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Jesaja 40
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jesaja 40
Svenska Folkbibeln
I. SION OCH FRÄLSNINGEN FRÅN ASSUR-BABEL (Kap 40-48)
Herren tröstar sitt folk
40 Trösta, trösta mitt folk! säger er Gud.
2 Tala ljuvligt till Jerusalem och förkunna för det
att dess vedermöda är slut,
att dess missgärning är försonad,
och att det har fått dubbelt igen av Herrens hand
för alla sina synder.
3 En röst ropar i öknen:
"Bered väg för Herren,
bana en jämn väg i ödemarken för vår Gud.
4 Varje dal skall höjas,
alla berg och höjder sänkas.
Ojämn mark skall jämnas,
kuperat land bli slät mark.
5 Herrens härlighet skall uppenbaras,
alla människor skall tillsammans se den.
Ty Herrens mun har talat."
6 Hör någon säger: "Predika!"
Och en annan[a] svarar: "Vad skall jag predika?"
"Allt kött är gräs
och all dess härlighet är som blomster på marken.
7 Gräs torkar, blomster vissnar,
när Herrens Ande blåser på det.
Ja, folket är gräs!
8 Gräs torkar bort, blomster vissnar,
men vår Guds ord förblir i evighet."
9 Sion, du glädjens budbärarinna,
stig upp på ett högt berg.
Jerusalem, du glädjens budbärarinna,
höj din röst med kraft.
Höj den utan fruktan, säg till Juda städer:
"Se, er Gud!"
10 Ja, Herren, Herren kommer med makt,
hans arm visar sin makt.
Se, han har med sig sin lön,
hans segerbyte går framför honom.
11 Han för sin hjord i bet som en herde,
han samlar lammen i sina armar,
han bär dem i sin famn.
Sakta för han moderfåren fram.
Ingen kan liknas vid Gud
12 Vem har mätt vattnen i sin kupade hand
och tagit mått på himlens vidd med sina utspända fingrar?
Vem har samlat stoftet på jorden i ett måttkar,
eller vägt bergen på en våg och höjderna i en vågskål?
13 Vem har utforskat Herrens Ande,
och vem kan ge honom råd och undervisa honom?
14 Vem rådfrågar han,
för att denne skall ge honom förstånd
och lära honom den rätta stigen,
lära honom kunskap
och visa honom förståndets väg?
15 Se, folken är som en droppe i en spann,
som ett dammkorn i en vågskål.
Kustländerna lyfter han som ett stoftkorn.
16 Libanons skog räcker inte till offerved,
dess djur inte till brännoffer.
17 Alla folk är som ett intet inför honom,
mindre än intet och idel tomhet anser han dem vara.
18 Vem vill ni likna Gud vid,
vad vill ni jämföra honom med?
19 Hantverkaren gjuter en avgudabild,
och guldsmeden belägger den med guld
och smider silverkedjor.
20 Den som inte har råd att offra mycket
väljer ett stycke trä som inte ruttnar.
Sedan söker han en erfaren hantverkare
som kan forma en avgudabild
som inte faller omkull.
21 Vet ni inte det,
har ni inte hört det?
Har inte detta förkunnats för er från begynnelsen?
Har ni inte förstått det alltifrån jordens grundläggning?
22 För honom som tronar över världen
är dess inbyggare som gräshoppor.
Han breder ut himlen som ett flor,
spänner ut den som ett tält att bo inunder.
23 Han gör furstar till intet
och förvandlar jordens domare till tomhet.
24 Knappt är de planterade,
knappt är de sådda,
knappt har deras stam slagit rot i jorden,
så blåser han på dem och de förtorkar,
och en stormvind för bort dem som strå.
25 Vem vill ni då likna mig vid,
så att jag skulle vara som han?
säger den Helige.
26 Lyft upp era ögon mot höjden och se:
Vem har skapat allt detta?
Vem för härskaran däruppe fram i räknade skaror?
Genom sin stora makt och sin väldiga kraft
nämner han dem alla vid namn -
ingen enda uteblir.
27 Hur kan du Jakob säga,
du Israel påstå:
"Min väg är dold för Herren.
Gud bryr sig inte om min rätt"?
28 Vet du inte, har du inte hört
att Herren är en evig Gud,
som har skapat jordens ändar?
Han blir inte trött och utmattas inte,
hans förstånd kan inte utforskas.
29 Han ger den trötte kraft
och ökar den maktlöses styrka.
30 Ynglingar kan bli trötta och ge upp,
unga män kan falla.
31 Men de som hoppas på Herren får ny kraft,
de lyfter med vingar som örnar.
De skyndar i väg utan att mattas,
de färdas framåt utan att bli trötta.
Footnotes
- Jesaja 40:6 en annan Jesajarullen från Qumran och Septuaginta: "jag".
Jesaja 40
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jesaja 40
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
I. SION OCH FRÄLSNINGEN FRÅN ASSUR-BABEL (Kap 40-48)
Herren tröstar sitt folk
40 (A) Trösta, trösta mitt folk!
säger er Gud.
