< Isaiah 64 >

1 “[Yahweh], I wish that you would tear open the sky and come down, and cause the mountains to shake in your presence.
2 [Be] like a fire that burns twigs and causes water to boil! [Come down] in order that your enemies will know who you are, and the [people of other] nations will tremble in your presence.
כקדח אש המסים מים תבעה אש להודיע שמך לצריך מפניך גוים ירגזו
3 You have done awesome things which we were not expecting you to do; the mountains shook when you came down [at Horeb Mountain].
בעשותך נוראות לא נקוה ירדת מפניך הרים נזלו
4 Since (long ago/the world began), no one [SYN] has [ever] seen or heard about a God like you; you help those who (depend on/trust in) you.
ומעולם לא שמעו לא האזינו עין לא ראתה אלהים זולתך--יעשה למחכה לו
5 You help those who joyfully do what is right, those who conduct their lives as you want them to. But [we did not do that]; we continued to sin, and so you became angry with us. We have been sinning for a long time, so only if we continually do what you want us to do will we be saved.
פגעת את שש ועשה צדק בדרכיך יזכרוך הן אתה קצפת ונחטא בהם עולם ונושע
6 We have all become people who are not fit to worship you; all of the good things that we have done are only like [SIM] filthy/blood-stained rags. Because of our sins, we are like [SIM] leaves that dry up and are blown away by the wind.
ונהי כטמא כלנו וכבגד עדים כל צדקתינו ונבל כעלה כלנו ועוננו כרוח ישאנו
7 None [of our people] worships you, and no one is completely dedicated to [IDM] you. You have turned away from us. [It is as though] you have caused us to be forced to continue our sinful behavior.
ואין קורא בשמך מתעורר להחזיק בך כי הסתרת פניך ממנו ותמוגנו ביד עוננו
8 Yahweh, you are our father. We are [like] [MET] clay, and you created us, [like] [MET] a potter [creates pottery].
ועתה יהוה אבינו אתה אנחנו החמר ואתה יצרנו ומעשה ידך כלנו
9 Yahweh, do not continue to be angry [with us]; do not keep thinking about [our] sins forever. Do not forget that we are all your people.
אל תקצף יהוה עד מאד ואל לעד תזכר עון הן הבט נא עמך כלנו
10 [All of] your towns [in Judah] have become like [MET] deserts; [even] Jerusalem has been destroyed.
ערי קדשך היו מדבר ציון מדבר היתה ירושלם שממה
11 Your glorious temple on Zion Hill, where our ancestors worshiped you, has been destroyed by fire. And all our [other] beautiful things have been ruined.
בית קדשנו ותפארתנו אשר הללוך אבתינו--היה לשרפת אש וכל מחמדינו היה לחרבה
12 Yahweh, you see all those things, so we worry that you will refrain [from helping us], and that you will cause us to suffer much more.
העל אלה תתאפק יהוה תחשה ותעננו עד מאד

< Isaiah 64 >