Jesaja 29
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jerusalems belägring och räddning
29 (A) Ve dig, Ariel, Ariel,[a]
staden där David
slog upp sitt läger[b]!
Lägg år till år,
låt högtiderna fullborda
sitt kretslopp,
2 så ska jag ansätta Ariel.
Där ska bli sorg och jämmer,
och den ska vara för mig
ett verkligt Ariel.
3 (B) Jag ska slå läger runt omkring dig[c],
omringa dig med belägringsvallar
och resa upp bålverk mot dig.
4 Då ska du bli förnedrad
och tala djupt nerifrån jorden,
dämpade ska dina ord
komma fram ur stoftet.
Din röst ska höras ur jorden
som en andes röst,
ur stoftet ska du viska fram
dina ord.
5 (C) Men dina många fiender[d]
ska bli som fint damm,
våldsmännens skara
som bortflygande agnar.
Det ska ske plötsligt,
på ett ögonblick.
6 (D) Från Herren Sebaot
ska straffet komma
med åska och jordbävning
och väldigt dån,
med storm och oväder
och flammor av förtärande eld.
7 Och alla de många folk
som förde krig mot Ariel,
alla som drog ut i strid
mot det och dess borg
och ansatte det
ska vara som en drömsyn
om natten.
8 Som när den hungrige
drömmer att han äter
men vaknar och känner
att magen är tom,
som när den törstige
drömmer att han dricker
men vaknar matt och törstig,
så ska det gå med alla de folk
som drog ut i strid mot Sions berg.
9 Häpna och förundras,
stirra er blinda och var blinda!
De är druckna men inte av vin,
de raglar
men inte av starka drycker.
10 (E) För Herren har utgjutit över er
en ande med djup sömn.
Han har slutit era ögon,
profeterna,
och täckt över era huvuden,
siarna.[e]
11 (F) All uppenbarelse har för er blivit som orden i en förseglad[f] bokrulle. Räcker man en sådan bokrulle till någon som kan läsa och säger: "Läs det", så svarar han: "Jag kan inte, den är ju förseglad." 12 Och räcker man den till någon som inte kan läsa och säger: "Läs det", så svarar han: "Jag kan inte läsa."
13 (G) Herren har sagt:
Detta folk kommer nära
med sin mun
och ärar mig med sina läppar,
men håller sitt hjärta
långt ifrån mig.
Därför är deras vördnad för mig
bara ett inlärt människobud.[g]
14 (H) Se, därför ska jag än en gång
göra underbara ting med detta folk,
underbara och förunderliga.
De visas vishet ska förgå,
de förståndigas förstånd
ska förmörkas.[h]
15 (I) Ve dem som går ner i djupen
för att dölja sina planer
för Herren,
som gör sina gärningar i mörkret
och säger: "Vem ser oss?
Vem känner oss?"
16 (J) Hur bakvända är ni inte!
Ska leran anses lika
med krukmakaren?
Ska verket säga om sin mästare:
"Han har inte gjort mig"?
Eller ska det formade säga
om honom som har format det:
"Han förstår ingenting"?
17 (K) Ännu en liten tid
och Libanon ska förvandlas
till ett bördigt fält,
och det bördiga fältet
ska räknas som vildmark.
18 (L) Den dagen ska de döva
höra bokens ord
och de blindas ögon
se ur dunkel och mörker.
19 De ödmjuka ska få
allt större glädje i Herren,
de fattigaste bland människor
ska fröjda sig i Israels Helige.
20 Det är förbi med de våldsamma,
det är slut med hånarna.
Alla som ville det onda utrotas,
21 (M) de som med sitt ord
fick människor att synda[i],
som snärjde den
som skulle skipa rätt i porten
och åsidosatte rätten
för den rättfärdige med lögn.
22 Därför säger Herren så
till Jakobs hus,
han som befriade Abraham:
Jakob ska inte mer behöva blygas,
hans ansikte
ska inte längre blekna,
23 (N) för när han, alltså hans barn,
ser mina händers verk ibland sig[j],
kommer de att
hålla mitt namn heligt.
De kommer att
hålla Jakobs Helige helig
och bäva för Israels Gud.
24 De som gått vilse i anden
ska få förstånd,
de som klagar
ska ta emot undervisning.
Footnotes
- 29:1 Ariel kan översättas "altarhärd" (syftar på Jerusalems tempel, jfr Hes 43:15). Ordet kan också översättas "Guds lejon".
- 29:1 slog upp sitt läger Annan översättning: "belägrade" (när han intog staden, 2 Sam 5:6).
- 29:3 runt omkring dig Andra handskrifter (så Septuaginta): "som David omkring dig".
- 29:5 dina många fiender Andra handskrifter (Qumran, Septuaginta): "dina många stolta".
- 29:10 Citeras av Paulus i Rom 11:8.
- 29:11 förseglad Försedd med sigill för att öppnas av den rätte mottagaren (jfr Upp 5).
- 29:13 bara ett inlärt människobud Annan översättning (Septuaginta): "meningslös, för de lär ut människobud". Citeras så av Jesus i Matt 15:8f och Mark 7:6 i mötet med fariseerna.
