Ис 41
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Вечный – Помощник Исроила
41 – Умолкните предо Мной, острова!
Пусть народы наберутся сил.
Пусть приблизятся, пусть говорят;
сойдёмся вместе на суд.
2 Кто воздвиг победителя с востока[a]
и призвал его на служение Себе?
Кто отдал ему народы
и покорил царей?
Его меч обратил их в пыль
и лук его – в солому на ветру.
3 Он преследует их и невредимо шествует по дороге,
по которой ноги его не ходили прежде.
4 Кто исполнил и совершил это?
Тот, Кто вызывает поколения от начала.
Я, Вечный, – с первыми из них,
и с последними Я – Тот же[b].
5 Острова увидели и испугались,
затрепетали края земли.
Они сблизились и сошлись;
6 помогают один другому,
говорит брат брату: «Крепись!»
7 Ремесленник ободряет плавильщика,
а чеканщик – кузнеца,
говоря о спайке: «Она хороша!»
Он крепит идола гвоздями,
чтобы не рухнул.
8 – Но ты, о Исроил, раб Мой,
Якуб, которого Я избрал,
потомство Иброхима, Моего друга,
9 ты, кого Я взял с концов земли
и призвал от её краёв,
говоря тебе: «Ты Мой раб»,
тебя Я избрал и не отвергну.
10 Не бойся, ведь Я с тобой;
не страшись, ведь Я – твой Бог.
Я укреплю тебя и помогу тебе;
Моя правая рука поддержит и спасёт тебя.
11 Всех, кто гневается на тебя,
ждут бесчестие и позор;
те, кто противостоит тебе,
обратятся в ничто и погибнут.
12 Те, кто воюет против тебя, исчезнут;
станешь искать их и не найдёшь.
13 Ведь Я – Вечный, твой Бог;
Я держу тебя за правую руку
и говорю: «Не бойся;
Я помогу тебе».
14 Не бойся, червь Якуб,
малолюдный Исроил,
Я помогу тебе, – возвещает Вечный,
твой Искупитель, святой Бог Исроила. –
15 Вот, Я сделаю тебя молотильной доской[c],
новой, с острыми зубьями.
Ты будешь молотить горы и растирать их,
и сделаешь мякиной холмы.
16 Ты их провеешь, а ветер развеет,
и ураган их рассеет.
Но ты возликуешь о Вечном,
будешь славить святого Бога Исроила.
17 Бедные и нищие ищут воду, но её нет;
их языки пересохли от жажды.
Но Я, Вечный, им отвечу;
Я, Бог Исроила, их не брошу.
18 По бесплодным высотам Я реки пущу
и источники по долинам;
превращу пустыню в пруды с водой
и иссохшую землю – в источники.
19 Я посажу в пустыне кедр и акацию,
мирт и маслину;
в необитаемой земле насажу кипарис,
чинару и сосну вместе,
20 чтобы народ мог видеть и знать,
задуматься и понять,
что рука Вечного сделала это,
святой Бог Исроила сотворил.
Невежество идолов
21 – А вы, идолы, представьте ваше дело! –
говорит Вечный. –
Приведите свои доказательства! –
говорит Царь Якуба. –
22 Пусть приведут их
и скажут нам, что случится.
Пусть расскажут нам о прежних делах,
чтобы нам в них вникнуть
и узнать, каков их исход.
Или объявите нам о грядущем,
23 расскажите о том, что явится после,
чтобы мы за богов вас признали.
Сделайте что-нибудь доброе или злое,
чтобы нам ужаснуться и наполниться страхом.
24 Но вы ничто,
и ваши дела совершенно ничтожны;
тот, кто вас предпочтёт, омерзителен.
25 Я воздвиг того, кто на севере, и он идёт;
с востока идёт он, призывающий Моё имя.
Он топчет правителей, будто грязь,
будто горшечник топчет глину.
26 Кто сказал об этом сначала, чтобы мы могли знать,
заранее, чтобы мы могли сказать: «Он прав»?
Никто не сделал этого,
никто не предсказал,
никто не слышал от вас ни слова.
27 Я первым возвестил Сиону:
«Вот оно, сбывается!» –
и дал Иерусалиму вестника,
несущего добрую весть.
28 Я смотрю, но нет никого –
никого среди идолов, чтобы дать совет,
никого, чтобы ответить, если Я их спрошу.
29 Вот, все они – обман!
Их дела ничтожны;
их изваяния – ветер и пустота.
Footnotes
- Ис 41:2 Победитель с востока – имеется в виду Куруш, царь Персии (559–530 гг. до н. э.), который завоевал Вавилон в 539 г. до н. э. и издал указ, позволяющий евреям вернуться в Иерусалим (см. Узайр 1:1-4; 6:3-5). См. также сноску на 44:28.
