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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,
så ska jag ansätta Ariel.
    Där ska bli sorg och jämmer,
        och den ska vara för mig
    ett verkligt Ariel.
(B) Jag ska slå läger runt omkring dig[c],
    omringa dig med belägringsvallar
        och resa upp bålverk mot dig.
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.

(C) Men dina många fiender[d]
        ska bli som fint damm,
    våldsmännens skara
        som bortflygande agnar.
    Det ska ske plötsligt,
        på ett ögonblick.
(D) Från Herren Sebaot
        ska straffet komma
    med åska och jordbävning
        och väldigt dån,
    med storm och oväder
        och flammor av förtärande eld.
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.
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.

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
            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

  1. 29:1 Ariel   kan översättas "altarhärd" (syftar på Jerusalems tempel, jfr Hes 43:15). Ordet kan också översättas "Guds lejon".
  2. 29:1 slog upp sitt läger   Annan översättning: "belägrade" (när han intog staden, 2 Sam 5:6).
  3. 29:3 runt omkring dig   Andra handskrifter (så Septuaginta): "som David omkring dig".
  4. 29:5 dina många fiender   Andra handskrifter (Qumran, Septuaginta): "dina många stolta".
  5. 29:10 Citeras av Paulus i Rom 11:8.
  6. 29:11 förseglad   Försedd med sigill för att öppnas av den rätte mottagaren (jfr Upp 5).
  7. 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.
  8. 29:14 Citeras av Paulus i 1 Kor 1:19 i skildringen av Guds frälsningsplan.
  9. 29:21 synda   Annan översättning: "stå som syndare" (inför domstolen).
  10. 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".

The Siege of Jerusalem

29 Ah, Ariel, Ariel,
    the city (A)where David encamped!
Add year to year;
    let the feasts run their round.
Yet I will distress Ariel,
    and there shall be moaning and lamentation,
    and she shall be to me like an Ariel.[a]
(B)And I will encamp against you all around,
    and will besiege you (C)with towers
    and I will raise siegeworks against you.
(D)And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
    and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like (E)the voice of a ghost,
    and from the dust your speech shall whisper.

But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like (F)small dust,
    and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.
(G)And in an instant, suddenly,
    (H)you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
    with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
And (I)the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
    all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
    shall be (J)like a dream, a vision of the night.
(K)As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
    and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
    and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
so shall the multitude of all the nations be
    that fight against Mount Zion.

Astonish yourselves[b] and be astonished;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk,[c] but not with wine;
    (L)stagger,[d] but not with strong drink!
10 (M)For the Lord has poured out upon you
    a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
    and covered your heads (the seers).

11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is (N)sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

13 And the Lord said:
“Because (O)this people (P)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
14 therefore, behold, (Q)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and (R)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

15 Ah, (S)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are (T)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
16 (U)You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
    “He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
    “He has no understanding”?

17 Is it not yet a very little while
    (V)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
18 In that day (W)the deaf shall hear
    (X)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    (Y)the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 (Z)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing
    and (AA)the scoffer cease,
    and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
    and (AB)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
    and with an empty plea (AC)turn aside him who is in the right.

22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AD)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
    no more shall his face grow pale.
23 For when he sees his children,
    (AE)the work of my hands, in his midst,
    they will sanctify my name;
(AF)they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 And those (AG)who go astray in spirit will come to understanding,
    and those who murmur will accept instruction.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:2 Ariel could mean lion of God, or hero (2 Samuel 23:20), or altar hearth (Ezekiel 43:15–16)
  2. Isaiah 29:9 Or Linger awhile
  3. Isaiah 29:9 Or They are drunk
  4. Isaiah 29:9 Or they stagger

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.
Yet I will distress Ariel;
There shall be heaviness and sorrow,
And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
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.

“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.
(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.
(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.
(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

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

  1. Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God
  2. Isaiah 29:7 Jerusalem
  3. Isaiah 29:11 scroll
  4. Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books
  5. Isaiah 29:20 terrifying

耶路撒冷被围

29 耶和华说:“亚利伊勒[a],亚利伊勒,
大卫安营的城啊!
你有祸了!
尽管你年复一年地守节期,
我还是要叫你受苦。
你必悲伤哀号,
在我面前成为一座祭坛。
我必把你团团围住,
屯兵围困你,
修筑高台攻打你。
你必一败涂地,
躺在尘土中说话,
你细微的声音从土中传来,
好像地下幽灵的声音。
你耳语般的低声从土中传来。
但你的众仇敌必像纤细的尘埃一样消散,
众多的残暴之徒必如被风刮去的糠秕。
突然,刹那之间,
万军之耶和华必带着雷轰、地震、巨响、旋风、暴风和烈火来临。
攻打、围困耶路撒冷及其堡垒的各国军队必如梦幻,
如夜间的异象一样消失。
他们好像饥饿的人梦中吃饭,
醒来仍然饥饿;
像口渴的人梦中喝水,
醒来仍然渴得发昏。
攻打锡安山的各国军队结局都必如此。”
你们驻足惊奇吧!
你们自我蒙蔽,继续瞎眼吧!
你们醉了,但不是因为酒;
你们东倒西歪,但不是因为烈酒。
10 因为耶和华把沉睡的灵倾倒在你们身上,
祂封住你们的眼睛,
盖住你们的头。
你们的眼睛就是先知,
你们的头就是先见。

11 对你们而言,所有的启示都好像封了印的书卷。你们把书卷交给识字的人读,他会说:“我不能读,这书卷是封着的。” 12 你们把书卷交给不识字的人读,他会说:“我不识字。”

13 主说:“这些人嘴上亲近我,
尊崇我,心却远离我。
他们敬拜我不过是遵行人定的规条。
14 所以,我要再次行奇妙无比的事,使他们震惊。
他们智者的智慧必泯灭,
明哲的聪明必消失。”
15 那些向耶和华深藏计谋的人有祸了!
他们暗中行事,
自以为无人看见也无人知道。
16 他们太愚蠢了!
窑匠怎能跟泥土相提并论?
被造的怎能对造它的说:
“你没有造我”?
陶器怎能对陶匠说:
“你什么也不懂”?

17 再过不久,黎巴嫩将变成沃野,
沃野上庄稼茂密如林。
18 那时,聋子必听见那书卷上的话,
黑暗中的瞎子必能看见。
19 卑微的人必因耶和华而欢喜,
贫穷的人必因以色列的圣者而快乐。
20 残暴之徒必消失,
嘲讽者必绝迹,
所有心怀不轨者必被铲除。
21 他们诬陷人,
暗算审判官,
冤枉无辜。
22 因此,关于雅各家,
救赎亚伯拉罕的耶和华说:
“雅各的子孙必不再羞愧,
脸上再无惧色。
23 因为他们看见我赐给他们的子孙时,
必尊我的名为圣,
必尊雅各的圣者为圣,
必敬畏以色列的上帝。
24 心里迷惘的必明白真理,
发怨言的必欣然受教。”

Footnotes

  1. 29:1 亚利伊勒”在此处用来指锡安/耶路撒冷,2节、7节同。

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.
Yet I will besiege Ariel;(E)
    she will mourn and lament,(F)
    she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a](G)
I will encamp against you on all sides;
    I will encircle(H) you with towers
    and set up my siege works(I) against you.
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)

But your many enemies will become like fine dust,(N)
    the ruthless(O) hordes like blown chaff.(P)
Suddenly,(Q) in an instant,
    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)
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—
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)

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

  1. Isaiah 29:2 The Hebrew for altar hearth sounds like the Hebrew for Ariel.
  2. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules