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Isaiah 26
Good News Translation
Isaiah 26
Good News Translation
God Will Give His People Victory
26 A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah:
Our city is strong!
God himself defends its walls!
2 Open the city gates
and let the faithful nation enter,
the nation whose people do what is right.
3 You, Lord, give perfect peace
to those who keep their purpose firm
and put their trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever;
he will always protect us.
5 He has humbled those who were proud;
he destroyed the strong city they lived in,
and sent its walls crashing into the dust.
6 Those who were oppressed walk over it now
and trample it under their feet.
7 Lord, you make the path smooth for good people;
the road they travel is level.
8 We follow your will and put our hope in you;
you are all that we desire.
9 At night I long for you with all my heart;
when you judge the earth and its people,
they will all learn what justice is.
10 Even though you are kind to the wicked,
they never learn to do what is right.
Even here in a land of righteous people
they still do wrong;
they refuse to recognize your greatness.
11 (A)Your enemies do not know that you will punish them.
Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer;
let them suffer the punishment you have prepared.
Show them how much you love your people.
12 You will give us prosperity, Lord;
everything that we achieve
is the result of what you do.[a]
13 Lord our God, we have been ruled by others,
but you alone are our Lord.
14 Now they are dead and will not live again;
their ghosts will not rise,
for you have punished them and destroyed them.
No one remembers them any more.
15 Lord, you have made our nation grow,
enlarging its territory on every side;
and this has brought you honor.
16 You punished your people, Lord,
and in anguish they prayed to you.[b]
17 You, Lord, have made us cry out,
as a woman in labor cries out in pain.
18 We were in pain and agony,
but we gave birth to nothing.
We have won no victory for our land;
we have accomplished nothing.[c]
19 Those of our people who have died will live again!
Their bodies will come back to life.
All those sleeping in their graves
will wake up and sing for joy.
As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth,
so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.
Judgment and Restoration
20 Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over. 21 The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:12 everything that … do; or you treat us according to what we do.
- Isaiah 26:16 Verse 16 in Hebrew is unclear.
- Isaiah 26:18 We have won … nothing; Hebrew unclear.
Isaiah 26
King James Version
Isaiah 26
King James Version
26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Ésaïe 26
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Ésaïe 26
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Chant de triomphe
26 En ce jour-là, ╵on chantera cet hymne ╵au pays de Juda :
Nous avons une ville ╵qui est bien fortifiée,
Dieu a fait du salut ╵une muraille et un rempart.
2 Ouvrez les portes
et laissez-y entrer ╵la nation qui est juste,
qui demeure fidèle[a].
3 A celui qui est ferme ╵dans ses dispositions,
tu assures une paix parfaite,
parce qu’il se confie en toi.
4 Placez votre confiance ╵toujours en l’Eternel,
car l’Eternel est le rocher ╵de toute éternité.
5 Car il a abaissé ╵ceux qui trônaient bien haut
et il a renversé ╵la ville inaccessible,
il l’a abaissée jusqu’à terre,
lui faisant mordre la poussière.
6 Elle est foulée aux pieds,
écrasée par les opprimés
et sous les pas des pauvres.
Prière
7 Le chemin pour le juste ╵est un chemin bien droit.
Toi qui es droit, tu traces[b] ╵la voie que suit le juste.
8 Aussi, ô Eternel, ╵nous espérons en toi ;
sur les voies que tracent tes lois,
oui, tout notre désir ╵vers toi se porte,
nous voulons te garder ╵présent à la pensée.
9 J’aspire à toi ╵pendant la nuit,
et mon esprit ╵te recherche au matin[c].
Lorsque tes jugements ╵s’exercent sur la terre,
les habitants du monde ╵apprennent la justice.
10 Fait-on grâce au méchant,
il n’apprendra jamais à être juste.
Même au pays du droit, ╵il commettra le mal
et il ne verra pas ╵la majesté de l’Eternel.
Plainte et retour à la vie
11 Quand tu lèves ta main ╵pour juger, Eternel,
eux, ils ne le voient pas.
Mais ils verront ╵comment tu prends à cœur ╵la cause de ton peuple
et ils seront confus,
consumés par le feu ╵préparé pour tes ennemis.
12 O Eternel, tu nous donnes la paix,
car c’est bien toi ╵qui accomplis pour nous
tout ce que nous faisons.
