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Ezayi 45-48
Haitian Creole Version
Ezayi 45-48
Haitian Creole Version
45 ¶ Seyè a te chwazi wa Siris pou fè travay li. Li ba li men pou tout nasyon soumèt devan li. Li voye l' pou l' wete pouvwa wa yo, l'ap louvri de batan pòtay lavil yo devan li. P'ap gen pòtay k'ap rete fèmen pou li. Men sa Seyè a di wa Siris:
2 -Se mwen menm k'ap louvri chemen pou ou. M'ap fè mòn yo vin plat. M'ap kraze gwo pòtay an kwiv yo. M'ap kase ba fè yo de bout.
3 M'a ba ou tout richès ki sere kote ki fènwa a, richès ki kache nan depo kote moun pa konnen. Lè sa a, w'a konnen se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Se Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki te rele ou fè travay sa a.
4 Mwen te rele ou pou ou te ka delivre fanmi Jakòb yo, sèvitè m' yo, moun pèp Izrayèl mwen te chwazi a. Mwen ba ou grad atout ou pa t' konnen m' lan.
5 ¶ Se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Pa gen lòt! Se mwen menm sèl ki Bondye. Se mwen ki ba ou tout fòs ou atout ou pa t' konnen m' lan.
6 Mwen fè sa pou tout moun sou latè, depi kote solèy leve jouk kote solèy kouche, ka konnen pa gen lòt bondye pase mwen menm! Se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Pa gen lòt!
7 Mwen mete limyè, mwen mete fènwa! Mwen bay kè poze, mwen bay kè sote. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki fè tou sa.
8 M'ap rete nan syèl la, m'ap voye fòs pouvwa sou nou tankou lapli, pou nou ka gen batay la. Latè pral louvri de bra l' pou resevwa l'. Delivrans pral fleri sou latè, lajistis pral boujonnen toupatou. Se mwen menm Seyè a k'ap fè tou sa rive.
9 Madichon pou moun k'ap diskite ak Bondye ki fè l' la! Li tankou yon krich nan mitan yon bann krich. Yon krich pa ka di moun k'ap ba li fòm lan: Sa w'ap fè la a? Travay ou fè a pa bon.
10 Madichon pou pitit k'ap di papa l' ki kalite pitit ou fè la a. Madichon pou pitit k'ap di manman l' ki kalite pitit ou met sou latè a la a!
11 ¶ Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa, li menm ki te fòme l' la, men sa li di: -N'ap mande m' sa m' pral fè pou pitit mwen yo? N'ap di m' sa pou m' fè?
12 Se mwen menm ki te fè latè. Mwen kreye moun pou yo viv sou latè. Se mwen menm ki te louvri syèl la ak men mwen. Mwen kontwole tou sa ki nan syèl la: solèy, lalin ak tout bann zetwal yo.
13 Se mwen menm ki fè wa Siris kanpe pou li mete jistis sou latè. M'ap louvri tout wout devan li. Se li menm ki pral rebati lavil mwen an. L'ap fè moun pa m' yo te depòte yo tounen lakay yo san yo pa bezwen peye anyen, ni yo p'ap bezwen fè kado anyen pou sa. Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a ki di sa!
14 Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Tout pwofi travay moun Lejip yo ak pwofi kòmès moun Letiopi yo pral vin pou nou. Moun bèl wotè ki rete nan peyi Seba yo va pase nan peyi nou an, y'a vin esklav nou. Y'a mache dèyè nou tankou prizonye nan chenn. Y'a mete ajenou devan nou, y'a lapriyè nan pye nou, y'a di: Se lakay nou ase Bondye rete. Nanpwen lòt bondye tankou li. Nanpwen lòt bondye pase l'.
15 Tansèlman se yon Bondye moun pa ka wè. Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, se li ki konn delivre moun!
16 Moun k'ap fè estati yo pral wont, yo tout pral tèt bese. Moun pral pase yo nan betiz.
17 Men, Seyè a ap delivre pèp Izrayèl la pou tout tan. Nou p'ap janm wont ankò, nou p'ap janm bese tèt nou ankò devan pesonn jouk sa kaba.
