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].
Εξεγέρθητι, εξεγέρθητι, ενδύθητι την δύναμίν σου, Σιών· ενδύθητι τα ιμάτια της μεγαλοπρεπείας σου, Ιερουσαλήμ, πόλις αγία· διότι του λοιπού δεν θέλει πλέον εισέλθει εις σε ο απερίτμητος και ακάθαρτος.
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],
Εκτινάχθητι από το χώμα· σηκώθητι, κάθησον, Ιερουσαλήμ· λύσον τα δεσμά από του τραχήλου σου, αιχμάλωτος θυγάτηρ της Σιών.
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!”
Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Επωλήθητε διά μηδέν και θέλετε λυτρωθή άνευ αργυρίου.
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.
Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Ο λαός μου κατέβη το πρότερον εις την Αίγυπτον διά να παροικήση εκεί και οι Ασσύριοι αναιτίως κατέθλιψαν αυτούς.
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].
Τώρα λοιπόν, τι έχω να κάμω εδώ, λέγει Κύριος, επειδή ο λαός μου ελήφθη διά μηδέν; οι εξουσιάζοντες επ' αυτού κάμνουσιν εαυτόν να ολολύζη, λέγει Κύριος· και το όνομά μου βλασφημείται πάντοτε καθ' ημέραν.
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].”
Διά τούτο ο λαός μου θέλει γνωρίσει το όνομά μου· διά τούτο θέλει γνωρίσει εν εκείνη τη ημέρα, ότι εγώ είμαι ο λαλών· ιδού, εγώ.
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!
Πόσον ωραίοι είναι επί των ορέων οι πόδες του ευαγγελιζομένου, του κηρύττοντος ειρήνην· του ευαγγελιζομένου αγαθά, του κηρύττοντος σωτηρίαν, του λέγοντος προς την Σιών· Ο Θεός σου βασιλεύει.
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.
Οι φύλακές σου θέλουσιν υψώσει φωνήν· εν φωναίς ομού θέλουσιν αλαλάζει· διότι θέλουσιν ιδεί οφθαλμός προς οφθαλμόν, όταν ο Κύριος ανορθώση την Σιών.
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.
Αλαλάξατε, ευφράνθητε ομού, ηρημωμένοι τόποι της Ιερουσαλήμ· διότι ο Κύριος παρηγόρησε τον λαόν αυτού, ελύτρωσε την Ιερουσαλήμ.
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.
Ο Κύριος εγύμνωσε τον άγιον βραχίονα αυτού ενώπιον πάντων των εθνών· και πάντα τα πέρατα της γης θέλουσιν ιδεί την σωτηρίαν του Θεού ημών.
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].
Σύρθητε, σύρθητε, εξέλθετε εκείθεν, μη εγγίσητε ακάθαρτον· εξέλθετε εκ μέσου αυτής· καθαρίσθητε σεις οι βαστάζοντες τα σκεύη του Κυρίου·
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].
διότι δεν θέλετε εξέλθει εν βία, ουδέ μετά φυγής θέλετε οδοιπορήσει· διότι ο Κύριος θέλει υπάγει έμπροσθέν σας και ο Θεός του Ισραήλ θέλει είσθαι η οπισθοφυλακή σας.
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.”
Ιδού, ο δούλός μου θέλει ευοδωθή· θέλει υψωθή και δοξασθή και αναβή υψηλά σφόδρα.
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.
Καθώς πολλοί έμειναν εκστατικοί επί σε, τόσον ήτο το πρόσωπον αυτού άδοξον παρά παντός ανθρώπου και το είδος αυτού παρά των υιών των ανθρώπων.
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].
Ούτω θέλει ραντίσει πολλά έθνη· οι βασιλείς θέλουσι φράξει το στόμα αυτών επ' αυτόν· διότι θέλουσιν ιδεί εκείνο το οποίον δεν ελαλήθη προς αυτούς· και θέλουσι νοήσει εκείνο, το οποίον δεν ήκουσαν.
