Isaiah 64
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Isaiah's prayer continues
64 Please Lord, break open the skies
and come down to help us!
That would make the mountains shake!
2 You would come like a fire that burns up wood,
and it causes water to boil.
The nations would shake with fear.
Your enemies would know why your name is so great.
3 In the past, you did great things,
and they surprised us.
You came down and the mountains shook with fear.
4 From the beginning, nobody has heard of any God like you.
You come to help those people who trust in you.
Nobody has ever seen or heard of a God like you!
5 You help people who are happy when they do what is right.
People like that obey your commands.
But we continued to do wrong things,
even when you were angry with us.
We have done bad things for a long time,
so will you ever come to save us?
6 Our sins have made us all like unclean people,
who cannot worship you.
Even the good things that we try to do
are like dirty bits of cloth.
Our sins will blow us all away,
as the wind blows away dead leaves.
7 Nobody prays in your name,
or calls out to you to help them.
It seems that you have turned away from us.
You have left us for our sins to rule us.
8 But Lord, you are still our Father.
We are like clay that you have used.
You are like the potter who has made us into pots.
You made us all with your own hands.
9 Lord, please do not be too angry with us.
Do not hold our sins in your mind for ever.
Do not forget us!
We are your people, all of us!
10 Your holy cities are as empty as a desert.
Yes, Zion has become a desert.
Jerusalem is just a heap of stones.
11 Our ancestors praised you
here in your temple.
It was a beautiful place that we were proud of.
But now fire has destroyed it.
All our beautiful things are completely spoiled.
12 Lord, see what is happening and do something!
Will you continue to keep quiet?
Will you continue to give us so much trouble?
Esaias 64
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
64 Gid du vilde sønderrive himmelen og fare ned, så fjellene skalv for ditt åsyn, likesom ilden setter kvister i brand og får vannet til å koke - for å kunngjøre ditt navn for dine motstandere, så folkene måtte skjelve for ditt åsyn,
2 når du gjorde forferdelige ting som vi ikke ventet, når du for ned, og fjellene skalv for ditt åsyn!
3 Fra gammel tid har jo ingen spurt eller hørt, og intet øie sett nogen annen gud enn du gjøre slikt for dem som bier efter ham.
4 Du kommer dem i møte som gjør rettferdighet med glede, dem som kommer dig i hu på dine veier. Se, du vrededes, og vi syndet; således var det med oss fra gammel tid, og kunde vi da bli frelst?
5 Vi blev som den urene alle sammen, og all vår rettferdighet som et urent klæsplagg, og som løvet visnet vi alle sammen, og som vinden førte våre misgjerninger oss bort.
6 Og det er ingen som påkaller ditt navn, som manner sig op til å holde fast ved dig; for du har skjult ditt åsyn for oss og latt oss tæres bort i våre misgjerningers vold.
7 Men nu, Herre! Du er vår far; vi er leret, og du den som former oss, og et verk av din hånd er vi alle sammen.
8 Herre, vær ikke så over all måte vred og kom ikke evindelig misgjerning i hu! Men tenk på at vi alle sammen er ditt folk!
9 Dine hellige stæder er blitt en ørken; Sion er blitt en ørken, Jerusalem en ødemark.
10 Vårt hellige og herlige hus, hvor våre fedre lovet dig, er blitt opbrent av ild, og alt som var vår lyst, er blitt til ruiner.
11 Vil du tross dette holde dig tilbake, Herre? Vil du tie og trykke oss så tungt?
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