Esaias 54

1 Fagna deg, du barnlause, du som ikkje fødde! Set i med fagnadrop og jubla, du som ei hadde rider! For den einslege hev fleire born enn den gifte kona, segjer Herren.

Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

2 Vida ut tjeldromet ditt, lat deim spana ut tjeldet du bur i, hindra det ikkje! Tøyg tjeldsnorerne dine, og slå pålarne fast!

Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.

3 For du skal breida deg til høgre og vinstre, og di ætt skal taka heidningfolk til eiga og folka upp att øydelagde byar.

For I will make wide your limits on the right hand and on the left; and your seed will take the nations for a heritage, and make the waste towns full of people.

4 Ottast ikkje, for du skal ikkje turva skjemmast, ver ikkje skamfull, for du skal ikkje turva raudna. Nei, skammi frå ungdomen skal du gløyma, og spotti frå enkjestandet skal du’kje minnast meir.

Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.

5 For mannen din er skaparen din, Allhers-Herren er namnet hans, og Israels Heilage er din utløysar. Han heitar Gud for all jordi.

For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.

6 Då du var ei burtstøytt kvinna med hjartesorg, kalla Herren deg. Kor kann ein forsmå sitt ungdomsviv? Segjer din Gud.

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.

7 Ei liti stund gjekk eg frå deg, men i miskunn stor vil eg samla deg.

For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.

8 I ei harmflaga løynde eg mi åsyn for deg ei stund, men med æveleg nåde miskunnar eg deg, segjer Herren, utløysaren din.

In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.

9 For som Noah-flaumen er dette for meg. Som eg svor at Noah-flaumen ikkje meir skal koma yver jordi, so hev eg svore at eg ikkje meir vil harmast på deg eller skjenna på deg.

For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

10 Ja, um fjelli vik og haugarne svigtar, so skal ikkje nåden min vika frå deg, og mi fredspakt skal ikkje svigta, segjer Herren som miskunnar deg.

For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

11 Du arme stormdrivne, trøystarlause, sjå, eg legg dine steinar i antimon, byggjer grunnmuren din med safirar.

O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.

12 Eg gjer dine murtindar av rubinar og portarne av karfunkel og heile din ringmur av dyre steinar.

I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.

13 Og alle dine søner skal vera upplærde av Herren, og stor fred skal sønerne dine hava.

And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

14 Ved rettferd skal du standa fast, ver trygg for vald, du hev inkje å ottast, og for rædsla, ho når deg ikkje.

All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.

15 Yppar nokon til strid, kjem det ikkje frå meg, den som tek på deg, skal falla i striden mot deg.

See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you.

16 Sjå, eg hev skapt smeden som blæs i kolelden og lagar våpn til sitt bruk, og eg hev skapt tynaren til å øyda det.

See, I have made the iron-worker, blowing on the burning coals, and making the instrument of war by his work; and I have made the waster for destruction.

17 Alle våpn dei smider mot deg, skal vanheppast; og kvar tunga som yppar strider med deg, skal du få domfelt. Det er den arv som Herrens tenarar fær, og deira rettferd frå meg, segjer Herren.

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

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