1 יְשֻׂשׂוּם מִדְבָּר וְצִיָּה וְתָגֵל עֲרָבָה וְתִפְרַח כַּחֲבַצָּלֶת | 1 The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily. |
2 פָּרֹחַ תִּפְרַח וְתָגֵל אַף גִּילַת וְרַנֵּן כְּבֹוד הַלְּבָנֹון נִתַּן־לָהּ הֲדַר הַכַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרֹון הֵמָּה יִרְאוּ כְבֹוד־יְהוָה הֲדַר אֱלֹהֵינוּ׃ ס | 2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God. |
3 חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפֹות וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלֹות אַמֵּצוּ | 3 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees. |
4 אִמְרוּ לְנִמְהֲרֵי־לֵב חִזְקוּ אַל־תִּירָאוּ הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נָקָם יָבֹוא גְּמוּל אֱלֹהִים הוּא יָבֹוא וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם | 4 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you. |
5 אָז תִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי עִוְרִים וְאָזְנֵי חֵרְשִׁים תִּפָּתַחְנָה | 5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. |
6 אָז יְדַלֵּג כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ וְתָרֹן לְשֹׁון אִלֵּם כִּי־נִבְקְעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר מַיִם וּנְחָלִים בָּעֲרָבָה | 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness. |
7 וְהָיָה הַשָּׁרָב לַאֲגַם וְצִמָּאֹון לְמַבּוּעֵי מָיִם בִּנְוֵה תַנִּים רִבְצָהּ חָצִיר לְקָנֶה וָגֹמֶא | 7 And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush. |
8 וְהָיָה־שָׁם מַסְלוּל וָדֶרֶךְ וְדֶרֶךְ הַקֹּדֶשׁ יִקָּרֵא לָהּ לֹא־יַעַבְרֶנּוּ טָמֵא וְהוּא־לָמֹו הֹלֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ וֶאֱוִילִים לֹא יִתְעוּ | 8 And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein. |
9 לֹא־יִהְיֶה שָׁם אַרְיֵה וּפְרִיץ חַיֹּות בַּל־יַעֲלֶנָּה לֹא תִמָּצֵא שָׁם וְהָלְכוּ גְּאוּלִים | 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered. |
10 וּפְדוּיֵי יְהוָה יְשֻׁבוּן וּבָאוּ צִיֹּון בְּרִנָּה וְשִׂמְחַת עֹולָם עַל־רֹאשָׁם שָׂשֹׂון וְשִׂמְחָה יַשִּׂיגוּ וְנָסוּ יָגֹון וַאֲנָחָה׃ פ | 10 And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. |