Isaiah 52
1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
Mache dich auf, mache dich auf, Zion; zieh deine Stärke an, schmücke dich herrlich, du heilige Stadt Jerusalem! Denn es wird hinfort kein Unbeschnittener oder Unreiner in dir regieren.
2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
Mache dich aus dem Staube, stehe auf, du gefangene Jerusalem; mache dich los von den Banden deines Halses, du gefangene Tochter Zion!
3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
Denn also spricht der HERR: Ihr seid umsonst verkauft, ihr sollt auch ohne Geld gelöset werden.
4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
Denn so spricht der HERR HERR: Mein Volk zog am ersten hinab nach Ägypten, daß es daselbst ein Gast wäre; und Assur hat ihm ohne Ursache Gewalt getan.
5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
Aber wie tut man mir jetzt allhie? spricht der HERR. Mein Volk wird umsonst verführet; seine HERRSCher machen eitel Heulen, spricht der HERR; und mein Name wird immer täglich gelästert.
6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
Darum soll mein Volk meinen Namen kennen zu derselbigen Zeit; denn siehe, ich will selbst reden.
7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
Wie lieblich sind auf den Bergen die Füße der Boten, die da Frieden verkündigen, Gutes predigen, Heil verkündigen, die da sagen zu Zion: Dein Gott ist König.
8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
Deine Wächter rufen laut mit ihrer Stimme und rühmen miteinander; denn man wird's mit Augen sehen, wenn der HERR Zion bekehret.
9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
Lasset fröhlich sein und miteinander rühmen das Wüste zu Jerusalem; denn der HERR hat sein Volk getröstet und Jerusalem erlöset.
10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
Der HERR hat offenbaret seinen heiligen Arm vor den Augen aller Heiden, daß aller Welt Ende siehet das Heil unsers Gottes.
11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
Weichet, weichet! Ziehet aus von dannen und rühret kein Unreines an! Gehet aus von ihr, reiniget euch, die ihr des HERRN Geräte traget!
12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
Denn ihr sollt nicht mit Eilen ausziehen noch mit Flucht wandeln; denn der HERR wird vor euch herziehen, und der Gott Israels wird euch sammeln.
13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
Siehe, mein Knecht wird weislich tun und wird erhöhet und sehr hoch erhaben sein,
14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
daß sich viele über dir ärgern werden, weil seine Gestalt häßlicher ist denn anderer Leute und sein Ansehen denn der Menschenkinder.
15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
Aber also wird er viel Heiden besprengen, daß auch Könige werden ihren Mund gegen ihm zuhalten. Denn welchen nichts davon verkündiget ist, dieselben werden's mit Lust sehen, und die nichts davon gehöret haben, die werden's merken.
