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Isaiah 49
New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 49
New American Standard Bible 1995
Salvation Reaches to the End of the Earth
49 Listen to Me, O (A)islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
(B)The Lord called Me from the womb;
From the [a]body of My mother He named Me.
2 He has made My (C)mouth like a sharp sword,
In the (D)shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a [b]select (E)arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
3 He said to Me, “(F)You are My Servant, Israel,
(G)In Whom I will [c]show My glory.”
4 But I said, “I have (H)toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My (I)reward with My God.”
5 And now says (J)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that (K)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am (L)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My (M)strength),
6 He says, “It is too [d]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (N)preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (O)light [e]of the nations
So that My salvation may [f]reach to the (P)end of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord, the (Q)Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the (R)despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
“(S)Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also (T)bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
8 Thus says the Lord,
“In a (U)favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will (V)keep You and (W)give You for a covenant of the people,
To [g](X)restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
9 Saying to those who are (Y)bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all (Z)bare heights.
10 “They will (AA)not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching (AB)heat or sun strike them down;
For (AC)He who has compassion on them will (AD)lead them
And will guide them to (AE)springs of water.
11 “I will make all (AF)My mountains a road,
And My (AG)highways will be raised up.
12 “Behold, these will come (AH)from afar;
And lo, these will come from the (AI)north and from the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 (AJ)Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the (AK)Lord has comforted His people
And will (AL)have compassion on His afflicted.
Promise to Zion
14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but (AM)I will not forget you.
16 “Behold, I have (AN)inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your (AO)walls are continually before Me.
17 “Your [h]builders hurry;
Your (AP)destroyers and devastators
Will depart from you.
18 “(AQ)Lift up your eyes and look around;
(AR)All of them gather together, (AS)they come to you.
(AT)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will surely (AU)put on all of them as [i]jewels and bind them on as a bride.
19 “For (AV)your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land—
Surely now you will be (AW)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who (AX)swallowed you will be far away.
20 “The (AY)children of [j]whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
21 “Then you will (AZ)say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am (BA)barren, an (BB)exile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Behold, I was (BC)left alone;
[k](BD)From where did these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord [l]God,
“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My (BE)standard to the peoples;
And they will (BF)bring your sons in their bosom,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
23 “(BG)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will (BH)bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And (BI)lick the dust of your feet;
And you will (BJ)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully (BK)wait for Me will (BL)not be put to shame.
25 Surely, thus says the Lord,
“Even the (BN)captives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will (BO)save your sons.
26 “I will feed your (BP)oppressors with their (BQ)own flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And (BR)all flesh will know that I, the Lord, am your (BS)Savior
And your (BT)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:1 Lit inward parts
- Isaiah 49:2 Or sharpened
- Isaiah 49:3 Or glorify Myself
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
- Isaiah 49:6 Or to
- Isaiah 49:6 Lit be
- Isaiah 49:8 Lit establish
- Isaiah 49:17 So ancient versions and DSS; M.T. reads sons
- Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament
- Isaiah 49:20 Lit your bereavement
- Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?
- Isaiah 49:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 49:24 So ancient versions and DSS; M.T. reads the righteous, cf v 25
Ésaïe 49
Louis Segond
Ésaïe 49
Louis Segond
49 Iles, écoutez-moi! Peuples lointains, soyez attentifs! L'Éternel m'a appelé dès ma naissance, Il m'a nommé dès ma sortie des entrailles maternelles.
2 Il a rendu ma bouche semblable à un glaive tranchant, Il m'a couvert de l'ombre de sa main; Il a fait de moi une flèche aiguë, Il m'a caché dans son carquois.
3 Et il m'a dit: Tu es mon serviteur, Israël en qui je me glorifierai.
4 Et moi j'ai dit: C'est en vain que j'ai travaillé, C'est pour le vide et le néant que j'ai consumé ma force; Mais mon droit est auprès de l'Éternel, Et ma récompense auprès de mon Dieu.
5 Maintenant, l'Éternel parle, Lui qui m'a formé dès ma naissance Pour être son serviteur, Pour ramener à lui Jacob, Et Israël encore dispersé; Car je suis honoré aux yeux de l'Éternel, Et mon Dieu est ma force.