18 Se Seyè a ki kreye syèl la. Se li menm sèlman ki Bondye. Se li menm ki fè latè, ki ba li fòm li. Se li menm ki fè l' chita fèm. Li pa t' fè l' pou l' te tounen yon dezè, men pou l' te yon kote pou moun rete. Men sa li di: Se mwen menm ki Seyè a. Nanpwen lòt.
19 Se pa an kachèt mwen te pale, ni nan yon kote ki fè nwa. Mwen pa t' di moun ras Jakòb yo pou yo chache m' kote ki pa gen anyen. Mwen menm, se Seyè a mwen ye. Mwen pale laverite, mwen fè konnen sa ki dwe fèt.
20 ¶ Seyè a di ankò: -Sanble non! Sanble, moun lòt nasyon yo: Pwoche non! Pwoche devan tribinal la non, nou menm ki rive chape yo! Bann moun k'ap plede fè posesyon ak zidòl an bwa yo, k'ap lapriyè bondye ki pa ka delivre yo, yo pa konn anyen!
21 Vin plede kòz nou! Mete tèt nou ansanm pou nou konnen sa nou pral di! Kilès moun ki te di davans sa ki gen pou rive a? Kilès ki te fè konnen sa depi lontan? Se pa t' mwen menm, Seyè a? Nanpwen lòt bondye pase mwen menm. Mwen se Bondye ki pa nan patipri. Se mwen ki ka delivre moun.
22 Tounen vin jwenn mwen pou nou ka delivre, nou tout ki rete sou latè! Paske se mwen ki Bondye. Pa gen lòt!
23 Mwen fè sèman sou tèt mwen, sa m'ap di la a se laverite klè. Pesonn p'ap ka demanti pawòl mwen yo. Tout moun pral vin ajenou devan mwen. Nan tout lang, y'ap pran non mwen pou yo fè sèman.
24 Y'a di: Se nan Seyè a sèl nou jwenn jistis ak fòs kouraj! Tout moun ki t'ap kenbe tèt avè l' yo pral wont, y'ap vin nan pye l'.
25 Men, gremesi Seyè a, moun ras Izrayèl yo pral kanpe ankò. Yo pral fè lwanj mwen.
46 ¶ Bèl ak Nebo, zidòl moun Babilòn yo, fini. Y'ap mete estati yo sou do bèt. Zidòl nou te konn ap leve anlè nan posesyon yo tounen yon chay lou sou do bèt yo ki tou bouke.
2 Ni bèt yo, ni zidòl yo tonbe ansanm atè a. Zidòl yo pa ka delivre ata bèt k'ap pote yo a. Lènmi ap depòte yo tankou moun yo fè prizonye.
3 Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, ti rès ki rete nan fanmi Izrayèl la, nou menm mwen te pote nan men depi jou nou te fèt la, nou menm mwen te soutni depi nan vant manman nou an, koute sa m'ap di nou byen:
4 M'ap toujou aji konsa ak nou jouk n'a vye granmoun. M'ap toujou soutni nou jouk n'a gen cheve blan. M'a pote nou nan men m' jan m' te toujou fè l' la. M'a pran nou sou kont mwen, m'a delivre nou.
5 ¶ Ak ki moun nou ta konpare m'? Ki moun nou ka di ki sanble m'? Ki moun nou ka mete bò kote m' ki tankou m'?
6 Gen moun ki pran lò nan pòch yo, yo peze ajan nan balans, yo peye yon òfèv pou fè yon bondye pou yo. Lèfini, yo mete ajenou devan l', yo adore l'.
7 Yo leve l' mete sou zepòl yo, yo pote l' ale. Yo mete l' kanpe yon kote, epi li rete la. Kote yo mete l' la, li pa ka deplase. Yo mèt lapriyè nan pye l' kont kò yo, li pa ka reponn! Li pa ka delivre yo lè yo nan tray.
8 Pa janm bliye sa! Mete gason sou nou! Nou menm k'ap fè peche, kalkile tou sa nou fè!
9 Chonje tou sa ki te rive nan tan lontan. Rekonèt se mwen menm sèl ki Bondye. Pa gen lòt! Se mwen sèl ki Bondye. Nanpwen tankou m'!
