< Esaias 45 >
1 So segjer Herren til sin salvevigde, til Kyrus som eg held i hans høgre hand, for å kasta folk til jordi for honom og løysa beltet av kongar, for å opna dører for honom, so ingen portar vert stengde:
Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
2 Sjølv gjeng eg fyre deg og jamnar hindringar; kopardører sprengjer eg, og jarnslåer slær eg sund.
This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
3 Og eg gjev deg dulde skattar og burtgøymde rikdomar, so du skal vita at det var eg, Herren, som kalla deg på namn, eg, Israels Gud.
I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
4 For min tenar Jakobs skuld og Israel, min utvalde, kalla eg deg med namnet ditt, gav deg tilnamn då du ikkje kjende meg.
I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
5 Eg er Herren, og ingen annan, utan meg finst det ingen Gud. Eg væpna deg fyrr du kjende meg,
I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
6 so dei skal vita frå aust til vest at det finst ingen annan enn eg. Eg er Herren, og ingen annan.
in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
7 Skapar åt ljoset og upphav til myrkret, skapar åt velferd og upphav til uferd; eg, Herren, gjer alt dette.
I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
8 Lat det drjupa, de himlar, ovanfrå, og skyerne renne med rettferd! Jordi late seg upp, so frelsa kann bløma og rettferd renna med same! Eg, Herren, skaper det.
[And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
9 Ve den som trættar med skaparen sin! Eit skålbrot millom dei andre av jord. Kann leiret til formaren segja: «Kva gjer du?» Eller verket ditt segja: «Han hev ikkje hender?»
Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
10 Ve den som segjer til far sin: «Kva avlar du?» Og til kvinna: «Kva føder du?»
And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
11 So segjer Herren, Israels Heilage og skapar: Spør meg um det som kjem! Lat meg syta for mine søner, og det verk mine hender hev gjort!
Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
12 Det var eg som gjorde jordi, og folket der hev eg skapt; mine hender spana ut himmelen, og all hans her baud eg ut.
I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
13 Det er eg som honom hev vekt i rettferd, og alle hans vegar jamnar eg. Han skal byggja min by og senda mine landlyste heim, og det utan vederlag, utan betaling, segjer Herren, allhers drott.
And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
14 So segjer Herren: «Rikdomen frå Egypt og vinningi frå Ætiopia, og Saba-mennerne, røslege karar, skal koma til deg og høyra til deg; dei skal fylgja deg og ganga i lekkjor; for deg skal dei kasta seg ned, til deg skal dei venda si bøn: Berre hjå deg er Gud og elles ingen, ingen Gud.»
And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
15 I sanning, du er ein løyndomsfull Gud, du Israels Gud, du frelsar.
God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
16 Til spott og skam vert dei alle saman, gude-makaran’ gjeng med blygsla.
All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
17 Israel vert frelst ved Herren med æveleg frelsa, de vert ikkje til spott og skam i alle ævor.
But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
18 For so segjer Herren, himmelskaparen, han som er Gud, han som hev gjort og laga jordi, han som hev grunnfest henne; ikkje til ei audn skapte han henne, men til folkebustad laga han henne! - Eg er Herren, og ingen annan.
Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
19 Ikkje i løyndom hev eg tala, ein stad i myrke-land; ikkje hev eg sagt til Jakobs-ætti: Leita etter meg fåfengt! Eg, Herren, talar rettferd, forkynner det som er rett.
[What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
20 Samle dykk og kome, kome saman hit, de som er att av heidningfolki! Uvituge er dei som ber på sitt trebilæte og bed til ein gud som ikkje kann frelsa.
You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
21 Forkynn og seg frå! Ja, lat deim berre samrådast! Kven hev kunngjort slikt frå fordom, meldt det for lenge sidan? Tru det ikkje er eg, Herren? Og utan meg er det ingen Gud. Ein rettferdig og frelsande Gud finst ikkje utanum meg.
Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
22 Vend dykk til meg, lat dykk frelsa, alle utbygder av jordi! For eg er Gud, og ingen annan.
Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
23 Ved meg sjølv hev eg svore, or min munn er det gjenge sanning, eit ord som eg ikkje tek i meg att: For meg skal bøygja seg kvart eit kne, til meg skal kvar ei tunge sverja.
I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
24 Berre hjå Herren, skal dei segja um meg, er rettferd og magt. Til honom skal dei koma og skjemmast alle som harmast på honom.
They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
25 I Herren vinn dei rettferd og rosar seg alle som er av Israels ætt.
Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].