Yeşaya 41

¹Ey adalar, bana doğru kendinizi yenileyin; çünkü önderler güçlerini teslim edecekler. Yaklaşsınlar ve birlikte konuşsunlar, o zaman yargıyı bildirsinler.

²Doğudan adaleti kim uyandırdı, onu kendi adımlarının ardınca gitmeye kim çağırdı? Ulusları onun önüne teslim edecek, kralları dehşete düşürecek; kılıçlarını yere serecek ve yaylarını savrulmuş kuru dallar gibi darmadağın edecek.

³Onları kovalayacak ve ayaklarının bastığı yol esenlik içinde aşılacak.

⁴Bunları kim etkin kıldı ve gerçekleştirdi? Başlangıçtaki kuşaklardan beri çağıran O çağırdı; ilk olan Tanrı Benim ve gelecek olanlar için de Ben O'yum.

⁵Uluslar gördü ve korktu, yeryüzünün uçları yaklaştı ve birlikte geldiler.

⁶Her biri komşusunu yargılayarak ve kardeşine yardım etmek için şöyle diyecek:

⁷Marangoz ve çekiçle vuran bakırcı, örste dövenle birlikte güç buldu; bazen şöyle diyecek: "Bu güzel bir birleştirmedir." Onları çivilerle sağlamlaştırdılar, yerleştirecekler ve sarsılmayacaklar.

⁸Ama sen ey kulum İsrail, seçtiğim Yakup, sevdiğim İbrahim'in soyu!

⁹Seni yeryüzünün uçlarından tutup kavradım ve onun yüksek tepelerinden seni çağırdım ve sana dedim ki: "Sen benim kulumsun, seni seçtim ve seni terk etmedim."

¹⁰Korkma, çünkü seninleyim; yoldan sapma, çünkü seni güçlendiren, sana yardım eden ve seni adil sağ elimle güvene alan Tanrın Benim.

¹¹İşte, sana karşı duranların hepsi utanacak ve rezil olacak; çünkü hiç var olmamış gibi olacaklar ve seninle çekişenlerin hepsi yok olup gidecek.

¹²Sana karşı sarhoşça sataşan adamları arayacaksın ama bulamayacaksın; çünkü hiç var olmamış gibi olacaklar ve seninle savaşanlar artık var olmayacak.

¹³Çünkü senin sağ elini sıkıca tutan ve sana "Korkma!" diyen Tanrın Benim.

¹⁴Korkma ey Yakup, ey sayıca en az olan İsrail! Sana yardım ettim, diyor Tanrın, seni kurtaran İsrail'in Kutsalı'dır.

¹⁵İşte, seni yeni, testere dişli, harman döven araba tekerlekleri gibi yaptım; dağları döveceksin, tepeleri ufalayacaksın ve onları saman ufağı gibi yapacaksın.

¹⁶Onları savuracaksın, rüzgâr onları alıp götürecek ve kasırga onları dağıtacak; sen ise İsrail'in kutsalları arasında sevineceksin.

¹⁷Yoksullar ve muhtaçlar coşkuyla sevinecek; çünkü su arayacaklar ama olmayacak, susuzluktan dilleri kuruyacak; Ben Rab Tanrı, Ben İsrail'in Tanrısı onları işitip yanıtlayacağım ve onları terk etmeyceğim.

¹⁸Dağların üzerinde nehirler, ovaların ortasında pınarlar açacağım; çölü su göllerine, susuz toprağı su kanallarına dönüştüreceğim.

¹⁹Susuz toprağa sedir, şimşir, mersin, servi ve ak kavak dikeceğim;

²⁰öyle ki, bunu görsünler, bilsinler, düşünsünler ve hep birlikte anlasınlar ki, bunları Rab'bin eli yaptı ve İsrail'in Kutsalı bunu gösterdi.

²¹Yargınız yaklaşıyor, diyor Rab Tanrı; tasarılarınız yaklaştı, diyor Yakup'un Kralı.

²²Yaklaşsınlar ve gelecekte ne olacağını size bildirsinler; ya da geçmişteki şeylerin ne olduğunu söyleyin ki zihnimizi yöneltelim ve sonlarının ne olacağını bilelim; ya da gelecek olanları bize söyleyin.

²³En sonunda gelecek olanları bize bildirin ki ilahlar olduğunuzu bilelim; iyilik yapın ya da kötülük yapın ki şaşalım ve hep birlikte görelim.

