Jesaja 21

1 Detta är tungen öfver öknena vid hafvet: Såsom ett väder kommer ifrå sunnan, det all ting omvänder, så kommer det utur öknene, utur ett grufveligit land.

[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.

2 Ty mig är betedd en hård syn: En föraktare kommer emot den andra; och en förstörare emot den andra; drag upp, Elam, belägg dem, Madai; jag skall göra en ända uppå allt hans suckande.

Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”

3 Derföre äro mina länder fulla mes värk, och ångest hafver begripit mig, såsom ena barnafödersko; jag kröker mig, när jag hörer det, och förskräckes, när jag ser deruppå.

Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.

4 Mitt hjerta bäfvar; grufvelse hafver mig förskräckt; jag hafver derföre uti den ljufva nattene ingen ro haft.

I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.

5 Ja, tillred ett bord, låt vaka på vaktene, äter, dricker; står upp, I Förstar, smörjer skölden.

[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!

6 Ty Herren säger till mig alltså: Gack bort och beställ en väktare, den som tillser och tillsäger.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.

7 Men han ser resenärer rida och fara med hästar, åsnar, och camelar, och hafver granneliga akt deruppå.

Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”

8 Och ett lejon ropade: Herre, jag står på vaktene alltjemt om dagen, och står i mine vakt alla nätter.

[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.

9 Och si, der kommer en på enom vagn, han svarar, och säger: Babel är fallet; det är fallet, och all dess gudars beläte äro slagne ned till markena.

Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”

10 O! min loge, der jag på tröskar; hvad jag af Herranom Zebaoth Israels Gudi hört hafver, det förkunnar jag eder.

My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].

11 Detta är tungen öfver Duma: Man ropar till mig utaf Seir: Väktare, hvad lider natten? Väktare, hvad lider natten?

[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”

12 Väktaren sade: Då morgonen än kommer, så skall det ändå vara natt; om I än frågen, så skolen I likväl igenkomma och åter fråga.

[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”

13 Detta är tungen öfver Arabien: I skolen bo uti skogenom i Arabien, på den vägen åt Dedanim.

[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.

14 Bärer vatten emot den törstiga, I som bon uti Thema land; bjuder dem flyktigom bröd;

And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).

15 Förty de flyr för svärd, ja, för draget svärd, för spändom båga, för storo strid.

They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.

16 Ty alltså, säger Herren till mig: Ännu innan ett år, såsom legodrängers år äro, skall all Kedars härlighet förgås;

Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.

17 Och de qvarblefne skyttar af hjeltarna i Kedar skola mindre varda; ty Herren Israels Gud hafver det så sagt.

Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”