13 Eternel, notre Dieu,
d’autres maîtres que toi ╵ont dominé sur nous,
mais c’est toi seul ╵que nous louons.
14 Les morts ne vivront plus,
les ombres ne se relèveront pas,
car toi, tu es intervenu
pour les exterminer.
Tu as fait disparaître ╵jusqu’à leur souvenir.
15 Tu as multiplié ╵la nation, Eternel,
tu l’as multipliée, ╵tu as montré ta gloire,
tu as fait reculer ╵les confins du pays ╵sur toutes les frontières.
16 O Eternel, dans la détresse,
nous nous sommes tournés vers toi[d],
nous t’avons présenté notre prière
quand tu nous as châtiés.
17 Nous étions devant toi, ╵ô Eternel,
comme une femme enceinte ╵et prête à enfanter,
qui souffre et qui crie de douleur,
18 car nous avons conçu, ╵et nous étions dans les douleurs
mais ce que nous avons ╵enfanté, c’est du vent.
Nous n’avons pas donné ╵le salut à la terre,
nous n’avons pas donné la vie ╵à de nouveaux habitants pour le monde.
19 Mais tes morts revivront,
les cadavres de ceux qui m’appartiennent ╵reviendront à la vie.
Oui, vous qui demeurez dans la poussière,
réveillez-vous, ╵poussez des cris de joie[e],
car ta rosée ╵est une rosée de lumière,
et la terre rendra les trépassés.
Grâce et restauration
20 Va, ô mon peuple, ╵et entre dans ta chambre,
sur toi ferme la porte,
cache-toi un instant,
le temps que passe la colère.
21 Car l’Eternel ╵va sortir de sa résidence
pour faire payer leurs péchés ╵aux habitants du monde,
et, ce jour-là, la terre ╵mettra à jour le sang ╵versé sur elle
et ne cachera plus ╵les victimes qu’elle dissimulait.
Footnotes
- 26.2 Voir Ps 118.19-20.
- 26.7 Autre traduction : tu aplanis bien droite.
- 26.9 et mon esprit… matin. Autre traduction : je te recherche du fond du cœur.
- 26.16 D’après deux manuscrits hébreux et l’ancienne version grecque. Les autres manuscrits hébreux ont : on s’est tourné vers toi ou ils se sont tournés vers toi.
- 26.19 vous qui demeurez dans la poussière… de joie. Le texte hébreu de Qumrân a : ceux qui demeurent… de joie.
Yesaya 26
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Yesaya 26
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Nyimbo ya Matamando
26 Tsiku limenelo anthu a mʼdziko la Yuda adzayimba nyimbo iyi.
Tili ndi mzinda wolimba.
Mulungu amawuteteza ndi zipupa
ndi malinga.
2 Tsekulani zipata za mzinda
kuti mtundu wolungama
ndi wokhulupirika ulowemo.
3 Inu mudzamupatsa munthu
wa mtima wokhazikika
mtendere weniweni.
4 Mudalireni Yehova mpaka muyaya,
chifukwa Yehova Mulungu ndiye Thanthwe losatha.
5 Iye amatsitsa anthu amene amadziyika pamwamba,
iye amagwetsa pansi mzinda wodzitukumula,
amagumula makoma ake
ndi kuwagwetsa pansi pa fumbi penipeni.
6 Mapazi a anthu akuwupondereza,
mapazi a anthu oponderezedwa,
mapazi anthu osauka.
7 Njira ya munthu wolungama ndi yosalaza,
Inu Wolungamayo, mumasalaza njira ya wolungama.
8 Inde Yehova, timayenda mʼnjira zanu zolungama,
ife timayembekezera Inu;
mitima yathu imakhumba kukumbukira
ndi kulemekeza dzina lanu.
9 Moyo wanga umalakalaka Inu usiku wonse;
nthawi yammawa ndimafunafuna Inu.
Pamene muweruza dziko lapansi
anthu amaphunzira kuchita chilungamo.
10 Ngakhale mukomere mtima anthu oyipa,
saphunzira chilungamo.
Amachita zoyipa mʼdziko la chilungamo,
ndipo sazindikira ululu wa Yehova.
11 Inu Yehova, mwatukula dzanja lanu kuti muwalange,
koma iwo sakuliona dzanjalo.
