskap; otte for Herren skal vera skatten åt det.
And there will be faith in your times: the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. For the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
7 Høyr kjemporne deira skrik der ute, fredsbodi græt sårt.
Behold, outside, those who see will cry out. The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.
8 Ålmannvegarne er aude, ferdafolk er der’kje meir - han hev brote pakti, vanvyrdt byarne, ikkje vyrdt noko menneskje.
The roads have become desolate. Travelers have ceased along the paths. The covenant has been nullified. He has tossed aside cities. He has disregarded men.
9 Landet folnar, visnar; Libanon stend skjemd, folnar burt; Saron er som den aude mark; og Basan og Karmel rister lauvet av seg.
The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.
10 No vil eg standa upp, segjer Herren, no vil eg reisa meg, no vil eg gjera meg høg.
“Now, I will rise up!” says the Lord. “Now I will be exalted! Now I will lift myself up!”
11 De skal ganga umhender med strå og føda halm; dykkar frøsing er ein eld som skal øyda dykk.
You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.
12 Og folkeslag skal verta brende til kalk - avskoren klunger som vert uppbrend med eld.
And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.
13 Høyr, de som er langt undan, kva eg hev gjort, og de som er nær, kjenn min styrke!
“You who are far away, listen to what I have done! And you who are near, acknowledge my strength!”
14 Syndarar skjelv på Sion, skjelte hev teke dei vanheilage: «Kven kann bu ved ein øydande eld? Kven kann bu ved ævelege bål?»
The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire? Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?
15 Den som ferdast i rettferd og talar det som rett er, som ikkje vyrder urettferdig vinning, som held sine hender frå å taka mutor, stappar øyro att og vil ikkje høyra blodråd, og som let augo att og vil ikkje sjå på vondt,
The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.
16 han skal bu på høge stader, fjellborger er hans vern; brødet vert gjeve honom, vatnet tryt ikkje for honom.
Such a one will live on high; the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place. Bread has been given to him; his waters are reliable.
17 Augo dine skal skoda kongen i hans fagerdom, dei skal sjå eit vidsveimt land.
His eyes will see the king in his elegance; they will discern the land from far away.
18 Hjarta ditt skal minnast rædsla: «Kvar er han som skreiv upp? Kvar er han som vog pengarne? Kvar er han som talde tårni?»
Your heart will meditate on fear. Where are the learned? Where are those who ponder the words of the law? Where are the teachers of little ones?
19 Det ville folket skal du ikkje meir sjå, folket med det vande målet som ein ikkje kann skyna, med den stamande tunga som ein ikkje kann tyda.
You will not look upon a shameless people, a people of exalted words. For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.
20 Sjå på Sion, byen for våre høgtidsstemnor! Augo dine skal i Jerusalem sjå ein trygg bustad, eit fjell som ikkje vert flutt; pålarne vert æveleg ikkje upprykte, og ikkje ei av snorerne vert sundslitne.
Look with favor upon Zion, the city of our solemnity. Your eyes will behold Jerusalem: an opulent habitation, a tabernacle that can never be taken away. Its stakes will not be taken away forever, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 Men der skal me hava ein veldug, Herren - i staden for breide åer og elvar; ingi rorskuta skal fara der, og ikkje noko veldugt langskip.
For only in that place has our Lord been magnified. It is a place of rivers, very broad and open. No ship with oars will cross through it, nor will the great Greek ship pass through it.
22 For Herren er domaren vår, Herren er vår lovgjerar, Herren er kongen vår, han skal frelsa oss.
For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. He himself will save us.
23 Slakke heng togi dine, dei evlar ikkje stydja mastri, dei held ikkje seglet utspent - då vert herfang bytt i mengd, jamvel dei lame ranar ran.
Your ropes have become loose, and they will not prevail. Your mast will be such that you will not be able to unfurl a flag. Then the spoils of much plunder will be divided. The lame will seize the spoils.
24 Og ingen ibuar skal segja: «Eg er sjuk.» Folket som bur der, hev fenge si misgjerd forlati.
He who is nearby will not say: “I am too weak.” The people who live in it will have their iniquity taken away from them.
