Isaiah 55
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
An Invitation to Abundant Life
55 Ho, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and you that have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labour for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
4 See, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.
5 See, you shall call nations that you do not know,
and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found,
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake their way,
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 For you shall go out in joy,
and be led back in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall burst into song,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 55
Authorized (King James) Version
55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,
and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat;
yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?
and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me:
hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people,
a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not,
and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee
because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while he is near:
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Jesaja 55
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Inbjudan till dem som törstar
55 (A) Hör, alla ni som törstar,
kom till vattnet!
Och ni som inte har pengar,
kom och köp säd och ät!
Ja, kom och köp säd utan pengar
och vin och mjölk för ingenting.
2 (B) Varför ger ni pengar
för det som inte är bröd,
era inkomster
för det som inte mättar?
Hör på mig, så får ni äta gott
och er själ njuta av feta rätter.
3 (C) Vänd ert öra hit och kom till mig!
Hör, så får er själ leva!
Jag vill sluta ett evigt förbund
med er,
den trofasta nåd
som jag lovade David.[a]
4 (D) Se, honom har jag satt
till ett vittne för folken,
till en furste och ledare för folken.
5 Du ska kalla på ett folk
du inte känner,
ett hednafolk som inte känner dig
ska skynda till dig
för Herren din Guds skull,
Israels Helige,
för han har förhärligat dig.
6 (E) Sök Herren
medan han låter sig finnas,
åkalla honom medan han är nära.
7 (F) Den ogudaktige ska lämna sin väg,
den orättfärdige sina tankar
och vända om till Herren,
så ska han förbarma sig
över honom,
och till vår Gud,
för han vill gärna förlåta.
8 (G) Mina tankar är inte era tankar,
och era vägar är inte mina vägar,
säger Herren.
9 (H) Nej, liksom himlen
är högre än jorden,
så är mina vägar högre än era vägar
och mina tankar högre än
era tankar.
10 Liksom regnet och snön
faller från himlen
och inte återvänder dit
utan vattnar jorden
så att den blir fruktbar och grönskar
och ger säd till att så
och bröd till att äta,[b]
11 (I) så ska det vara med ordet
som går ut från min mun.
Det ska inte komma tillbaka
till mig förgäves
utan att ha gjort vad jag vill
och utfört vad jag sänt det till.
12 (J) Med glädje ska ni dra ut,
i frid ska ni föras fram.
Bergen och höjderna
ska brista ut i jubel inför er,
markens alla träd
ska klappa i händerna.
13 (K) I stället för törnsnår
ska cypresser växa upp,
i stället för nässlor
ska myrten växa upp.
Det ska bli till ära för Herren,
ett evigt tecken
som inte ska utplånas.
Footnotes
- 55:3 den trofasta nåd som jag lovade David Messiaslöftet i 2 Sam 7:12f (särskilt vers 14-15). Citeras av Paulus i Apg 13:34 som profetia om Messias.
- 55:10 Citeras av Paulus i 2 Kor 9:10.
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