የእስራኤል ኀጢአትና የእግዚአብሔር ባሪያ ታዛዥነት
1እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤
“እናታችሁን የፈታሁበት
የፍቺ ወረቀት የት አለ?
ወይስ እናንተን የሸጥኋችሁ
ለየትኛው አበዳሪዬ ነው?
እነሆ፤ ስለ ኀጢአታችሁ ተሸጣችኋል፤
ስለ መተላለፋችሁም እናታችሁ ተፈትታለች።
2በመጣሁ ጊዜ ለምን በዚያ ሰው አልነበረም?
በተጣራሁስ ጊዜ የሚመልስ ሰው እንዴት በዚያ ታጣ?
ስለ እናንተ ወጆ ለመክፈል ክንዴ ዐጥራ ነበርን?
እናንተንስ ለማዳን ኀይል አነሰኝን?
እነሆ፤ በተግሣጼ ባሕሩን አደርቃለሁ፤
ወንዞችን ምድረ በዳ አደርጋለሁ፤
ዓሦቻቸው ውሃ በማጣት ይሸታሉ፤
በጥማትም ይሞታሉ።
3ሰማይን ጨለማ አለብሰዋለሁ፤
ማቅን መሸፈኛው አደርጋለሁ።”
4ልዑል እግዚአብሔር የተባ አንደበት ሰጥቶኛል፤
ስለዚህ ደካሞችን ብርቱ ለማድረግ ምን ማለት እንዳለብኝ ዐውቃለሁ፤
በየማለዳው ያነቃኛል፤
በመማር ላይ እንዳለ ተማሪ ለመስማት ጆሮዬን ያነቃዋል።
5ልዑል እግዚአብሔር ጆሮዬን ከፍቶታል፤
እኔም ዐመፀኛ አይደለሁም፤
ወደ ኋላም አላፈገፈግሁም።
6ለሚገርፉኝ ጀርባዬን፣
ጢሜን ለሚነጩ ጕንጬን ሰጠሁ፤
ፊቴን ከውርደት፣
ከጥፋትም አልሰወርሁም።
7ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ስለሚረዳኝ አልዋረድም፤
ስለዚህ ፊቴን እንደ ባልጩት ድንጋይ
አድርጌአለሁ፤
እንደማላፍርም ዐውቃለሁ።
8ንጹሕ መሆኔን የሚያረጋግጥልኝ በአጠገቤ አለ፤
ታዲያ ማን ሊከስሰኝ ይችላል?
እስቲ ፊት ለፊት እንጋጠም!
ተቃዋሚዬስ ማን ነው?
እስቲ ይምጣ!
9የሚረዳኝ እርሱ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ነው፤
የሚፈርድብኝስ ማን ነው?
እነሆ፤ ሁሉም እንደ ልብስ ያረጃሉ፤
ብልም ይበላቸዋል።
10ከእናንተ እግዚአብሔርን የሚፈራ፣
የባሪያውንም ቃል የሚሰማ ማን ነው?
ያ ሰው በጨለማ የሚሄድ ከሆነና፣
ብርሃንም ከሌለው፣
በእግዚአብሔር ስም ይታመን፤
በአምላኩም ይደገፍ።
11አሁን ግን እናንተ እሳት አንድዳችሁ፣
የራሳችሁን የሚንቦገቦግ ችቦ የያዛችሁ ሁሉ፣
በሉ በእሳታችሁ ብርሃን ሂዱ፤
ባንቦገቦጋችሁትም የችቦ ብርሃን ተመላለሱ።
እንግዲህ ከእጄ የምትቀበሉት ይህ ነው፤
በሥቃይም ትጋደማላችሁ።
Israel Sins but the Lord’s Servant Obeys
1The Lord says to the people in Jerusalem,
“Do you think I divorced your people who lived before you?
Is that why I sent them away?
If it is, show me the letter of divorce.
I did not sell you into slavery to pay someone I owe.
You were sold because you sinned against me.
Your people were sent away because of their lawless acts.
2When I came to save you, why didn’t anyone welcome me?
When I called out to you, why didn’t anyone answer me?
Wasn’t I powerful enough to set you free?
Wasn’t I strong enough to save you?
I dry up the sea with a single command.
I turn rivers into a desert.
Then fish rot because they do not have any water.
They die because they are thirsty.
3I make the sky turn dark.
It looks as if it’s dressed in clothing sad people wear.”
4The Lord and King has taught me what to say.
He has taught me how to help those who are tired.
He wakes me up every morning.
He makes me want to listen like a good student.
5The Lord and King has unplugged my ears.
I’ve always obeyed him.
I haven’t turned away from him.
6I let my enemies beat me on my bare back.
I let them pull the hair out of my beard.
I didn’t turn my face away
when they made fun of me and spit on me.
7The Lord and King helps me.
He won’t let me be dishonored.
So I’ve made up my mind to keep on serving him.
I know he won’t let me be put to shame.
8He is near. He will prove I haven’t done anything wrong.
So who will bring charges against me?
Let’s face each other in court!
Who can bring charges against me?
Let him come and face me!
9The Lord and King helps me.
So who will judge me?
My enemies will be like clothes that moths have eaten up.
My enemies will disappear.
10Does anyone among you have respect for the Lord?
Does anyone obey the message of the Lord’s servant?
Let the person who walks in the dark
trust in the Lord.
Let the one who doesn’t have any light to guide them
depend on their God.
11But all you sinners who light fires
should go ahead and walk in their light.
You who carry flaming torches
should walk in their light.
Here’s what I’m going to do to you.
I’ll make you lie down in great pain.
