Esaias 52
1 Vakna, vakna! klæd deg i di kraft, du Sion! Klæd deg i ditt høgtidsskrud, Jerusalem, du heilage by! For aldri meir skal det koma i deg ein u-umskoren eller urein.
Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
2 Rist av deg dusti og reis deg, og kom deg til sætes, Jerusalem! Løys deg frå lekkjorne um din hals, du fanga Sions-dotter!
Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.
3 For so segjer Herren: For inkje vart de selde, og utan pengar skal de verta utløyste.
For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
4 For so segjer Herren, Herren: Fyrr drog folket mitt ned til Egyptarland og vilde vera gjester der, og Assur var hard imot det utan grunn.
For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
5 Og no, kva skal eg vel gjera her? segjer Herren, då folket mitt er burtrive for inkje, valdsherrarne uler, segjer Herren, og alltid, heile dagen, vert namnet mitt spotta.
Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
6 Difor skal folket mitt læra å kjenna namnet mitt; difor skal de merka den dagen at det er eg som taler: ja, her er eg.
For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.
7 Kor fagre er på fjelli hans føter som ber gledebod, som forkynner fred, som ber godt bod, som forkynner frelsa, som segjer til Sion: «Din Gud er no konge!»
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
8 Høyr, dine vaktmenn ropar! Dei jublar alle i hop. For dei ser med eigne augo at Herren kjem heim att til Sion.
The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.
9 Set alle i med jubelrop, de grushaugar i Jerusalem! For Herren trøystar sitt folk, løyser ut Jerusalem.
Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
10 Herren syner sin heilage arm for augo på alle folk, og alle utbygder på jordi ser frelsa frå vår Gud.
The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
11 Burt, burt, drag ut derifrå! Ikkje rør noko ureint! Drag ut derifrå og reinsa dykk, de som ber Herrens kjerald!
Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
12 For de skal ikkje fara hovudstup, ikkje heller renna i flog. For Herren gjeng fyre dykk, og Israels Gud fer sist i ferdi.
For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.
13 Sjå, vist ber min tenar seg åt, han stig og veks, vert umåteleg stor.
See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.
14 Som dei fælte av deg mange - so umenneskjeleg skamførd såg han ut og ei som mannsborn hans skapnad var -
As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
15 so fær han mange folkeslag til å furda, yver honom skal kongar tagna; for dei ser det som ei var fortalt deim, og dei ansar på det som dei aldri hev høyrt.
So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
