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.
Tragedy is coming to you, you destroyer who has not experienced destruction yourself, you deceiver who has not experienced deception yourself! When you have finished with your destroying, you will be destroyed yourself. Then you are finished with your deceiving, you will be deceived yourselves.
2 Herre, ver oss nådig! Etter deg biar me; ver armen vår kvar morgon, ja vår frelsa i nauds tid!
Lord, please be kind to us; we put our confidence in you. Be the strength we rely on every morning; be our salvation in times of trouble.
3 For torerøysti rømer folki; når du reiser deg, vert heidningarne spreidde.
When you roar, the peoples run away; when you prepare for action, the nations scatter!
4 Fengdi dykkar vert sanka, liksom skavaren sankar; liksom engsprettorne spring, spring dei etter det.
You plunder defeated enemy armies like caterpillars eating up plants; like an attack of swarming locusts.
5 Upphøgd er Herren, for han bur i det høge; han fyller Sion med rett og rettferd.
The Lord is praised for he lives in highest heaven; he has filled Zion with justice and right.
6 Trygge tider skal koma for deg, ein fullnad av frelsa, av visdom og kunnskap; otte for Herren skal vera skatten åt det.
He will be your constant support throughout your lives an abundant source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Reverence for the Lord is what makes Zion rich.
7 Høyr kjemporne deira skrik der ute, fredsbodi græt sårt.
But look! Even your bravest soldiers are crying loudly in the street; the messengers you sent to ask for peace are weeping bitterly.
8 Ålmannvegarne er aude, ferdafolk er der’kje meir - han hev brote pakti, vanvyrdt byarne, ikkje vyrdt noko menneskje.
Your highways are deserted; nobody's traveling on your roads anymore. He breaks the treaty; he despises the witnesses; he doesn't care about anybody.
9 Landet folnar, visnar; Libanon stend skjemd, folnar burt; Saron er som den aude mark; og Basan og Karmel rister lauvet av seg.
Israel is in mourning and fades away; Lebanon withers in shame; the fields of Sharon have become a desert; the forests of Bashan and Carmel have shed their leaves.
10 No vil eg standa upp, segjer Herren, no vil eg reisa meg, no vil eg gjera meg høg.
“But now I'm going to intervene!” says the Lord. “I'm prepared to act! I will show myself to be above all others!
11 De skal ganga umhender med strå og føda halm; dykkar frøsing er ein eld som skal øyda dykk.
All you give birth to is only dry grass, all you deliver is just stubble. Your breath is a fire that will burn you up.
12 Og folkeslag skal verta brende til kalk - avskoren klunger som vert uppbrend med eld.
You people will be burned to ashes like thorns that are cut down and thrown into the fire.
13 Høyr, de som er langt undan, kva eg hev gjort, og de som er nær, kjenn min styrke!
Those of you who are far away, recognize what I have accomplished; those of you who are nearby, recognize how powerful I am.”
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 who live in Zion tremble with fear; those who are irreligious are overcome with terror. They ask, “Who can live with this fire that consumes everything? Who can live among such everlasting burning?”
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,
Those who live right and speak the truth, those who refuse to profit from extortion and refuse to take bribes, who don't listen to plots to kill people, who close their eyes rather than look at evil.
16 han skal bu på høge stader, fjellborger er hans vern; brødet vert gjeve honom, vatnet tryt ikkje for honom.
They will live on high; they will be protected by the mountain fortresses; they will always be provided with food and will always have water.
17 Augo dine skal skoda kongen i hans fagerdom, dei skal sjå eit vidsveimt land.
You will see the king in his wonderful appearance, and you will view a land that stretches into the distance.
18 Hjarta ditt skal minnast rædsla: «Kvar er han som skreiv upp? Kvar er han som vog pengarne? Kvar er han som talde tårni?»
In your mind you will think about the terrifying things that were expected, and then ask yourself, “Where are the enemy officials—the scribes who were to record events, the treasurers who were to weigh the looted money, the surveyors who were to count and destroy the towers?”
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 won't see these offensive people anymore with their barbaric language that sounds like someone stammering and is impossible to understand.
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.
On the contrary, you'll see Zion as a festival city. You will view Jerusalem as a quiet and peaceful place. It will be like a tent that's never taken down, whose tent-pegs are never pulled up, whose guy ropes never snap.
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.
Right here our majestic Lord will be like a place of broad rivers and waters that no enemy ship with oars can cross—no great ship can pass.
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 is the one who 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.
The rigging on your ship hangs loose so the mast isn't secure and the sail can't be spread. Then all the looted treasure you're carrying will be divided among the victors—even those who are lame will have their share.
24 Og ingen ibuar skal segja: «Eg er sjuk.» Folket som bur der, hev fenge si misgjerd forlati.
Nobody in Israel will say, “I'm sick,” and those who live there will have their guilt removed.