6 Il dit: C'est peu que tu sois mon serviteur Pour relever les tribus de Jacob Et pour ramener les restes d'Israël: Je t'établis pour être la lumière des nations, Pour porter mon salut jusqu'aux extrémités de la terre.
7 Ainsi parle l'Éternel, le rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël, A celui qu'on méprise, qui est en horreur au peuple, A l'esclave des puissants: Des rois le verront, et ils se lèveront, Des princes, et ils se prosterneront, A cause de l'Éternel, qui est fidèle, Du Saint d'Israël, qui t'a choisi.
8 Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Au temps de la grâce je t'exaucerai, Et au jour du salut je te secourrai; Je te garderai, et je t'établirai pour traiter alliance avec le peuple, Pour relever le pays, Et pour distribuer les héritages désolés;
9 Pour dire aux captifs: Sortez! Et à ceux qui sont dans les ténèbres: Paraissez! Ils paîtront sur les chemins, Et ils trouveront des pâturages sur tous les coteaux.
10 Ils n'auront pas faim et ils n'auront pas soif; Le mirage et le soleil ne les feront point souffrir; Car celui qui a pitié d'eux sera leur guide, Et il les conduira vers des sources d'eaux.
11 Je changerai toutes mes montagnes en chemins, Et mes routes seront frayées.
12 Les voici, ils viennent de loin, Les uns du septentrion et de l'occident, Les autres du pays de Sinim.
13 Cieux, réjouissez-vous! Terre, sois dans l'allégresse! Montagnes, éclatez en cris de joie! Car l'Éternel console son peuple, Il a pitié de ses malheureux.
14 Sion disait: L'Éternel m'abandonne, Le Seigneur m'oublie! -
15 Une femme oublie-t-elle l'enfant qu'elle allaite? N'a-t-elle pas pitié du fruit de ses entrailles? Quand elle l'oublierait, Moi je ne t'oublierai point.
16 Voici, je t'ai gravée sur mes mains; Tes murs sont toujours devant mes yeux.
17 Tes fils accourent; Ceux qui t'avaient détruite et ravagée Sortiront du milieu de toi.
18 Porte tes yeux alentour, et regarde: Tous ils s'assemblent, ils viennent vers toi. Je suis vivant! dit l'Éternel, Tu les revêtiras tous comme une parure, Tu t'en ceindras comme une fiancée.
19 Dans tes places ravagées et désertes, Dans ton pays ruiné, Tes habitants seront désormais à l'étroit; Et ceux qui te dévoraient s'éloigneront.
20 Ils répéteront à tes oreilles, Ces fils dont tu fus privée: L'espace est trop étroit pour moi; Fais-moi de la place, pour que je puisse m'établir.
21 Et tu diras en ton coeur: Qui me les a engendrés? Car j'étais sans enfants, j'étais stérile. J'étais exilée, répudiée: qui les a élevés? J'étais restée seule: ceux-ci, où étaient-ils?
22 Ainsi a parlé le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Voici: Je lèverai ma main vers les nations, Je dresserai ma bannière vers les peuples; Et ils ramèneront tes fils entre leurs bras, Ils porteront tes filles sur les épaules.
23 Des rois seront tes nourriciers, et leurs princesses tes nourrices; Ils se prosterneront devant toi la face contre terre, Et ils lécheront la poussière de tes pieds, Et tu sauras que je suis l'Éternel, Et que ceux qui espèrent en moi ne seront point confus.
24 Le butin du puissant lui sera-t-il enlevé? Et la capture faite sur le juste échappera-t-elle? -
25 Oui, dit l'Éternel, la capture du puissant lui sera enlevée, Et le butin du tyran lui échappera; Je combattrai tes ennemis, Et je sauverai tes fils.
26 Je ferai manger à tes oppresseurs leur propre chair; Ils s'enivreront de leur sang comme du moût; Et toute chair saura que je suis l'Éternel, ton sauveur, Ton rédempteur, le puissant de Jacob.
Isaaya 49
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Isaaya 49
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Omuweereza wa Mukama
49 (A)Mumpulirize mmwe ebizinga,
mmwe muwulire kino amawanga agali ewala.
Nnali sinazaalibwa Mukama n’ampita.
Bwe nnali nkyali mu lubuto lwa mmange n’ayatula erinnya lyange.
2 (B)Yakola akamwa kange ng’ekitala eky’obwogi,
nankweka mu kisiikirize ky’omukono gwe.
