Ἠσαΐας 66

1 Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ο ουρανός είναι θρόνος μου και η γη υποπόδιον των ποδών μου· ποίος είναι ο οίκος, τον οποίον ηθέλετε οικοδομήσει δι' εμέ; και ποίος είναι ο τόπος της αναπαύσεώς μου;

Yahweh [also] said this: “[All of] heaven is [like] my throne, and the whole earth is [like] my footstool. So you could certainly not [RHQ] build a house [that would be adequate] for me to live in and rest!

2 Διότι η χειρ μου έκαμε πάντα ταύτα και έγειναν πάντα ταύτα, λέγει Κύριος· εις τίνα λοιπόν θέλω επιβλέψει; εις τον πτωχόν και συντετριμμένον το πνεύμα και τρέμοντα τον λόγον μου.

I [MTY] have created everything; all things exist because I made them. [That is true because I], Yahweh, have said it. The people I am [most] pleased with are those who are humble, who [patiently endure it when they] (suffer/are afflicted), and who tremble when they hear me [rebuking them].

3 Όστις δε σφάζει βουν, είναι ως ο φονεύων άνθρωπον· όστις θυσιάζει αρνίον, ως ο κόπτων κυνός λαιμόν· όστις προσφέρει προσφοράν εξ αλφίτων, ως προσφέρων αίμα χοίρειον· όστις θυσιάζει, ως ο ευλογών είδωλον. Ναι, αυτοί εξέλεξαν τας οδούς αυτών, και η ψυχή αυτών ηδύνεται εις τα βδελύγματα αυτών.

You have enjoyed [continually] doing the things that you want to do: [Some of] you slaughter oxen [to sacrifice them to me], but you also bring human sacrifices [to your idols]! You sacrifice lambs [to me], but you kill dogs [to offer them to your gods]. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood [to your idols]. You burn incense [to me], but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things.

4 Και εγώ λοιπόν θέλω εκλέξει τα εις αυτούς ολέθρια και θέλω φέρει επ' αυτούς όσα φοβούνται· διότι εκάλουν και ουδείς απεκρίνετο· ελάλουν και δεν ήκουον· αλλ' έπραττον το κακόν ενώπιόν μου και εξέλεγον το μη αρεστόν εις εμέ.

When I called [out to you], you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did [many] things that I say are evil; you chose [to do] things that I did not like. So [now] I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are [very] afraid of.”

5 Ακούσατε τον λόγον του Κυρίου, σεις οι τρέμοντες τον λόγον αυτού· οι αδελφοί σας, οίτινες σας μισούσι και σας αποβάλλουσιν ένεκεν του ονόματός μου, είπαν, Ας δοξασθή ο Κύριος· πλην αυτός θέλει φανή εις χαράν σας, εκείνοι δε θέλουσι καταισχυνθή.

But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says [now]: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him [do something to cause] you to be truly happy.’ But [some day] those people will be [very] disgraced.”

6 Φωνή κραυγής έρχεται εκ της πόλεως, φωνή εκ του ναού, φωνή του Κυρίου, όστις κάμνει ανταπόδοσιν εις τους εχθρούς αυτού.

[At that time], you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies!

7 Πριν κοιλοπονήση, εγέννησε· πριν έλθωσιν οι πόνοι αυτής, ηλευθερώθη και εγέννησεν αρσενικόν.

No one [RHQ] ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains.

8 Τις ήκουσε τοιούτον πράγμα; τις είδε τοιαύτα; ήθελε γεννήσει η γη εν μιά ημέρα; ή έθνος ήθελε γεννηθή ενταυτώ αλλ' η Σιών άμα εκοιλοπόνησεν, εγέννησε τα τέκνα αυτής.

Certainly no one [RHQ] ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. [Similarly], no one ever [RHQ] heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like [MET] [a woman who] gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains.

9 Εγώ, ο φέρων εις την γένναν, δεν ήθελον κάμει να γεννήση; λέγει Κύριος· εγώ, ο κάμνων να γεννώσιν, ήθελον κλείσει την μήτραν; λέγει ο Θεός σου.

Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. [Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem] [MET] [what he has promised to do]: [He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again]. [That will happen because] Yahweh has said it.

10 Ευφράνθητε μετά της Ιερουσαλήμ και αγάλλεσθε μετ' αυτής, πάντες οι αγαπώντες αυτήν· χαρήτε χαράν μετ' αυτής, πάντες οι πενθούντες δι' αυτήν·

You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of [what happened to Jerusalem], you should now be glad.

11 διά να θηλάσητε και να χορτασθήτε από των μαστών των παρηγοριών αυτής· διά να εκθηλάσητε και να εντρυφήσητε εις την αφθονίαν της δόξης αυτής.

[You people in Jerusalem] will [have everything that you need] like [MET] a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things [MET] in the city.

