Yeşaya 33

¹Vay size sıkıntı verenlerin haline! Oysa size hiç kimse sıkıntı çektirmiyor ve size ihanet eden de aslında ihanet etmiyor; ihanet edenler yakalanıp teslim edilecekler ve bir giysi üzerindeki güve gibi, öylece yenilgiye uğratılacaklar.

²Ya Rab, bize merhamet et, çünkü sana güvendik; itaatsizlerin soyu yıkıma uğradı, ama kurtuluşumuz sıkıntı zamanındadır.

³Korkunun sesi yüzünden halklar senin korkundan dehşete düştü ve uluslar darmadağın edildi.

⁴Şimdi ise küçüğün ve büyüğün tüm ganimeti toplanacak; birinin çekirgeleri toplaması gibi, sizinle böyle alay edecekler.

⁵Yücelerde konut kuran Tanrı kutsaldır; Siyon adalet ve doğrulukla dolduruldu.

⁶Yasa uyarınca teslim edilecekler; kurtuluşumuz hazinelerimizdedir, orada bilgelik, derin kavrayış ve Rab'be olan dindarlık vardır; doğruluğin hazineleri bunlardır.

⁷İşte, sizin korkunuz yüzünden kendileri korkacaklar; kendilerinden korktuğunuz kimseler sizden korkacaklar; çünkü acı acı ağlayan ve barış dileyen haberciler gönderilecek.

⁸Çünkü onların yolları ıssız kalacak; ulusların korkusu sona erdi, onlarla yapılan antlaşma kaldırılıyor ve siz onları artık insan yerine saymayacaksınız.

⁹Ülke yas tuttu, Lübnan utandırıldı, Şaron bataklığa döndü; Celile ve Karmel apaçık görünür olacak.

¹⁰"Şimdi ayağa kalkacağım" diyor Rab, "Şimdi yüceltileceğim, şimdi yükseleceğim."

¹¹Şimdi göreceksiniz, şimdi anlayacaksınız; ruhunuzun gücü boşuna olacak, ateş sizi yiyip bitirecek.

¹²Ve uluslar, tarlaya atılmış ve yakılmış dikenler gibi yakılıp kül olacaklar.

¹³Uzaktakiler ne yaptığımı duyacak, yakındakiler gücümü bilecek.

¹⁴Siyon'daki yasasızlar uzaklaştı, tanrısızları titreme yakalayacak; "Ateşin yandığını size kim bildirecek? Sonsuz mekanı size kim bildirecek?"

¹⁵Doğruluk içinde yürüyen, dürüst yolu konuşan, yasasızlıktan ve haksızlıktan nefret eden, rüşvet almamak için ellerini silkeleyen, kan dökme kararını duymamak için kulaklarını tıkayan ve haksızlığı görmemek için gözlerini kapayan kişi,

¹⁶İşte o, güçlü kayaların yüksek sığınağında yaşayacak; ona ekmek verilecek ve suyu güvenilir olacak.

¹⁷Görkemli bir kral göreceksiniz ve gözleriniz uzaktaki bir ülkeyi seyredecek.

¹⁸Canımız o korkuyu düşünecek: "Nerede o yazıcılar? Nerede o danışmanlar? Nerede o geri dönenleri sayan kişi?"

¹⁹"Küçük ve büyük halktan?" O halk ki, kral onlara danışmadı, ne de derin sesli o halkı anladı; öyle ki, aşağılanmış bu halkı kimse işitmesin ve dinleyenin hiçbir anlayışı olmasın.

²⁰Kurtuluşumuz olan Siyon kentine bak; gözlerin Yeruşalim'i görecek; zengin bir kent, sarsılmayacak çadırlar; onun çadır kazıkları sonsuza dek yerinden oynamayacak ve iplerinden hiçbiri kopmayacak.

²¹Çünkü Rab'bin adı sizin için büyüktür; orası sizin için nehirlerin, geniş ve yaygın kanalların olduğu bir yer olacak; oradan kürekli hiçbir tekne geçmeyecek, hiçbir gemi o yoldan gitmeyecek.

²²Çünkü benim Tanrım büyüktür, Rab beni bırakıp geçmeyecektir; yargıcımız Rab'dir, önderimiz Rab'dir, kralımız Rab'dir; bizi kurtaracak olan O'dur.

²³İplerin koptu, çünkü güçlü değillerdi; direğin eğildi, yelkenleri açmayacak, yağmaya teslim edilene dek hiçbir sancak taşımayacak; bu yüzden birçok topal bile ganimet kapışacak.

²⁴Ve orada yaşayan halk asla "Yoruldum" demeyecek; çünkü onların günahı bağışlandı.

¹ΟΥΑΙ τοῖς ταλαιπωροῦσιν ὑμᾶς, ὑμᾶς δὲ οὐδεὶς ποιεῖ ταλαιπώρους, καὶ ὁ ἀθετῶν ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἀθετεῖ· ἁλώσονται οἱ ἀθετοῦντες καὶ παραδοθήσονται καὶ ὡς σὴς ἐφ᾿ ἱματίου, οὕτως ἡττηθήσονται.

²Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ἐπὶ σοὶ γὰρ πεποίθαμεν· ἐγενήθη τὸ σπέρμα τῶν ἀπειθούντων εἰς ἀπώλειαν, ἡ δὲ σωτηρία ἡμῶν ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως.

³διὰ φωνὴν τοῦ φόβου ἐξέστησαν λαοὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου σου, καὶ διεσπάρησαν τὰ ἔθνη.

⁴νῦν δὲ συναχθήσεται τὰ σκῦλα ὑμῶν μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου· ὃν τρόπον ἐάν τις συναγάγη ἀκρίδας, οὕτως ἐμπαίξουσιν ὑμῖν.

