Isaiah (ישעיה) - Isaia 48

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1 שיר מזמור לבני קרח גדול יהוה ומהלל מאד בעיר אלהינו הר קדשו	1 Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.
2 יפה נוף משוש כל הארץ הר ציון ירכתי צפון קרית מלך רב	2 Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:
3 אלהים בארמנותיה נודע למשגב	3 whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.
4 כי הנה המלכים נועדו עברו יחדו	4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
5 המה ראו כן תמהו נבהלו נחפזו	5 I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.
6 רעדה אחזתם שם חיל כיולדה	6 Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.
7 ברוח קדים תשבר אניות תרשיש	7 Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,
8 כאשר שמענו כן ראינו בעיר יהוה צבאות בעיר אלהינו אלהים יכוננה עד עולם סלה	8 no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,
9 דמינו אלהים חסדך בקרב היכלך	9 nor the price for the redemption of his soul. And he will labor continuously,
10 כשמך אלהים כן תהלתך על קצוי ארץ צדק מלאה ימינך	10 and he will still live, until the end.
11 ישמח הר ציון תגלנה בנות יהודה למען משפטיך	11 He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: the foolish and the senseless will perish together. And they will leave their riches to strangers.
12 סבו ציון והקיפוה ספרו מגדליה	12 And their sepulchers will be their houses forever, their tabernacles from generation to generation. They have called their names in their own lands.
13 שיתו לבכם לחילה פסגו ארמנותיה למען תספרו לדור אחרון	13 And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.
14 כי זה אלהים אלהינו עולם ועד הוא ינהגנו על מות	14 This way of theirs is a scandal to them. And afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.
	15 They have been placed in Hell like sheep. Death will feed on them. And the just will have dominion over them in the morning. And their help will grow old in Hell for their glory.
	16 Even so, truly God will redeem my soul from the hand of Hell, when he will receive me.
	17 Do not be afraid, when a man will have been made rich, and when the glory of his house will have been multiplied.
	18 For when he dies, he will take nothing away, and his glory will not descend with him.
	19 For his soul will be blessed in his lifetime, and he will admit to you when you do good to him.
	20 He will even enter with the progeny of his fathers, but, even in eternity, he will not see the light.
	21 Man, when he was in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.