Yeşaya 9

¹Ey Zabulon ülkesi, Neftalim toprağı, denizin yolu, kıyıda yaşayan diğerleri, Şeria'nın ötesi, ulusların Celilesi ve Yahudiye bölgeleri; bunu ilk önce için ve çabuk yapın.

²Karanlıkta yürüyen halk, büyük bir ışık görün; ölümün gölgesinde ve diyarında yaşayanlar, üzerinize bir ışık parlayacak.

³Senin sevincinle aşağı indirdiğin halkın en büyük çoğunluğu, senin önünde tıpkı hasat zamanı sevinenler ve ganimet paylaşanlar gibi sevinecekler.

⁴Çünkü onların üzerinde duran boyunduruk ve boyunlarındaki değnek kaldırıldı; zira Rab, Midyan gününde olduğu gibi, haraç isteyenlerin değneğini darmadağın etti.

⁵Çünkü hileyle toplanmış her giysinin ve uzlaşıyla alınan her elbisenin bedelini ödeyecekler; ateşle yakılmış olsalar bile buna razı olacaklar.

⁶Çünkü bize bir çocuk doğdu, bize bir oğul verildi; yönetim onun omzunda başladı ve onun adı Büyük Öğüt Meleği, < Harika Danışman, Güçlü Tanrı, Hükümran, Barış Önderi, Gelecek Çağın Babası > diye çağrılır; çünkü ben önderlerin üzerine esenlik, ona da esenlik ve sağlık getireceğim.

⁷Onun yönetimi yüce olacak ve esenliğinin sınırı olmayacak; Davut'un tahtı ve krallığı üzerinde, onu şimdiden ve sonsuza dek adaletle ve doğrulukla kurmak ve desteklemek için bunu yapacak. Sabaoth Rab'binin gayreti bunları gerçekleştirecek.

⁸Rab Yakup'un üzerine ölüm gönderdi ve bu ölüm İsrail'in üzerine geldi.

⁹Bütün Efraim halkı ve Samiriye'de oturanlar, küstahlıkla ve kibirli bir yürekle şöyle diyerek bunu anlayacaklar:

¹⁰"Kerpiçler düştü, ama gelin yontma taşlarla inşa edelim; yabanıl incir ağaçları kesildi, ama yerlerine sedirler dikip kendimize bir kule yapalım."

¹¹Ve Tanrı, Siyon Dağı'na karşı ayaklananları onların üzerine saldırtacak ve düşmanlarını darmadağın edecek;

¹²doğudan Suriyelileri, batıdan Grekleri; İsrail'i ağızlarını ardına kadar açıp yutacaklar. Bütün bunlara rağmen O'nun öfkesi dinmedi, eli hâlâ kalkmış durumda.

¹³Ama halk, darbe alana dek kendisine vurana dönmedi ve Rab'bi aramadı.

¹⁴Bu yüzden Rab bir günde İsrail'den başı ve kuyruğu, büyüğü ve küçüğü kesti; yaşlılar ve ikiyüzlüler baş, yasasızlığı öğreten peygamber ise kuyruktur.

¹⁵Bu halkı kutlu kılanlar onları saptırmaktadır ve onları yutmak için saptırıyorlar.

¹⁶Bu yüzden Rab onların gençlerine sevinmeyecek, öksüzlerine ve dullarına acımayacak; çünkü hepsi yasasız ve kötüdür, her ağız haksızlık konuşur. Bütün bunlara rağmen O'nun öfkesi dinmedi, eli hâlâ kalkmış durumda.

¹⁷Çünkü yasasızlık ateş gibi yanacak, kuru ot gibi ateş tarafından yutulacak; ormanın sık çalılıklarında tutuşacak ve tepelerin etrafındaki her şeyi yakıp kül edecek.

¹⁸Rab'bin gazabının öfkesi yüzünden bütün ülke yakıldı ve halk ateşle kavrulmuş insanlar gibi olacak; kimse kardeşine acımayacak.

¹⁹Sağa dönecek, çünkü aç kalacak; soldan yiyecek ama doymayacak; herkes kendi kolunun etini yiyecek.

²⁰Çünkü Manasse Efraim'i, Efraim de Manasse'yi yiyecek; çünkü birlikte Yahuda'yı kuşatacaklar. Bütün bunlara rağmen O'nun öfkesi dinmedi, eli hâlâ kalkmış durumda.

¹ΤΟΥΤΟ πρῶτον πίε, ταχὺ ποίει, χώρα Ζαβουλών, ἡ γῆ Νεφθαλὶμ ὁδὸν θαλάσσης καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ τὴν παραλίαν κατοικοῦντες καὶ πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, τὰ μέρη τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας.

²ὁ λαὸς ὁ πορευόμενος ἐν σκότει, ἴδετε φῶς μέγα· οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, φῶς λάμψει ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς.

³τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ λαοῦ, ὃ κατήγαγες ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ σου, καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται ἐνώπιόν σου ὡς οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐν ἀμήτῳ καὶ ὃν τρόπον οἱ διαιρούμενοι σκῦλα.

