< Ἠσαΐας 53 >
1 Τις επίστευσεν εις το κήρυγμα ημών; και ο βραχίων του Κυρίου εις τίνα απεκαλύφθη;
(Who will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant]?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant].) [RHQ] (Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.) [MTY, RHQ]
2 διότι ανέβη ενώπιον αυτού ως τρυφερόν φυτόν και ως ρίζα από ξηράς γής· δεν έχει είδος ουδέ κάλλος· και είδομεν αυτόν και δεν είχεν ώραιότητα ώστε να επιθυμώμεν αυτόν.
While God watches, his servant will grow up [appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant], like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root [of a tree that is growing] in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.
3 Καταπεφρονημένος και απερριμμένος υπό των ανθρώπων· άνθρωπος θλίψεων και δόκιμος ασθενείας· και ως άνθρωπος από του οποίου αποστρέφει τις το πρόσωπον, κατεφρονήθη και ως ουδέν ελογίσθημεν αυτόν.
People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. [Because his face will be very disfigured], people will not [want to] look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
4 Αυτός τωόντι τας ασθενείας ημών εβάστασε και τας θλίψεις ημών επεφορτίσθη· ημείς δε ενομίσαμεν αυτόν τετραυματισμένον, πεπληγωμένον υπό Θεού και τεταλαιπωρημένον.
But he will be [punished for] the sicknesses [of our souls]; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished [for his own sins].
5 Αλλ' αυτός ετραυματίσθη διά τας παραβάσεις ημών, εταλαιπωρήθη διά τας ανομίας ημών· η τιμωρία, ήτις έφερε την ειρήνην ημών, ήτο επ' αυτόν· και διά των πληγών αυτού ημείς ιάθημεν.
But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our [souls]; and because he will be whipped, [our souls] can be healed.
6 Πάντες ημείς επλανήθημεν ως πρόβατα· εστράφημεν έκαστος εις την οδόν αυτού· και ο Κύριος έθεσεν επ' αυτόν την ανομίαν πάντων ημών.
All of us have gone away [from God] like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away [from their shepherd]. We have turned away [from doing the things that God wants in order] to do the things that we wanted [MET]. [We deserve to be punished, but] Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
7 Αυτός ήτο κατατεθλιμμένος και βεβασανισμένος αλλά δεν ήνοιξε το στόμα αυτού· εφέρθη ως αρνίον επί σφαγήν, και ως πρόβατον έμπροσθεν του κείροντος αυτό άφωνον, ούτω δεν ήνοιξε το στόμα αυτού.
He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything [to complain]. They will lead him [to where they will execute him], [like they lead] a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not (bleat/make any noise) when the shearer [cuts off its wool], he will not say anything [MTY] [to defend himself when he is killed].
8 Από καταθλίψεως και κρίσεως ανηρπάχθη· την δε γενεάν αυτού τις θέλει διηγηθή; διότι εσηκώθη από της γης των ζώντων· διά τας παραβάσεις του λαού μου ετραυματίσθη.
After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away [and executed]. And no one [RHQ] will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die [EUP] [without being married and having children]. He will be (afflicted/caused to suffer) for the wrong things that we have done.
9 Και ο τάφος αυτού διωρίσθη μετά των κακούργων· πλην εις τον θάνατον αυτού εστάθη μετά του πλουσίου· διότι δεν έκαμεν ανομίαν ουδέ ευρέθη δόλος εν τω στόματι αυτού.
Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived [MTY] anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will [bury him] after he dies.
10 Αλλ' ο Κύριος ηθέλησε να βασανίση αυτόν· εταλαιπώρησεν αυτόν. Αφού όμως δώσης την ψυχήν αυτού προσφοράν περί αμαρτίας, θέλει ιδεί έκγονα, θέλει μακρύνει τας ημέρας αυτού, και το θέλημα του Κυρίου θέλει ευοδωθή εν τη χειρί αυτού.
But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And [when he dies], Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many [spiritual] children, and he will live (a long time/forever) after he [dies and] becomes alive [again], and he [MTY] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned.
11 Θέλει ιδεί τους καρπούς του πόνου της ψυχής αυτού και θέλει χορτασθή· ο δίκαιος δούλός μου θέλει δικαιώσει πολλούς διά της επιγνώσεως αυτού· διότι αυτός θέλει βαστάσει τας ανομίας αυτών.
When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove [the guilt for] their sins.
12 Διά τούτο θέλω δώσει εις αυτόν μερίδα μετά των μεγάλων και τους ισχυρούς θέλει μοιρασθή λάφυρον, διότι παρέδωκε την ψυχήν αυτού εις θάνατον και μετά ανόμων ελογίσθη και αυτός εβάστασε τας αμαρτίας πολλών και θέλει μεσιτεύσει υπέρ των ανόμων.
So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will [be like a king who] divides up [among his soldiers] the (spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them) [MET], because he will sacrifice himself and die. [Even though people] will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many [people], and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong [will be forgiven].