10 Depi nan konmansman, mwen te di jan sa pral ye. Depi davans mwen te fè nou konnen sa ki tapral rive. Mwen te di plan travay mwen gen pou rive fèt vre. M'ap fè tou sa mwen te vle fè a.
11 Mwen rele yon nonm mwen te chwazi soti nan yon peyi byen lwen bò solèy leve. Tankou yon malfini, li pral vini, li pral fè travay mwen ba l' fè a. Depi mwen di yon bagay, se pou l' fèt. Depi mwen fè lide fè yon bagay, fòk li fèt.
12 Koute sa m'ap di nou, bann tèt di, nou menm ki pa soti pou fè sa ki dwat:
13 M'ap fè jou delivrans nou an pwoche. Li pa lwen rive. Mwen p'ap mize vin delivre nou. Mwen pral delivre mòn Siyon. Mwen pral fè pèp Izrayèl la wè pouvwa mwen.
47 ¶ Ou menm, lavil Babilòn, desann sou fotèy ou a! Al chita atè nan pousyè! Yon lè, ou te tankou yon jenn tifi. Wi, kapital moun peyi Kalde yo pral chita atè plat, yo p'ap janm konsidere ou ankò tankou yon bèl tifi ki renmen plezi, ki pa nan leve ni lou ni lejè.
2 Pran wòl moulen yo, al moulen farin! Wete vwal ki sou tèt ou a! Moute ke rad ou wotè jenou ou. Dekouvri janm ou pou ou janbe dlo.
3 Rete toutouni pou moun ka wè jan ou tonbe ba! Mwen pral tire revanj. Pesonn p'ap ka rete m'.
4 Moun k'ap delivre nou an rele Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa.
5 Men sa li di lavil Babilòn: Chita la! Pa di yon mo! Rete nan fènwa a! Yo p'ap janm rele ou ankò larenn tout peyi yo.
6 Wi, mwen te move sou pèp mwen an. Mwen pa t' aji ak yo tankou moun pa m'. Mwen te lage yo nan men ou. Men, ou te san pitye pou yo. Ou te aji mal anpil, ata ak vye granmoun yo.
7 ¶ Ou te mete nan tèt ou ou t'ap toujou larenn. Ou pa t' rete kalkile bagay sa yo byen nan tèt ou. Ou pa t' kalkile ki jan sa tapral fini.
8 Koulye a, louvri zòrèy ou, ou menm ki renmen pran plezi ou, ou menm ki chita kè pòpòz epi k'ap di nan kè ou: Se mwen menm ki sèl chèf. Nanpwen lòt! Mwen p'ap janm pèdi mari m'. Mwen p'ap janm konnen sa ki rele pèdi pitit!
9 Enben! De malè sa yo pral tonbe sou ou anmenmtan, yon sèl jou. Ou pral pèdi pitit ou yo ansanm ak mari ou! Wi, malè sa yo pral tonbe ansanm sou ou, malgre tout maji ou pral fè yo, malgre pakèt wanga ou genyen yo!
10 Ou te konte sou mechanste ou t'ap fè yo. Ou t'ap di nan kè ou pesonn pa wè ou. Bon konprann ak konesans vire tèt ou. Ou t'ap di nan kè ou se ou menm ki sèl chèf. Nanpwen lòt.
11 Yon malè pral tonbe sou ou, ou p'ap ka detounen l' ak maji ou yo. Yon sèl malè pral tonbe sou ou, ou p'ap ka fè anyen pou ou anpeche l' rive ou. W'a rete konsa, yon boulvès pral tonbe sou ou, yon boulvès ou pa t' janm mete nan tèt ou te ka rive ou.
12 Ou mèt rete ak maji ou yo, ak tout wanga ou yo! Depi ou jenn w'ap fatige kò ou sèvi ak yo. Ou pa janm konnen, yo ka fè kichòy pou ou! Ou ka fè moun pè ou ak yo!
13 Ou chaje ak moun k'ap ba ou konsèy jouk ou pa konn sa pou ou fè. Se pou moun ki te ba ou tout konsèy sa yo vini koulye a, se pou yo sove ou, yo menm k'ap etidye zetwal, yo menm k'ap separe syèl la an divès zòn, yo menm k'ap di ou chak lalin nouvèl tou sa ki gen pou rive.