⁴διότι ἀφῄρηται ὁ ζυγὸς ὁ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν κείμενος καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῶν· τὴν γὰρ ράβδον τῶν ἀπαιτούντων διεσκέδασε Κύριος, ὡς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐπὶ Μαδιάμ.

⁵ὅτι πᾶσαν στολὴν ἐπισυνηγμένην δόλῳ καὶ ἱμάτιον μετὰ καταλλαγῆς ἀποτίσουσι καὶ θελήσουσιν εἰ ἐγενήθησαν πυρίκαυστοι.

⁶ὅτι παιδίον ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐγεννήθη ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελoς, < θαυμαστὸς σύμβουλος, Θεὸς ἰσχυρός, ἐξουσιαστής, ἄρχων εἰρήνης, πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος· >*: ἐγὼ γὰρ ἄξω εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγίειαν αὐτῷ.

⁷μεγάλη ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅριον ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον Δαυὶδ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ κατορθῶσαι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀντιλαβέσθαι αὐτῆς ἐν κρίματι καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ὁ ζῆλος Κυρίου σαβαὼθ ποιήσει ταῦτα.

⁸Θάνατον ἀπέστειλε Κύριος ἐπὶ ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ,

⁹καὶ γνώσονται πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τοῦ ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ οἱ ἐγκαθήμενοι ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἐφ᾿ ὕβρει καὶ ὑψηλῇ καρδίᾳ λέγοντες·

¹⁰πλίνθοι πεπτώκασιν, ἀλλὰ δεῦτε λαξεύσωμεν λίθους καὶ ἐκκόψωμεν συκαμίνους καὶ κέδρους καὶ οἱκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πύργον.

¹¹καὶ ράξει ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς ἐπανισταμένους ἐπὶ ὄρος Σιὼν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν διασκεδάσει,

¹²Συρίαν ἀφ᾿ ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν καὶ τοὺς ῞Ελληνας ἀφ᾿ ἡλίου δυσμῶν, τοὺς κατεσθίοντας τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ὅλῳ τῷ στόματι. ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμός, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτι ἡ χεὶρ ὑψηλή.

¹³καὶ ὁ λαὸς οὐκ ἀπεστράφη, ἕως ἐπλήγη, καὶ τὸν Κύριον οὐκ ἐξεζήτησαν.

¹⁴καὶ ἀφεῖλε Κύριος ἀπὸ ᾿Ισραὴλ κεφαλὴν καὶ οὐράν, μέγαν καὶ μικρὸν ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ, πρεσβύτην καὶ τοὺς τὰ πρόσωπα θαυμάζοντας (αὕτη ἡ ἀρχὴ) καὶ προφήτην διδάσκοντα ἄνομα (οὗτος ἡ οὐρά).

¹⁵καὶ ἔσονται οἱ μακαρίζοντες τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον πλανῶντες καὶ πλανῶσιν, ὅπως καταπίωσιν αὐτούς.

¹⁶διὰ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ Κύριος καὶ τοὺς ὀρφανοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς χήρας αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐλεήσει, ὅτι πάντες ἄνομοι καὶ πονηροί, καὶ πᾶν στόμα λαλεῖ ἄδικα. ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμός, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτι ἡ χεὶρ ὑψηλή.

¹⁷καὶ καυθήσεται ὡς πῦρ ἡ ἀνομία καὶ ὡς ἄγρωσις ξηρὰ βρωθήσεται ὑπὸ πυρός· καὶ καυθήσεται ἐν τοῖς δάσεσι τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ συγκαταφάγεται τὰ κύκλῳ τῶν βουνῶν πάντα.

¹⁸διὰ θυμὸν ὀργῆς Κυρίου συγκέκαυται ἡ γῆ ὅλη, καὶ ἔσται ὁ λαὸς ὡς κατακεκαυμένος ὑπὸ πυρός· ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐλεήσει,

¹⁹ἀλλὰ ἐκκλινεῖ εἰς τὰ δεξιά, ὅτι πεινάσει καὶ φάγεται ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐμπλησθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔσθων τὰς σάρκας τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ.

²⁰φάγεται γὰρ Μανασσῆς τοῦ ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ ᾿Εφραὶμ τοῦ Μανασσῆ, ὅτι ἅμα πολιορκήσουσι τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν. ἐπὶ τούτοις πᾶσιν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμός, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτι ἡ χείρ ὑψηλή. * Alex. + Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come.

¹Drink this first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim, and the rest [inhabiting] the sea-coast, and [the land] beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

²O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the region [and] shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.

³The multitude of the people which thou hast brought down in thy joy, they shall even rejoice before thee as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil.

⁴Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for the Lord has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.

⁵For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and [all] raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, [even] if they were burnt with fire.

⁶For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder, and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel, < Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the Age to come >*: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.

⁷His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] his kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

⁸The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.

⁹And all the people of Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,

¹⁰The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.

¹¹And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies;

¹²[even] Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but still [his] hand is exalted.

¹³But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.

¹⁴So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day: the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

¹⁵And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

¹⁶Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.

¹⁷And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.

¹⁸The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother.

¹⁹But [one] shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.

²⁰For Manasses shall eat [the flesh] of Ephraim, and Ephraim [the flesh] of Manasses; for they shall besiege Juda together. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted.