Yeşaya 7

¹Ve Yahuda Kralı Uzıya oğlu Yotam oğlu Ahaz’ın günlerinde öyle oldu ki, Aram Kralı Rasim ve Romeliya oğlu İsrail Kralı Pekah, Yeruşalim’e karşı savaşmak üzere yukarı çıktılar, fakat şehri kuşatmaya güçleri yetmedi.

²Davut hanedanına, “Aram, Efraim ile uyuştu” diye haber verildi; bunun üzerine, ormandaki bir ağacın rüzgarla sarsılması gibi, kralın ve halkının canı dehşetle sarsıldı.

³Rab Yeşaya’ya şöyle dedi: “Sen ve geride kalan oğlun Yasub, çırpıcının tarlasının yukarı yolundaki havuzun yanına, Ahaz’ı karşılamaya çıkın.

⁴Ona de ki: ‘Kendine dikkat et, sakin ol ve korkma; bu iki tüten odun parçasının dumanından ötürü canın zayıflamasın; çünkü öfkemin gazabı gerçekleştiğinde, onları yeniden iyileştireceğim.

⁵Aram’ın oğlu ve Romeliya’nın oğlu senin hakkında kötü bir düzen tasarlayıp dediler ki:

⁶Yahuda’ya karşı yukarı çıkalım, onlarla konuşup onları kendimize döndürelim ve Tabeel’in oğlunu üzerlerine kral yapalım.’

⁷Orduların Rabbi şöyle diyor: ‘Bu düzen asla ayakta kalmayacak ve gerçekleşmeyecek.

⁸Çünkü Aram’ın başı Şam, Şam’ın başı ise Rasim’dir; fakat altmış beş yıl içinde Efraim’in krallığı bir halk olmaktan çıkıp son bulacaktır.

⁹Efraim’in başı Samiriye, Samiriye’nin başı ise Romeliya’nın oğludur; ve eğer iman etmezseniz, asla anlayamazsınız.’”

¹⁰Ve Rab Ahaz’a konuşmaya devam ederek şöyle dedi:

¹¹“Kendin için Tanrın Rab’den derinliklere ya da yüksekliklere doğru bir belirti iste.”

¹²Ama Ahaz, “Asla istemeyeceğim ve Rab’bi asla sınamayacağım” dedi.

¹³Bunun üzerine Yeşaya dedi ki: “Dinleyin şimdi, ey Davut hanedanı! İnsanlara zorluk çıkarmanız size yetmedi mi ki, şimdi de Rab’be zorluk çıkarıyorsunuz?

¹⁴Bu yüzden Rab’bin kendisi size bir belirti verecek: İşte, bakire gebe kalacak ve bir oğul doğuracak, O’nun adını İmmanuel diye çağıracaksın.

¹⁵Kötüyü bilmeden ya da seçmeden önce, iyi olanı seçebilsin diye tereyağı ve bal yiyecek.

¹⁶Çünkü çocuk iyiyi kötüden ayırt etmeyi öğrenmeden önce, iyi olanı seçmek için kötülüğe itaatsizlik edecek ve korktuğun o topraklar, iki kralın yüzünden ıssız kalacak.

¹⁷Ama Tanrı senin, halkının ve babanın hanedanının üzerine, Efraim’in Yahuda’dan ayrıldığı günden beri görmediği günleri, Asurluların kralını getirecek.

¹⁸O gün Rab, Mısır nehrinin bir kısmına hükmeden sineklere ve Asurluların topraklarındaki arıya ıslık çalacak.

¹⁹Hepsi gelip ülkenin vadilerine, kayaların deliklerine, mağaralara, her yarığa ve her ağacın üzerine konup dinlenecekler.

²⁰O gün Rab, nehrin ötesindeki Asurluların kralı olan o büyük ve sarhoş usturayla başın saçlarını, ayakların kıllarını tıraş edecek ve sakalı da kazıyıp atacak.

²¹O gün bir adam sığırlardan bir düve ile iki koyun besleyecek.

²²Ve bol miktarda süt üretileceğinden ötürü, ülkede geride kalan herkes tereyağı ve bal yiyecek.

²³O gün, bin gümüş değerinde bin asmanın bulunduğu her yer çorak toprağa ve dikene dönüşecek.

²⁴İnsanlar oraya okla ve yayla girecekler; çünkü bütün ülke çoraklık ve dikenlikle kaplanacak.

²⁵Sabanla sürülen bütün dağlara gelince, oralara çoraklık ve dikenlik korkusundan kimse gitmeyecek; buralar koyunların otlağı ve sığırların çiğnediği yerler olacak.”

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ῎Αχαζ τοῦ ᾿Ιωάθαμ τοῦ υἱοῦ ᾿Οζίου βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα, ἀνέβη Ῥασεὶμ βασιλεὺς ᾿Αρὰμ καὶ Φακεὲ υἱὸς Ῥομελίου βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ πολεμῆσαι αὐτὴν καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν πολιορκῆσαι αὐτήν.

²καὶ ἀνηγγέλη εἰς τὸν οἶκον Δαυὶδ λέγων· συνεφώνησεν ᾿Αρὰμ πρὸς τὸν ᾿Εφραίμ· καὶ ἐξέστη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὃν τρόπον ἐν δρυμῷ ξύλον ὑπὸ πνεύματος σαλευθῇ.

