Esaias 10
1 Usæle dei som gjev urettferdige lover, og som med all si skriving berre bokfører urett,
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
2 so dei kann trengja småfolk burt ifrå retten og rana frå armingarne i folket mitt det som deira er og gjera enkjor til sitt herfang og plundra farlause.
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
3 Kva vil de gjera på heimsøkjingsdagen, når undergangen kjem langt burtan ifrå? Kven vil de fly til etter hjelp, og kvar vil de gøyma skattarne dykkar?
And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
4 Er det noko anna for enn å bøygja kne millom fangar eller å falla millom drepne? Med alt dette hev ikkje vreiden hans vendt seg, og endå retter han ut handi.
... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Usæl Assur, mitt vreideris! Min harm er staven i handi hans.
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
6 Mot eit gudlaust folk sender eg honom, eg byd honom fara imot eit folk som eg er harm på, at han skal plundra og rana og trakka det ned som saur på gatorne.
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
7 Men soleis meiner ikkje han, og hjarta hans tenkjer ikkje soleis. Nei, hans hug stend til å øyda og rydja ut folk i mengd.
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
8 Han segjer: «Er ikkje hovdingarne mine kongar alle i hop?
For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
9 Hev det ikkje gjenge Kalno liksom Karkemis og Hamat liksom Arpad og Samaria liksom Damaskus?
Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Liksom mi hand hev nått kongeriki åt dei andre gudarne, endå gudebilæti var meir tallrike enn i Jerusalem og i Samaria,
As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
11 skulde eg ikkje då magta å gjera det same med Jerusalem og gudebilæti der som eg hev gjort med Samaria og gudarne der?»
So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
12 Men når Herren hev fullført alt sitt verk på Sionsfjellet og i Jerusalem, skal eg heimsøkja assyrarkongen for hans hjartans ovmodsfrukt og for hans høglyfte, stolte augo.
For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
13 For han segjer: «Med mi velduge hand hev eg gjort dette og med min visdom, for eg er gløgg. Eg flutte folkegrensorne, og rana eignaluterne deira, og i mitt velde støytte eg ned deim som sat i kongsstolarne,
For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
14 og handi mi greip etter skattarne åt folki liksom fuglereir, og liksom dei samlar egg som fuglarne er flogne av, soleis samla eg saman alle land på jordi, det fanst ingen som rørde vengen eller opna nebben til minste pip.»
And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
15 Skal då øksi briska seg imot honom som høgg med henne? eller sagi skrøyta mot den som sagar? Rett liksom kjeppen skulde svinga den som lyfter honom! eller staven honom som ikkje er av tre!
Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
16 Difor skal Herren, Allhers-Herren, senda tærande sott i den feite kroppen hans, og under hans herlegdom skal ein eld loga upp som eit brennande bål.
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
17 Israels ljos skal verta ein eld, og den Heilage i Israel til ein loge, og dei skal brenna upp og øyda hans tornar og tistlar, alt på ein dag.
And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.
18 Og han skal gjera ende på dei gilde skogarne og aldehagarne hans med rubb og stubb; han skal verta liksom ein sjukling som visnar burt.
And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
19 Dei tre som vert att i skogen hans, skal vera lett teljande, eit barn kann skriva deim upp.
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
20 På den tid skal leivningen av Israel og det som er att av Jakobs hus ikkje lenger stydja seg til honom som slo deim, men trufast stydja seg til Herren, Israels Heilage.
And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Ein leivning skal venda um, ein leivning av Jakob, til Gud den velduge.
The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.
22 For um so ditt folk, Israel, var som sanden ved havet, so skal berre ein leivning av det venda um. Undergang er fastsett, og fløymer fram med rettferd.
For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.
23 For øyding og fastsett straffedom skal Herren, Allhers-Herren, lata koma yver all jordi.
For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
24 Difor segjer Herren, Allhers-Herren, so: Folket mitt, du som bur på Sion, ottast ikkje Assur, når han slær deg med ris og lyfter staven sin imot deg, soleis som dei gjorde i Egyptarland!
For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
25 For um ei liti stund er harmen min slokna, og min vreide vender seg til deira undergang.
For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
26 Og Herren, allhers drott, svingar svipa si yver honom, liksom då han slo Midjan ved Ramneberget; og staven hans er utrett yver havet, og han skal lyfta honom som i Egyptarland.
And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
27 PÅ den dag skal byrdi hans falla av herdarne dine og oket hans av halsen din, oket skal brotna for ditt aukande hold.
And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
28 Han kjem mot Ajjat, fer framum Migron; han let etter seg trænet i Mikmas.
He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
29 Dei fer yver skardet. «I Geba heldt me nattekvild!» Rama skjelv; Sauls Gibea flyr.
They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
30 Skrik høgt, du dotter Gallim! Lyd etter, Laisa! Arme Anatot!
Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
31 Madmena flyr, Gebim-buarne bergar sitt bu.
Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.
32 Endå same dagen stend han i Nob, han lyfter handi mot fjellet åt dotteri Sion, mot Jerusalems-haugen.
This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Sjå, Herren, Allhers-Herren, høgg kruna av med gruveleg kraft; dei rake stomnar er felte; dei røslege tre ligg brotne i bakken.
See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.
34 Den tjukke skogen vert nedhoggen med øksi. Libanon fell for den herlege.
And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