Yanfuula akasaale akazigule
era nankweka mu mufuko gwe.
3 (C)Era n’aŋŋamba nti, “Ggwe muweereza wange, Isirayiri,
mu ggwe mwe ndiweerwa ekitiibwa.”
4 (D)Naye ne njogera nti, “Nteganidde bwereere,
amaanyi gange ng’amalidde bwereere era gafudde busa.
Kyokka ate Mukama yannamula,
n’empeera yange eri ne Katonda wange!”
5 (E)Era kaakano Mukama ayogera,
oyo eyammumba mu lubuto okubeera omuweereza we,
okukomyawo Yakobo gy’ali
era n’okukuŋŋaanya Isirayiri gy’ali.
Kubanga ndi wa kitiibwa mu maaso ga Mukama
era Katonda wange afuuse amaanyi gange.
6 (F)Mukama agamba nti,
“Eky’okubeera omuweereza wange
n’okuzza amawanga ga Yakobo
era n’okukomyawo abantu ba Isirayiri kintu kitono nnyo.
Nzija kukufuula ekitangaala eri abamawanga,
olyoke oleete obulokozi bwange eri ensi yonna.”
7 (G)Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama,
Omununuzi era Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri,
eri oyo eyanyoomebwa n’akyayibwa amawanga,
eri omuweereza w’abafuzi nti,
“Bakabaka baliyimirira ne bakuwa ekitiibwa,
abalangira balikulaba ne bakuvuunamira.
Kino kiribaawo ku lwa Mukama, omwesigwa Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri,
oyo akulonze.”
Isirayiri Azzibwawo
8 (H)Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Ndikwanukula mu biro mwe ndisiimira,
ku lunaku olw’obulokozi ndikuyamba.
Ndikukuuma ne nkufuula endagaano eri abantu,
muliddayo ku ttaka lyammwe ne muddizibwa ebitundu byammwe ebyazika,
9 (I)nga mugamba abasibe nti, ‘Muveemu,’
n’abo abali mu kizikiza nti, ‘Mube n’eddembe!’
“Banaaliranga ku mabbali g’ekkubo,
ne ku ntikko z’obusozi bwonna obwereere banasangangako omuddo.
10 (J)Tebaalumwenga njala newaakubadde ennyonta,
ebbugumu ly’omu ddungu teriibakwatenga newaakubadde omusana okubookya.
Oyo abakwatirwa ekisa alibakulembera,
anaabatwalanga awali enzizi z’amazzi.
11 (K)Era ndifuula ensozi zange zonna okuba amakubo
era enguudo zange ennene zirigulumizibwa.
12 (L)Laba, abantu bange balidda okuva ewala,
abamu, baliva mu bukiikakkono
n’abalala ebuvanjuba, n’abalala bave mu nsi ye Sinimu.”
13 (M)Yogerera waggulu n’essanyu, era jjaguza ggwe ensi.
Muyimbe mmwe ensozi!
Kubanga Mukama agumya abantu be era alisaasira abantu be ababonyaabonyezebwa.
14 Naye Sayuuni n’ayogera nti, “Mukama andese,
era Mukama wange anneerabidde.”
15 (N)“Nnyina w’omwana ayinza okwerabira omwana we gw’ayonsa,
n’atasaasira mwana eyava mu lubuto lwe?
Weewaawo, wadde ng’ayinza okumwerabira
naye nze sirikwerabira.
16 (O)Laba, nkuwandiise mu bibatu by’engalo zange;
ebisenge byo binaabeeranga mu maaso gange.
17 (P)Abaana bo banguwa okujja era abakuzimba balisukkuluma ku bakuzikiriza
era abo abaakuzikirizanga balikuvaamu bagende.
18 (Q)Yimusa amaaso go otunule enjuuyi zonna olabe.
Abantu bo beekuŋŋaanya bajja gy’oli.
Nga bwe ndi Katonda omulamu,
balikwesiimisa, obambale ng’ebikomo n’emidaali ebyebbeeyi
ng’omugole bw’ayambala malidaadi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
19 (R)“Wadde nga wazika n’olekebwa awo ensi yo n’ezikirizibwa,
kaakano ojja kubeera mufunda nga toja mu bantu bo,
era abo abakuteganya
banaakubeeranga wala.
