Isaiah 43
1 But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
MA ora, così ha detto il Signore, tuo Creatore, o Giacobbe, e tuo Formatore, o Israele: Non temere; perciocchè io ti ho riscattato, io ti ho chiamato per lo tuo nome; tu [sei] mio.
2 When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
Quando tu passerai per le acque, io [sarò] teco; e [quando passerai] per li fiumi, non ti affogheranno; quando camminerai per lo fuoco non sarai arso, e la fiamma non ti divamperà.
3 because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
Perciocchè io [sono] il Signore Iddio tuo, il Santo d'Israele, tuo Salvatore; io ho dato l'Egitto per tuo riscatto, [e] l'Etiopia, e Seba, in luogo tuo.
4 I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
Conciossiachè tu mi sii stato caro, e pregiato, ed io ti abbia amato; io ho dati degli uomini per te, e de' popoli per l'anima tua.
5 Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
Non temere; perciocchè io [son] teco; io farò venir la tua progenie di Levante, e ti raccoglierò di Ponente.
6 I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
Io dirò al Settentrione: Da'; ed al Mezzodì: Non divietare; adduci i miei figliuoli di lontano, e le mie figliuole dalle estremità della terra;
7 Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
tutti quelli che si chiamano del mio Nome, e i quali io ho creati alla mia gloria, ho formati, anzi fatti;
8 Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
traendo fuori il popolo ch'è cieco, benchè abbia degli occhi; e quelli che sono sordi, benchè abbiano degli orecchi.
9 Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
Sieno tutte le genti radunate insieme, e raccolti i popoli; chi, d'infra loro, ha annunziato questo? e chi ci ha fatte intender le cose di prima? producano i lor testimoni, e sieno giustificati; ovvero, ascoltino eglino stessi, e dicano: [Quest'è] la verità.
10 But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
Voi, insieme col mio Servitore, il quale io ho eletto, mi [siete] testimoni, dice il Signore; acciocchè sappiate, e mi crediate, ed intendiate, che io [son] desso; avanti me non fu formato alcun dio, e dopo me non [ne] sarà [alcuno].
11 I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
Io, io [sono] il Signore, e fuor di me non [vi è] alcun Salvatore.
12 I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
Io ho annunziato, e salvato, e fatto intendere; e fra voi non [vi è stato] alcun [dio] strano; e voi mi [siete] testimoni, dice il Signore; ed io [sono] Iddio.
13 I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
Eziandio da che il giorno fu, già [era] io desso; e non [vi è] niuno che possa liberare dalla mia mano. [Se] io opero, chi potrà impedir [l'opera mia]
14 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
Così ha detto il Signore, vostro Redentore, il Santo d'Israele: Per amor di voi io ho mandato contro a Babilonia, e li ho fatti tutti scendere in fuga; anche i Caldei, nelle navi di cui si gloriano.
15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
Io [sono] il Signore, il vostro Santo, il Creatore d'Israele, il vostro Re.
16 I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
Così ha detto il Signore, il qual [già] fece una via nel mare, ed un sentiero nelle acque impetuose;
17 Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
il qual fece uscire carri, e cavalli, esercito, e forza; tutti quanti furono atterrati, senza poter rilevarsi; furono estinti, furono spenti come un lucignolo.
18 But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
Non ricordate le cose di prima, e non istate a mirare le cose antiche.
19 Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
Ecco, io fo una cosa nuova, ora sarà prodotta; non la riconoscerete voi? Io metterò ancora una via nel deserto, [e] de' fiumi nella solitudine.
20 The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
Le fiere della campagna, gli sciacalli, e le ulule mi glorificheranno; perciocchè io avrò messe dell'acque nel deserto, [e] de' fiumi nella solitudine, per dar bere al mio popolo, al mio eletto.
21 I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
Il popolo che io m'ho formato, racconterà la mia lode.
22 But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
Ma, quant'è a te, o Giacobbe, tu non mi hai invocato; ti sei tu pure affaticato per me, o Israele?
23 You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
Tu non m'hai presentate le pecore de' tuoi olocausti, e non m'hai onorato co' tuoi sacrificii; io non t'ho tenuto in servitù intorno ad offerte, nè faticato intorno ad incenso.
24 You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
Tu non m'hai comperata con danari canna [odorosa], e non m'hai inebbriato col grasso de' tuoi sacrificii; anzi tu hai tenuto me in servitù co' tuoi peccati, e m'hai faticato con le tue iniquità.
25 I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
Io, io [son] quel che cancello i tuoi misfatti, per amor di me stesso; e non ricorderò [più] i tuoi peccati,
26 Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
Riducimi a memoria, litighiamo insieme; narra tu [le tue ragioni], acciocchè tu ti giustifichi.
27 No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
Il tuo primo padre ha peccato, ed i tuoi oratori han commesso misfatto contro a me.
28 That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
Perciò, io tratterò come profani i principi del santuario, e metterò Giacobbe in isterminio, ed Israele in obrobrii.
