ישעה 33
| הוי שודד ואתה לא שדוד ובוגד ולא בגדו בו כהתמך שודד תושד כנלתך לבגד יבגדו בך | 1 |
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
| יהוה חננו לך קוינו היה זרעם לבקרים אף ישועתנו בעת צרה | 2 |
Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
| מקול המון נדדו עמים מרוממתך נפצו גוים | 3 |
Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
| ואסף שללכם אסף החסיל--כמשק גבים שקק בו | 4 |
[And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
| נשגב יהוה כי שכן מרום מלא ציון משפט וצדקה | 5 |
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
| והיה אמונת עתיך חסן ישועת חכמת ודעת יראת יהוה היא אוצרו | 6 |
[When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
| הן אראלם צעקו חצה מלאכי שלום מר יבכיון | 7 |
[But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
| נשמו מסלות שבת עבר ארח הפר ברית מאס ערים לא חשב אנוש | 8 |
No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
| אבל אמללה ארץ החפיר לבנון קמל היה השרון כערבה ונער בשן וכרמל | 9 |
The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
| עתה אקום יאמר יהוה עתה ארומם--עתה אנשא | 10 |
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
| תהרו חשש תלדו קש רוחכם אש תאכלכם | 11 |
You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
| והיו עמים משרפות שיד קוצים כסוחים באש יצתו | 12 |
[Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
| שמעו רחוקים אשר עשיתי ודעו קרובים גברתי | 13 |
You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
| פחדו בציון חטאים אחזה רעדה חנפים מי יגור לנו אש אוכלה--מי יגור לנו מוקדי עולם | 14 |
The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
| הלך צדקות ודבר מישרים מאס בבצע מעשקות נער כפיו מתמך בשחד אטם אזנו משמע דמים ועצם עיניו מראות ברע | 15 |
Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
| הוא מרומים ישכן מצדות סלעים משגבו לחמו נתן מימיו נאמנים | 16 |
they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
| מלך ביפיו תחזינה עיניך תראינה ארץ מרחקים | 17 |
You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
| לבך יהגה אימה איה ספר איה שקל איה ספר את המגדלים | 18 |
When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
| את עם נועז לא תראה עם עמקי שפה משמוע נלעג לשון אין בינה | 19 |
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
| חזה ציון קרית מועדנו עיניך תראינה ירושלם נוה שאנן אהל בל יצען בל יסע יתדתיו לנצח וכל חבליו בל ינתקו | 20 |
[At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
| כי אם שם אדיר יהוה לנו מקום נהרים יארים רחבי ידים בל תלך בו אני שיט וצי אדיר לא יעברנו | 21 |
Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
| כי יהוה שפטנו יהוה מחקקנו יהוה מלכנו הוא יושיענו | 22 |
Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
| נטשו חבליך בל יחזקו כן תרנם בל פרשו נס אז חלק עד שלל מרבה פסחים בזזו בז | 23 |
The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
| ובל יאמר שכן חליתי העם הישב בה נשא עון | 24 |
And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
