Esaias 15
1 Utsagn om Moab. Ja, i en natt blir Ar-Moab ødelagt, gjort til intet; ja, i en natt blir Kir-Moab ødelagt, gjort til intet.
The burden of Moab. Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent. Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night, it is utterly silent.
2 De stiger op til huset og til Dibon på offerhaugene for å gråte; på Nebo og på Medeba skal Moab hyle; hvert hode er skallet, hvert skjegg avskåret.
The house has ascended with Dibon to the heights, in mourning over Nebo and over Medeba. Moab has wailed. There will be baldness on all of their heads, and every beard will be shaven.
3 På dets gater binder de sekk om sig; på dets tak og på dets streder skal alle hyle og la sine tårer strømme.
At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.
4 Hesbon og El'ale skriker så det høres like til Jahas; derfor klager Moabs krigsmenn, Moabs sjel skjelver.
Heshbon will cry out with Elealeh. Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz. Over this, the well-equipped men of Moab wail; each soul will wail to itself.
5 Mitt hjerte klager over Moab, dets flyktninger kommer like til Soar, den treårige kvige; for de går gråtende opover bakken til Luhit, på veien til Horona'im løfter de klagerop over ødeleggelsen.
My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.
6 Nimrims vann blir til ørkener, gresset tørker bort, med urtene er det forbi, det finnes ikke mere et grønt strå.
For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away.
7 Derfor bærer de det som de har samlet sammen, sitt opsparte gods, over Vidjebekken.
This is in accord with the magnitude of their works and of their visitation. They will lead them to the torrent of the willows.
8 Ja, klagerop lyder rundt omkring i Moabs land; like til Egla'im når dets hyl, og til Be'er-Elim;
For an outcry has circulated along the border of Moab; its wailing even to Eglaim, and its clamor even to the well of Elim.
9 for Dimons vann er fulle av blod. Ja, jeg vil la ennu mere komme over Dimon - en løve skal falle over de undkomne av Moab, over levningen i landet.
Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood, I will place even more upon Dibon: those from Moab who flee the lion, and the survivors of the earth.
