ישעה 46
| כרע בל קרס נבו היו עצביהם לחיה ולבהמה נשאתיכם עמוסות משא לעיפה׃ | 1 |
Bel has been broken. Nebo has been crushed. Their idols have been placed upon beasts and cattle, your grievous heavy burdens, even unto exhaustion.
| קרסו כרעו יחדו לא יכלו מלט משא ונפשם בשבי הלכה׃ | 2 |
They have been melted down, or have been smashed together. They were not able to save the one who carried them, and their life will go into captivity.
| שמעו אלי בית יעקב וכל שארית בית ישראל העמסים מני בטן הנשאים מני רחם׃ | 3 |
Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried in my bosom, who were born from my womb.
| ועד זקנה אני הוא ועד שיבה אני אסבל אני עשיתי ואני אשא ואני אסבל ואמלט׃ | 4 |
Even to your old age, I am the same. And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will sustain you. I will carry you, and I will save you.
| למי תדמיוני ותשוו ותמשלוני ונדמה׃ | 5 |
To whom would you liken me, or equate me, or compare me, or consider me to be similar?
| הזלים זהב מכיס וכסף בקנה ישקלו ישכרו צורף ויעשהו אל יסגדו אף ישתחוו׃ | 6 |
You take gold from a bag, and you weigh silver on a scale, so as to hire a goldsmith to make a god. And they fall prostrate and adore.
| ישאהו על כתף יסבלהו ויניחהו תחתיו ויעמד ממקומו לא ימיש אף יצעק אליו ולא יענה מצרתו לא יושיענו׃ | 7 |
They carry him on their shoulders, supporting him, and they set him in his place. And he will stand still and will not move from his place. But even when they will cry out to him, he will not hear. He will not save them from tribulation.
| זכרו זאת והתאששו השיבו פושעים על לב׃ | 8 |
Remember this, and be confounded. Return, you transgressors, to the heart.
| זכרו ראשנות מעולם כי אנכי אל ואין עוד אלהים ואפס כמוני׃ | 9 |
Remember the past ages. For I am God, and there is no other god. There is no one like me.
| מגיד מראשית אחרית ומקדם אשר לא נעשו אמר עצתי תקום וכל חפצי אעשה׃ | 10 |
From the beginning, I announce the last things, and from the start, the things that have not yet been done, saying: My plan will stand firm, and my entire will shall be done.
| קרא ממזרח עיט מארץ מרחק איש עצתו אף דברתי אף אביאנה יצרתי אף אעשנה׃ | 11 |
I call a bird from the east, and from a far away land, the man of my will. And I have spoken it, and I will carry it out. I have created, and I will act.
| שמעו אלי אבירי לב הרחוקים מצדקה׃ | 12 |
Hear me, you who are hard of heart, who are far from justice!
| קרבתי צדקתי לא תרחק ותשועתי לא תאחר ונתתי בציון תשועה לישראל תפארתי׃ | 13 |
I have brought my justice near. It will not be far away, and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation in Zion, and my glory in Israel.
