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.
| «این است خدمتگزار من که او را تقویت می‌کنم. او برگزیدهٔ من است و مایۀ خشنودی من. روح خود را بر او خواهم نهاد. او عدل و انصاف را برای قومها به ارمغان خواهد آورد. |
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
| او فریاد نخواهد زد و صدایش را در کوی و برزن بلند نخواهد کرد. |
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.
| نی خرد شده را نخواهد شکست، و شعلۀ شمعی را که سوسو می‌زند، خاموش نخواهد کرد. او عدل و انصاف واقعی را به اجرا در خواهد آورد. |
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.”
| دلسرد و نومید نخواهد شد و عدالت را بر زمین استوار خواهد ساخت. مردم سرزمینهای دور دست منتظرند تعالیم او را بشنوند.» |
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],
| یهوه، خدایی که آسمانها را آفرید و گسترانید و زمین و هر چه را که در آن است به وجود آورد و نفس و حیات به تمام مردم جهان می‌بخشد، به خدمتگزار خود چنین می‌گوید: |
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.
| «من که خداوند هستم تو را خوانده‌ام و به تو قدرت داده‌ام تا عدالت را برقرار سازی. توسط تو با تمام قومهای جهان عهد می‌بندم و به‌وسیلۀ تو به مردم دنیا نور می‌بخشم. |
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.
| تو چشمان کوران را باز خواهی کرد و آنانی را که در زندانهای تاریک اسیرند آزاد خواهی ساخت. |
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.
| «من یهوه هستم و نام من همین است. جلال خود را به کسی نمی‌دهم و بتها را شریک ستایش خود نمی‌سازم. |
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.”
| آنچه تا به حال پیشگویی کرده‌ام، انجام گرفته است. اینک پیشگویی‌های جدیدی می‌کنم و شما را از آینده خبر می‌دهم.» |
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!
| ای جزیره‌های دور دست و ای کسانی که در آنها زندگی می‌کنید، در وصف خداوند سرودی تازه بخوانید. ای دریاها و ای همهٔ کسانی که در آنها سفر می‌کنید، او را پرستش نمایید. |
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!
| صحرا و شهرهایش خدا را ستایش کنند. اهالی «قیدار» او را بپرستند. ساکنان «سالع» از قلهٔ کوهها فریاد شادی سر دهند! |
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
| کسانی که در سرزمینهای دور دست زندگی می‌کنند جلال خداوند را بیان کنند و او را ستایش نمایند. |
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.
| خداوند همچون جنگاوری توانا به میدان جنگ خواهد آمد و فریاد برآورده، دشمنان خود را شکست خواهد داد. |
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.
| او خواهد گفت: «مدت مدیدی است که سکوت کرده و جلوی خشم خود را گرفته‌ام. اما دیگر ساکت نخواهم ماند، بلکه مانند زنی که درد زایمان او را گرفته باشد، فریاد خواهم زد. |
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.
| کوهها و تپه‌ها را با خاک یکسان خواهم کرد و تمام گیاهان را از بین خواهم برد و همهٔ رودخانه‌ها و نهرها را خشک خواهم کرد. |
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.
| قوم کورباطن خود را به راهی که پیشتر آن را ندیده بودند هدایت خواهم کرد. تاریکی را پیش روی ایشان روشن خواهم ساخت و راه آنها را صاف و هموار خواهم کرد. |
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
| آنگاه کسانی که به بتها اعتماد می‌کنند و آنها را خدا می‌نامند مأیوس و رسوا خواهند شد. |
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!
| «ای کران بشنوید، و ای کوران ببینید. من شما را برگزیده‌ام تا رسولان مطیع من باشید، اما شما به آنچه دیده و شنیده‌اید توجه نمی‌کنید. شما قومی کور و کر هستید.» |
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.
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.”
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
| خداوند قوانین عالی خود را به قوم خویش عطا فرمود تا ایشان آن را محترم بدارند و توسط آن عدالت او را به مردم جهان نشان دهند. |
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.
| اما قوم او از عهدهٔ انجام این کار برنمی‌آیند. زیرا آنها تاراج شده‌اند و در سیاهچال زندانی هستند. ایشان غارت شده‌اند و کسی نیست به دادشان برسد. |
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
| آیا در میان شما کسی هست که به این سخنان توجه کند و درس عبرت گیرد؟ |
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.
| چه کسی اجازه داد اسرائیل غارت و تاراج شود؟ آیا این همان خداوندی نیست که به او گناه کردند؟ بله، آنها راههای او را دنبال نکردند و از قوانین او اطاعت ننمودند، |
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].
| برای همین بود که خداوند اینچنین بر قوم خود خشمگین شد و بلای جنگ را دامنگیر ایشان ساخت. آتش خشم او سراسر قوم را فرا گرفت، اما ایشان باز درس عبرت نگرفتند. |
