Isaiah 42
1 [Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
Ziet nu mijn Dienaar, wien Ik verknocht ben, Mijn Uitverkorene, die Mij behaagt! Ik heb op Hem mijn geest gelegd, En de volken zal Hij de wet verkonden.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Men hoort Hem schreeuwen noch roepen, Zelfs zijn stem niet verheffen op straat;
3 He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
Hij zal het geknakte riet niet breken, De kwijnende vlaspit niet doven. Trouw draagt Hij de wet voor zich uit,
4 He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
Onvermoeid en nooit gebroken, Totdat Hij op aarde de wet heeft gevestigd, En de landen zijn lering verbeiden!
5 Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
Zo spreekt Jahweh, die de hemelen schiep en ze spande, Die de aarde vormde met wat er groeit, Die adem geeft aan het volk, dat er woont, En levensgeest aan die er wandelen.
6 “I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
Ik Jahweh, heb U in mijn ontferming geroepen, U bij de hand gevat en beschut; U gesteld tot Verbond met het volk, En tot Licht voor de naties:
7 You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
Om blinden de ogen te openen, Om gevangenen uit de kerker te verlossen, En uit donkere krochten Die in duisternis zitten.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
Ik ben Jahweh; Dit is mijn Naam! Mijn glorie sta Ik niemand af, Aan geen beelden mijn eer.
9 Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
Zie, vervuld is wat vroeger voorspeld was, Thans kondig Ik nieuwe dingen aan; Nog eer ze ontkiemen, Heb Ik ze ù laten weten!
10 Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
Zingt een nieuw lied Ter ere van Jahweh; Heft een lofzang voor Hem aan Op de grenzen der aarde: Gij die de zee beploegt en bevolkt, Met de eilanden, en die er op wonen!
11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
De steppe jubele met haar steden, De legerplaats waar Kedar woont; Laat de bewoners van Séla juichen, Jubileren van de toppen der bergen:
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Laat hen glorie brengen aan Jahweh, Aan de eilanden zijn lof verkonden!
13 [It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
Jahweh rukt uit als een held, Als een krijger blakend van strijdlust; Bulderend heft Hij de strijdkreet aan, En daagt zijn vijanden uit:
14 [He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
Lang heb Ik gezwegen, Mij stil gehouden, en bedwongen! Maar nu zal Ik gillen als een barende vrouw, Nu zal Ik briesen en snuiven;
15 I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
Ik zal bergen en heuvels verschroeien, En al hun groen doen verdorren; Ik maak de stromen tot steppen, Leg de waterplassen droog.
16 [My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
Maar de blinden zal Ik leiden Op wegen, die ze niet kennen; En op onbekende paden Doe Ik ze gaan; De duisternis voor hen uit verkeer Ik in licht, De krochten in vlakten. Al deze dingen zal Ik volbrengen, Daarvan laat Ik niet af!
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Dan zullen wijken, blozend van schaamte, Die op de goden vertrouwen, En die tot de afgoden zeggen: Gij zijt onze God!
18 You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
Gij, doven, hoort; Gij blinden, opent de ogen en ziet!
19 No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
Wie is er blind als mijn dienaar, Wie zo doof als die over hem heersen; Wie zo blind als mijn vertrouwde, Wie doof als de dienaar van Jahweh!
20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
Grootse dingen hebt gij gezien, Maar er geen acht op geslagen; Uw oren waren geopend, Maar ge hebt niet gehoord:
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
Het had Jahweh in zijn goedheid behaagd, Een wet u te schenken, groots en verheven!
22 But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
Toch werd het een volk, berooid en beroofd, Allen in holen gestoken, in kerkers verborgen; Ze werden tot buit, en er was niemand, die hielp, Leeggeplunderd, en er zei niemand: Geef terug.
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Wie heeft onder u toen geluisterd, Er acht op geslagen, het voor de toekomst verstaan?
24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
Wie gaf Jakob aan de plundering prijs, En Israël aan de berovers? Was het Jahweh niet, Tegen wien ze hadden gezondigd; Wiens wegen ze niet wilden gaan, Wiens bevelen ze niet wilden horen?
25 Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
Toen goot Hij zijn ziedende toorn over hem uit, En het geweld van de krijg; Hij zette hem aan alle kanten in vlammen, Maar hij kwam niet tot inzicht; Hij stak hem in brand, Maar hij wilde het niet ter harte nemen!
