Yeşaya 42

¹Kulum Yakup, elinden tutacağım onun; seçtiğim İsrail, canım benimsedi onu; ruhumu onun üzerine koydum, uluslara adaleti götürecek.

²Haykırmayacak, sesini yükseltmeyecek ve sokakta sesi işitilmeyecek.

³Ezilmiş kamışı kırmayacak ve dumanı tüten fitili söndürmeyecek, aksine adaleti hakikate göre ortaya koyacak.

⁴Parlayacak ve ezilmeyecek, yeryüzünde adaleti tesis edene dek; uluslar da O'nun adına umut bağlayacaklar.

⁵Göğü yaratan ve onu sabitleyen, yeryüzünü ve üzerindekileri pekiştiren, üzerindeki halka soluk ve orada yürüyenlere ruh veren Rab Tanrı şöyle diyor:

⁶Ben Rab Tanrı, seni doğrulukla çağırdım; elinden tutacak ve seni güçlendireceğim; seni soyun antlaşması ve ulusların ışığı kıldım;

⁷Körlerin gözlerini açasın, bağlanmış olanları bağlarından ve karanlıkta oturanları zindan evinden çıkarasın diye.

⁸Ben Rab Tanrı'yım, budur benim adım; yüceliğimi bir başkasına, övgülerimi ise oyma putlara vermeyeceğim.

⁹İşte, başlangıçtan beri bildirilenler gerçekleşti; şimdi yeni şeyleri bildiriyorum; bunlar size bildirilmeden önce açıklandı.

¹⁰Rabbe yeni bir ezgi söyleyin, O'nun egemenliğidir bu; yeryüzünün ucundan O'nun adını yüceltin; denize inenler ve orada yelken açanlar, adalar ve adalarda yaşayanlar!

¹¹Çöl ve onun köyleri sevinsin, Kedar'ın konutları ve orada oturanlar coşsun; Petra'da yaşayanlar sevinsin, dağların tepelerinden haykırsınlar.

¹²Tanrı'ya yücelik sunacaklar, O'nun övgülerini adalarda duyuracaklar.

¹³Güçlerin Rabbi Tanrı sefere çıkacak ve savaşı kırıp yok edecek; kıskançlığı uyandıracak ve düşmanlarına karşı güçle haykıracak.

¹⁴Uzun süre sessiz kaldım; hep sessiz mi kalıp kendimi tutacağım? Doğuran bir kadın gibi acıya dayandım; şimdi hem dehşete düşürecek hem de kurutacağım.

¹⁵Dağları ve tepeleri viran edeceğim, üzerlerindeki bütün otları kurutacağım; nehirleri adalara dönüştürecek, bataklıkları kurutacağım.

¹⁶Körleri bilmedikleri bir yoldan götürecek, tanımadıkları patikalarda yürümelerini sağlayacağım; önlerindeki karanlığı ışığa, eğri yolları düzlüğe dönüştüreceğim. Bu işleri yapacak ve onları terk etmeyeceğim.

¹⁷Ama geriye dönecekler; oyma putlara güvenenler, dökme putlara "Siz bizim ilahlarımızsınız" diyenler büyük bir utançla utansınlar.

¹⁸Ey sağırlar, işitin! Ey körler, görmek için gözlerinizi açın!

¹⁹Kullarımdan başka kim kör, onlara egemen olanlardan başka kim sağır? Tanrı'nın kulları kör edildiler.

²⁰Defalarca gördünüz ama sakınmadınız; kulaklarınız açık olduğu halde işitmediniz.

²¹Rab Tanrı, aklanması ve övgüsünü yüceltmesi için tasarladı.

²²Ve gördüm ki halk yağmalanmış ve soyulmuştu; çünkü tuzak her yerdeki kilerlerde ve onları gizledikleri evlerde kurulmuştu. Yağma edildiler, kapışılanı kurtaran olmadı; "Geri ver!" diyen çıkmadı.

²³Aranızda buna kulak verecek kim var? Gelecek olanları dinleyip işitin.

²⁴Yakup'u yağmaya, İsrail'i talancılara kim teslim etti? Kendisine karşı günah işledikleri, yollarında yürümek istemedikleri ve yasasını dinlemedikleri Tanrı değil mi?

²⁵Bu yüzden üzerlerine kızgın öfkesini döktü; savaş ve onları her yandan saran alevler üzerlerine galip geldi. Yine de her biri bunu anlamadı, canı gönülden önemsemedi.

¹ΙΑΚΩΒ ὁ παῖς μου, ἀντιλήψομαι αὐτοῦ· ᾿Ισραὴλ ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου, προσεδέξατο αὐτὸν ἡ ψυχή μου· ἔδωκα τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐξοίσει.

²οὐ κεκράξεται οὐδὲ ἀνήσει, οὐδὲ ἀκουσθήσεται ἔξω ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ.

³κάλαμον τεθλασμένον οὐ συντρίψει καὶ λίνον καπνιζόμενον οὐ σβέσει, ἀλλὰ εἰς ἀλήθειαν ἐξοίσει κρίσιν.

⁴ἀναλάμψει καὶ οὐ θραυσθήσεται, ἕως ἄνθῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κρίσιν· καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν.

⁵οὕτω λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ πήξας αὐτόν, ὁ στερεώσας τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ διδοὺς πνοὴν τῷ λαῷ τῷ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς καὶ πνεῦμα τοῖς πατοῦσιν αὐτήν·

⁶ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐκάλεσά σε ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ κρατήσω τῆς χειρός σου καὶ ἐνισχύσω σε καὶ ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν

⁷ἀνοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλῶν, ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ δεσμῶν δεδεμένους καὶ ἐξ οἴκου φυλακῆς καθημένους ἐν σκότει.

