Isaiah 49
1 Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:
| שמעו איים אלי והקשיבו לאמים מרחוק יהוה מבטן קראני ממעי אמי הזכיר שמי |
2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;
| וישם פי כחרב חדה בצל ידו החביאני וישימני לחץ ברור באשפתו הסתירני |
3 And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;
| ויאמר לי עבדי אתה--ישראל אשר בך אתפאר |
4 And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.
| ואני אמרתי לריק יגעתי לתהו והבל כחי כליתי אכן משפטי את יהוה ופעלתי את אלהי |
5 And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.
| ועתה אמר יהוה יוצרי מבטן לעבד לו לשובב יעקב אליו וישראל לא (לו) יאסף ואכבד בעיני יהוה ואלהי היה עזי |
6 It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
| ויאמר נקל מהיותך לי עבד להקים את שבטי יעקב ונצירי (ונצורי) ישראל להשיב ונתתיך לאור גוים להיות ישועתי עד קצה הארץ |
7 The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
| כה אמר יהוה גאל ישראל קדושו לבזה נפש למתעב גוי לעבד משלים מלכים יראו וקמו שרים וישתחוו--למען יהוה אשר נאמן קדש ישראל ויבחרך |
8 This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
| כה אמר יהוה בעת רצון עניתיך וביום ישועה עזרתיך ואצרך ואתנך לברית עם להקים ארץ להנחיל נחלות שממות |
9 Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
| לאמר לאסורים צאו לאשר בחשך הגלו על דרכים ירעו ובכל שפיים מרעיתם |
10 They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
| לא ירעבו ולא יצמאו ולא יכם שרב ושמש כי מרחמם ינהגם ועל מבועי מים ינהלם |
11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
| ושמתי כל הרי לדרך ומסלתי ירמון |
12 See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
| הנה אלה מרחוק יבאו והנה אלה מצפון ומים ואלה מארץ סינים |
13 Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
| רנו שמים וגילי ארץ יפצחו (ופצחו) הרים רנה כי נחם יהוה עמו וענייו ירחם |
14 But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.
| ותאמר ציון עזבני יהוה ואדני שכחני |
15 Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
| התשכח אשה עולה מרחם בן בטנה גם אלה תשכחנה ואנכי לא אשכחך |
16 See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.
| הן על כפים חקתיך חומתיך נגדי תמיד |
17 Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.
| מהרו בניך מהרסיך ומחריביך ממך יצאו |
18 Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride.
| שאי סביב עיניך וראי כלם נקבצו באו לך חי אני נאם יהוה כי כלם כעדי תלבשי ותקשרים ככלה |
19 For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.
| כי חרבתיך ושממתיך וארץ הרסתך כי עתה תצרי מיושב ורחקו מבלעיך |
20 The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place.
| עוד יאמרו באזניך בני שכליך צר לי המקום גשה לי ואשבה |
21 Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
| ואמרת בלבבך מי ילד לי את אלה ואני שכולה וגלמודה גלה וסורה ואלה מי גדל--הן אני נשארתי לבדי אלה איפה הם |
22 This is the word of the Lord God: See, I will make a sign with my hand to the nations, and put up my flag for the peoples; and they will take up your sons on their beasts, and your daughters on their backs.
| כה אמר אדני יהוה הנה אשא אל גוים ידי ואל עמים ארים נסי והביאו בניך בחצן ובנתיך על כתף תנשאנה |
23 And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
| והיו מלכים אמניך ושרותיהם מיניקתיך--אפים ארץ ישתחוו לך ועפר רגליך ילחכו וידעת כי אני יהוה אשר לא יבשו קוי |
24 Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?
| היקח מגבור מלקוח ואם שבי צדיק ימלט |
25 But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.
| כי כה אמר יהוה גם שבי גבור יקח ומלקוח עריץ ימלט ואת יריבך אנכי אריב ואת בניך אנכי אושיע |
26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
| והאכלתי את מוניך את בשרם וכעסיס דמם ישכרון וידעו כל בשר כי אני יהוה מושיעך וגאלך אביר יעקב |