14 Yo tankou ti moso pay. Yon sèl dife pral boule yo. Yo p'ap menm ka sove pwòp tèt pa yo. Se p'ap yon ti dife tankou dife yo fè pou kwit manje ni tankou boukan yo limen pou moun chofe dife.
15 Men kote konsèy moun sa yo ap mennen ou. Ou te touye tèt ou ap sèvi yo depi ou te jenn tifi. Y'ap kouri kite ou, yo chak bò pa yo. Yo yonn p'ap rete pou delivre ou!
48 ¶ Koute pawòl sa yo byen, nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo. Nou menm ki pote non Izrayèl, zansèt nou an, nou menm ki soti nan ras Jida a, nou pran non Seyè a pou fè sèman. N'ap fè sèvis pou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Men, se pawòl nan bouch. Nou pa viv jan Bondye vle l' la.
2 Nou cho konsa pou nou di se moun lavil Jerizalèm, lavil Bondye a, nou ye. Se sou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la n'ap mete tout espwa nou, li menm yo rele Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a.
3 Depi lontan mwen te fè nou konnen davans sa ki tapral rive. Mwen te pale pou tout moun tande. Mwen rete konsa, mwen fè sa m' gen pou m' fè a, epi yo rive vre.
4 Mwen te konnen jan nou wòklò. Tèt nou di pase fè, di pase wòch
5 Se poutèt sa mwen te fè nou konnen davans sa ki tapral rive nou. Wi, mwen te avèti nou anvan yo te rive, pou nou pa t' di se zidòl nou yo ki te fè sa pou nou, se estati an fè nou yo ak pòtre zidòl nou yo ki te fè sa pase konsa.
6 Se pou nou rekonèt tou sa mwen te di nou yo rive vre. Enben, mwen pral fè ou konnen lòt bagay ankò ki gen pou rive, bagay mwen te kenbe pou mwen, bagay ou pa ka konnen menm.
7 Se bagay m'ap fè koulye a menm. Mwen pa janm ko fè sa. Se bagay nou pa t' janm konnen jouk jounen jòdi a. Konsa nou pa ka di nou te konn sa deja!
8 Nou pa t' janm konn bagay konsa, nou pa t' janm tande sa. Mwen pa t' kase bwa nan zòrèy nou sou sa, paske mwen konnen jan nou trèt. Yo pa ka fè nou konfyans. Depi nou fèt yo konnen nou pou moun tèt di.
9 ¶ Se poutèt non mwen pote a kifè mwen kenbe kòlè m'. Se paske mwen vle pou moun fè lwanj mwen kifè mwen pa koute kòlè m' pou m' kraze nou!
10 Tankou lajan yo fonn nan fòj pou wè si li bon, mwen te fè nou pase tray pou m' wè kote nou ye.
11 Se poutèt mwen, poutèt mwen menm ase, mwen fè sa m' fè a. Eske m' ka kite yo derespekte non mwen? Mwen p'ap kite yon lòt resevwa lwanj ki pou mwen an!
12 Nou menm fanmi Jakòb yo, Nou menm pèp Izrayèl mwen te chwazi a, koute m' byen. Se mwen menm ki te la anvan tout bagay, Se mwen menm k'ap la apre tout bagay kaba. Mwen p'ap janm chanje.
13 Se mwen menm ak men mwen ki fè latè. Se ak fòs ponyèt mwen mwen louvri syèl la. Lè m' rele yo, yo tout kouri vin nan pye m'.
14 Nou tout, sanble non pou nou koute m'! Kilès nan zidòl nou yo ki te fè konnen depi davans tout bagay sa yo? Moun mwen renmen an pral fè travay mwen vle l' fè a kont lavil Babilòn, kont ras moun Kalde yo.
15 Se mwen menm ki te pale, se mwen menm ki te rele l'. Se mwen menm ki fè l' vini. M'ap fè l' reyisi nan travay l'ap fè a.
16 ¶ Pwoche kote m' non, koute sa m'ap di: Depi nan konmansman mwen pa kache nou anyen. Depi lè bagay la t'ap rive, mwen te la. Koulye a, Seyè a ban mwen lespri l', li voye m'!