2 Tala till Jerusalems hjärta
och förkunna för det
att dess vedermöda är slut,
att dess skuld är försonad,
och att det fått dubbelt igen
av Herrens hand
för alla sina synder.
3 (B) En röst ropar i öknen:
"Bana väg för Herren,
gör vägen rak i ödemarken
för vår Gud.[a]
4 Varje dal ska höjas,
alla berg och höjder sänkas.
Ojämn mark ska jämnas,
kuperat land bli slät mark.
5 Herrens härlighet ska uppenbaras,
alla människor ska se det
tillsammans,
för Herrens mun har talat."
6 (C) Hör, någon säger: "Predika!"
Och en annan[b] svarar:
"Vad ska jag predika?"
"Allt kött är gräs,
och all dess härlighet
som blomman på marken.[c]
7 Gräset vissnar,
blomman faller av
när Herrens Ande blåser på det.
Ja, folket är gräs!
8 (D) Gräset vissnar,
blomman faller av,
men vår Guds ord består för evigt."
9 Sion, du glädjens budbärarinna,
stig upp på ett högt berg.
Jerusalem,
du glädjens budbärarinna,[d]
höj din röst med kraft!
Höj den utan fruktan,
säg till Juda städer:
"Se er Gud!"
10 (E) Ja, Herren Gud kommer med kraft,
hans arm visar sin makt.
Se, han har med sig sin lön,
hans segerbyte
går framför honom.
11 (F) Han vallar sin hjord som en herde,
han samlar lammen i sina armar
och bär dem i sin famn.
Sakta för han moderfåren fram.
Ingen kan liknas vid Gud
12 (G) Vem har mätt vattnen
i sin kupade hand
och mätt upp himlens vidd
med sina fingrar?
Vem har samlat jordens stoft
i ett mått,
vägt bergen på en våg
och höjderna i en vågskål?
13 (H) Vem har utforskat Herrens Ande?
Vem kan ge honom råd
och undervisa honom?[e]
14 Vem rådfrågar han,
vem ska ge honom förstånd
och lära honom den rätta stigen,
lära honom kunskap
och visa honom förståndets väg?
15 (I) Se, folken är som en droppe
i en spann,
som ett dammkorn i en vågskål.
Kustländerna lyfter han
som ett stoftkorn.
16 Libanons skog
räcker inte till offerved,
dess djur inte till brännoffer.
17 Alla folk är som ingenting
inför honom,
mindre än noll och tomhet
anser han dem vara.
18 (J) Vem vill ni likna Gud vid?
Vad vill ni jämföra honom med?
19 (K) Hantverkaren gjuter en gudabild,
och guldsmeden belägger den
med guld
och smider silverkedjor.
20 Den som inte har råd
att offra så mycket
väljer ett stycke trä
som inte ruttnar.
Sedan söker han
en skicklig hantverkare
som kan forma en gudabild
som inte faller omkull.
21 Vet ni inte det?
Har ni inte hört?
Har det inte förkunnats för er
från begynnelsen?
Har ni inte förstått det
sedan jordens grund blev lagd?
22 (L) För honom som tronar
över jordens rund
är dess invånare som gräshoppor.
Han breder ut himlen som ett flor,
spänner ut den som ett tält
att bo under.
23 (M) Han gör furstar till intet,
förvandlar jordens domare
till tomhet.
24 Knappt är de planterade,
knappt är de sådda,
knappt har deras stam
slagit rot i jorden,
så blåser han på dem
och de förtorkar,
och en stormvind
för bort dem som strå.
25 Vem vill ni då likna mig vid,
vem är min like?
säger den Helige.
26 (N) Lyft blicken mot höjden och se:
Vem har skapat allt detta?
Det är han som för fram härskaran
däruppe i räknade skaror.
Med sin stora makt
och sin väldiga kraft
nämner han dem alla vid namn –
ingen enda uteblir.
27 Hur kan du Jakob säga,
du Israel påstå:
"Min väg är dold för Herren,
Gud bryr sig inte om min rätt"?
28 Vet du inte? Har du inte hört
att Herren är en evig Gud
som har skapat jordens ändar?
Han blir inte trött och mattas inte,
hans förstånd kan inte utforskas.
29 Han ger den trötte kraft
och ökar den maktlöses styrka.
30 Ynglingar kan bli trötta och ge upp,
unga män kan falla.
31 (O) Men de som hoppas på Herren
får ny kraft,
de lyfter med vingar som örnar.
De springer utan att mattas,
de vandrar utan att bli trötta.
Footnotes
- 40:3f Citeras i Luk 3:4f, Matt 3:3, Mark 1:3 och Joh 1:23 som profetia om Johannes Döparen.
- 40:6 en annan Jesajarullen från Qumran och Septuaginta: "jag".
- 40:6f Citeras av Petrus i 1 Petr 1:24f.
- 40:9 Sion … Jerusalem, du glädjens budbärarinna Annan översättning: "Du som bär glädjebud till Sion/Jerusalem".
- 40:13 Citeras av Paulus i Rom 11:34 och 1 Kor 2:16.
Isaiah 40
New International Version
Isaiah 40
New International Version
Comfort for God’s People
40 Comfort, comfort(A) my people,
says your God.