³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς ᾿Ησαΐαν· ἔξελθε εἰς συνάντησιν ῎Αχαζ σὺ καὶ ὁ καταλειφθεὶς ᾿Ιασοὺβ ὁ υἱός σου πρὸς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τῆς ἄνω ὁδοῦ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τοῦ κναφέως

⁴καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτῷ· φυλάξαι τοῦ ἡσυχάσαι καὶ μὴ φοβοῦ, μηδὲ ἡ ψυχή σου ἀσθενείτω ἀπὸ τῶν δύο ξύλων τῶν δαλῶν τῶν καπνιζομένων τούτων· ὅταν γὰρ ὀργὴ τοῦ θυμοῦ μου γένηται, πάλιν ἰάσομαι.

⁵καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ᾿Αρὰμ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ῥομελίου, ὅτι ἐβουλεύσαντο βουλὴν πονηρὰν περὶ σοῦ λέγοντες·

⁶ἀναβησόμεθα εἰς τὴν ᾿Ιουδαίαν καὶ συλλαλήσαντες αὐτοῖς, ἀποστρέψομεν αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ βασιλεύσομεν αὐτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν Ταβεήλ·

⁷τάδε λέγει Κύριος σαβαώθ· οὐ μὴ μείνῃ ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη οὐδὲ ἔσται·

⁸ἀλλ᾿ ἡ κεφαλὴ ᾿Αρὰμ Δαμασκὸς καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ Δαμασκοῦ Ῥασεὶμ - ἀλλ᾿ ἔτι ἑξήκοντα καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἐκλείψει ἡ βασιλεία ᾿Εφραὶμ ἀπὸ λαοῦ -

⁹καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ ᾿Εφραὶμ Σομόρων, καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ Σομόρων υἱὸς τοῦ Ῥομελίου· καὶ ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσητε, οὐδὲ μὴ συνιῆτε. -

¹⁰Καὶ προσέθετο Κύριος λαλῆσαι τῷ ῎Αχαζ λέγων·

¹¹αἴτησαι σεαυτῷ σημεῖον παρὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ σου εἰς βάθος ἢ εἰς ὕψος.

¹²καὶ εἶπεν ῎Αχαζ· οὐ μὴ αἰτήσω οὐδ᾿ οὐ μὴ πειράσω Κύριον.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατε δή, οἶκος Δαυίδ· μὴ μικρὸν ὑμῖν ἀγῶνα παρέχειν ἀνθρώποις; καὶ πῶς Κυρίῳ παρέχετε ἀγῶνα;

¹⁴διὰ τοῦτο δώσει Κύριος αὐτὸς ὑμῖν σημεῖον· ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει, καὶ τέξεται υἱόν, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Εμμανουήλ·

¹⁵βούτυρον καὶ μέλι φάγεται· πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ἢ προελέσθαι πονηρά, ἐκλέξεται τὸ ἀγαθόν·

¹⁶διότι πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακόν, ἀπειθεῖ πονηρίᾳ τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ καταλειφθήσεται ἡ γῆ, ἣν σὺ φοβῇ, ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν δύο βασιλέων.

¹⁷ἀλλὰ ἐπάξει ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέρας, αἳ οὔπω ἥκασιν ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἀφεῖλεν ᾿Εφραὶμ ἀπὸ ᾿Ιούδα τὸν βασιλέα τῶν ᾿Ασσυρίων.

¹⁸καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ συριεῖ Κύριος μυίαις, ὃ κυριεύει μέρος ποταμοῦ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ τῇ μελίσσῃ, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν χώρᾳ ᾿Ασσυρίων,

¹⁹καὶ ἐλεύσονται πάντες καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐν ταῖς φάραγξι τῆς χώρας καὶ ἐν ταῖς τρώγλαις τῶν πετρῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰς πᾶσαν ῥαγάδα καὶ ἐν παντὶ ξύλῳ.

²⁰ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ξυρήσει Κύριος τῷ ξυρῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ μεμεθυσμένῳ, ὅ ἐστι πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων, τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὰς τρίχας τῶν ποδῶν, καὶ τὸν πώγωνα ἀφελεῖ.

²¹καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ θρέψει ἄνθρωπος δάμαλιν βοῶν καὶ δύο πρόβατα,

²²καὶ ἔσται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλεῖστον ποιεῖν, γάλα, βούτυρον καὶ μέλι φάγεται πᾶς ὁ καταλειφθεὶς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

²³καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνη πᾶς τόπος, οὗ ἐὰν ὦσι χίλιαι ἄμπελοι χιλίων σίκλων, εἰς χέρσον ἔσονται καὶ εἰς ἄκανθαν·

²⁴μετὰ βέλους καὶ τοξεύματος εἰσελεύσονται ἐκεῖ, ὅτι χέρσος καὶ ἄκανθα ἔσται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ.

²⁵καὶ πᾶν ὄρος ἀροτριώμενον ἀροτριωθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ἐκεῖ φόβος· ἔσται γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς χέρσου καὶ ἀκάνθης εἰς βόσκημα προβάτου καὶ καταπάτημα βοός.

¹And it came to pass in the days of Achaz [the son] of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.

²And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind.

³And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, thou, and thy son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller’s field.

⁴And thou shalt say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let thy soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

⁵And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

⁶We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;

⁷thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

⁸But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people.

⁹And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if ye believe not, neither will ye at all understand.

¹⁰And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,

¹¹Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.

¹²And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

¹³And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do ye contend against the Lord?

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, the virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel.

¹⁵Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good.

¹⁶For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which thou art afraid of because of the two kings.

¹⁷But God shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda the king of the Assyrians.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.

¹⁹And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.

²⁰In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.

²¹And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.

²²And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.

²³And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

²⁴[Men] shall enter thither with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns.

²⁵And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come thither: for there shall be from [among] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.