17 Bondye pèp Izrayèl la ki yon Bondye apa, Seyè k'ap delivre yo a, men sa li di: -Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Se mwen menm k'ap moutre nou sa ki pou byen nou. Se mwen menm k'ap mennen nou nan chemen pou nou swiv la.
18 Si sèlman nou te swiv lòd mwen te ban nou yo, benediksyon ta vide sou nou tankou lapli k'ap tonbe. Tankou lanmè ki pa janm sispann voye lanm, m' pa ta janm sispann kanpe pou nou!
19 Moun ras nou yo ta menm kantite ak grenn sab. Pitit pitit nou yo ta tankou grenn sab bò lanmè. Anyen pa ta ka detwi nou devan mwen. Non! Nou pa ta janm disparèt devan mwen.
20 Soti kite lavil Babilòn! Sove kò nou lakay moun Kalde yo! Gaye nouvèl la ak kè kontan. Mache fè konnen l' toupatou. Seyè a delivre Izrayèl, sèvitè li a.
21 Lè li t'ap mennen yo nan dezè a, yo pa t' swaf dlo. Li fè sous dlo pete nan wòch pou yo. Li fann wòch la, dlo koule soti.
22 Men Seyè a di: Pa gen kè poze pou mechan yo!
Isaiah 45-48
New International Version
Isaiah 45-48
New International Version
45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(A)
to Cyrus,(B) whose right hand I take hold(C) of
to subdue nations(D) before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you(E)
and will level(F) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(G) of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.(H)
3 I will give you hidden treasures,(I)
riches stored in secret places,(J)
so that you may know(K) that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.(L)
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,(M)
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge(N) me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;(O)
apart from me there is no God.(P)
I will strengthen you,(Q)
though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting(R)
people may know(S) there is none besides me.(T)
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness,(U)
I bring prosperity and create disaster;(V)
I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 “You heavens above, rain(W) down my righteousness;(X)
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation(Y) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “Woe to those who quarrel(Z) with their Maker,(AA)
those who are nothing but potsherds(AB)
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(AC)
‘What are you making?’(AD)
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?(AE)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’
11 “This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One(AF) of Israel, and its Maker:(AG)
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?(AH)
12 It is I who made the earth(AI)
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;(AJ)
I marshaled their starry hosts.(AK)
13 I will raise up Cyrus[b](AL) in my righteousness:
I will make all his ways straight.(AM)
He will rebuild my city(AN)
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,(AO)
says the Lord Almighty.”
14 This is what the Lord says:
“The products(AP) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[c]
and those tall Sabeans(AQ)—
they will come over to you(AR)
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(AS)
coming over to you in chains.(AT)
They will bow down before you
and plead(AU) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(AV) and there is no other;
there is no other god.(AW)’”
15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding(AX) himself,
the God and Savior(AY) of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(AZ)
they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(BA) by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;(BB)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(BC)
to ages everlasting.
18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(BD)
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(BE)
but formed it to be inhabited(BF)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
and there is no other.(BG)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(BH)
from somewhere in a land of darkness;(BI)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(BJ)
‘Seek(BK) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.(BL)
20 “Gather together(BM) and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(BN) are those who carry(BO) about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.(BP)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(BQ) this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?(BR)
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,(BS)
a righteous God(BT) and a Savior;(BU)
there is none but me.
22 “Turn(BV) to me and be saved,(BW)
all you ends of the earth;(BX)
for I am God, and there is no other.(BY)
23 By myself I have sworn,(BZ)
my mouth has uttered in all integrity(CA)
a word that will not be revoked:(CB)
Before me every knee will bow;(CC)
by me every tongue will swear.(CD)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance(CE) and strength.(CF)’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.(CG)
25 But all the descendants(CH) of Israel
will find deliverance(CI) in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.(CJ)
Gods of Babylon
46 Bel(CK) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols(CL) are borne by beasts of burden.[d]
The images that are carried(CM) about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.(CN)
3 “Listen(CO) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
all the remnant(CP) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(CQ)
and have carried(CR) since you were born.(CS)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs(CT)
I am he,(CU) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain(CV) you and I will rescue you.
5 “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(CW)
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(CX) to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.(CY)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry(CZ) it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.(DA)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(DB)
it cannot save(DC) them from their troubles.
