A Branch Will Come From Jesse’s Family Line
1Jesse’s family is like a tree that has been cut down.
A new little tree will grow from its stump.
From its roots a Branch will grow and produce fruit.
2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on that Branch.
The Spirit will help him to be wise and understanding.
The Spirit will help him make wise plans and carry them out.
The Spirit will help him know the Lord and have respect for him.
3The Branch will take delight
in respecting the Lord.
He will not judge things only by the way they look.
He won’t make decisions based simply on what people say.
4He will always do what is right
when he judges those who are in need.
He’ll be completely fair
when he makes decisions about poor people.
When he commands that people be punished,
it will happen.
When he orders that evil people be put to death,
it will take place.
5He will put on godliness as if it were his belt.
He’ll wear faithfulness around his waist.
6Wolves will live with lambs.
Leopards will lie down with goats.
Calves and lions will eat together.
And little children will lead them around.
7Cows will eat with bears.
Their little ones will lie down together.
And lions will eat straw like oxen.
8A baby will play near a hole where cobras live.
A young child will put its hand into a nest
where poisonous snakes live.
9None of those animals will harm or destroy anything or anyone
on my holy mountain of Zion.
The oceans are full of water.
In the same way, the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord.
10At that time, here is what the man who is called the Root of Jesse will do. He will be like a banner that brings nations together. They will come to him. And the place where he rules will be glorious. 11At that time the Lord will reach out his hand. He will gather his people a second time. He will bring back those who are left alive. He’ll bring them back from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt and Cush. He’ll bring them from Elam, Babylon and Hamath. He will also bring them from the islands of the Mediterranean Sea.
12He will lift up a banner.
It will show the nations that he is gathering the people of Israel.
He’ll bring back those who had been taken away as prisoners.
He’ll gather together the scattered people of Judah.
He’ll bring them back from all four directions.
13Ephraim’s people won’t be jealous anymore.
Judah’s attackers will be destroyed.
Ephraim won’t be jealous of Judah.
And Judah won’t attack Ephraim.
14Together they will rush down the slopes of Philistia to the west.
They’ll take what belongs to the people of the east.
They’ll take over Edom and Moab.
The people of Ammon will be under their control.
15The Lord will dry up
the Red Sea in Egypt.
By his power he’ll send a burning wind
to sweep over the Euphrates River.
He will break it up into many streams.
Then people will be able to go across it wearing sandals.
16There was a road the people of Israel used
when they came up from Egypt.
In the same way, there will be a wide road coming out of Assyria.
It will be used by the Lord’s people who are left alive there.
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ダビデの家系から出る枝
1ダビデ王の家系は切り倒されますが、
その切り株から新芽が生え、
そこから一本の若枝が出て、
2その上に主の霊が宿ります。
それは知恵の霊、悟りの霊、助言と力の霊、
知識の霊、そして主を恐れる霊です。
3この方は主に従うことを喜びとし、
外見や捏造された証拠、うわさによってさばかず、
4貧しい人やさげすまれている人の味方になります。
反対に、このような人にひどい仕打ちをする
悪者どもには容赦しません。
5公平と真実を身にまとっているからです。
6その日には、狼と子羊がいっしょに休み、
ひょうと子やぎは大の仲良しになります。
子牛や丸々と太った家畜が
ライオンの間にいても心配はなく、
小さい子どもがその群れを追って行きます。
7牛は熊の間に入り込んで草を食べ、
その子らはじゃれ合い、
ライオンは牛のように草を食べます。
8幼子が毒蛇の間をはい回ってもかまれず、
子どもは平気でまむしの巣に手を入れます。
9主の聖なる山のどこででも、
傷つけたり危害を加えたりするものは
一つもありません。
水が海を満たすように、
主を知る知識が地にあふれるからです。
10その日、エッサイの家から出て
ダビデ王朝を開いたお方は、
全世界の人々の救いの旗となって翻ります。
この方のいる地は栄光のとどまる所となるので、
国々の民がこの方のもとへ集まります。
11その時になって、主は、
生き残ったご自分の民を呼び戻します。
これは二度目の帰郷で、彼らはアッシリヤ、
エジプト、エチオピヤ、エラム、バビロン、
ハマテ、および遠く離れた島国から
イスラエルへ帰って来るのです。
12神は国々の中に合図の旗を上げ、
散り散りになったイスラエル人を、
地の果てから呼び集めます。
13ついにその時、
イスラエルとユダの互いのねたみはなくなり、
二度と戦いを交えません。
14彼らは力を合わせて国々に飛びかかり、
東西に領土を延ばし、
エドム、モアブ、アモンを占領します。
15主はエジプトの海の入江を干上がらせて道をつくり、
大河に向かって手を振り、
強い風を送って七つの流れに分けるので、
容易に渡れるようになります。
16生き残った民のために、
アッシリヤからの広い道が備えられます。
かつて、イスラエル人が
エジプトから帰って来た時に備えられたように。
