Esaias 47
1 Stig ned og set deg i moldi, du møy Babel-dotter! Set deg på jordi utan kongsstol, du kaldæar-dotter! For ei skal du lenger kallast den kløkke og kjælne.
Go down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Babylonia! No longer will people call you gentle and delicate.
2 Tak handkverni og mal mjøl, legg sløret burt! lyft slæpet upp, næk leggen, vad yver elvar!
Go to work grinding flour with millstones. Remove your veil. Strip off your skirt, bare your legs, wade through rivers.
3 Lat skammi di syna seg, lat deim sjå di skjemsla! Hemn tek eg og sparer ikkje eit menneskje.
You will be seen naked; what should be kept private will be shamefully exposed. I will take vengeance—I won't spare anyone.
4 Vår utløysar, Allhers-Herren han heiter, Israels Heilage.
Our Redeemer—his name is the Lord Almighty—is the Holy One of Israel.
5 Set deg stilt og gøym deg i myrkret, du kaldæar-dotter! For ei skal du lenger kallast dronning yver riki.
Sit quietly, and go into the darkness, daughter of Babylonia. Never again will you be called queen of all kingdoms.
6 Eg var harm på mitt folk, vanhelga min arvlut og gav deim i dine hender. Men du viste ikkje medynk. Jamvel på gamlingar la du ditt tunge ok.
I was angry with my people, and I abandoned those who belonged to me. I handed them over to you. But you didn't show them mercy—you even mistreated old people.
7 Du sagde: «Eg skal alltid vera Æve-dronning, » du la ikkje det på hjarta, tenkte ikkje på endelykti.
You said, “I will reign forever as the eternal queen.” But you didn't think about what was coming; you didn't remember what would happen to you in the end.
8 So høyr no det, du kjælne, som trunar so trygt, du som segjer i ditt hjarta: «Eg og ingen annan! Eg skal ikkje sitja enkja, og aldri sjå meg barnlaus!»
Now listen to this, you sensual woman, sitting there so sure of yourself, saying to yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me. I shall never be a widow or experience the loss of my children.”
9 Båe desse ulukkor skal brått koma yver deg på ein einaste dag, barnløysa og enkjestand kjem på deg i fullaste mål, tråss i dine mange trollingar og dine sterke bannlysingar.
But both these things will happen to you in quick succession! In just one day you will lose your children and become a widow. You will have this experience in its totality, in spite of all your witchcraft, in spite of all your magic spells.
10 Du var trygg i vondskapen din og sa: «Det er ingen som ser meg!» Visdomen din og vitskapen din hev dåra deg, so du sa i ditt hjarta: «Eg og ingen annan!»
You put your trust in your evil actions, saying “No one can see what I'm doing.” Your wisdom and knowledge seduced you, and you told yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me.”
11 So skal det då vondt koma yver deg, som du veit’kje å venda av, ei ulukka skal falla yver deg, som du ikkje kann sona burt, og brått skal det koma yver deg tjon når du ikkje varast.
Evil is going to strike you, and you won't be able to magic it away. Disaster will fall on you that you can't stop by paying a ransom. Destruction will suddenly hit you that you weren't expecting.
12 Kom no med dine bannlysingar, dine mange trollingar, som du hev stræva med ifrå ungdomen! Kanskje kunde du finna hjelp, kanskje skræma ulukka burt.
So keep going with your magic spells and all your witchcraft, which you have worked at since you were young. Maybe you'll be successful, maybe you'll terrify people!
13 Du hev trøytta deg med dine mange råder, lat deim so møta, lat dei himmelkunnige hjelpa deg, stjernekikaran’, dei som kvar månad forkynner kva som skal hendast deg!
All the advice you've received has worn you out! Where are your astrologers, those who look to the stars for guidance, who give you their predictions every month? Let them stand up and save you from what's coming down on you!
14 Men dei hev vorte som halm, elden brenner deim upp, dei kann ikkje berga sitt eige livet or loge-vald. Det er ikkje glod til å verma seg med, ikkje bål til å sitja attved.
But look at them! They're like stubble that fire burns up completely—they can't even save their own lives from the flames. This is no fire to sit beside and grow warm!
15 So gjeng det deg med deim du hev stræva for, handelsvenerne dine frå ungdomen din. Dei vildrar kvar sin veg, ingen som hjelper deg.
All those people you've worked with, all those you've traded with from when you were young—they will all go their own way, nobody will come and save you.