⁵ἅγιος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν ὑψηλοῖς, ἐνεπλήσθη Σιὼν κρίσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης.

⁶ἐν νόμῳ παραδοθήσονται, ἐν θησαυροῖς ἡ σωτηρία ἡμῶν, ἐκεῖ σοφία καὶ ἐπιστήμη καὶ εὐσέβεια πρὸς τὸν Κύριον· οὗτοί εἰσι θησαυροὶ δικαιοσύνης.

⁷ἰδοὺ δὴ ἐν τῷ φόβῳ ὑμῶν αὐτοὶ φοβηθήσονται· οὓς ἐφοβεῖσθε, φοβηθήσονται ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν· ἄγγελοι γὰρ ἀποσταλήσονται πικρῶς κλαίοντες, παρακαλοῦντες εἰρήνην.

⁸ἐρημωθήσονται γὰρ αἱ τούτων ὁδοί· πέπαυται ὁ φόβος τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἡ πρὸς τούτους διαθήκη αἴρεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ λογίσησθε αὐτοὺς ἀνθρώπους.

⁹ἐπένθησεν ἡ γῆ, ᾐσχύνθη ὁ Λίβανος, ἕλη ἐγένετο ὁ Σάρων· φανερὰ ἔσται ἡ Γαλιλαία καὶ ὁ Κάρμηλος.

¹⁰νῦν ἀναστήσομαι, λέγει Κύριος, νῦν δοξασθήσομαι, νῦν ὑψωθήσομαι·

¹¹νῦν ὄψεσθε, νῦν αἰσθηθήσεσθε· ματαία ἔσται ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, πῦρ κατέδεται ὑμᾶς.

¹²καὶ ἔσονται ἔθνη κατακεκαυμένα ὡς ἄκανθα ἐν ἀγρῷ ἐρριμμένη καὶ κατακεκαυμένη.

¹³ἀκούσονται οἱ πόρρωθεν ἃ ἐποίησα, γνώσονται οἱ ἐγγίζοντες τὴν ἰσχύν μου.

¹⁴ἀπέστησαν οἱ ἐν Σιὼν ἄνομοι, λήψεται τρόμος τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς· τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν, ὅτι πῦρ καίεται; τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν τὸν τόπον τὸν αἰώνιον;

¹⁵πορευόμενος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, λαλῶν εὐθεῖαν ὁδόν, μισῶν ἀνομίαν καὶ ἀδικίαν καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἀποσειόμενος ἀπὸ δώρων, βαρύνων τὰ ὦτα, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσῃ κρίσιν αἵματος, καμμύων τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ἵνα μὴ ἴδῃ ἀδικίαν,

¹⁶οὗτος οἰκήσει ἐν ὑψηλῷ σπηλαίῳ πέτρας ἰσχυρᾶς· ἄρτος αὐτῷ δοθήσεται, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ πιστόν.

¹⁷βασιλέα μετὰ δόξης ὄψεσθε, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὄψονται γῆ πόρρωθεν.

¹⁸ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν μελετήσει φόβον· ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ γραμματικοί; ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ συμβουλεύοντες; ποῦ ἔστιν ὁ ἀριθμῶν τοὺς στρεφομένους

¹⁹μικρὸν καὶ μέγα λαόν; ᾧ οὐ συνεβουλεύσατο, οὐδὲ ᾔδει βαθύφωνον ὥστε μὴ ἀκοῦσαι λαὸς πεφαυλισμένος καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τῷ ἀκούοντι σύνεσις.

²⁰ἰδοὺ Σιὼν ἡ πόλις, τὸ σωτήριον ἡμῶν· οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὄψονται ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, πόλις πλουσία, σκηναί, αἳ οὐ μὴ σεισθῶσιν, οὐδὲ μὴ κινηθῶσιν οἱ πάσσαλοι τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτῆς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον, οὐδὲ τὰ σχοινία αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ διαρραγῶσιν.

²¹ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου μέγα ὑμῖν· τόπος ὑμῖν ἔσται, ποταμοὶ καὶ διώρυχες πλατεῖς καὶ εὐρύχωροι· οὐ πορεύσῃ ταύτην τὴν ὁδόν, οὐδὲ πορεύσεται πλοῖον ἐλαῦνον.

²²ὁ γὰρ Θεός μου μέγας ἐστίν, οὐ παρελεύσεταί με Κύριος· κριτὴς ἡμῶν Κύριος, ἄρχων ἡμῶν Κύριος, βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν Κύριος, οὗτος ἡμᾶς σώσει.

²³ἐρράγησαν τὰ σχοινία σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐνίσχυσαν· ὁ ἱστός σου ἔκλινεν, οὐ χαλάσει τὰ ἱστία· οὐκ ἀρεῖ σημεῖον, ἕως οὗ παραδοθῇ εἰς προνομήν· τοίνυν πολλοὶ χωλοὶ προνομὴν ποιήσουσι.

²⁴καὶ οὐ μὴ εἴπῃ· κοπιῶ, ὁ λαὸς ἐνοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἀφέθη γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἁμαρτία.

¹Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.

²Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.

³By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered.

⁴And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.

⁵The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness.

⁶They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

⁷Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom ye feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly weeping, entreating for peace.

⁸For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men.

⁹The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel.

¹⁰Now will I arise, saith the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted.

¹¹Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

¹²And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up.

¹³They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw nigh shall know my strength.

¹⁴The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?

¹⁵He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

¹⁶he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

¹⁷Ye shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar.

¹⁸Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,

¹⁹[even] the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand [a people] of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.

²⁰Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:

²¹for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, [even] rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go [thereby].

²²For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us.

²³Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.

²⁴And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them.