Isaiah 64
1 If only you would rip the heavens apart and come down! The mountains would tremble in your presence!
2 In the same way that fire burns wood and makes the water boil, make your reputation known to your enemies, so that nations will tremble in your presence!
| כקדח אש המסים מים תבעה אש להודיע שמך לצריך מפניך גוים ירגזו |
3 In the past you did things we weren't anticipating. You came down and the mountains trembled in your presence!
| בעשותך נוראות לא נקוה ירדת מפניך הרים נזלו |
4 Since the beginning, no one has heard about, no one has paid attention to, and no one has seen any God except you, the one who helps those who place their confidence in you.
| ומעולם לא שמעו לא האזינו עין לא ראתה אלהים זולתך--יעשה למחכה לו |
5 You join with those who are glad, and with those who do what's right and remember to follow your ways. But when we went on sinning, you became angry. How can we be saved if we go on like this?
| פגעת את שש ועשה צדק בדרכיך יזכרוך הן אתה קצפת ונחטא בהם עולם ונושע |
6 We've all become unclean, and all the good things we do are like dirty rags. We wither and die like autumn leaves, and our sins, like the wind, blow us away.
| ונהי כטמא כלנו וכבגד עדים כל צדקתינו ונבל כעלה כלנו ועוננו כרוח ישאנו |
7 There's no one who calls for you or really wants to hold onto you, because you have hidden your face from us and let us drown in our own sins.
| ואין קורא בשמך מתעורר להחזיק בך כי הסתרת פניך ממנו ותמוגנו ביד עוננו |
8 But you, Lord, are our Father. We're the clay, you're the potter. You made us all with your own hands.
| ועתה יהוה אבינו אתה אנחנו החמר ואתה יצרנו ומעשה ידך כלנו |
9 Please limit your anger, Lord, and don't remember our sins forever. Look at us, and see that we are all your people.
| אל תקצף יהוה עד מאד ואל לעד תזכר עון הן הבט נא עמך כלנו |
10 Your holy cities have been turned into a wilderness; Zion has become a desert; yes, even Jerusalem is an abandoned ruin.
| ערי קדשך היו מדבר ציון מדבר היתה ירושלם שממה |
11 Our beautiful, holy Temple where our forefathers praised you has been burned down, and all that we treasured has been destroyed.
| בית קדשנו ותפארתנו אשר הללוך אבתינו--היה לשרפת אש וכל מחמדינו היה לחרבה |
12 In view of all this, are you still going to refuse to help us? Are you going to stay quiet and punish us so severely?
| העל אלה תתאפק יהוה תחשה ותעננו עד מאד |