20 (S)Abantu bo abazaalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse
lumu balyogera ng’owulira nti,
‘Ekifo kino nga kifuuse kifunda bulala;
tuwe ekifo aw’okubeera.’
21 (T)N’olyoka oyogera mu mutima gwo nti,
‘Ani eyanzaalira abaana bano bonna?
Nafiirwa abaana bange bonna ng’ate ndi mugumba.
Nawaŋŋangusibwa ne nsigala nzekka.
Bano baava ludda wa?
Nasigala nzekka,
naye ate bano, baava wa?’ ”
Okuzzibwawo kwa Isirayiri mu Kitiibwa
22 (U)Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, “Laba, ndikolera abamawanga obubonero
era ndiyimusiza abantu ebbendera yange:
era balireeta batabani bo nga babasitulidde mu bifuba
ne bawala bo nga babasitulidde ku bibegabega byabwe.
23 (V)Era bakabaka be balibeera ba kitammwe babalabirire,
ne bannabagereka babeere bamaama ababayonsa.
Balivuunama mu maaso go nga batunudde wansi;
balikomba enfuufu y’omu bigere byo.
Olwo lw’olimanya nti nze Mukama,
abo bonna abannindirira n’abansuubiriramu tebalikwatibwa nsonyi.”
24 (W)Omunyago guyinza okuggyibwa ku mutabaazi,
oba omuwambe omutuukirivu okuwona omutabaazi?
25 (X)Naye bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama:
“N’oyo eyawambibwa omutabaazi alisumululwa ateebwe,
n’omunyago guggyibwe ku mulabe wo,
kubanga ndiyomba n’oyo ayomba naawe,
era ndirokola mponye abaana bo.
26 (Y)Ndiriisa abakujooga ennyama yaabwe bo.
Era balittiŋŋana batamiire omusaayi gwabwe, nga wayini.
Olwo abalina omubiri bonna bamanye nti nze Mukama Omulokozi wo,
Omununuzi wo,
ow’Amaanyi owa Yakobo.”
Isaiah 49
New International Version
Isaiah 49
New International Version
The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)
2 He made my mouth(F) like a sharpened sword,(G)
in the shadow of his hand(H) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(I)
and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(J)
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(K)”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(L)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(M)
and my reward(N) is with my God.”(O)
5 And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb(P) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel(Q) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(R) in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength(S)—
6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(T)
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(U)
I will also make you a light(V) for the Gentiles,(W)
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(X)
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(Y)—
to him who was despised(Z) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(AA) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(AB)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(AC)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(AD) you.”
Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
“In the time of my favor(AE) I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;(AF)
I will keep(AG) you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people,(AH)
to restore the land(AI)
and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(AJ)
9 to say to the captives,(AK) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,(AL) ‘Be free!’
“They will feed beside the roads
and find pasture on every barren hill.(AM)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(AN)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(AO)
He who has compassion(AP) on them will guide(AQ) them
and lead them beside springs(AR) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(AS) will be raised up.(AT)
12 See, they will come from afar(AU)—
some from the north, some from the west,(AV)
some from the region of Aswan.[b]”
13 Shout for joy,(AW) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(AX)
burst into song, you mountains!(AY)
For the Lord comforts(AZ) his people
and will have compassion(BA) on his afflicted ones.(BB)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(BE) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(BF)
16 See, I have engraved(BG) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(BH) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(BI) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(BJ) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(BK)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(BL) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(BM)
and your land laid waste,(BN)
now you will be too small for your people,(BO)
and those who devoured(BP) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’(BQ)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?(BR)
I was bereaved(BS) and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.(BT)
Who brought these(BU) up?
I was left(BV) all alone,(BW)
but these—where have they come from?’”
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(BX) says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner(BY) to the peoples;
they will bring(BZ) your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.(CA)
23 Kings(CB) will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.(CC)
They will bow down(CD) before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust(CE) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(CF)
those who hope(CG) in me will not be disappointed.(CH)”
25 But this is what the Lord says:
“Yes, captives(CJ) will be taken from warriors,(CK)
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(CL)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(CM)
and your children I will save.(CN)
26 I will make your oppressors(CO) eat(CP) their own flesh;
they will be drunk on their own blood,(CQ) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(CR)
that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(CS)
your Redeemer,(CT) the Mighty One of Jacob.(CU)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous
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