²⁴Çünkü siz neredensiniz ve işiniz nereden? Topraktansınız; sizi seçenler iğrenç bir iş yaptılar.

²⁵Ben ise kuzeyden ve güneşin doğuşundan geleni uyandırdım, benim adımla çağrılacaklar; önderler gelsinler ve çömlekçinin çamuru gibi, çömlekçinin çamuru çiğnemesi gibi çiğneneceksiniz.

²⁶Kim bunu başlangıçtan bildirdi ki bilelim, ya da önceden bildirdi ki "Bu doğrudur" diyelim? Ne önceden söyleyen var, ne de sizin sözlerinizi işiten var.

²⁷Siyon'a bir başlangıç vereceğim ve Yeruşalim'i yolda teselli edeceğim.

²⁸Çünkü ulusların arasından baktım, işte hiç kimse yoktu; putlarının arasından da bir şey bildiren çıkmadı; onlara "Neredensiniz?" diye sorsam bana asla cevap veremezler.

²⁹Çünkü sizi yapanlar onlardır ve sizi boş yere saptıranlar da onlardır.

¹ΕΓΚΑΙΝΙΖΕΣΘΕ πρός με, νῆσοι, οἱ γὰρ ἄρχοντες ἀλλάξουσιν ἰσχύν· ἐγγισάτωσαν καὶ λαλησάτωσαν ἅμα, τότε κρίσιν ἀναγγειλάτωσαν.

²τίς ἐξήγειρεν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν δικαιοσύνην, ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὴν κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορεύσεται; δώσει ἐναντίον ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκστήσει καὶ δώσει εἰς γῆν τὰς μαχαίρας αὐτῶν καὶ ὡς φρύγανα ἐξωσμένα τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν·

³καὶ διώξεται αὐτοὺς καὶ διελεύσεται ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

⁴τίς ἐνήργησε καὶ ἐποίησε ταῦτα; ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὴν ὁ καλῶν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ γενεῶν ἀρχῆς· ἐγὼ Θεὸς πρῶτος, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἐπερχόμενα ἐγώ εἰμι.

⁵εἴδοσαν ἔθνη καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν, τὰ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς ἤγγισαν καὶ ἦλθον ἅμα,

⁶κρίνων ἕκαστος τῷ πλησίον καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ βοηθῆσαι καὶ ἐρεῖ·

⁷ἴσχυσεν ἀνὴρ τέκτων καὶ χαλκεὺς τύπτων σφύρῃ ἅμα ἐλαύνων· ποτὲ μὲν ἐρεῖ· σύμβλημα καλόν ἐστίν· ἰσχύρωσαν αὐτὰ ἐν ἥλοις, θήσουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ οὐ κινηθήσονται.

⁸Σὺ δέ, ᾿Ισραήλ, παῖς μου ᾿Ιακώβ, ὃν ἐξελεξάμην, σπέρμα ῾Αβραάμ, ὃν ἠγάπησα,

⁹οὗ ἀντελαβόμην ἀπ᾿ ἄκρων τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκ τῶν σκοπῶν αὐτῆς ἐκάλεσά σε καὶ εἶπά σοι· παῖς μου εἶ, ἐξελεξάμην σε καὶ οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπόν σε·

¹⁰μὴ φοβοῦ, μετὰ σοῦ γάρ εἰμι· μὴ πλανῶ, ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι ὁ Θεός σου ὁ ἐνισχύσας σε καὶ ἐβοήθησά σοι καὶ ἠσφαλισάμην σε τῇ δεξιᾷ τῇ δικαίᾳ μου.

¹¹ἰδοὺ αἰσχυνθήσονται καὶ ἐντραπήσονται πάντες οἱ ἀντικείμενοί σοι· ἔσονται γὰρ ὡς οὐκ ὄντες καὶ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ ἀντίδικοί σου·

¹²ζητήσεις αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, οἳ παροινήσουσιν εἰς σέ· ἔσονται γὰρ ὡς οὐκ ὄντες καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται οἱ ἀντιπολεμοῦντές σε.

