Sakarias 8
1 Og Herren, allhers drott, sende ordet sitt soleis:
And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
2 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Eg er mykje, mykje ihuga for Sion, ja, med brennande harm er eg ihuga for det.
These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.
3 So segjer Herren: Eg vil venda attende til Sion og taka bustad i Jerusalem, og Jerusalem skal heita «Truskapsbyen» og fjellet åt Herren, allhers drott, «Heilagfjellet».
This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.
4 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Atter skal gamle menner og gamle kvinnor sitja på torgi i Jerusalem, alle med stav i hand for deira alderdom skuld,
This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.
5 og torgi i byen skal vera fulle av gutar og gjentor som leikar seg der på torgi.
And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
6 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Um dette kjem til å synast umogelegt for leivningen av dette folket i dei dagar, skulde det då og synast umogelegt for meg? segjer Herren, allhers drott.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.
7 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Sjå, eg skal frelsa folket mitt frå Austerheimen og Vesterheimen
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 og føra deim heim, og dei skal bu i Jerusalem og vera mitt folk, og eg skal vera deira Gud i truskap og rettferd.
And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.
9 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Lat dykkar hender vera sterke, de som i denne tid høyrer desse ordi av dei same profetarne som tala på den dagen då grunnsteinen vart lagd til huset åt Herren, allhers drott, templet, som skulde byggjast upp!
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.
10 Fyre desse dagarne hadde korkje folk eller fe løn for strævet sitt, og korkje den som gjekk ut eller den som gjekk inn var trygg for fienden; for eg slepte alle menneskje laus på kvarandre.
For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.
11 Men no vil eg ikkje vera som i dei framfarne tider mot leivningen av dette folket, segjer Herren, allhers drott.
But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.
12 Nei, trygt skal sædet vera: Vintreet skal gjeva si frukt og jordi si grøda, himmelen skal gjeva si dogg, og eg skal gjeva leivningen av dette folket alt dette til eiga.
For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.
13 Då skal det henda: liksom de hev vore ei forbanning millom folki, både Judas hus og Israels hus, so vil eg no frelsa dykk, og de skal verta ei velsigning. Ottast ikkje! Lat dykkar hender vera sterke!
And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.
14 For so segjer Herren, allhers drott: Liksom eg sette meg fyre å gjera vondt imot dykk, då federne dykkar gjorde meg harm, og eg ikkje angra på det, segjer Herren, allhers drott,
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:
15 soleis hev eg no i desse dagarne sett meg fyre å gjera vel imot Jerusalem og Judas hus. Ottast ikkje!
So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.
16 Dette er det de skal gjera: Tala sanning med kvarandre! Seg rette og fredsæle domar i portarne dykkar!
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
17 Tenk ikkje på vondt mot kvarandre i hjarta dykkar, og hav ikkje hug til rang eid! For alt slikt hatar eg, segjer Herren.
Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
18 Og ordet frå Herren, allhers drott, kom til meg soleis:
And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
19 So segjer Herren: Fasta i den fjorde, femte, sjuande og tiande månaden skal verta Judas hus til frygd og gleda og gilde høgtider. Men elska sanningi og freden!
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
20 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: Endå skal det verta so at folkeslag skal koma, ja, folk frå mange byar,
This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
21 og folket i den eine byen skal fara til den andre og segja: «Kom, lat oss ganga av stad og blidka Herren og søkja Herren, allhers drott!» «Eg vil ganga, eg og.»
And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
22 Og då skal det koma mange folkeslag og mannsterke heidningfolk og søkja Herren, allhers drott, i Jerusalem, og blidka Herren.
And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.
23 So segjer Herren, allhers drott: I dei dagarne skal det henda at ti mann av alle dei tungemål som vert tala millom heidningfolk, tek fat i kjolesnippen åt ein mann frå Juda og segjer: «Me vil ganga med dykk; for me hev høyrt at Herren er med dykk.»
This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
