Isaiah 11
1 [Like] [MET] a [new] shoot [often] grows from the stump [of a tree], there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
Dan zal een twijg aan de stronk van Jesse ontspruiten, Een scheut uit zijn wortel ontkiemen.
2 The Spirit of Yahweh will always be with him. The Spirit will enable him to be wise and to understand [much about many things]. The Spirit will enable him to decide what is good to do, and will enable him to be very powerful. The Spirit will enable him to know Yahweh and to revere him.
De geest van Jahweh zal op Hem rusten: De geest van wijsheid en verstand, De geest van raad en sterkte, De geest van kennis en godsvrucht,
3 He will be glad to obey Yahweh. He will not decide [whether someone is righteous or not only] by seeing what that person looks like, or by listening to [what others say about that person].
En de vrees voor Jahweh Zal hem vervullen. Niet naar uiterlijke schijn zal Hij richten, Geen vonnis vellen op horen-zeggen alleen;
4 He will judge [the cases of] needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides [MTY]; he will get rid of wicked people because of [MTY] [their behavior].
Den zwakke zal Hij recht verschaffen, Eerlijk uitspraak doen voor de armen in het land. Maar den tyran zal Hij striemen met de gesel van zijn mond, Den boosdoener doden met de adem van zijn lippen.
5 He will always act righteously; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a belt [around his waist]. He will always speak what is true; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a sash [around his waist].
Gerechtigheid is de gordel om zijn heupen, Waarachtigheid de band om zijn lenden.
6 [When he becomes king], wolves and lambs will live together [peacefully]; leopards, [instead of killing] baby goats, will lie down with them. [Similarly], calves and lions will eat food together; and a young child will take care of them.
Dan huist de wolf bij het lam, Vlijt de panter zich naast de geit; Samen grazen kalf en leeuw, Een kind kan ze weiden.
7 Cows and bears will eat [together]; bear cubs and calves will lie down together. Lions will [not eat other animals]; [instead], they will eat hay like cows do.
Koe en berin wonen samen, haar jongen liggen bijeen, En de leeuw vreet hooi als het rund;
8 Babies will play [safely] near the holes where cobra snakes [live]; small children will [even] put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes, [and the snakes will not harm them].
De zuigeling speelt bij het hol van de adder, Het kind steekt zijn hand in het nest van de slang!
9 No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on [Zion Hill], my holy hill; and the earth will [be filled with people who] know Yahweh like [SIM] the seas are full of water.
Dan doet niemand meer zonde of kwaad Op heel mijn heilige berg; Want het land is vervuld van de kennis van Jahweh, Zoals de bodem der zee is bedekt door het water.
10 At that time, a descendant of King David will [hold up] a flag to signal to the people of all people-groups [that they should gather around him]; they will come to him to get his advice, and the place where he lives will be glorious.
Op die dag zal de wortel van Jesse, Als een banier voor de naties verheven, Door de volkeren worden gezocht, En zijn rustplaats zal glorievol zijn!
11 At that time, Yahweh will (reach out his hand/use his power) as he did long ago; he will enable those who had been (exiled from/forced to leave) Israel to return home, from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea.
Op die dag heft de Heer nogmaals zijn hand, Om het overschot van zijn volk te bevrijden: Wat is overgebleven in Assjoer, Egypte, Patros en Koesj, Elam, Sjinar, Chamat en de kusten der zee.
12 Yahweh will raise his flag among [all] the people-groups, and he will gather together the people of Israel who had been exiled [long ago]. He will gather from very distant places [IDM] on the earth the people of Judah who [(had been scattered to/are living in) those places].
Hij steekt zijn banier onder de volken omhoog, Brengt de ballingen van Israël bijeen, Verzamelt de verstrooiden van Juda Van de vier uiteinden der aarde!
13 [Then], the people of Israel and the people of Judah will not be jealous of each other [any longer], and they will no [longer] be enemies of each other.
Dan zal Efraïms naijver wijken, Zullen Juda’s vijanden worden vernield; Efraïm benijdt Juda niet langer, Juda bestrijdt Efraïm niet meer.
14 Their [armies] will [join together to] attack the people of Philistia to the west. And together they will attack nations to the east; they will [defeat those nations and] take away all their valuable possessions. They will capture [the areas of] Edom and Moab, and the people of the Ammon people-group will be controlled/ruled by the people of Israel and Judah.
Maar samen vliegen ze op Filistea’s heuvels aan zee, En plunderen de zonen van het oosten; Hun hand ligt op Edom en Moab, De zonen van Ammon gehoorzamen hen!
15 Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt. And [it will be as though] he will wave his hand over the [Euphrates] River and send a strong wind to cause it to divide into seven streams, with the result that people will be able to walk across [those streams].
Jahweh verdroogt de tong der Egyptische zee, Zwaait woedend zijn hand over de Eufraat: In zeven beekjes slaat Hij hem stuk, Men trekt er geschoeid overheen.
16 And because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria, they will be able to return [to their own land], just like [long ago] he made a path for [the people of] Israel [so that they could go through the water] when they left Egypt.
Zo komt er een pad voor het overschot van zijn volk, Voor die in Assjoer bleven behouden: Zoals Israël voorheen had gekregen, Toen het optrok uit het land van Egypte!
