Isaia 42
1 Iată, pe servitorul meu pe care îl înalţ, alesul meu, în care sufletul meu se desfată; am pus duhul meu peste el, el va aduce judecată neamurilor.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 El nu va striga, nici nu îşi va ridica vocea, nici nu va face ca vocea lui să fie auzită în stradă.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 O trestie frântă el nu o va rupe şi inul fumegând nu îl va stinge, va aduce judecata la adevăr.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Nu va slăbi nici nu se va descuraja până ce nu va fi aşezat judecata pe pământ; şi insulele vor aştepta legea lui.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Astfel spune Dumnezeu DOMNUL, cel ce a creat cerurile şi le-a întins; cel ce a desfăşurat pământul şi ceea ce vine din el; cel ce dă suflare oamenilor pe acesta şi duh celor ce umblă pe el:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 Eu, DOMNUL, te-am chemat în dreptate şi te voi ţine de mână şi te voi ţine şi te voi da ca un legământ al poporului, ca o lumină a neamurilor,
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Pentru a deschide ochii orbi, pentru a scoate prizonierii din închisoare [şi] pe cei care şed în întuneric, afară din casa închisorii.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Eu sunt DOMNUL, acesta este numele meu, şi gloria mea nu o voi da altuia, nici lauda mea chipurilor cioplite.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Iată, cele dintâi s-au întâmplat şi lucruri noi vestesc, vă spun despre ele înainte să răsară.
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Cântaţi DOMNULUI o cântare nouă [şi] lauda lui de la marginea pământului, voi care coborâţi la mare şi tot ceea ce este în ea, insulele şi locuitorii acestora.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Pustiul şi cetăţile acestuia să îşi ridice vocea lor, satele locuite din Chedar, să cânte locuitorii stâncii, să strige de pe vârful munţilor.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Să dea glorie DOMNULUI şi să vestească lauda lui în insule.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 DOMNUL va înainta ca un viteaz, va stârni gelozie ca un bărbat de război, el va striga, da, va răcni; va învinge pe duşmanii săi.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Mult timp am tăcut; am fost liniştit [şi] m-am stăpânit, acum voi striga precum o femeie în travaliu; voi distruge şi voi mânca îndată.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Voi risipi munţii şi dealurile şi voi usca toate ierburile lor; şi râurile le voi face insule şi voi usca iazurile.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Şi voi aduce orbii pe o cale ce nu au cunoscut-o; îi voi conduce pe căi ce nu le-au cunoscut, voi face întunericul lumină înaintea lor şi voi îndrepta lucrurile strâmbe. Aceste lucruri le voi face şi nu îi voi părăsi.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Ei vor fi întorşi înapoi, vor fi foarte ruşinaţi cei ce se încred în chipuri cioplite, care spun chipurilor turnate: Voi sunteţi dumnezeii noştri.
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Auziţi surzilor; şi priviţi orbilor, ca să vedeţi.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Cine este orb în afară de servitorul meu? Sau surd, ca mesagerul meu pe care l-am trimis? Cine este orb ca cel desăvârşit şi orb ca servitorul DOMNULUI?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Deşi vezi multe lucruri, totuşi nu iei seama [de ele]; deşi deschide urechile, totuşi el nu aude.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 DOMNUL se desfată de dragul dreptăţii lui; el va preamări legea şi o va face demnă de cinste.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Dar acesta este un popor jefuit şi prădat; toţi sunt prinşi în găuri şi sunt ascunşi în casele închisorii, sunt ca pradă şi nimeni nu [îi] eliberează; [sunt] jefuiţi şi nimeni nu spune: Restauraţi.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Cine dintre voi va pleca urechea la aceasta? Cine va da ascultare şi va auzi pentru timpul ce va veni?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Cine a dat pe Iacob ca jefuire şi pe Israel tâlharilor? Nu DOMNUL, acela împotriva căruia noi am păcătuit? Fiindcă refuză să umble în căile lui şi nu au ascultat de legea lui.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 De aceea el a turnat asupra lui furia mâniei sale şi tăria bătăliei şi i-a dat foc de jur împrejur, totuşi el nu şi-a dat seama; şi l-a ars, totuşi nu a pus la inimă.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
