የእስራኤል ረዳት
1“ደሴቶች ሆይ፤ በፊቴ ዝም በሉ፤
አሕዛብ ኀይላቸውን ያድሱ፤
ቀርበው ይናገሩ፤
በፍርድም ፊት እንገናኝ።
2“ከምሥራቅ አንዱን ያነሣው፣
በጽድቅም ወደ አገልግሎቱ የጠራው ማን ነው?41፥2 ወይም በእያንዳንዱ ርምጃ ድል የሚያጋጥመው
አሕዛብን አሳልፎ ሰጠው፤
ነገሥታትን በፊቱ አስገዛለት
በሰይፉም እንደ ትቢያ አቦነናቸው፤
በቀስቱም በነፋስ እንደ ተበተነ ገለባ አደረጋቸው።
3አሳደዳቸው፤ ያለ ችግርም ዐልፎ ሄደ፤
እግሩም ቀድሞ ባልረገጠው መንገድ ተጓዘ።
4ይህን የሠራና ያደረገ፣
ትውልድን ከጥንት የጠራ ማን ነው?
እኔ እግዚአብሔር ከፊተኛው፣
ከኋለኛውም ጋር፤ እኔው ነኝ።”
5ደሴቶች አይተው ፈሩ፤
የምድር ዳርቾች ደነገጡ፤
ቀረቡ፤ ወደ ፊትም መጡ።
6እያንዳንዱ ይረዳዳል፤
ወንድሙንም፣ “አይዞህ” ይለዋል።
7ባለ እጅ የወርቅ አንጥረኛውን ያበረታታዋል፤
በመዶሻ የሚያሳሳውም፣
በመስፍ ላይ የሚቀጠቅጠውን ያነቃቃዋል፤
ስለ ብየዳም ሥራው፣ “መልካም ነው” ይለዋል፤
የጣዖቱ ምስል እንዳይወድቅም በምስማር ያጣብቀዋል።
8“አንተ ግን፣ ባሪያዬ እስራኤል፣
የመረጥሁህ ያዕቆብ፣
የወዳጄ የአብርሃም ዘር ሆይ፤
9ከምድር ዳርቻ ያመጣሁህ፣
ከአጥናፍም የጠራሁህ፣
‘አንተ ባሪያዬ ነህ’ ያልሁህ፤
መረጥሁህ እንጂ አልጣልሁህም።
10እኔ ከአንተ ጋር ነኝና አትፍራ፤
አምላክህ ነኝና አትደንግጥ።
አበረታሃለሁ፤ እረዳሃለሁ፤
በጽድቄም ቀኝ እጄ ደግፌ እይዝሃለሁ።
11“እነሆ፤ የተቈጡህ ሁሉ፣
እጅግ ያፍራሉ፤ ይዋረዳሉም፤
የሚቋቋሙህ፣
እንዳልነበሩ ይሆናሉ፤ ይጠፋሉም።
12ጠላቶችህን ብትፈልጋቸው እንኳ፣
አታገኛቸውም፤
የሚዋጉህም፣
እንዳልነበሩ ይሆናሉ።
13እኔ እግዚአብሔር አምላክህ ‘አትፍራ፤
እረዳሃለሁ’
ብዬ ቀኝ እጅህን እይዛለሁና።
14አንት ትል ያዕቆብ፣
ታናሽ እስራኤል ሆይ፤
‘አትፍራ እኔ እረዳሃለሁ’ ” ይላል እግዚአብሔር፤
የሚቤዥህ የእስራኤል ቅዱስ ነው።
15“እነሆ፣ አዲስ
የተሳለና ብዙ ጥርስ ያለው ማሄጃ አደርግሃለሁ፤
ተራሮችን ታሄዳለህ፤ ታደቅቃቸዋለህ፤
ኰረብቶችንም ገለባ ታደርጋቸዋለህ።
16ታበጥራቸዋለህ፤ ነፋስ ጠርጎ ይወስዳቸዋል፤
ዐውሎ ነፋስም ይበትናቸዋል።
አንተ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ደስ ይልሃል፤
በእስራኤል ቅዱስ ሞገስ ታገኛለህ።
17“ድኾችና ችግረኞች ውሃ ይፈልጋሉ፤
ዳሩ ግን ምንም አያገኙም፤
ጕረሯቸው በውሃ ጥም ደርቋል።
ነገር ግን እኔ እግዚአብሔር እመልስላቸዋለሁ፤
እኔ የእስራኤል አምላክ አልተዋቸውም።
18በተራቈቱ ኰረብቶች ላይ ወንዞችን፣
በሸለቆዎች ውስጥ ምንጮችን አፈልቃለሁ።
ምድረ በዳውን የውሃ ኵሬ፣
የተጠማውን ምድር የውሃ ምንጭ አደርጋለሁ።
19በምድረ በዳ፣
ዝግባን፣ ግራርን፣ ባርሰነትንና ወይራን አበቅላለሁ፤
በበረሓ፣ ጥድን፣ አስታንና
ሸውሸዌን በአንድነት እተክላለሁ።
20ስለዚህ ሰዎች ያያሉ፤ ያውቃሉ፤
የእግዚአብሔር እጅ ይህን እንዳደረገ፣
የእስራኤል ቅዱስ እንደ ፈጠረው፣
በአንድነት ይገነዘባሉ፤ ያስተውላሉም።
21“ሙግታችሁን ይዛችሁ ቅረቡ” ይላል እግዚአብሔር፤
“ማስረጃችሁን አምጡ” ይላል የያዕቆብ ንጉሥ።
22“የሚሆነውን እንዲነግሩን፣
ጣዖቶቻችሁን አምጡ፤
እንድንገነዘብ፣
ፍጻሜአቸውን እንድናውቅ፣
የቀደሙት ነገሮች ምን እንደ ነበሩ ንገሩን፤
ስለሚመጡትም ነገሮች ግለጹልን።
23እናንት አማልክት መሆናችሁን እናውቅ ዘንድ፣
ወደ ፊት ስለሚሆነው ንገሩን፤
