Jesaja 14
1 Ty Herren skall förbarma sig öfver Jacob, och ännu utkora Israel, och sätta dem uti sitt land: och främlingar skola gifva sig till dem, och hålla sig intill Jacobs hus;
[But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
2 Och folk skola, dem till sig taga, och hafva dem in till sitt rum, så att Israels hus skall äga dem uti Herrans land till tjenare och tjenarinnor; och skola hålla dem fångna, af hvilkom de fångne voro, och skola råda öfver sina plågare.
People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
3 Och på den tiden, då Herren varder dig ro gifvandes ifrå din jämmer och vedermöda, och ifrå den hårda träldom, der du uti varit hafver;
Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
4 Så skall du föra ett sådant ordspråk emot Konungen af Babel, och säga: Huru är det nu ute med plågarenom, och beskattningen hafver en ända?
When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
5 Herren hafver sönderbrutit de ogudaktigas ris, de väldigas ris;
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 Den som folk slog i grymhet utan återvändo, och med stränghet rådandes var öfver Hedningarna, och förföljde dem utan barmhertighet.
You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
7 Nu hafver dock hela verlden ro, och är stilla, och fröjdar sig i glädje.
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 Ock fröjda sig furoträn öfver dig, och de cedreträ i Libanon ( och säga ): Efter du ligger, så kommer ingen upp, som oss afhugger.
[It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
9 Helvetet dernedre bäfvade för dig, emot din tillkommelse; det uppväcker dig de döda, alla verldenes bockar, och bad alla Hedningarnas Konungar uppstå utaf sina stolar; (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Att de skulle, en efter den andra, tala, och säga till dig: Du äst ock slagen lika som vi, och dig går lika som oss.
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 Ditt prål är neder till helvete faret, samt med dina harpors klingande; mal skall vara din säng, och matkar ditt öfvertäckelse. (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
12 Huru äst du af himmelen fallen, du sköna morgonstjerna? Huru äst du till jordena fallen, du som försvagade Hedningarna?
You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
13 Tänkte du dock uti ditt hjerta: Jag vill stiga upp i himmelen, och förhöja min stol upp öfver Guds stjernor. Jag vill sätta mig på vittnesbördsens berg, på den sidon norrut.
You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
14 Jag vill fara öfver de höga skyar, och vara den Aldrahögsta lik.
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
16 Den dig ser, han skall skåda dig, och se uppå dig ( och säga ): Är det den man, som verldena skälfvande gjorde, och Konungariken bäfvande;
The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
17 Den der jordenes krets ödelade, och städerna derinne nederslog, och gaf icke sina fångar lösa?
Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
18 Allesamman Hedningarnas Konungar ligga dock med äro, hvar och en i sitt hus;
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 Men du äst förkastad utu dine graf, såsom en förderfvad gren, såsom de slagnas klädnad, som med svärd ihjälstungne äro, hvilke nederfara till helvetes stenar, såsom ett förtrampadt as. (questioned)
but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
20 Du skall icke såsom de begrafven varda; ty du hafver förderfvat ditt land, och slagit ditt folk; ty man skall aldrig tänka på den ondskofulla sädena.
Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
21 Reder till, att man må slagta hans barn, för deras fäders missgerningars skull, att de icke uppkomma eller ärfva landet, eller göra jordenes krets fullan med fiendar.
[People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
22 Och jag skall öfver dem komma säger Herren Zebaoth, och i Babel utrota hans åminnelse, hans igenlefda, affödo och efterkommande, säger Herren;
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
23 Och skall göra honom igelkottom till arfs, och till en vattusjö, och skall sopa honom med förderfvelsens qvast, säger Herren Zebaoth.
I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
24 Herren Zebaoth hafver svorit, och sagt: Hvad gäller, att det skall så ske som jag tänker, och skall så blifva, som jag i sinnet hafver;
The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
25 Att Assur nederlagd varder i mitt land, och jag förtrampar honom på min berg; på det hans ok skall af dem taget varda, och hans börda af deras hals komma.
[When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
26 Detta äro de anslag, som han hafver öfver all land, och det är den uträckta hand öfver alla Hedningar.
I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
27 Ty Herren Zebaoth hafver det beslutit; ho vill förmenat? Och hans hand är uträckt; ho kan afvända henne?
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
28 I det året, då Konung Ahas blef död, vardt denne tungen sedd.
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 Fröjda dig icke så fast, du Philistea, att det ris, som dig slog, sönderbrutet är; ty utaf ormsens rot skall komma en basilisk, och hans frukt skall vara en brinnande flygande drake.
You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
30 Ty de torftigas förstfödingar skola berga sig, och de fattige tryggeliga hvila sig; men dina rot vill jag dräpa med hunger, och skall han förgöra dina igenlefda.
Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
31 Jämra dig, du port, ropa, du stad, hela Philistea är förtviflad; ty nordanefter kommer en rök, och ingen ensam är uti hans tjäll.
[So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
32 Och hvad varda Hedningarnas båd sägande? Nämliga att Herren hafver grundat Zion, och der skola hans folks elände hafva tillflykt.
If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
