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Раб Вечного[a]

42 – Вот Мой Раб, Которого Я укрепляю,
    Мой Избранный, Который Мне угоден!
Я дам Ему Духа Моего,
    и Он свершит правосудие для народов.
Он не закричит, не возвысит голоса,
    не услышат Его на улицах.
Он тростника надломленного не переломит
    и тлеющего фитиля не погасит.
В верности Он явит правосудие;
    Он не ослабеет и не изнеможет,
пока не установит правосудия на земле.
    Острова ждут Его учения.

Так говорит Вечный Бог,
сотворивший небеса и разостлавший их,
    распростёрший землю со всеми её созданиями,
дающий дыхание народу на ней,
    жизнь тем, кто по ней ходит:
– Я, Вечный, призвал Тебя в праведности;
    Я буду держать Тебя за руку.
Я буду хранить Тебя,
    и через Тебя Я заключу соглашение с народом
    и принесу свет язычникам,
чтобы открыть слепые глаза,
    вывести пленников из тюрьмы
    и выпустить из темницы тех, кто сидит во тьме.

Я – Вечный; таково Моё имя!
    Я не отдам славы Моей другому
    и хвалы Моей идолам.
Вот, исполнилось прежнее,
    и Я возвещаю о новом;
прежде чем оно явится,
    Я вам о нём возвещу.

Песнь хвалы Вечному

10 Пойте Вечному новую песнь,
    пойте хвалу Ему с краёв земли,
вы, кто плавает по морю, и всё, что наполняет его,
    острова и все, кто на них живёт.
11 Пусть пустыня и её города возвысят свои голоса;
    пусть ликуют селения, где обитает Кедар[b].
Пусть обитатели Селы[c] поют от радости;
    пусть кричат они с горных вершин.
12 Пусть славят Вечного,
    воздают Ему хвалу на островах.
13 Выйдет Вечный, как силач,
    разожжёт Свою ярость, как могучий воин;
закричит, поднимет воинственный клич
    и восторжествует над врагами.

14 – Долго Я молчал,
    хранил спокойствие и сдерживался.
Но теперь Я кричу, как роженица,
    задыхаюсь и воздух ловлю.
15 Я опустошу холмы и горы
    и иссушу все их травы;
реки Я сделаю островами
    и осушу пруды.
16 Я поведу слепых путями, которых они не знали,
    по незнакомым стезям поведу их;
тьму перед ними Я сделаю светом
    и неровные места – гладкими.
Всё это Я совершу для них,
    Я их не брошу.
17 Но те, кто надеется на идолов,
    кто говорит изваяниям: «Вы наши боги»,
    будут изгнаны со страшным стыдом.

Слепой и глухой Исраил

18 – Слушайте, глухие;
    смотрите, слепые, чтобы видеть!
19 Кто слеп, как Мой раб,
    и глух, как Мой вестник, Мной посланный?
Кто так слеп, как преданный Мне,
    так слеп, как раб Вечного?
20 Ты видел многое, но не вникал;
    твои уши были открыты, но ты не слышал.

21 Вечному было угодно
    ради Своей праведности
    прославить и возвеличить Свой Закон.
22 Но народ этот разграблен и обобран;
    все они пойманы в ямы
    или скрыты в темницах.
Стали они добычей,
    и некому их избавить;
сделали их наживой,
    и некому сказать: «Верни!»

23 Кто из вас вслушается в это,
    вникнет и выслушает для будущего?
24 Кто отдал потомков Якуба на разорение
    и Исраил – грабителям?
Не Вечный ли,
    против Которого мы грешили?
Ведь они не шли по Его путям
    и Закона Его не слушались.
25 И излил Он на них пылающий гнев
    и жестокость войны:
она окружила их пламенем,
    а они не понимали;
она испепеляла их,
    а они не принимали это к сердцу.

