< Jesaja 57 >
1 Men den rättfärdige förgås, och ingen är som lägger det uppå hjertat, och helgo män varda bortryckte, och ingen aktar deruppå; ty de rättfärdige varda borttagne för olyckone;
Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
2 Och de som redeliga för sig vandrat hafva, komma till frid, och hvilas uti deras kamrar.
and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.
3 Kommer härfram, I trollkonobarn, I horkarlars och horors säd.
[Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!
4 Med hvem viljen I nu hafva edra lust? Öfver hvem viljen I nu gapa med munnenom, och räcka ut tungona? Ären I icke öfverträdelsens barn och en falsk säd?
Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.
5 I som så hete ären till afgudar under all grön trä, och slagten barn vid bäckerna under bergen.
You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.
6 Ditt väsende är med de släta stenar i bäckenom; de äro din del, dem utgjuter du ditt dryckoffer, då du spisoffer offrar. Skulle jag dertill lust hafva?
[You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?
7 Du gör dina säng på ett högt resigt berg, och går desslikes sjelf ditupp till att offra.
You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].
8 Och bak dörrena och dörrträn sätter du din åminnelse; ty du välter dig ifrå mig, och går upp, och utvidgar dina säng, och förbinder dig med dem; du älskar deras säng, ehvar du ser dem.
You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.
9 Du far till Konungen med oljo, och hafver mångahanda krydder, och sänder din bådskap långväga, och äst förnedrad allt intill helvetet. (Sheol )
You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol )
10 Du mödde dig uti dina många vägar, och sade icke: Hvila dig något litet; utan efter du finner dine hands lefverne, varder du intet trött.
You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].
11 För hvem äst du så bekymrad och fruktar dig? Efter du dock far med lögn, och kommer intet mig ihåg, och lägger det intet på hjertat; menar du, att jag skall allstädes tiga, att du så platt intet fruktar mig?
Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?
12 Men jag skall uppenbara dina rättfärdighet och din verk, att de dig intet nyttig vara skola.
You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.
13 Då du ropandes varder, så låt ditt sällskap hjelpa dig; men vädret skall alla föra dem bort, och fåfängelighet skall taga dem bort. Men den som tröster uppå mig, han skall ärfva landet, och besitta mitt helga berg;
When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”
14 Och skall säga: Görer väg, görer väg, rödjer vägen; hafver bort det som hindrar af mins folks väg.
Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).
15 Ty alltså säger den Höge och högt besittne, den evinnerliga bor, hvilkens Namn är heligt: Jag, som bor i höjdene, och i helgedomenom, och när dem som en förkrossad och ödmjuk anda hafva, på det jag skall vederqvicka de ödmjukades anda, och hela de förkrossades hjerta;
Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.
16 Jag vill icke träta evinnerliga, och icke vred vara i evig tid; utan en Ande skall blåsa ifrå mitt ansigte, och jag skall göra lif.
I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
17 Jag var vred uppå deras girighets odygd, och slog dem; fördöljde mig, och var vred. Då gingo de hit och dit uti deras hjertas väg.
I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.
18 Men då jag såg uppå deras väg, helade jag dem, och ledde dem, och gaf dem åter tröst, och dem som sörjde öfver dem.
I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,
19 Jag skall skapa utvidgada läppar, de som predika skola: Frid, frid, både dem som fjerran, och dem som vid handen äro, säger Herren; och vill hela dem.
I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.
20 Men de ogudaktige äro såsom ett stormande haf, det icke stilla vara kan, och dess vågar häfva upp träck och orenlighet.
Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,
21 De ogudaktige hafva icke frid, säger min Gud.
and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”