Isaiah (ישעיה) - Isaia 109

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמֹור אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ	1 [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] God whom I praise, do not be silent!
2 כִּי פִי רָשָׁע וּפִי־מִרְמָה עָלַי פָּתָחוּ דִּבְּרוּ אִתִּי לְשֹׁון שָׁקֶר	2 Wicked and deceiving words are being said about me, false accusations are cast in my teeth.
3 וְדִבְרֵי שִׂנְאָה סְבָבוּנִי וַיִּלָּחֲמוּנִי חִנָּם	3 Words of hate fly al around me, though I give no cause for hostility.
4 תַּחַת־אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּה	4 In return for my friendship they denounce me, and al I can do is pray!
5 וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלַי רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה וְשִׂנְאָה תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִי	5 They repay my kindness with evil, and friendship with hatred.
6 הַפְקֵד עָלָיו רָשָׁע וְשָׂטָן יַעֲמֹד עַל־יְמִינֹו	6 'Set up a wicked man against him as accuser to stand on his right.
7 בְּהִשָּׁפְטֹו יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתֹו תִּהְיֶה לַחֲטָאָה	7 At his trial may he emerge as guilty, even his prayer construed as a crime!
8 יִהְיוּ־יָמָיו מְעַטִּים פְּקֻדָּתֹו יִקַּח אַחֵר	8 'May his life be cut short, someone else take over his office,
9 יִהְיוּ־בָנָיו יְתֹומִים וְאִשְׁתֹּו אַלְמָנָה	9 his children be orphaned, his wife be widowed.
10 וְנֹועַ יָנוּעוּ בָנָיו וְשִׁאֵלוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבֹותֵיהֶם	10 'May his children wander perpetual y, beggars, driven from the ruins of their house,
11 יְנַקֵּשׁ נֹושֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹו וְיָבֹזּוּ זָרִים יְגִיעֹו	11 a creditor seize al his goods, and strangers make off with his earnings.
12 אַל־יְהִי־לֹו מֹשֵׁךְ חָסֶד וְאַל־יְהִי חֹונֵן לִיתֹומָיו	12 'May there be none left faithful enough to show him love, no one take pity on his orphans,
13 יְהִי־אַחֲרִיתֹו לְהַכְרִית בְּדֹור אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָם	13 the line of his descendants cut off, his name wiped out in one generation.
14 יִזָּכֵר ׀ עֲוֹן אֲבֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָה וְחַטַּאת אִמֹּו אַל־תִּמָּח	14 'May Yahweh never forget the crimes of his ancestors, and his mother's sins not be wiped out;
15 יִהְיוּ נֶגֶד־יְהוָה תָּמִיד וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָם	15 may Yahweh keep these constantly in mind, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.'
16 יַעַן אֲשֶׁר ׀ לֹא זָכַר עֲשֹׂות חָסֶד וַיִּרְדֹּף אִישׁ־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון וְנִכְאֵה לֵבָב לְמֹותֵת	16 He had no thought of being loyal, but hounded the poor and the needy and the broken-hearted totheir death.
17 וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה וַתְּבֹואֵהוּ וְלֹא־חָפֵץ בִּבְרָכָה וַתִּרְחַק מִמֶּנּוּ	17 He had a taste for cursing; let it recoil on him! No taste for blessing; let it never come his way!
18 וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה כְּמַדֹּו וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבֹּו וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמֹותָיו	18 Cursing has been the uniform he wore; let it soak into him like water, like oil right into his bones.
19 תְּהִי־לֹו כְּבֶגֶד יַעְטֶה וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד יַחְגְּרֶהָ	19 Let it be as a robe which envelops him completely, a sash which he always wears.
20 זֹאת פְּעֻלַּת טְנַי מֵאֵת יְהוָה וְהַדֹּבְרִים רָע עַל־נַפְשִׁי	20 Let this be the salary Yahweh pays the accusers who blacken my name.
21 וְאַתָּה ׀ יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי עֲ‍שֵׂה־אִתִּי לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ כִּי־טֹוב חַסְדְּךָ הַצִּילֵנִי	21 Yahweh, treat them as your name demands; as your faithful love is generous, deliver me.
22 כִּי־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון אָנֹכִי וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי	22 Poor and needy as I am, my wounds go right to the heart;
23 כְּצֵל־כִּנְטֹותֹו נֶהֱלָכְתִּי נִנְעַרְתִּי כָּאַרְבֶּה	23 I am passing away like a fading shadow, they have shaken me off like a locust.
24 בִּרְכַּי כָּשְׁלוּ מִצֹּום וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁמֶן	24 My knees are weak from lack of food, my body lean for lack of fat.
25 וַאֲנִי ׀ הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה לָהֶם יִרְאוּנִי יְנִיעוּן רֹאשָׁם	25 I have become the butt of their taunts, they shake their heads at the sight of me.
26 עָזְרֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי הֹושִׁיעֵנִי כְחַסְדֶּךָ	26 Help me, Yahweh my God, save me as your faithful love demands.
27 וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָדְךָ זֹּאת אַתָּה יְהוָה עֲשִׂיתָהּ	27 Let them know that yours is the saving hand, that this, Yahweh, is your work.
28 יְקַלְלוּ־הֵמָּה וְאַתָּה תְבָרֵךְ קָמוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ וְעַבְדְּךָ יִשְׂמָח	28 Let them curse, provided that you bless; let their attacks bring shame to them and joy to yourservant!
29 יִלְבְּשׁוּ שֹׂוטְנַי כְּלִמָּה וְיַעֲטוּ כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּם	29 Let my accusers be clothed in disgrace, enveloped in a cloak of shame.
30 אֹודֶה יְהוָה מְאֹד בְּפִי וּבְתֹוךְ רַבִּים אֲהַלְלֶנּוּ	30 With generous thanks to Yahweh on my lips, I shall praise him before all the people,
31 כִּי־יַעֲמֹד לִימִין אֶבְיֹון לְהֹושִׁיעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשֹׁו	31 for he stands at the side of the poor, to save their lives from those who sit in judgement on them.