Isaiah 8
1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ [which means ‘quickly (plunder/take by force) and steal everything’].”
Og Herren sagde til meg: «Tak deg ei stor tavla og skriv med menneskjeskrift: Brå-herfang Snøgg-ran!
2 [So] I requested Uriah the [Supreme] Priest and Jeberekiah’s son Zechariah, men who were both honest/trustworthy witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that.
Og eg vil taka meg pålitande vitne: presten Uria og Zakarja Jeberekjason.»
3 Then I had sex with [EUP] [my wife, who was] a prophetess, and she became pregnant and [then] gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’),
Og eg gjekk inn til profetkona, og ho vart umhender og fekk ein son. Og Herren sagde til meg: «Gjev han namnet: Brå-herfang, Snøgg-ran.
4 because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will [come with his army and] quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.”
For fyrr guten kann segja «far» og «mor», skal rikdomarne i Damaskus og herfanget frå Samaria berast fram for kongen i Assyria.»
5 Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “[Tell the people of Judah, ]
Og Herren tala framleides til meg og sagde:
6 ‘[I have taken good care of] you people, but you have rejected that, [thinking that] my help was very little, like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy [to request help from] King Rezin and King Pekah.
«Av di dette folket vanvyrder Siloahvatnet som renn so stilt, og hev sin hugnad i Resin og Remaljasonen,
7 Therefore, I will cause the people of Judah to be attacked by [the powerful army of] the King of Assyria, which will be [like] a great flood from the [Euphrates] River. Their soldiers will [be everywhere in your country, like] a river that overflows all its banks.
sjå, difor let Herren koma yver deim det stride og velduge vatnet frå Storelvi - assyrarkongen og all hans herlegdom - og ho skal stiga yver alle trømarne og fløyma yver alle strenderne sine.
8 Those soldiers will go all over Judah— [like a river whose water] [MET] rises as high as a person’s neck. Their army will spread over the land [quickly], like an eagle, and they will cover your entire land! But I will be with you!’”
Ho skal trengja seg fram i Juda, fløda yver og breida seg og nå folk under hoka, og med sine velduge vengjer skal ho fylla ditt land, vidt og breidt, Immanuel!»
9 Listen, all you [people in] distant countries! [You can] prepare to attack Judah. [You can] prepare [for battle, and shout your] war-cries, but your [armies will] be crushed/shattered!
Bråka berre, de folkeslag, de skal brotna. Lyd etter, alle land langt burte! Bu dykk til strid! de skal brotna.
10 [You can] prepare for what you will do [to attack Judah], but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us!
Legg upp råd! ho skal verta til inkjes. Gjer avtale! han skal ikkje få framgang. For med oss er Gud.
11 Yahweh strongly warned me [MTY] not to act like the [other] people in Judah did. He said to me,
For so sagde Herren til meg, då handi hans greip meg med magt, og han vara meg imot å ganga same vegen som dette folket:
12 “Do not say that everything that people do is conspiring/rebelling [against the government], like [other] people say, and do not (be afraid of/worry about) the things that other people are afraid of.
De skal ikkje kalla samansverjing alt det som dette folket kallar samansverjing, og ikkje ottast det som det ottast, og de skal ikkje skjelva.
13 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am the one you should consider to be holy. And I am the one you should fear, the one you should revere.
Nei, Herren, allhers drott, skal de halda heilag, honom skal de ottast, og for honom skal de skjelva.
14 I will protect you(sg). [But as for] the [other] people [MTY] in Israel and Judah, I will be [like] [MET] a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. [And as for] the people of Jerusalem, I will be [like] [MET] a trap or a snare [DOU].
Han skal verta ein heilagdom og ein støytestein og ein bergstabbe til fall for båe Israels hus, ei snare og ei gildra for Jerusalems-buarne.
15 Many [people] will stumble and fall down and never get up again. They will experience great troubles; they will be captured [by their enemies].”
Og mange skal snåva og falla og skamslå seg, sitja fast i fella og verta fanga.
16 [So, I say to you who are my disciples], seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to [others] who have accompanied me.
Legg vitnemålet umbunde og læra forsigla i hjarta åt læresveinarne mine!
17 I will wait to see what Yahweh [will do]. He has rejected the descendants [MTY] of Jacob, but I will confidently expect him to help me.
Eg ventar på Herren, han som løyner si åsyn for Jakobs hus; på honom vonar eg.
18 I and the children that Yahweh has given to me are [like] signs to warn [the people of] Israel; we are warnings from the Commander of the armies of angels the one who lives [in his temple] on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem].
Sjå, eg og borni som Herren hev gjeve meg, me er teikn og varsel i Israel frå Herren, allhers drott, som bur på Sionsfjellet.
19 Some people may urge you(pl) to (consult/go and talk with) those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter [about what we should do in the future]. But God is [RHQ] the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous [RHQ] for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us [what we should do]!
Men når dei segjer til dykk: «Søk til draugemanarar og spåvette, som kviskrar og mullar, » so svara: «Skal ikkje eit folk søkja til sin Gud? Skal dei frega ut dei daude for dei livande?»
20 Pay attention to God’s instructions and teaching! If people do not say things that agree with what God teaches us, [what they say is worthless]. [It is as though] those people are in darkness.
«Til læra, til vitnemålet!» Segjer dei ikkje soleis, skal dei vera utan morgonrode.
21 They will wander through the land, worried/discouraged and hungry. And when they become [very] hungry, they will become very angry. They will look up [toward heaven] and curse God and [will also] curse their king.
Dei skal flakka umkring i landet plåga og hungrande, og i sin hunger skal dei harmast og banna sin konge og sin Gud. Og dei skal skoda upp,
22 They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And [then] they will be thrown into the very black darkness [of hell]. (questioned)
og dei skal skoda ned på jordi; men sjå, der er naud og natt og myrker og angest. Ut i svarte natti er dei drivne.
