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Isaiah 16
New International Version
Isaiah 16
New International Version
16 Send lambs(A) as tribute(B)
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(C) across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.(D)
2 Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,(E)
so are the women of Moab(F)
at the fords(G) of the Arnon.(H)
3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
“Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,(I)
do not betray the refugees.
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter(J) from the destroyer.”
The oppressor(K) will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;(L)
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne(M) will be established;(N)
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house[a] of David(O)—
one who in judging seeks justice(P)
and speeds the cause of righteousness.
6 We have heard of Moab’s(Q) pride(R)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,(S)
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes(T) of Kir Hareseth.(U)
8 The fields of Heshbon(V) wither,(W)
the vines of Sibmah(X) also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,(Y)
which once reached Jazer(Z)
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(AA)
and went as far as the sea.[b](AB)
9 So I weep,(AC) as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(AD)
I drench you with tears!(AE)
The shouts of joy(AF) over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests(AG) have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;(AH)
no one sings or shouts(AI) in the vineyards;
no one treads(AJ) out wine at the presses,(AK)
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab(AL) like a harp,(AM)
my inmost being(AN) for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,(AO)
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(AP) to pray,
it is to no avail.(AQ)
13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(AR) as a servant bound by contract(AS) would count them,(AT) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(AU) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(AV)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent
- Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
Isaia 16
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Isaia 16
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Angoscia di Moab
16 Mandate gli agnelli per il dominatore del paese,
mandateli da Sela, per la via del deserto,
al monte della figlia di *Sion!
2 Come uccelli che fuggono, come una nidiata dispersa,
cosí saranno le figlie di *Moab ai guadi dell'Arnon.
3 Consigliaci, fa' giustizia!
In pieno mezzogiorno, stendi su di noi l'ombra tua densa come la notte,
nascondi gli esuli,
non tradire i fuggiaschi;
4 lascia abitare presso di te gli esuli di Moab,
sii tu per loro un rifugio contro il devastatore!
L'oppressione infatti è finita, la devastazione è cessata,
gli invasori sono scomparsi dal paese.
5 Il trono è stabilito fermamente sulla clemenza
e sul trono sta seduto fedelmente, nella tenda di *Davide,
un giudice amico del diritto e pronto a far giustizia.
6 Noi conosciamo l'orgoglio di Moab, l'orgogliosissima,
la sua alterigia, la sua superbia, la sua arroganza, il suo vantarsi senza fondamento!
7 Perciò gema Moab per Moab, tutti gemano!
Rimpiangete, costernati, i grappoli d'uva di Chir-Areset!
8 Poiché le campagne di Chesbon languono;
languono i vigneti di Sibma, le cui viti scelte, che inebriavano i padroni delle nazioni,
arrivavano fino a Iazer, erravano per il deserto,
e avevano propaggini che si espandevano lontano, e attraversavano il mare.
9 Piango, perciò, come piange Iazer, i vigneti di Sibma;
io vi inondo con le mie lacrime, o Chesbon, o Eleale!
Poiché sui vostri frutti d'estate e sulla vostra mietitura
si è abbattuto un grido di guerra.
10 La gioia, l'esultanza sono scomparse dalla fertile campagna;
nelle vigne non ci sono piú canti, né grida di gioia;
il vendemmiatore non pigia piú l'uva nei tini;
io ho fatto cessare il grido di gioia della vendemmia.
11 Perciò le mie viscere fremono per Moab come un'arpa
e geme il mio cuore per Chir-Eres.
12 Quando Moab si presenterà, quando si affaticherà sull'alto luogo
ed entrerà nel suo *santuario a pregare, esso nulla otterrà.
13 Questa è la parola che il Signore già da lungo tempo pronunziò contro Moab.
14 Ora il Signore parla e dice:
«Fra tre anni, contati come quelli di un operaio,
la gloria di Moab cadrà in disprezzo,
nonostante i suoi numerosi abitanti;
e ciò che ne resterà sarà poca, pochissima cosa, senza forza».
Isaiah 16
King James Version
Isaiah 16
King James Version
16 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
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