Esaias 42
1 Sjå min tenar som eg styd, min utvalde som eg elskar! Honom gjev eg anden min, rett han førar ut til folki.
Look! Here is my servant, the one I support; my chosen one who pleases me. I have placed my Spirit on him, and he will show the nations what is right.
2 Ikkje mun han ropa, skrika, ei på gata bruka mælet.
He won't shout or cry out; he won't raise his voice in the street.
3 Brostne røyrstrå ei han bryt, sløkkjer ei den veik som gløder, trufast ber han retten ut.
He won't break a damaged reed; he won't snuff out a smoldering wick. He will faithfully make sure everyone is treated fairly.
4 Ei han veiknar, ei han brotnar fyrr han rett på jord fær setja, øyer ventar på hans lov.
He won't give up or become discouraged until he has made sure that justice is upheld throughout the world. Even lands overseas will look forward to his teachings.
5 Soleis talar Herren Gud, som hev himmeln skapt og utspent, jordi lagt med vokstrar på, gjeve folk på henne ande, andedrag åt deim der ferdast:
This is what God the Lord says, the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, who made the earth and everything in it, who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live there:
6 Eg, Herren, hev deg i rettferd kalla, eg tok deg i handi, eg varar deg og gjer deg til folkepakt og til ljos for heidningar,
“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate what's right, and I will hold your hand. I will take care of you, and give you as a sign of my agreement with the people and as a light to the nations.
7 til å opna blinde augo, føra fangar ut or fengsel deim som sit i myrker, or fangehus.
You will make the blind see, set free those who are locked up, and lead those who sit in darkness out from prison.
8 Eg er Herren, det er mitt namn, ingen annan fær mi æra, ikkje bilæti min pris.
I am the Lord—that is my name! I do not give my honor to anyone else; I do not give my praise to idols.
9 Sjå, dei fyrste ting er komne, og eg meldar nye ting; endå fyrr dei upp hev runne, eg forkynner dykker deim.
Notice that what I foretold has come true, as will the new things I'm saying to you now. I tell you what will happen before it does.”
10 Syng ny song for Herren, lova han til heimsens endar! Sjøfolk og du havsens myrja, øyland og dei folk der bur!
Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing praise from everywhere on earth, you who sail on the sea and everything in it, you islands and everyone who lives in them.
11 Heidi syng med sine byar, hytteby der Kedar bur. Dei som bur på berget, jublar, ropar ned frå høgste nut.
Let the people in the desert and its towns shout; let the people of the villages of Kedar cry out loud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 Dei skal gjeva Herren æra og hans pris til øyland bera.
Let them glorify the Lord and praise him in the islands.
13 Ut gjeng Herren som ei kjempa, eggjar harmen som ein stridsmann, herrop lyfter han og skrik, ter si magt mot sine motmenn.
Like a mighty warrior the Lord will march out, like a seasoned soldier he goes out with courage. He gives his war-cry, shouting as he battles and defeats his enemies.
14 Stilt eg heve tagt so lenge, mållaus hev eg halde meg. No eg styn som viv i barnsnaud, etter anden syp og pæsar.
“I didn't say anything for a long time, I kept quiet and restrained myself. But now like a woman giving birth, I will moan and gasp and pant.
15 Berg og haug eg legg i øyde, svider av alt grønt på deim, elvar gjer eg um til øyer, sjøar let eg turkast upp.
I will dry up the mountains and the hills, and make all their greenery wither. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16 Blinde ukjend veg eg fører, so dei fer ukjende stigar, myrkt gjer eg til ljost for deim, bakkeland til flate sletta. Dette er det eg vil gjera og slett ikkje lata vera.
I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.
17 Vika lyt storleg skjemmast dei som lit på bilæt-gud, og til støypte bilæt segjer: «De er våre gudar.»
But those who trust in idols and say to images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be rejected in humiliation and shame.
18 Dauve, høyr! Blinde, upp med augo! Sjå!
Listen, you deaf people! Look and see, you blind people!
19 Kven er blind, um ei min tenar, dauv som sendebodet mitt? Kven er blind som venen min? Kven er blind som Herrens tenar?
Who is blind like my servant? Who is deaf like my messenger that I send? Who is as blind as the people of the agreement? Who is as blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 Mangt du såg, men gøymer ikkje, han fekk øyra upp, men høyrer ei.
You've looked at many things but have not really seen; you've heard but never really listened.”
21 For si rettferd skuld vil Herren gjera lovi stor og herleg.
Because the Lord does what is right he wanted to show how important and wonderful his instructions were.
22 Men det er eit plundra folk, herja folk, alle bundne sit i hol og i fangehusi løynde. Herfang er dei, og hev ingen frelsar, ran, og ingen segjer: «Gjev det att!»
But this people ended up robbed and raided, all of them trapped in holes or hidden in prisons. They have been stolen like loot, with no one to save them from being someone's prize, no one to say “Give them back!”
23 Kven av dykk gjev gaum på dette, lyder på og høyrer sidan?
Who of you is going to listen to this, or pay attention later on?
24 Kven gav Jakob burt til ran og til ransmenn Israel utan Herren som me synda mot, som hans vegar dei ei fara vilde og ei høyra på hans lov?
Who let Jacob be taken as loot; who let Israel be taken by robbers? Wasn't it the Lord who we sinned against? The people weren't willing to follow his ways, and they refused to obey his law.
25 So rende han yver deim sin heite harm og ein veldug krig. Det ikring deim loga, men dei skyna inkje, brende deim, men dei la ikkje det på hjarta.
So he poured out his furious anger on them, and the violence of war. Even though they were surrounded by flames, but they still didn't understand. The fire burned them up, but they still did not take the situation seriously.