Aloleni anthu aone ndi kuchita manyazi poona mmene mukondera anthu anu;
ndipo moto umene mwasonkhera adani anu uwapsereze.
12 Yehova, mumatipatsa mtendere;
ndipo zonse zimene ife tinazichita munatichitira ndinu.
13 Inu Yehova Mulungu wathu, ngakhale takhala tikulamulidwa ndi ena mʼmalo mwanu,
koma ife timalemekeza dzina lanu lokha.
14 Iwo tsopano sadzadzukanso;
mizimu yawo sidzabwera kudzativutitsa
pakuti mwawalanga ndipo mwawawononga;
palibenso amene amawakumbukira.
15 Inu Yehova, mwaukulitsa mtundu wathu;
mwauchulukitsa ndithu
ndipo mwalandirapo ulemu;
mwaukuza mbali zonse za dziko.
16 Yehova, anthu anu anabwera kwa Inu pamene anali mʼmasautso;
pamene munawalanga,
iwo anapemphera kwa Inu.
17 Monga mayi woyembekezera pamene nthawi yake yobereka yayandikira
amamva kupweteka ndipo amalira ndi ululu,
ifenso tinali chimodzimodzi pamaso panu, Inu Yehova.
18 Ife chimodzimodzi tinamva ululu, ngati mayi pa nthawi yobala mwana,
koma sitinapindulepo kanthu,
kapena kupulumutsa dziko lapansi;
sitinabadwitse anthu atsopano pa dziko pano.
19 Koma anthu anu amene anafa adzakhalanso ndi moyo;
matupi awo adzadzuka.
Iwo amene ali ku fumbi tsopano
adzadzuka ndi kuyimba mosangalala.
Monga mame amafewetsa pansi kutsitsimutsa zomera,
momwenso Yehova adzaukitsa anthu amene anafa kale.
20 Abale anga, pitani mukalowe mʼnyumba zanu
ndipo mukadzitsekere;
mukabisale kwa kanthawi kochepa
mpaka ukali wake utatha.
21 Taonani, Yehova akubwera kuchokera kumene amakhala;
akubwera kudzalanga anthu a dziko lapansi chifukwa cha machimo awo.
Dziko lapansi lidzawulula magazi amene anakhetsedwa pa dzikolo;
dziko lapansi silidzabisanso mitembo ya anthu ophedwa.
Isaiah 26
New International Version
Isaiah 26
New International Version
A Song of Praise
26 In that day(A) this song will be sung(B) in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;(C)
God makes salvation
its walls(D) and ramparts.(E)
2 Open the gates(F)
that the righteous(G) nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
3 You will keep in perfect peace(H)
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust(I) in you.
4 Trust(J) in the Lord forever,(K)
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(L) eternal.
5 He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(M)
and casts it down to the dust.(N)
6 Feet trample(O) it down—
the feet of the oppressed,(P)
the footsteps of the poor.(Q)
7 The path of the righteous is level;(R)
you, the Upright One,(S) make the way of the righteous smooth.(T)
8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](U)
we wait(V) for you;
your name(W) and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;(X)
in the morning my spirit longs(Y) for you.
When your judgments(Z) come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.(AA)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(AB)
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(AC)
and do not regard(AD) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(AE)
but they do not see(AF) it.
Let them see your zeal(AG) for your people and be put to shame;(AH)
let the fire(AI) reserved for your enemies consume them.
12 Lord, you establish peace(AJ) for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done(AK) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(AL) besides you have ruled over us,
but your name(AM) alone do we honor.(AN)
14 They are now dead,(AO) they live no more;
their spirits(AP) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(AQ)
you wiped out all memory of them.(AR)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.(AS)
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders(AT) of the land.
16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(AU)
when you disciplined(AV) them,
they could barely whisper(AW) a prayer.[b]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth(AX)
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth(AY) to wind.
We have not brought salvation(AZ) to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.(BA)
19 But your dead(BB) will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(BC)
wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(BD) is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.(BE)
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors(BF) behind you;
hide(BG) yourselves for a little while
until his wrath(BH) has passed by.(BI)
21 See, the Lord is coming(BJ) out of his dwelling(BK)
to punish(BL) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(BM) shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments
- Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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