- 29:14 Citeras av Paulus i 1 Kor 1:19 i skildringen av Guds frälsningsplan.
- 29:21 synda Annan översättning: "stå som syndare" (inför domstolen).
- 29:23 han, alltså hans barn, ser mina händers verk ibland sig Annan översättning: "han ser sina barn, mina händers verk, hos sig". Orden "ibland sig" kan också översättas "inom sig".
Isaiah 29
New International Version
Woe to David’s City
29 Woe(A) to you, Ariel, Ariel,(B)
the city(C) where David settled!
Add year to year
and let your cycle of festivals(D) go on.
2 Yet I will besiege Ariel;(E)
she will mourn and lament,(F)
she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a](G)
3 I will encamp against you on all sides;
I will encircle(H) you with towers
and set up my siege works(I) against you.
4 Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
your speech will mumble(J) out of the dust.(K)
Your voice will come ghostlike(L) from the earth;
out of the dust your speech will whisper.(M)
5 But your many enemies will become like fine dust,(N)
the ruthless(O) hordes like blown chaff.(P)
Suddenly,(Q) in an instant,
6 the Lord Almighty will come(R)
with thunder(S) and earthquake(T) and great noise,
with windstorm and tempest(U) and flames of a devouring fire.(V)
7 Then the hordes of all the nations(W) that fight against Ariel,(X)
that attack her and her fortress and besiege her,
will be as it is with a dream,(Y)
with a vision in the night—
8 as when a hungry person dreams of eating,
but awakens(Z) hungry still;
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens faint and thirsty still.(AA)
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.(AB)
9 Be stunned and amazed,(AC)
blind yourselves and be sightless;(AD)
be drunk,(AE) but not from wine,(AF)
stagger,(AG) but not from beer.
10 The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:(AH)
He has sealed your eyes(AI) (the prophets);(AJ)
he has covered your heads (the seers).(AK)
11 For you this whole vision(AL) is nothing but words sealed(AM) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
13 The Lord says:
“These people(AN) come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,(AO)
but their hearts are far from me.(AP)
Their worship of me
is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[b](AQ)
14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;(AR)
the wisdom of the wise(AS) will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(AT)”
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide(AU) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us?(AV) Who will know?”(AW)
16 You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(AX)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(AY) it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(AZ)
“You know nothing”?(BA)
17 In a very short time,(BB) will not Lebanon(BC) be turned into a fertile field(BD)
and the fertile field seem like a forest?(BE)
18 In that day(BF) the deaf(BG) will hear the words of the scroll,
and out of gloom and darkness(BH)
the eyes of the blind will see.(BI)
19 Once more the humble(BJ) will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy(BK) will rejoice in the Holy One(BL) of Israel.
20 The ruthless(BM) will vanish,(BN)
the mockers(BO) will disappear,
and all who have an eye for evil(BP) will be cut down—
21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
who ensnare the defender in court(BQ)
and with false testimony(BR) deprive the innocent of justice.(BS)
22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(BT) Abraham,(BU) says to the descendants of Jacob:
“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(BV)
no longer will their faces grow pale.(BW)
23 When they see among them their children,(BX)
the work of my hands,(BY)
they will keep my name holy;(BZ)
they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(CA) of Jacob,
and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who are wayward(CB) in spirit will gain understanding;(CC)
those who complain will accept instruction.”(CD)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:2 The Hebrew for altar hearth sounds like the Hebrew for Ariel.
- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
Isaiah 29
King James Version
29 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Isaiah 29
New King James Version
Woe to Jerusalem
29 “Woe (A)to [a]Ariel, to Ariel, the city (B)where David dwelt!
Add year to year;
Let feasts come around.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel;
There shall be heaviness and sorrow,
And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
3 I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (C)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 “Moreover the multitude of your (D)foes
Shall be like fine dust,
And the multitude of the terrible ones
Like (E)chaff that passes away;
Yes, it shall be (F)in an instant, suddenly.
6 (G)You will be punished by the Lord of hosts
With thunder and (H)earthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.
7 (I)The multitude of all the nations who fight against [b]Ariel,
Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
And distress her,
Shall be (J)as a dream of a night vision.
8 (K)It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
The Blindness of Disobedience
9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(L)They are drunk, (M)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For (N)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (O)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (P)the seers.
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a [c]book (Q)that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”
(R)And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 Then the book is delivered to one who [d]is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.”
And he says, “I am not literate.”
13 Therefore the Lord said:
(S)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (T)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
14 (U)Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
(V)For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
15 (W)Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
(X)They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (Y)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Future Recovery of Wisdom
17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till (Z)Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
18 (AA)In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 (AB)The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And (AC)the poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the [e]terrible one is brought to nothing,
(AD)The scornful one is consumed,
And all who (AE)watch for iniquity are cut off—
21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And (AF)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just (AG)by empty words.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AH)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (AI)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
23 But when he sees his children,
(AJ)The work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.
24 These also (AK)who erred in spirit will come to understanding,
And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God
- Isaiah 29:7 Jerusalem
- Isaiah 29:11 scroll
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books
- Isaiah 29:20 terrifying
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