- Ис 41:4 Букв.: «Я есть Он»; также 43:10, 13; 46:4; 48:12; 52:6. Это выражение заключает в себе одно из самых важных самоопределений Всевышнего. Оно указывает на Его активное участие в жизни Своего народа и всего творения, говорит о Его вечном существовании и показывает неизменность Его природы и характера (ср. Исх. 3:14-15; 6:6-8; Отк. 1:8).
- Ис 41:15 Молотильная доска – платформа из тяжёлых досок, гружённая сверху и снабжённая снизу острыми железными зубьями, использовавшаяся для молотьбы зерна.
Isaiah 41
Evangelical Heritage Version
A Summons to Judgment
41
Prepare to present your case to me,[a] you coastlands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near. Yes, let them say,
“We will gather together for the verdict.”
A Mystery Man Is Summoned From the East
2 Who has aroused this one from the east?
In righteousness he summons him to his feet.
He gives nations to him
and causes him to rule over kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursues them and passes by safely.
His feet do not touch the ground.[b]
4 Who accomplished this and carried it out
by summoning generations from the beginning?
The Lord Controls History
I, the Lord, am the first,
and at the very end I will still be the one.
5 The coastlands see and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They draw near. They come.
The Idol Makers Appear
6 Each one assists his neighbor,
and to his brother he says, “Be strong.”
7 The craftsman strengthens the refiner.
The one who flattens with the hammer
strengthens the one who strikes the anvil.
Concerning the soldering he says, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
The Lord Is Your Defender
8 But you, O Israel, my servant,
O Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring[c] of Abraham, whom I love,
9 whom I have snatched from the ends of the earth,
whom I have called from its corners—
I have said to you, “You are my servant.”
I have chosen you and not rejected you.
10 Do not fear, for I am with you.
Do not be overwhelmed,[d] for I am your God.
I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you.
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11 Just watch, they will be ashamed and humiliated—
all those who are angry with you.
They will become nothing and perish—
those men who oppose you.
12 You will look for them, but you will not find them—
those men who contend against you.
They will become absolutely nothing, less than nothing—
those men who battle against you.
13 For I am the Lord your God.
I am the one who is holding on to your right hand.
I am the one who says to you, “Do not fear. I myself am helping you.”
14 Do not fear, you worm, Jacob, you few men of Israel.[e]
I myself am helping you, declares the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Look, I am making you into a sharp, new threshing sledge
with double-edged blades.
You will thresh mountains and crush them.
You will turn hills into chaff.
16 You will winnow them,
and a wind will lift them up.
A strong wind will scatter them.
But you, you will rejoice in the Lord.
In the Holy One of Israel you will be confident.
17 The afflicted and the poor seek water, but there is none.
Their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, the Lord, I myself will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will not leave them.
18 I will open rivers on the barren heights.
In the middle of valleys there will be springs.
I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water,
and the dry land will pour out water.
19 In the wilderness I will place cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees.
In the wasteland I will plant fir, maple, and pines together,
20 so that they may see and know,
and pay attention and perceive this all together,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Idols Are Placed on Trial
21 “Present your case,” says the Lord.
“Set forth your strongest points,” says the King of Jacob.
22 Let them present and declare to us what is going to occur.
What were the first things you predicted?
Tell us, so that we can ponder them,
so that we can know their outcome.
Or, announce to us the coming things.
23 Declare to us the things that are still coming in the distant future.
Then we will know that you are gods.
In fact, just do something, do anything—good or evil,
so that we may be overwhelmed and terrified together.
24 Look, you are less than nothing,
and your work is less than zero.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
The Man From the North
25 I have stirred up someone from the north,
and he is coming from the rising of the sun.
He will call upon my name.
He will walk over rulers as if they were mud,
the way a potter tramples clay.
26 Who declared this from the beginning so that we could know it,
and ahead of time so that we could say, “He is right”?
In fact, not one of them declares this.
In fact, not one of them makes this known.
In fact, no one hears you say anything.
27 I was first to announce to Zion, “Look, here they are,”
and I sent a herald of good news to Jerusalem.
28 When I looked, there was no one.
None of them could give advice,
even when I kept asking them to respond.
29 Look, all of them are useless.
Their works are nothing.
Their images are empty wind.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:1 Or be silent before me. The Hebrew root used here does often mean be silent, but the context seems to require a preparation for legal action. There is a Hebrew homonym that means fabricate. This meaning fits the context. The Greek Old Testament and the parallelism also support this meaning.
- Isaiah 41:3 Literally he does not enter a path with his feet. This seems to mean that he moves so fast that his feet don’t touch the ground, or that he goes in new paths where he has never gone before, or that he quickly gains new territory.
- Isaiah 41:8 Literally the seed
- Isaiah 41:10 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 41:14 Or you insect, Israel. The Isaiah Dead Sea Scroll reads dead ones.
Isaiah 41
King James Version
41 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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