Isaiah 48
1 [Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
Ακούσατε τούτο, οίκος Ιακώβ· οι κληθέντες με το όνομα του Ισραήλ και εξελθόντες εκ της πηγής του Ιούδα· οι ομνύοντες εις το όνομα του Κυρίου και αναφέροντες τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ, πλην ουχί εν αληθεία ουδέ εν δικαιοσύνη.
2 You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
Διότι λαμβάνουσι το όνομα αυτών εκ της πόλεως της αγίας και επιστηρίζονται επί τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ· το όνομα αυτού είναι, Ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
Έκτοτε ανήγγειλα τα απ' αρχής· και εξήλθον εκ του στόματός μου και διεκήρυξα αυτά· έκαμα ταύτα αιφνιδίως και έγειναν.
4 I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
Επειδή γνωρίζω ότι είσαι σκληρός, και ο τράχηλός σου είναι νεύρον σιδηρούν και το μέτωπόν σου χάλκινον.
5 That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
Έκτοτε δε ανήγγειλα τούτο προς σέ· πριν γείνη διεκήρυξα τούτο εις σε, διά να μη είπης, Το είδωλόν μου έκαμε ταύτα· και το γλυπτόν μου και το χυτόν μου προσέταξε ταύτα.
6 You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
Ηκουσας· ιδέ πάντα ταύτα· και δεν θέλετε ομολογήσει; από τούδε διακηρύττω προς σε νέα, μάλιστα αποκεκρυμμένα, και τα οποία συ δεν ήξευρες.
7 I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
Τώρα έγειναν και ουχί παλαιόθεν, και ουδέ προ της ημέρας ταύτης ήκουσας περί αυτών, διά να μη είπης, Ιδού, εγώ ήξευρον ταύτα.
8 [I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
Ούτε ήκουσας ούτε ήξευρες ούτε απ' αρχής ηνοίχθησαν τα ώτα σου· διότι ήξευρον έτι βεβαίως ήθελες φερθή απίστως και εκ κοιλίας ωνομάσθης παραβάτης.
9 But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
Ένεκεν του ονόματός μου θέλω μακρύνει τον θυμόν μου, και διά τον έπαινόν μου θέλω βασταχθή προς σε, ώστε να μη σε εξολοθρεύσω.
10 I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
Ιδού, σε εκαθάρισα, πλην ουχί ως άργυρον· σε κατέστησα εκλεκτόν εν τω χωνευτηρίω της θλίψεως.
11 But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
Ένεκεν εμού, ένεκεν εμού θέλω κάμει τούτο· διότι πως ήθελε μολυνθή το όνομά μου; ναι, δεν θέλω δώσει την δόξαν μου εις άλλον.
12 “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
Ακουσόν μου, Ιακώβ, και Ισραήλ τον οποίον εγώ εκάλεσα· εγώ αυτός είμαι· εγώ ο πρώτος, εγώ και ο έσχατος.
13 I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
Και η χειρ μου εθεμελίωσε την γην και η δεξιά μου εμέτρησε με σπιθαμήν τους ουρανούς· όταν καλώ αυτούς, παρίστανται ομού.
14 All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
Συνάχθητε, πάντες σεις, και ακούσατε· τις εκ τούτων ανήγγειλε ταύτα; Ο Κύριος ηγάπησεν αυτόν· όθεν θέλει εκπληρώσει το θέλημα αυτού επί την Βαβυλώνα και ο βραχίων αυτού θέλει είσθαι επί τους Χαλδαίους.
15 I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
Εγώ, εγώ ελάλησα· ναι, εκάλεσα αυτόν· έφερα αυτόν και εγώ θέλω ευοδώσει την οδόν αυτού.
16 Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
Πλησιάσατε προς εμέ, ακούσατε τούτο· απ' αρχής δεν ελάλησα εν κρυπτώ· αφότου έγεινε τούτο, εγώ ήμην εκεί και τώρα Κύριος ο Θεός απέστειλεν εμέ και το πνεύμα αυτού.
17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Λυτρωτής σου, ο Άγιος του Ισραήλ· Εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός σου, ο διδάσκων σε διά την ωφέλειάν σου, ο οδηγών σε διά της οδού δι' ης έπρεπε να υπάγης.
18 I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
Είθε να ήκουες τα προστάγματά μου τότε η ειρήνη σου ήθελεν είσθαι ως ποταμός και η δικαιοσύνη σου ως κύματα θαλάσσης·
19 Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
και το σπέρμα σου ήθελεν είσθαι ως η άμμος και τα έκγονα της κοιλίας σου ως τα λιθάρια αυτής· το όνομα αυτού δεν ήθελεν αποκοπή ουδέ εξαλειφθή απ' έμπροσθέν μου.
20 [However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
Εξέλθετε εκ της Βαβυλώνος, φεύγετε από των Χαλδαίων, μετά φωνής αλαλαγμού αναγγείλατε, διακηρύξατε τούτο, εκφωνήσατε αυτό έως εσχάτου της γης, είπατε, Ο Κύριος ελύτρωσε τον δούλον αυτού Ιακώβ.
21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
Και δεν εδίψησαν, ότε ώδήγει αυτούς διά της ερήμου· έκαμε να ρεύσωσι δι' αυτούς ύδατα εκ πέτρας· και έσχισε την πέτραν και τα ύδατα έρρευσαν.
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
Ειρήνη δεν είναι εις τους ασεβείς, λέγει Κύριος.