Footnotes

  1. 42:1-9 Это первая из песен о Рабе Вечного (см. также 49:1-13; 50:4-11; 52:13–53:12). Вначале Исаия называет рабом Вечного Исраил (см., напр., 41:8; 42:19), но затем, в этих песнях, данная идея постепенно развивается, и пророк показывает, что истинным Рабом Вечного является ожидаемый Масих, Который и исполнил в совершенстве волю Аллаха, то, чего не смог сделать Исраил.
  2. 42:11 Кедар   – народ, произошедший от второго сына Исмаила (см. Нач. 25:13), обитавший в северной части Аравийской пустыни.
  3. 42:11 Села   – столица Эдома.

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Behold! (A)My Servant whom I uphold,
My [a]Elect One in whom My soul (B)delights!
(C)I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed He will not break,
And [b]smoking flax He will not [c]quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
(D)And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

Thus says God the Lord,
(E)Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
(F)Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:
“I,(G) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (H)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (I)a light to the Gentiles,
(J)To open blind eyes,
To (K)bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in (L)darkness from the prison house.
I am the Lord, that is My name;
And My (M)glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved images.
Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

Praise to the Lord

10 (N)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
(O)You who go down to the sea, and [d]all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, (P)yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies.

Promise of the Lord’s Help

14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in [e]labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills,
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers coastlands,
And I will dry up the pools.
16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.
17 They shall be (Q)turned back,
They shall be greatly ashamed,
Who trust in carved images,
Who say to the molded images,
‘You are our gods.’

18 “Hear, you deaf;
And look, you blind, that you may see.
19 (R)Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the Lord’s servant?
20 Seeing many things, (S)but you do not observe;
Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”

Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience

21 The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake;
He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
22 But this is a people robbed and plundered;
All of them are [f]snared in holes,
And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”

23 Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the Lord,
He against whom we have sinned?
(T)For they would not walk in His ways,
Nor were they obedient to His law.
25 Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger
And the strength of battle;
(U)It has set him on fire all around,
(V)Yet he did not know;
And it burned him,
Yet he did not take it to (W)heart.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:1 Chosen
  2. Isaiah 42:3 dimly burning
  3. Isaiah 42:3 extinguish
  4. Isaiah 42:10 Lit. its fullness
  5. Isaiah 42:14 childbirth
  6. Isaiah 42:22 Or trapped in caves

The Lord's Chosen Servant

42 (A)Behold (B)my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, (C)in whom my soul delights;
(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
    (E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
    or make it heard in the street;
(F)a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
    (G)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
    till he has established justice in the earth;
    and (H)the coastlands wait for his law.

Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (I)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(J)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:
“I am the Lord; (K)I have called you[b] in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (L)as a covenant for the people,
    (M)a light for the nations,
    (N)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    (O)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
I am the Lord; that is my name;
    (P)my glory I give to no other,
    nor my praise to carved idols.
Behold, the former things have come to pass,
    (Q)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
    I tell you of them.”

Sing to the Lord a New Song

10 (R)Sing to the Lord a new song,
    his praise from the end of the earth,
(S)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
    (T)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
    the villages that (U)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (V)Sela sing for joy,
    let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
    and declare his praise in (W)the coastlands.
13 (X)The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
    like a man of war (Y)he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, (Z)he shouts aloud,
    he shows himself mighty against his foes.

14 For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out (AA)like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.
15 (AB)I will lay waste mountains and hills,
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,[c]
    and dry up the pools.
16 (AC)And I will lead the blind
    in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
    I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    (AD)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
    and I do not forsake them.
17 (AE)They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
    who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
    “You are our gods.”

Israel's Failure to Hear and See

18 Hear, you deaf,
    and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,[d]
    or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 (AF)He sees many things, but does not observe them;
    (AG)his ears are open, but he does not hear.
21 The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
    to magnify his law and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
    they are all of them trapped in holes
    (AH)and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
    spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
23 Who among you will give ear to this,
    will attend and listen for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
    and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
    in whose ways they would not walk,
    and whose law they would not obey?
25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
    and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, (AI)but he did not understand;
    it burned him up, (AJ)but he did not take it to heart.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:4 Or bruised
  2. Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
  3. Isaiah 42:15 Or into coastlands
  4. Isaiah 42:19 Or as the one at peace with me