Ἠσαΐας 43
1 Και τώρα ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο δημιουργός σου, Ιακώβ, και ο πλάστης σου, Ισραήλ· Μη φοβού· διότι εγώ σε ελύτρωσα, σε εκάλεσα με το όνομά σου· εμού είσαι.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Όταν διαβαίνης διά των υδάτων, μετά σου θέλω είσθαι· και όταν διά των ποταμών, δεν θέλουσι πλημμυρήσει επί σέ· όταν περιπατής διά του πυρός, δεν θέλεις καή ουδέ θέλει εξαφθή η φλόξ επί σε.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Διότι εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός σου, ο Άγιος του Ισραήλ, ο Σωτήρ σου· διά αντίλυτρόν σου έδωκα την Αίγυπτον· υπέρ σου την Αιθιοπίαν και Σεβά.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Αφότου εστάθης πολύτιμος εις τους οφθαλμούς μου, εδοξάσθης και εγώ σε ηγάπησα· και θέλω δώσει ανθρώπους πολλούς υπέρ σου και λαούς υπέρ της κεφαλής σου.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Μη φοβού· διότι εγώ είμαι μετά σού· από ανατολών θέλω φέρει το σπέρμα σου και από δυσμών θέλω σε συνάξει·
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Θέλω ειπεί προς τον βορράν, Δός· και προς τον νότον, Μη εμποδίσης· φέρε τους υιούς μου από μακράν και τας θυγατέρας μου από των άκρων της γης,
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 πάντας όσοι καλούνται με το όνομά μου· διότι εδημιούργησα αυτούς διά την δόξαν μου, έπλασα αυτούς και έκαμα αυτούς.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Εξάγαγε τον λαόν τον τυφλόν και έχοντα οφθαλμούς και τον κωφόν και έχοντα ώτα.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Ας συναθροισθώσι πάντα τα έθνη και ας συναχθώσιν οι λαοί· τις μεταξύ αυτών ανήγγειλε τούτο και έδειξεν εις ημάς τα πρότερα; ας φέρωσι τους μάρτυρας αυτών και ας δικαιωθώσιν· και ας ακούσωσι και ας είπωσι, Τούτο είναι αληθινόν.
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Σεις είσθε μάρτυρές μου, λέγει Κύριος, και ο δούλός μου, τον οποίον εξέλεξα, διά να μάθητε και να πιστεύσητε εις εμέ και να εννοήσητε ότι εγώ αυτός είμαι· προ εμού άλλος Θεός δεν υπήρξεν ουδέ θέλει υπάρχει μετ' εμέ.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Εγώ, εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος· και εκτός εμού σωτήρ δεν υπάρχει.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 Εγώ ανήγγειλα και έσωσα και έδειξα· και δεν εστάθη εις εσάς ξένος θεός· σεις δε είσθε μάρτυρές μου, λέγει Κύριος, και εγώ ο Θεός.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 Και πριν γείνη η ημέρα, εγώ αυτός ήμην· και δεν υπάρχει ο λυτρόνων εκ της χειρός μου· θέλω κάμει και τις δύναται να εμποδίση αυτό;
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Λυτρωτής σας, ο Άγιος του Ισραήλ· διά σας εξαπέστειλα εις την Βαβυλώνα και κατέβαλον πάντας τους φυγάδας αυτής και τους Χαλδαίους τους εγκαυχωμένους εις τα πλοία.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος, ο Άγιός σας, ο Ποιητής του Ισραήλ, ο Βασιλεύς σας.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, όστις έκαμεν οδόν εις την θάλασσαν και τρίβον εις τα ισχυρά ύδατα·
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 όστις εξήγαγεν αμάξας και ίππους, στράτευμα και ρωμαλέους· πάντα ομού εξηπλώθησαν κάτω, δεν εσηκώθησαν· ηφανίσθησαν, εσβέσθησαν ως στυπίον.
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Μη ενθυμήσθε τα πρότερα και μη συλλογίζεσθε τα παλαιά.
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Ιδού, εγώ θέλω κάμει νέον πράγμα· τώρα θέλει ανατείλει· δεν θέλετε γνωρίσει αυτό; θέλω βεβαίως κάμει οδόν εν τη ερήμω, ποταμούς εν τη ανύδρω.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Τα θηρία του αγρού θέλουσι με δοξάσει, οι θώες και οι στρουθοκάμηλοι· διότι δίδω ύδατα εις την έρημον, ποταμούς εις την άνυδρον, διά να ποτίσω τον λαόν μου, τον εκλεκτόν μου.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Ο λαός, τον οποίον έπλασα εις εμαυτόν, θέλει διηγείσθαι την αίνεσίν μου.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Αλλά συ, Ιακώβ, δεν με επεκαλέσθης· αλλά συ, Ισραήλ, εβαρύνθης απ' εμού.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Δεν προσέφερες εις εμέ τα αρνία των ολοκαυτωμάτων σου ουδέ με ετίμησας με τας θυσίας σου. Εγώ δεν σε εδούλωσα με προσφοράς ουδέ σε εβάρυνα με θυμίαμα·
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 δεν ηγόρασας με αργύριον κάλαμον αρωματικόν δι' εμέ, ουδέ με ενέπλησας από του πάχους των θυσιών σου· αλλά με εδούλωσας με τας αμαρτίας σου, με επεβάρυνας με τας ανομίας σου.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Εγώ, εγώ είμαι, όστις εξαλείφω τας παραβάσεις σου ένεκεν εμού, και δεν θέλω ενθυμηθή τας αμαρτίας σου.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Ενθύμισόν με· ας κριθώμεν ομού· λέγε συ, διά να δικαιωθής.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Ο προπάτωρ σου ημάρτησε και οι διδάσκαλοί σου ηνόμησαν εις εμέ.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 Διά τούτο θέλω καταστήσει βεβήλους τους άρχοντας του αγιαστηρίου, και θέλω παραδώσει τον Ιακώβ εις κατάραν και τον Ισραήλ εις ονειδισμούς.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
