Isaiah (ישעיה) - Isaia 78

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף הַאֲזִינָה עַמִּי תֹּורָתִי הַטּוּ אָזְנְכֶם לְאִמְרֵי־פִי	1 Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 אֶפְתְּחָה בְמָשָׁל פִּי אַבִּיעָה חִידֹות מִנִּי־קֶדֶם	2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.
3 אֲשֶׁר מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵם וַאֲבֹותֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ	3 How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 לֹא נְכַחֵד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶם לְדֹור אַחֲרֹון מְסַפְּרִים תְּהִלֹּות יְהוָה וֶעֱזוּזֹו וְנִפְלְאֹותָיו אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה	4 They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done.
5 וַיָּקֶם עֵדוּת ׀ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְתֹורָה שָׂם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶת־אֲבֹותֵינוּ לְהֹודִיעָם לִבְנֵיהֶם	5 And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:
6 לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ ׀ דֹּור אַחֲרֹון בָּנִים יִוָּלֵדוּ יָקֻמוּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לִבְנֵיהֶם	6 that another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.
7 וְיָשִׂימוּ בֵאלֹהִים כִּסְלָם וְלֹא יִשְׁכְּחוּ מַעַלְלֵי־אֵל וּמִצְוֹתָיו יִנְצֹרוּ	7 That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.
8 וְלֹא יִהְיוּ ׀ כַּאֲבֹותָם דֹּור סֹורֵר וּמֹרֶה דֹּור לֹא־הֵכִין לִבֹּו וְלֹא־נֶאֶמְנָה אֶת־אֵל רוּחֹו	8 That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse end exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 בְּנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם נֹושְׁקֵי רֹומֵי־קָשֶׁת הָפְכוּ בְּיֹום קְרָב	9 The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.
10 לֹא מְרוּ בְּרִית אֱלֹהִים וּבְתֹורָתֹו מֵאֲנוּ לָלֶכֶת	10 They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.
11 וַיִּשְׁכְּחוּ עֲלִילֹותָיו וְנִפְלְאֹותָיו אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָם	11 And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shewn them.
12 נֶגֶד אֲבֹותָם עָשָׂה פֶלֶא בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׂדֵה־צֹעַן	12 Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.
13 בָּקַע יָם וַיַּעֲבִירֵם וַיַּצֶּב־מַיִם כְּמֹו־נֵד	13 He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.
14 וַיַּנְחֵם בֶּעָנָן יֹומָם וְכָל־הַלַּיְלָה בְּאֹור אֵשׁ	14 And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night with a light of
15 יְבַקַּע צֻרִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיַּשְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמֹות רַבָּה	15 He struck the rock in the wilderness: and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.
16 וַיֹּוצִא נֹוזְלִים מִסָּלַע וַיֹּורֶד כַּנְּהָרֹות מָיִם	16 He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run down as rivers.
17 וַיֹּוסִיפוּ עֹוד לַחֲטֹא־לֹו לַמְרֹות עֶלְיֹון בַּצִּיָּה	17 And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.
18 וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵל בִּלְבָבָם לִשְׁאָל־אֹכֶל לְנַפְשָׁם	18 And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
19 וַיְדַבְּרוּ בֵּאלֹהִים אָמְרוּ הֲיוּכַל אֵל לַעֲרֹךְ לְחָן בַּמִּדְבָּר	19 And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 הֵן הִכָּה־צוּר ׀ וַיָּזוּבוּ מַיִם וּנְחָלִים יִשְׁטֹפוּ הֲגַם־לֶחֶם יוּכַל תֵּת אִם־יָכִין שְׁאֵר לְעַמֹּו	20 Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his people?
21 לָכֵן ׀ שָׁמַע יְהוָה וַיִּתְעַבָּר וְאֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב וְגַם־אַף עָלָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל	21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.
22 כִּי לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִים וְלֹא בָטְחוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֹו	22 Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his salvation.
23 וַיְצַו שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל וְדַלְתֵי שָׁמַיִם פָּתָח	23 And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of heaven.
24 וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם מָן לֶאֱכֹל וּדְגַןשָׁ־מַיִם נָתַן לָמֹו	24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.
25 לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים אָכַל אִישׁ צֵידָה שָׁלַח לָהֶם לָשֹׂבַע	25 Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in abundance.
26 יַסַּע קָדִים בַּשָּׁמָיִם וַיְנַהֵג בְּעֻזֹּו תֵימָן	26 He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.
27 וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם כֶּעָפָר שְׁאֵר וּכְחֹול יַמִּים עֹוף כָּנָף	27 And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.
28 וַיַּפֵּל בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֵהוּ סָבִיב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָיו	28 And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.
29 וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׂבְּעוּ מְאֹד וְתַאֲוָתָם יָבִא לָהֶם	29 So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire:
30 לֹא־זָרוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם עֹוד אָכְלָם בְּפִיהֶם	30 they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth:
31 וְאַף אֱלֹהִים ׀ עָלָה בָהֶם וַיַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶם וּבַחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִכְרִיעַ	31 and the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.
32 בְּכָל־זֹאת חָטְאוּ־עֹוד וְלֹא־הֶאֱמִינוּ בְּנִפְלְאֹותָיו	32 In all these things they sinned still: and they believed not for his wondrous works.
33 וַיְכַל־בַּהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶם וּשְׁנֹותָם בַּבֶּהָלָה	33 And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in haste.
34 אִם־הֲרָגָם וּדְרָשׁוּהוּ וְשָׁבוּ וְשִׁחֲרוּ־אֵל	34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.
35 וַיִּזְכְּרוּ כִּי־אֱלֹהִים צוּרָם וְאֵל עֶלְיֹון גֹּאֲלָם	35 And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer.
