Jesaja 10
1 Ve dem Skriftlärdom, som orätt lag göra, och vrångan dom skrifva;
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 På det de skola vränga dens fattigas sak, och bruka våld uti de eländas rätt i mitt folk; så att enkor måste vara deras rof, och de faderlöse deras byte.
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 Hvad viljen I göra på hemsökningenes och olyckones dag, den fjerran efter kommer? Till hvem viljen I fly om hjelp? Och hvar viljen I låta edra äro;
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 Att hon icke under de fångna böjd varder, och ibland slagna faller? Uti allt detta är hans vrede icke stillad; hans hand är ännu uträckt.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 Ack! ve Assur, den mine vredes ris, och deras hand mine grymhets staf är.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Jag vill sända honom emot ett skrymtaktigt folk, och gifva honom befallning emot mine vredes folk, att han det skinna och utbyta skall, och förtrampa det såsom träck på gatone;
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Ändock han det så icke menar, och hans hjerta så icke tänker; utan hans hjerta står till att förderfva och utrota mång folk;
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Ty han säger: Äro icke mine Förstar allesammans Konungar?
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 Är icke Calno såsom Charchemis? Är icke Hamath såsom Arphad? Är icke Samarien såsom Damascus?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 Såsom min hand funnit hafver afgudarnas Konungarike; ändock deras afgudar starkare voro, än de i Jerusalem och Samarien äro;
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 Skulle jag icke göra Jerusalem och dess afgudom, såsom jag Samarien och dess afgudom gjort hafver?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Men när Herren hafver all sin verk uträttat på Zions berg och i Jerusalem, så vill jag hemsöka den högmodiga Konungens frukt af Assyrien, och hans högfärdiga ögons prål;
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Derföre, att han säger: Jag hafver uträttat det med mina händers kraft och igenom mina vishet; ty jag är klok. Jag hafver annorlunda delat landen, och deras ägodelar röfvat, och såsom en väldig slagit deras inbyggare till jordena;
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 Och min hand hafver funnit folken, lika som ett hönonäste, så att jag hafver all land tillhopasamlat, lika som man församlar ägg, som öfvergifne äro; der ingen ena fjäder rörer, eller upplåter sitt näf, eller korrar.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 Kan ock en yxe berömma sig emot honom, som hugger med henne; eller en såg trugas emot honom, som drager henne? Såsom den sig berömma kan, den en käpp bär, och upplyfter och bär honom så lätteliga, som han intet trä vore.
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 Derföre skall Herren, Herren Zebaoth sända en magerhet ibland hans feta, och skall upptända hans härlighet, att hon skall brinna såsom en eld.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 Och Israels ljus skall varda en eld, och hans helige skall varda en låge; och skall upptända och förtära hans törne och tistlar på en dag.
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 Och hans skogs och marks härlighet skall till intet blifva både själ och kropp, och skall förgås och försvinna;
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 Så att hans skogs återlefda trä måga räknad varda, att ett barn må uppskrifva dem.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 På den tiden skola de igenlefde i Israel, och de som af Jacobs hus behållne blifva, icke mer förlåta sig uppå honom, som dem slår; utan skola förlåta sig uppå Herran, den Heliga i Israel, uti sanning.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 De igenlefde skola omvända sig, ja de igenlefde i Jacob, till Gud den starka.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Ty om ditt folk, o Israel, är lika som sanden i hafvet, så skola dock de igenlefde af dem omvände varda; ty då förderfvet stilladt varder, så skall öfversvinnande stor rättfärdighet komma.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Ty Herren, Herren Zebaoth skall låta gå ett förderf; men han stillar det dock i hela landena.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 Derföre säger Herren, Herren Zebaoth: Frukta dig icke, mitt folk, som i Zion bor, för Assur; han skall slå dig med ris, och upplyfta sin staf emot dig, såsom uti Egypten.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Ty efter en ganska liten tid skall ogunsten och min vrede öfver deras odygd få en ända.
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 Då skall Herren Zebaoth uppväcka en gissel öfver dem, lika som uti Midians slagtning på det hälleberget Oreb; och skall upphäfva sin staf, den han på hafvet brukade, lika som uti Egypten.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 På den tiden skall hans börda bortvika ifrå dina skuldror, och hans ok ifrå dinom hals; ty oket skall förruttna af fetma.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Han kommer till Ajath, han drager igenom Migron; han mönstrar sin här i Michmas.
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 De draga framom vårt lägre Geba; Rama förskräckes; Gibeath Sauls flyr.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 Du dotter Gallim, ropa högt; se till, du Laisa, du elända Anathoth.
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Madmena viker undan; de borgare i Gebim löpa sin kos.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Man blifver tilläfventyrs en dag i Nob, så skall han vända sina hand till dottrenes Zions berg, och emot den högen Jerusalem.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Men si, Herren, Herren Zebaoth skall afhugga qvistarna med magt, och afstäcka det högt står, så att de höge skola förnedrade varda.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 Och den tjocke skogen skall med jern omkullhuggen varda, och Libanon skall falla genom den mägtiga.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