2 Speak tenderly(B) to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service(C) has been completed,(D)
that her sin has been paid for,(E)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double(F) for all her sins.
3 A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way(G) for the Lord[a];
make straight(H) in the desert
a highway for our God.[b](I)
4 Every valley shall be raised up,(J)
every mountain and hill(K) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(L)
the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory(M) of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.(N)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(O)
6 A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,(P)
and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers(Q) and the flowers fall,
because the breath(R) of the Lord blows(S) on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers(T) fall,
but the word(U) of our God endures(V) forever.(W)”
9 You who bring good news(X) to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c](Y)
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
“Here is your God!”(Z)
10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes(AA) with power,(AB)
and he rules(AC) with a mighty arm.(AD)
See, his reward(AE) is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.
11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(AF)
He gathers the lambs in his arms(AG)
and carries them close to his heart;(AH)
he gently leads(AI) those that have young.(AJ)
12 Who has measured the waters(AK) in the hollow of his hand,(AL)
or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?(AM)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
or weighed the mountains on the scales
and the hills in a balance?(AN)
13 Who can fathom the Spirit[d](AO) of the Lord,
or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(AP)
14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(AQ)
or showed him the path of understanding?(AR)
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;(AS)
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(AT)
16 Lebanon(AU) is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals(AV) enough for burnt offerings.
17 Before him all the nations(AW) are as nothing;(AX)
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.(AY)
18 With whom, then, will you compare God?(AZ)
To what image(BA) will you liken him?
19 As for an idol,(BB) a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith(BC) overlays it with gold(BD)
and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood(BE) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol(BF) that will not topple.(BG)
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(BH)
Has it not been told(BI) you from the beginning?(BJ)
Have you not understood(BK) since the earth was founded?(BL)
22 He sits enthroned(BM) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(BN)
He stretches out the heavens(BO) like a canopy,(BP)
and spreads them out like a tent(BQ) to live in.(BR)
23 He brings princes(BS) to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(BT)
24 No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root(BU) in the ground,
than he blows(BV) on them and they wither,(BW)
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(BX)
25 “To whom will you compare me?(BY)
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(BZ)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(CA)
Who created(CB) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(CC) one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(CD)
not one of them is missing.(CE)
27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?(CF)
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(CG)
The Lord is the everlasting(CH) God,
the Creator(CI) of the ends of the earth.(CJ)
He will not grow tired or weary,(CK)
and his understanding no one can fathom.(CL)
29 He gives strength(CM) to the weary(CN)
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men(CO) stumble and fall;(CP)
31 but those who hope(CQ) in the Lord
will renew their strength.(CR)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(CS)
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.(CT)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
- Isaiah 40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news
- Isaiah 40:13 Or mind
Isaiah 40
New Living Translation
Isaiah 40
New Living Translation
Comfort for God’s People
40 “Comfort, comfort my people,”
says your God.
2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the Lord has punished her twice over
for all her sins.”
3 Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
for the Lord!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
for our God!
4 Fill in the valleys,
and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
and smooth out the rough places.
5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The Lord has spoken!”[a]
6 A voice said, “Shout!”
I asked, “What should I shout?”
“Shout that people are like the grass.
Their beauty fades as quickly
as the flowers in a field.
7 The grass withers and the flowers fade
beneath the breath of the Lord.
And so it is with people.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 O Zion, messenger of good news,
shout from the mountaintops!
Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.[b]
Shout, and do not be afraid.
Tell the towns of Judah,
“Your God is coming!”
10 Yes, the Sovereign Lord is coming in power.
He will rule with a powerful arm.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
The Lord Has No Equal
12 Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?
13 Who is able to advise the Spirit of the Lord?[c]
Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him?
14 Has the Lord ever needed anyone’s advice?
Does he need instruction about what is good?
Did someone teach him what is right
or show him the path of justice?
15 No, for all the nations of the world
are but a drop in the bucket.
They are nothing more
than dust on the scales.
He picks up the whole earth
as though it were a grain of sand.
16 All the wood in Lebanon’s forests
and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough
to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.
17 The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.
18 To whom can you compare God?
What image can you find to resemble him?
19 Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,
overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?
20 Or if people are too poor for that,
they might at least choose wood that won’t decay
and a skilled craftsman
to carve an image that won’t fall down!
21 Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand?
Are you deaf to the words of God—
the words he gave before the world began?
Are you so ignorant?
22 God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
23 He judges the great people of the world
and brings them all to nothing.
24 They hardly get started, barely taking root,
when he blows on them and they wither.
The wind carries them off like chaff.
25 “To whom will you compare me?
Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.
26 Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
not a single one is missing.
27 O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28 Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Footnotes
- 40:3-5 Greek version reads He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, / “Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming! / Clear a road for our God! / Fill in the valleys, / and level the mountains and hills. / And then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, / and all people will see the salvation sent from God. / The Lord has spoken!” Compare Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6.
- 40:9 Or O messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops! Shout it louder to Jerusalem.
- 40:13 Greek version reads Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Compare Rom 11:34; 1 Cor 2:16.
Isaiah 40
King James Version
Isaiah 40
King James Version
40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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