Isaiah 49
1 All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
Слушайте Меня, острова, и внимайте, народы дальние: Господь призвал Меня от чрева, от утробы матери Моей называл имя Мое;
2 [When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
и соделал уста Мои как острый меч; тенью руки Своей покрывал Меня, и соделал Меня стрелою изостренною; в колчане Своем хранил Меня;
3 He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
и сказал Мне: Ты раб Мой, Израиль, в Тебе Я прославлюсь.
4 I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
А Я сказал: напрасно Я трудился, ни на что и вотще истощал силу Свою. Но Мое право у Господа, и награда Моя у Бога Моего.
5 Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
И ныне говорит Господь, образовавший Меня от чрева в раба Себе, чтобы обратить к Нему Иакова и чтобы Израиль собрался к Нему; Я почтен в очах Господа, и Бог Мой - сила Моя.
6 He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
И Он сказал: мало того, что Ты будешь рабом Моим для восстановления колен Иаковлевых и для возвращения остатков Израиля, но Я сделаю Тебя светом народов, чтобы спасение Мое простерлось до концов земли.
7 Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
Так говорит Господь, Искупитель Израиля, Святый Его, презираемому всеми, поносимому народом, рабу властелинов: цари увидят, и встанут; князья поклонятся ради Господа, Который верен, ради Святаго Израилева, Который избрал Тебя.
8 This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
Так говорит Господь: во время благоприятное Я услышал Тебя, и в день спасения помог Тебе; и Я буду охранять Тебя, и сделаю Тебя заветом народа, чтобы восстановить землю, чтобы возвратить наследникам наследия опустошенные,
9 I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
сказать узникам: “выходите”, и тем, которые во тьме: “покажитесь”. Они при дорогах будут пасти, и по всем холмам будут пажити их;
10 They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
не будут терпеть голода и жажды, и не поразит их зной и солнце; ибо Милующий их будет вести их и приведет их к источникам вод.
11 And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
И все горы Мои сделаю путем, и дороги Мои будут подняты.
12 My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
Вот, одни придут издалека; и вот, одни от севера и моря, а другие из земли Синим.
13 [Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
Радуйтесь, небеса, и веселись, земля, и восклицайте, горы, от радости; ибо утешил Господь народ Свой и помиловал страдальцев Своих.
14 [The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
А Сион говорил: “оставил меня Господь, и Бог мой забыл меня!”
15 But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
Забудет ли женщина грудное дитя свое, чтобы не пожалеть сына чрева своего? но если бы и она забыла, то Я не забуду тебя.
16 Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
Вот, Я начертал тебя на дланях Моих; стены твои всегда предо Мною.
17 Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
Сыновья твои поспешат к тебе, а разорители и опустошители твои уйдут от тебя.
18 You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
Возведи очи твои и посмотри вокруг, - все они собираются, идут к тебе. Живу Я! говорит Господь, - всеми ими ты облечешься, как убранством, и нарядишься ими, как невеста.
19 Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
Ибо развалины твои и пустыни твои, и разоренная земля твоя будут теперь слишком тесны для жителей, и поглощавшие тебя удалятся от тебя.
20 The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
Дети, которые будут у тебя после потери прежних, будут говорить вслух тебе: “тесно для меня место; уступи мне, чтобы я мог жить”.
21 Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
И ты скажешь в сердце твоем: кто мне родил их? я была бездетна и бесплодна, отведена в плен и удалена; кто же возрастил их? вот, я оставалась одинокою; где же они были?
22 This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
Так говорит Господь Бог: вот, Я подниму руку Мою к народам, и выставлю знамя Мое племенам, и принесут сыновей твоих на руках и дочерей твоих на плечах.
23 Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
И будут цари питателями твоими, и царицы их кормилицами твоими; лицом до земли будут кланяться тебе и лизать прах ног твоих, и узнаешь, что Я Господь, что надеющиеся на Меня не постыдятся.
24 There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
Может ли быть отнята у сильного добыча, и могут ли быть отняты у победителя взятые в плен?
25 But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
Да! так говорит Господь: и плененные сильным будут отняты, и добыча тирана будет избавлена; потому что Я буду состязаться с противниками твоими и сыновей твоих Я спасу;
26 And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
и притеснителей твоих накормлю собственною их плотью, и они будут упоены кровью своею, как молодым вином; и всякая плоть узнает, что Я Господь, Спаситель твой и Искупитель твой, Сильный Иаковлев.