12 διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Ιδού, εις αυτήν θέλω στρέψει την ειρήνην ως ποταμόν, και την δόξαν των εθνών ως χείμαρρον πλημμυρούντα· τότε θέλετε θηλάσει, θέλετε βασταχθή επί των πλευρών και κολακευθή επί των γονάτων αυτής.

Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.

13 Ως παιδίον, το οποίον παρηγορεί η μήτηρ αυτού, ούτως εγώ θέλω σας παρηγορήσει· και θέλετε παρηγορηθή εν τη Ιερουσαλήμ.

I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”

14 Και θέλετε ιδεί, και η καρδία σας θέλει ευφρανθή και τα οστά σας θέλουσιν ανθήσει ως χόρτος· και η χειρ του Κυρίου θέλει γνωρισθή προς τους δούλους αυτού, η δε οργή προς τους εχθρούς αυτού.

When you see [those things happen], you [SYN] will rejoice. Your [old] bones will become strong [again] like [SIM] grass [that grows quickly/well in the springtime]. [When that happens, everyone] will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.

15 Διότι, ιδού, ο Κύριος θέλει ελθεί εν πυρί, και αι άμαξαι αυτού θέλουσιν είσθαι ως ανεμοστρόβιλος, διά να αποδώση την οργήν αυτού με ορμήν και την επιτίμησιν αυτού με φλόγας πυρός.

Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots [will come down] like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish [his enemies] by burning them in a fire.

16 Διότι εν πυρί Κυρίου και εν τη μαχαίρα αυτού θέλει κριθή πάσα σαρξ, και οι πεφονευμένοι του Κυρίου θέλουσιν είσθαι πολλοί.

[It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has a [big] sword, and he will judge and execute many people.

17 Οι αγιαζόμενοι και καθαριζόμενοι εν τοις κήποις ο εις κατόπιν του άλλου αναφανδόν, τρώγοντες χοίρειον κρέας και τα βδελύγματα και τον ποντικόν, ούτοι θέλουσι καταναλωθή ομού, λέγει Κύριος.

Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and [then] go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, [and other things that I have forbidden you to eat]. So I will get rid of you [for doing that].

18 Διότι εγώ εξεύρω τα έργα αυτών και τους διαλογισμούς αυτών· και έρχομαι διά να συνάξω πάντα τα έθνη και τας γλώσσας· και θέλουσιν ελθεί και ιδεί την δόξαν μου.

I know [all] the [evil] things that you think and do. [It is now time] for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great.

19 Και θέλω στήσει σημείον μεταξύ αυτών· και τους σεσωσμένους εξ αυτών θέλω εξαποστείλει εις τα έθνη, εις Θαρσείς, Φούλ και Λούδ, οίτινες σύρουσι τόξον, εις Θουβάλ και Ιαυάν, εις τας νήσους τας μακράν, οίτινες δεν ήκουσαν την φήμην μου ουδέ είδον την δόξαν μου· και θέλουσι κηρύξει την δόξάν μου μεταξύ των εθνών.

I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various [distant] countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious.

20 Και θέλουσι φέρει πάντας τους αδελφούς σας εκ πάντων των εθνών προσφοράν εις τον Κύριον, επί ίππων και επί αμαξών και επί φορείων και επί ημιόνων και επί ταχυδρόμων ζώων, προς το άγιόν μου όρος, την Ιερουσαλήμ, λέγει Κύριος, καθώς τα τέκνα του Ισραήλ φέρουσι την εξ αλφίτων προσφοράν εν καθαρώ αγγείω προς τον οίκον του Κυρίου.

Then they will bring back here your relatives [who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries)], to be like [SIM] an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to [Zion, ] my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like [SIM] the offerings that [my] Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple.

21 Και προσέτι θέλω λάβει εξ αυτών ιερείς και Λευΐτας, λέγει Κύριος.

[I solemnly promise that] I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.

22 Διότι ως οι νέοι ουρανοί και η νέα γη, τα οποία εγώ θέλω κάμει, θέλουσι διαμένει ενώπιόν μου, λέγει Κύριος, ούτω θέλει διαμένει το σπέρμα σας και το όνομά σας.

I [also] promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.

23 Και από νέας σελήνης έως άλλης και από σαββάτου έως άλλου θέλει έρχεσθαι πάσα σαρξ διά να προσκυνή ενώπιόν μου, λέγει Κύριος.

At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath [each week] and the new moon [each month], everyone will [come and] worship me. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

24 Και θέλουσιν εξέλθει και ιδεί τα κώλα των ανθρώπων, οίτινες εστάθησαν παραβάται εναντίον μου· διότι ο σκώληξ αυτών δεν θέλει τελευτήσει και το πυρ αυτών δεν θέλει σβεσθή· και θέλουσιν είσθαι βδέλυγμα εις πάσαν σάρκα.

Then they will go out [of Jerusalem] and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone [who sees their corpses] will detest them.”