36 וַיְפַתּוּהוּ בְּפִיהֶם וּבִלְשֹׁונָם יְכַזְּבוּ־לֹו	36 And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
37 וְלִבָּם לֹא־נָכֹון עִמֹּו וְלֹא נֶאֶמְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֹו	37 But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
38 וְהוּא רַחוּם ׀ יְכַפֵּר עָוֹן וְלֹא־יַשְׁחִית וְהִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁיב אַפֹּו וְלֹא־יָעִיר כָּל־חֲמָתֹו	38 But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.
39 וַיִּזְכֹּר כִּי־בָשָׂר הֵמָּה רוּחַ הֹולֵךְ וְלֹא יָשׁוּב	39 And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not.
40 כַּמָּה יַמְרוּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּר יַעֲצִיבוּהוּ בִּישִׁימֹון	40 How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?
41 וַיָּשׁוּבוּ וַיְנַסּוּ אֵל וּקְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִתְווּ	41 And they turned back and tempted God: and grieved the holy one of Israel.
42 לֹא־זָכְרוּ אֶת־יָדֹו יֹום אֲ‍שֶׁר־פָּדָם מִנִּי־צָר	42 They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them:
43 אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם בְּמִצְרַיִם אֹתֹותָיו וּמֹופְתָיו בִּשְׂדֵה־צֹעַן	43 How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
44 וַיַּהֲפֹךְ לְדָם יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְנֹזְלֵיהֶם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיוּן	44 And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might, not drink.
45 יְשַׁלַּח בָּהֶם עָרֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵם וּצְפַרְדֵּעַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵם	45 He sent amongst them divers sores of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.
46 וַיִּתֵּן לֶחָסִיל יְבוּלָם וִיגִיעָם לָאַרְבֶּה	46 And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and their labours to the locust.
47 יַהֲרֹג בַּבָּרָד גַּפְנָם וְשִׁקְמֹותָם בַּחֲנָמַל	47 And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.
48 וַיַּסְגֵּר לַבָּרָד בְּעִירָם וּמִקְנֵיהֶם לָרְשָׁפִים	48 And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and their stock to the fire.
49 יְשַׁלַּח־בָּם ׀ חֲרֹון אַפֹּו עֶבְרָה וָזַעַם וְצָרָה מִשְׁלַחַת מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים	49 And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.
50 יְפַלֵּס נָתִיב לְאַפֹּו לֹא־חָשַׂךְ מִמָּוֶת נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם לַדֶּבֶר הִסְגִּיר	50 He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.
51 וַיַּךְ כָּל־בְּכֹור בְּמִצְרָיִם רֵאשִׁית אֹונִים בְּאָהֳלֵי־חָם	51 And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.
52 וַיַּסַּע כַּצֹּאן עַמֹּו וַיְנַהֲגֵם כַּעֵדֶר בַּמִּדְבָּר	52 And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 וַיַּנְחֵם לָבֶטַח וְלֹא פָחָדוּ וְאֶת־אֹויְבֵיהֶם כִּסָּה הַיָּם	53 And he brought them out in hope, and they feared not: band the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּבוּל קָדְשֹׁו הַר־זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינֹו	54 And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.
55 וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶם ׀ גֹּויִם וַיַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶבֶל נַחֲלָה וַיַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל	55 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
56 וַיְנַסּוּ וַיַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִים עֶלְיֹון וְעֵדֹותָיו לֹא שָׁמָרוּ	56 Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.
57 וַיִּסֹּגוּ וַיִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבֹותָם נֶהְפְּכוּ כְּקֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּה	57 And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
58 וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ בְּבָמֹותָם וּבִפְסִילֵיהֶם יַקְנִיאוּהוּ	58 They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.
59 שָׁמַע אֱלֹהִים וַיִּתְעַבָּר וַיִּמְאַס מְאֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל	59 God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.
60 וַיִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלֹו אֹהֶל שִׁכֵּן בָּאָדָם	60 And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.
61 וַיִּתֵּן לַשְּׁבִי עֻזֹּו וְתִפְאַרְתֹּו בְיַד־צָר	61 And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
62 וַיַּסְגֵּר לַחֶרֶב עַמֹּו וּבְנַחֲלָתֹו הִתְעַבָּר	62 And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.
63 בַּחוּרָיו אָכְלָה־אֵשׁ וּבְתוּלֹתָיו לֹא הוּלָּלוּ	63 Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented.
64 כֹּהֲנָיו בַּחֶרֶב נָפָלוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּינָה	64 Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.
65 וַיִּקַץ כְּיָשֵׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי כְּגִבֹּור מִתְרֹונֵן מִיָּיִן	65 And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.
66 וַיַּךְ־צָרָיו אָחֹור חֶרְפַּת עֹולָם נָתַן לָמֹו	66 And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: he put them to an everlasting reproach.
67 וַיִּמְאַס בְּאֹהֶל יֹוסֵף וּבְשֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם לֹא בָחָר	67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 וַיִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה אֶת־הַר צִיֹּון אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב	68 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.
69 וַיִּבֶן כְּמֹו־רָמִים מִקְדָּשֹׁו כְּאֶרֶץ יְסָדָהּ לְעֹולָם	69 And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.
70 וַיִּבְחַר בְּדָוִד עַבְדֹּו וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ מִמִּכְלְאֹת צֹאן	70 And he chose his servant David, and took him from the hocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,
71 מֵאַחַר עָלֹות הֱבִיאֹו לִרְעֹות בְּיַעֲקֹב עַמֹּו וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵל נַחֲלָתֹו	71 To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.
72 וַיִּרְעֵם כְּתֹם לְבָבֹו וּבִתְבוּנֹות כַּפָּיו יַנְחֵם	72 And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands.