Isaiah (ישעיה) - Isaia 44

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּיל	1 For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
2 אֱלֹהִים ׀ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ אֲבֹותֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶדֶם	2 O God, we have heard with our own ears; our ancestors have told us The deeds you did in their days, with your own hand in days of old:
3 אַתָּה ׀ יָדְךָ גֹּויִם הֹורַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵם	3 You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples to make room for them.
4 כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּזְרֹועָם לֹא־הֹושִׁיעָה לָּמֹו כִּי־יְמִינְךָ וּזְרֹועֲךָ וְאֹור פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָם	4 Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the light of your face for you favored them.
5 אַתָּה־הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעֹות יַעֲקֹב	5 You are my king and my God, who bestows victories on Jacob.
6 בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגֵּחַ בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ	6 Through you we batter our foes; through your name, trample our adversaries.
7 כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא תֹושִׁיעֵנִי	7 Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory.
8 כִּי הֹושַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישֹׁותָ	8 You have brought us victory over our enemies, shamed those who hate us.
9 בֵּאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כָל־הַיֹּום וְשִׁמְךָ ׀ לְעֹולָם נֹודֶה סֶלָה	9 In God we have boasted all the day long; your name we will praise forever. Selah
10 אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא־תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאֹותֵינוּ	10 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you do not march out with our armies.
11 תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחֹור מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ לָמֹו	11 You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.
12 תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגֹּויִם זֵרִיתָנוּ	12 You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered, scatter us among the nations.
13 תִּמְכֹּר־עַמְּךָ בְלֹא־הֹון וְלֹא־רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם	13 You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from their sale.
14 תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבֹותֵינוּ	14 You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and scorn of those around us.
15 תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגֹּויִם מְנֹוד־רֹאשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּים	15 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
16 כָּל־הַיֹּום כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּתְנִי	16 All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face
17 מִקֹּול מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אֹויֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם	17 At the sound of those who taunt and revile, at the sight of the spiteful enemy.
18 כָּל־זֹאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹאשִׁ־קַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶךָ	18 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant.
19 לֹא־נָסֹוג אָחֹור לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אֲשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנִּי אָרְחֶךָ	19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path.
20 כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקֹום תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָוֶת	20 Yet you have left us crushed, desolate in a place of jackals; you have covered us with darkness.
21 אִםשָׁ־כַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָר	21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, stretched out our hands to another god,
22 הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקָר־זֹאת כִּי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמֹות לֵב	22 Would not God have discovered this, God who knows the secrets of the heart?
23 כִּי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל־הַיֹּום נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה	23 For you we are slain all the day long, considered only as sheep to be slaughtered.
24 עוּרָה ׀ לָמָּה תִישַׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶצַח	24 Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Rise up! Do not reject us forever!
25 לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עָנְיֵנוּ וְלַחֲצֵנוּ	25 Why do you hide your face; why forget our pain and misery?
26 כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ	26 We are bowed down to the ground; our bodies are pressed to the earth.
27 קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ	27 Rise up, help us! Redeem us as your love demands.
28 הָאֹמֵר לְכֹורֶשׁ רֹעִי וְכָל־חֶפְצִי יַשְׁלִם וְלֵאמֹר לִירוּשָׁלִַם תִּבָּנֶה וְהֵיכָל תִּוָּסֵד׃ ס