እንድንደነግጥ፣ በፍርሀት እንድንዋጥ፣
መልካምም ሆነ ክፉ፣ አንድ ነገር አድርጉ።
24እነሆ፤ እናንት ከምንም የማትቈጠሩ ናችሁ፤
ሥራችሁ ፈጽሞ ዋጋ ቢስ ነው፤
የመረጣችሁም አስጸያፊ ነው።
25“አንዱን ከሰሜን አስነሣሁት፤ እርሱም ይመጣል፤
ከፀሓይ መውጫ የሚመጣው፣ ስሜን የሚጠራ ነው፤
ሸክላ ሠሪ ዐፈር እንደሚረግጥ፣
አለቆችን እንዲሁ እንደ ጭቃ ይረግጣል።
26እኛ እናውቅ ዘንድ ይህን ከመጀመሪያው የተናገረ፣
‘እርሱ ትክክል ነው’ እንልም ዘንድ ቀድሞ የተናገረ ማነው?
ማንም አልተናገረም፤
ቀደም ብሎ የተናገረ የለም፤
ቃላችሁንም የሰማ የለም።
27በመጀመሪያ፣ ‘እነሆ፤ ተመልከቺአቸው’
ብዬ ለጽዮን የተናገርሁ እኔ ነበርሁ፤
ለኢየሩሳሌምም
የምሥራች ነጋሪን ሰጥቻለሁ።
28ተመለከትሁ ማንም አልነበረም፤
ከመካከላቸው አማካሪ የለም፤
ስጠይቅም መልስ የሚሰጥ የለም።
29እነሆ፤ ሁሉም ከንቱ ናቸው፤
ሥራቸውም መና ነው፤
ምስሎቻቸውም ባዶ ነፋስ ናቸው።
1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.41.2 the righteous…: Heb. righteousness 3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.41.3 safely: Heb. in peace 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.41.6 Be…: Heb. Be strong 7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.41.7 goldsmith: or, founder41.7 him…: or, the smiting41.7 saying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good 8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.41.11 they that strive…: Heb. the men of thy strife 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.41.12 them that…: Heb. the men of thy contention41.12 they…: Heb. the men of thy war 13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.41.14 men: or, few men 15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.41.15 teeth: Heb. mouths 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.41.21 Produce: Heb. Cause to come near 22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.41.22 consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them 23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.41.24 of nothing: or, worse than nothing41.24 of nought: or, worse than of a viper 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.41.28 answer: Heb. return 29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
