Ἠσαΐας 45
1 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος προς τον κεχρισμένον αυτού, τον Κύρον, του οποίου την δεξιάν χείρα εκράτησα, διά να υποτάξω τα έθνη έμπροσθεν αυτού· και θέλω λύσει την οσφύν των βασιλέων, διά να ανοίξω τα δίθυρα έμπροθεν αυτού· και αι πύλαι δεν θέλουσι κλεισθή.
Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
2 Εγώ θέλω υπάγει έμπροθέν σου και εξομαλύνει τας σκολιάς οδούς· θέλω συντρίψει τας χαλκίνας θύρας και κόψει τους σιδηρούς μοχλούς.
This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
3 Και θέλω σοι δώσει θησαυρούς φυλαττομένους εν σκότει και πλούτη κερυμμένα εν αποκρύφοις· διά να γνωρίσης ότι εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος ο καλών σε κατ' όνομα, ο Θεός του Ισραήλ.
I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
4 Διά τον Ιακώβ τον δούλον μου και τον Ισραήλ τον εκλεκτόν μου σε εκάλεσα μάλιστα με το όνομά σου, σε επωνόμασα, αν και δεν με εγνώρισας.
I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
5 Εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος και δεν είναι άλλος· δεν υπάρχει εκτός εμού Θεός· εγώ σε περιέζωσα, αν και δεν με εγνώρισας,
I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
6 διά να γνωρίσωσιν από ανατολών ηλίου και από δυσμών, ότι εκτός εμού δεν υπάρχει ουδείς· εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος και δεν υπάρχει άλλος·
in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
7 ο κατασκευάσας το φως και ποιήσας το σκότος· ο ποιών ειρήνην και κτίζων κακόν· εγώ ο Κύριος ποιώ πάντα ταύτα.
I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
8 Σταλάξατε δρόσον άνωθεν, ουρανοί, και ας ράνωσιν αι νεφέλαι δικαιοσύνην· ας ανοίξη η γη και ας γεννήση σωτηρίαν και ας βλαστήση δικαιοσύνην ομού· εγώ ο Κύριος εποίησα τούτο.
[And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
9 Ουαί εις τον αντιμαχόμενον προς τον Ποιητήν αυτού. Ας αντιμάχεται το όστρακον προς τα όστρακα της γής· ο πηλός θέλει ειπεί προς τον πλάττοντα αυτόν, Τι κάμνεις; ή το έργον σου, Ούτος δεν έχει χείρας;
Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
10 Ουαί εις τον λέγοντα προς τον πατέρα, τι γεννάς; προς την γυναίκα, τι κοιλοπονείς;
And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
11 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο Άγιος του Ισραήλ και ο Πλάστης αυτού· Ερωτάτέ με διά τα μέλλοντα περί των υιών μου και περί του έργου των χειρών μου προστάξατέ με.
Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
12 Εγώ έκτισα την γην και εποίησα άνθρωπον επ' αυτής· εγώ διά των χειρών μου εξέτεινα τους ουρανούς και έδωκα διαταγάς εις πάσαν την στρατιάν αυτών.
I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
13 Εγώ εξήγειρα εκείνον εις δικαιοσύνην και θέλω διευθύνει πάσας τας οδούς αυτού· αυτός θέλει οικοδομήσει την πόλιν μου και θέλει επιστρέψει τους αιχμαλώτους μου, ουχί με λύτρον ουδέ με δώρα, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
14 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ο κόπος της Αιγύπτου και το εμπόριον της Αιθιοπίας και των Σαβαίων, ανδρών μεγαλοσώμων, θέλουσι περάσει εις σε και σου θέλουσιν είσθαι· οπίσω σου θέλουσιν ακολουθεί· με αλύσεις θέλουσι περάσει και θέλουσι σε προσκυνήσει, θέλουσι σε ικετεύσει, λέγοντες, Βεβαίως ο Θεός είναι εν σοι, και δεν υπάρχει ουδείς άλλος Θεός.
And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
15 Τωόντι συ είσαι Θεός κρυπτόμενος, Θεέ του Ισραήλ, ο Σωτήρ.
God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
16 Πάντες ούτοι θέλουσιν αισχυνθή και εντραπή· οι εργάται των ειδώλων θέλουσι φύγει εν καταισχύνη πάντες ομού.
All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
17 Ο δε Ισραήλ θέλει σωθή διά του Κυρίου σωτηρίαν αιώνιον· δεν θέλετε αισχυνθή ουδέ εντραπή αιωνίως.
But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
18 Διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος, ο ποιήσας τους ουρανούς· αυτός ο Θεός, ο πλάσας την γην και ποιήσας αυτήν· όστις αυτός εστερέωσεν αυτήν, έκτισεν αυτήν ουχί ματαίως αλλ' έπλασεν αυτήν διά να κατοικήται· Εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος και δεν υπάρχει άλλος.
Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
19 Δεν ελάλησα εν κρυπτώ ουδέ εν σκοτεινώ τόπω της γής· δεν είπα προς το σπέρμα του Ιακώβ, Ζητήσατέ με ματαίως· εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος, ο λαλών δικαιοσύνην, ο αναγγέλλων ευθύτητα.
[What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
20 Συνάχθητε και έλθετε· πλησιάσατε ομού, οι σεσωσμένοι των εθνών· δεν έχουσι νόησιν, όσοι σηκόνουσι το γλυπτόν ξύλον αυτών και προσεύχονται εις θεόν μη δυνάμενον να σώση.
You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
21 Απαγγείλατε και φέρετε αυτούς πλησίον· μάλιστα, ας συμβουλευθώσιν ομού· τις ανήγγειλε τούτο απ' αρχής; τις εφανέρωσε τούτο εξ εκείνου του καιρού; ουχί εγώ ο Κύριος; και δεν υπάρχει εκτός εμού άλλος Θεός· Θεός δίκαιος και Σωτήρ· δεν υπάρχει εκτός εμού.
Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
22 Εις εμέ βλέψατε και σώθητε, πάντα τα πέρατα της γής· διότι εγώ είμαι ο Θεός και δεν υπάρχει άλλος.
Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
23 Ώμοσα εις εμαυτόν· ο λόγος εξήλθεν εκ του στόματός μου εν δικαιοσύνη και δεν θέλει επιστραφή, Ότι παν γόνυ θέλει κάμψει εις εμέ, πάσα γλώσσα θέλει ομνύει εις εμέ.
I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
24 Βεβαίως θέλουσιν ειπεί περί εμού, Εν τω Κυρίω είναι η δικαιοσύνη και η δύναμις· εις αυτόν θέλουσι προσέλθει και θέλουσι καταισχυνθή πάντες οι οργιζόμενοι εναντίον αυτού.
They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
25 Εν τω Κυρίω θέλει δικαιωθή άπαν το σπέρμα του Ισραήλ.
Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].