8 “Remember(DD) this, keep it in mind,
take it to heart, you rebels.(DE)
9 Remember the former things,(DF) those of long ago;(DG)
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.(DH)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,(DI)
from ancient times,(DJ) what is still to come.(DK)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(DL)
and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(DM) a bird of prey;(DN)
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned,(DO) that I will do.(DP)
12 Listen(DQ) to me, you stubborn-hearted,(DR)
you who are now far from my righteousness.(DS)
13 I am bringing my righteousness(DT) near,
it is not far away;
and my salvation(DU) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,(DV)
my splendor(DW) to Israel.
The Fall of Babylon
47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(DX)
Virgin Daughter(DY) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[e](DZ)
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.(EA)
2 Take millstones(EB) and grind(EC) flour;
take off your veil.(ED)
Lift up your skirts,(EE) bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness(EF) will be exposed
and your shame(EG) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(EH)
I will spare no one.(EI)”
5 “Sit in silence,(EN) go into darkness,(EO)
queen city of the Babylonians;(EP)
no more will you be called
queen(EQ) of kingdoms.(ER)
6 I was angry(ES) with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;(ET)
I gave them into your hand,(EU)
and you showed them no mercy.(EV)
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, ‘I am forever(EW)—
the eternal queen!’(EX)
But you did not consider these things
or reflect(EY) on what might happen.(EZ)
8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
lounging in your security(FA)
and saying to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.(FB)
I will never be a widow(FC)
or suffer the loss of children.’
9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment,(FD) on a single day:
loss of children(FE) and widowhood.(FF)
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries(FG)
and all your potent spells.(FH)
10 You have trusted(FI) in your wickedness
and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(FJ)
Your wisdom(FK) and knowledge mislead(FL) you
when you say to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(FM) will come upon you,
and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
will suddenly(FN) come upon you.
12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(FO)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(FP)
Let your astrologers(FQ) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save(FR) you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;(FS)
the fire(FT) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
from the power of the flame.(FU)
These are not coals for warmth;
this is not a fire to sit by.
15 That is all they are to you—
these you have dealt with
and labored(FV) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
there is not one that can save(FW) you.
Stubborn Israel
48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel(FX)
and come from the line of Judah,(FY)
you who take oaths(FZ) in the name of the Lord(GA)
and invoke(GB) the God of Israel—
but not in truth(GC) or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(GD)
and claim to rely(GE) on the God of Israel—
the Lord Almighty is his name:(GF)
3 I foretold the former things(GG) long ago,
my mouth announced(GH) them and I made them known;
then suddenly(GI) I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn(GJ) you were;
your neck muscles(GK) were iron,
your forehead(GL) was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced(GM) them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;(GN)
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,(GO)
of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created(GP) now, and not long ago;(GQ)
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew(GR) of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood;(GS)
from of old your ears(GT) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(GU) you are;
you were called a rebel(GV) from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake(GW) I delay my wrath;(GX)
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.(GY)
10 See, I have refined(GZ) you, though not as silver;
I have tested(HA) you in the furnace(HB) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(HC) for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?(HD)
I will not yield my glory to another.(HE)
Israel Freed
12 “Listen(HF) to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:(HG)
I am he;(HH)
I am the first and I am the last.(HI)
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(HJ)
and my right hand spread out the heavens;(HK)
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.(HL)
14 “Come together,(HM) all of you, and listen:
Which of the idols has foretold(HN) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(HO)
will carry out his purpose(HP) against Babylon;(HQ)
his arm will be against the Babylonians.[f]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called(HR) him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed(HS) in his mission.
16 “Come near(HT) me and listen(HU) to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(HV)
at the time it happens, I am there.”
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(HZ) the Holy One(IA) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches(IB) you what is best for you,
who directs(IC) you in the way(ID) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(IE) to my commands,
your peace(IF) would have been like a river,(IG)
your well-being(IH) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(II) would have been like the sand,(IJ)
your children like its numberless grains;(IK)
their name would never be blotted out(IL)
nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Leave Babylon,
flee(IM) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(IN)
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(IO)
say, “The Lord has redeemed(IP) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(IQ) when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow(IR) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.(IS)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him
- Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle
- Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5
- Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20
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