⁸ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεός, τοῦτό μού ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα· τὴν δόξαν μου ἑτέρῳ οὐ δώσω οὐδὲ τὰς ἀρετάς μου τοῖς γλυπτοῖς.

⁹τὰ ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς ἰδοὺ ἥκασι, καὶ καινά, ἃ ἐγὼ ἀναγγέλλω, καὶ πρὸ τοῦ ἀναγγεῖλαι ἐδηλώθη ὑμῖν.

¹⁰῾Υμνήσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ὕμνον καινόν, ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ· δοξάζετε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾿ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς, οἱ καταβαίνοντες εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πλέοντες αὐτήν, αἱ νῆσοι καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτάς.

¹¹εὐφράνθητι, ἔρημος, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῆς, ἐπαύλεις καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Κηδάρ· εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ κατοικοῦντες Πέτραν, ἀπ᾿ ἄκρων τῶν ὀρέων βοήσουσι·

¹²δώσουσι τῷ Θεῷ δόξαν, τὰς ἀρετὰς αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς νήσοις ἀναγγελοῦσι.

¹³Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων ἐξελεύσεται καὶ συντρίψει πόλεμον, ἐπεγερεῖ ζῆλον καὶ βοήσεται ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ μετὰ ἰσχύος.

¹⁴ἐσιώπησα, μὴ καὶ ἀεὶ σιωπήσομαι καὶ ἀνέξομαι; ὡς ἡ τίκτουσα ἐκαρτέρησα, ἐκστήσω καὶ ξηρανῶ ἅμα.

¹⁵ἐρημώσω ὄρη καὶ βουνοὺς καὶ πάντα χόρτον αὐτῶν ξηρανῶ, καὶ θήσω ποταμοὺς εἰς νήσους καὶ ἕλη ξηρανῶ.

¹⁶καὶ ἄξω τυφλοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ, ᾗ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, καὶ τρίβους ἃς οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, πατῆσαι ποιήσω αὐτούς· ποιήσω αὐτοῖς τὸ σκότος εἰς φῶς καὶ τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθεῖαν· ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα ποιήσω καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψω αὐτούς.

¹⁷αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀπεστράφησαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω· αἰσχύνθητε αἰσχύνην, οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τοῖς γλυπτοῖς, οἱ λέγοντες τοῖς χωνευτοῖς· ὑμεῖς ἐστε θεοὶ ἡμῶν.

¹⁸Οἱ κωφοί, ἀκούσατε, καὶ οἱ τυφλοί, ἀναβλέψατε ἰδεῖν.

¹⁹καὶ τίς τυφλός, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ οἱ παῖδές μου καὶ κωφοί, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ οἱ κυριεύοντες αὐτῶν; καὶ ἐτυφλώθησαν οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ.

²⁰εἴδετε πλεονάκις, καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε· ἠνοιγμένα τὰ ὦτα, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε.

²¹Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο, ἵνα δικαιωθῇ καὶ μεγαλύνῃ αἴνεσιν.

²²καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ λαὸς πεπρονομευμένος καὶ διηρπασμένος· ἡ γὰρ παγὶς ἐν τοῖς ταμιείος πανταχοῦ, καὶ ἐν οἴκοις ἅμα, ὅπου ἔκρυψαν αὐτούς· ἐγένοντο εἰς προνομήν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐξαιρούμενος ἅρπαγμα, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ λέγων· ἀπόδος.

²³τίς ἐν ὑμῖν, ὃς ἐνωτιεῖται ταῦτα; εἰσακούσατε εἰς τὰ ἐπερχόμενα.

²⁴τίς ἔδωκεν εἰς διαρπαγὴν ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῖς προνομεύουσιν αὐτόν; οὐχὶ ὁ Θεός, ᾧ ἡμάρτοσαν αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἠβούλοντο ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ πορεύεσθαι οὐδὲ ἀκούειν τοῦ νόμου αὐτοῦ;

²⁵καὶ ἐπήγαγεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ὀργὴν θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτοὺς πόλεμος καὶ οἱ συμφλέγοντες αὐτοὺς κύκλῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἕκαστος οὐδὲ ἔθεντο ἐπὶ ψυχήν.

¹Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

²He shall not cry, nor lift up [his voice], nor shall his voice be heard without.

³A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

⁴He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

⁵Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:

⁶I the Lord God have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will strengthen thee: and I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles:

⁷to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison-house.

⁸I am the Lord God: that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praises to graven images.

⁹Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and [so will] the new things which I tell you: yea, before I tell [them] they are made known to you.

¹⁰Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye [who are] his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.

¹¹Rejoice, thou wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall shout from the top of the mountains.

¹²They shall give glory to God, [and] shall proclaim his praises in the islands.

¹³The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.

¹⁴I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear: I have endured like a travailing [woman]: I will [now] amaze and wither at once.

¹⁵I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

¹⁶And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.

¹⁷But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven [images], who say to the molten [images], Ye are our gods.

¹⁸Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.

¹⁹And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.

²⁰Ye have often seen, and have not taken heed; [your] ears have been opened, and ye have not heard.

²¹The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify [his] praise.

²²And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for [there is] a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.

²³Who [is there] among you that will give ear to these things? hearken ye to the things which are coming to pass.

²⁴For what did he give to Jacob up to spoil, and Israel to them that plundered him? Did not God [do it] against whom they sinned? [and] they would not walk in his ways, nor hearken to his law.

²⁵So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew [it], neither did they lay [it] to heart.