¹³ὅτι ἐγὼ ὁ Θεός σου ὁ κρατῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς σου, ὁ λέγων σοι·

¹⁴μὴ φοβοῦ, ᾿Ιακώβ, ὀλιγοστὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἐγὼ ἐβοήθησά σοι, λέγει ὁ Θεός σου, ὁ λυτρούμενός σε, ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁵ἰδοὺ ἐποίησά σε ὡς τροχοὺς ἁμάξης ἁλοῶντας καινοὺς πριστηροειδεῖς, καὶ ἁλοήσεις ὄρη καὶ λεπτυνεῖς βουνοὺς καὶ ὡς χνοῦν θήσεις·

¹⁶καὶ λικμήσεις, καὶ ἄνεμος λήψεται αὐτούς, καὶ καταιγὶς διασπερεῖ αὐτούς, σὺ δὲ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁷καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται οἱ πτωχοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐνδεεῖς· ζητήσουσι γὰρ ὕδωρ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται, ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς δίψης ἐξηράνθη· ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ἐγὼ ἐπακούσομαι ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψω αὐτούς,

¹⁸ἀλλὰ ἀνοίξω ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων ποταμοὺς καὶ ἐν μέσῳ πεδίων πηγάς· ποιήσω τὴν ἔρημον εἰς ἕλη ὑδάτων καὶ τὴν διψῶσαν γῆν ἐν ὑδραγωγοῖς·

¹⁹θήσω εἰς τὴν ἄνυδρον γῆν κέδρον καὶ πύξον καὶ μυρσίνην καὶ κυπάρισσον καὶ λεύκην,

²⁰ἵνα ἴδωσι καὶ γνῶσι καὶ ἐννοηθῶσι καὶ ἐπιστῶνται ἅμα, ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐποίησε ταῦτα καὶ ὁ ἅγιος τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ κατέδειξεν.

²¹᾿Εγγίζει ἡ κρίσις ὑμῶν, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεός· ἤγγισαν αἱ βουλαὶ ὑμῶν, λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιακώβ.

²²ἐγγισάτωσαν καὶ ἀναγγειλάτωσαν ὑμῖν ἃ συμβήσεται, ἢ τὰ πρότερον τίνα ἦν, εἴπατε, καὶ ἐπιστήσομεν τὸν νοῦν καὶ γνωσόμεθα τί τὰ ἔσχατα, καὶ τὰ ἐπερχόμενα εἴπατε ἡμῖν.

²³ἀναγγείλατε ἡμῖν τὰ ἐπερχόμενα ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτου, καὶ γνωσόμεθα ὅτι θεοί ἐστε· εὖ ποιήσατε καὶ κακώσατε, καὶ θαυμασόμεθα καὶ ὀψόμεθα ἅμα·

²⁴ὅτι πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς καὶ πόθεν ἡ ἐργασία ὑμῶν; ἐκ γῆς· βδέλυγμα ἐξελέξαντο ὑμᾶς.

²⁵ἐγὼ δὲ ἤγειρα τὸν ἀπὸ βορρᾶ καὶ τὸν ἀφ᾿ ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν, κληθήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί μου· ἐρχέσθωσαν ἄρχοντες, καὶ ὡς πηλὸς κεραμέως καὶ ὡς κεραμεὺς καταπατῶν τὸν πηλόν, οὕτως καταπατηθήσεσθε.

²⁶τίς γάρ ἀναγγελεῖ τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα γνῶμεν, καὶ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν, καὶ ἐροῦμεν ὅτι ἀληθῆ ἐστιν; οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ προλέγων οὐδὲ ὁ ἀκούων ὑμῶν τοὺς λόγους.

²⁷ἀρχὴν Σιὼν δώσω καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ παρακαλέσω εἰς ὁδόν.

²⁸ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἰδοὺ οὐδείς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτῶν οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀναγγέλλων· καὶ ἐὰν ἐρωτήσω αὐτούς· πόθεν ἐστέ; οὐ μὴ ἀποκριθῶσί μοι.

²⁹εἰσὶ γὰρ οἱ ποιοῦντες ὑμᾶς, καὶ μάτην οἱ πλανῶντες ὑμᾶς.

¹Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

²Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?

³And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.

⁴Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.

⁵The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,

⁶every one judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say,

⁷The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:

⁹whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee.

¹⁰Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹¹Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.

¹²Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.

¹³For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,

¹⁴Fear not, Jacob, [and thou] Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

¹⁵Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff:

¹⁶and thou shalt winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.

¹⁷And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:

¹⁸but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.

¹⁹I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

²⁰that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them].

²¹Your judgment draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob.

²²Let them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:

²³tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time

²⁴whence ye are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.

²⁵But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter’s clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.

²⁶For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.

²⁷I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.

²⁸For from among the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me.

²⁹For [these] are your makers, [as ye think], and they that cause you to err in vain.