Isaia 43
1 Dar acum, astfel spune DOMNUL care te-a creat, Iacobe, şi cel care te-a format, Israele: Nu te teme, fiindcă te-am răscumpărat, te-am chemat pe nume, eşti al meu.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Când vei trece prin ape, eu voi fi cu tine, şi prin râuri, ele nu te vor inunda; când vei umbla prin foc, nu vei fi ars; nici flacăra nu se va aprinde pe tine.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Fiindcă eu sunt DOMNUL Dumnezeul tău, Cel Sfânt al lui Israel, Salvatorul tău; am dat Egiptul ca răscumpărare a ta, Etiopia şi Seba pentru tine.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Căci ai fost preţios înaintea ochilor mei, ai fost demn de cinste şi te-am iubit, de aceea voi da oameni pentru tine şi popoare pentru viaţa ta.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Nu te teme, căci eu sunt cu tine: Voi aduce sămânţa ta din est şi te voi aduna din vest;
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Voi spune nordului: Renunţă; şi sudului: Nu reţine; adu pe fiii mei de departe şi pe fiicele mele de la marginile pământului;
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 Pe fiecare ce este chemat cu numele meu, fiindcă l-am creat pentru gloria mea, l-am format; da, eu l-am făcut.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Aduceţi poporul orb care are ochi şi pe surzii care au urechi.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Să se strângă toate naţiunile şi să se adune toate popoarele, cine dintre ei poate vesti aceasta şi să ne arate lucrurile din urmă? Să îşi aducă martorii lor, ca să fie declaraţi drepţi, sau să audă şi să spună: Este Adevăr.
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Voi sunteţi martorii mei, spune DOMNUL, şi servitorul meu pe care l-am ales, ca să mă cunoaşteţi şi să mă credeţi şi să înţelegeţi că eu sunt el: Înaintea mea nu a fost format niciun Dumnezeu, nici nu va fi după mine.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Eu, chiar eu, sunt DOMNUL; şi în afară de mine nu este salvator.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 Am vestit şi am salvat şi am arătat, când nu era dumnezeu străin printre voi, de aceea voi sunteţi martorii mei, spune DOMNUL, că eu sunt Dumnezeu.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 Da, înainte ca ziua să fie, eu sunt el; şi nu este nimeni care să scape din mâna mea, voi face [lucrare] şi cine i se va împotrivi?
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Astfel spune DOMNUL, răscumpărătorul tău, Cel Sfânt al lui Israel: De dragul vostru am trimis în Babilon şi am doborât pe toţi nobilii lor şi pe caldeeni, al căror strigăt este în corăbii.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Eu sunt DOMNUL, Cel Sfânt al vostru, creatorul lui Israel, Împăratul vostru.
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Astfel spune DOMNUL, care face o cale prin mare şi o cărare în apele puternice;
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 Care aduce carul şi calul, armata şi puterea; se vor culca împreună şi nu se vor [mai] ridica, au dispărut de tot, sunt stinşi precum câlţii.
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 Nu vă amintiţi lucrurile dinainte, nici nu luaţi aminte la lucrurile din vechime.
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Iată, voi face un lucru nou; acum se va ivi; să nu cunoaşteţi voi aceasta? Voi face o cale în pustiu [şi] râuri în locul secetos.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Fiara câmpului mă va onora, dragonii şi bufniţele, pentru că eu dau ape în pustiu [şi] râuri în deşert, pentru a da de băut poporului meu, alesul meu.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Pe acest popor l-am format pentru mine; vor arăta lauda mea.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Dar tu nu m-ai chemat, Iacobe, ci te-ai obosit de mine, Israele.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Nu mi-ai adus viţeii ofrandei tale arse, nici nu m-ai onorat cu sacrificiile tale. Nu te-am făcut să serveşti cu o ofrandă, nici nu te-am obosit cu tămâie.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Nu mi-ai cumpărat cu bani trestie dulce de zahăr, nici nu m-ai umplut cu grăsimea sacrificiilor tale, ci m-ai făcut să servesc cu păcatele tale, m-ai obosit cu nelegiuirile tale.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Eu, chiar eu, sunt cel care am şters fărădelegile tale de dragul meu şi nu îmi voi aminti păcatele tale.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Adu-mi aminte, să pledăm împreună; vesteşte, ca să poţi fi declarat drept.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Tatăl tău dintâi a păcătuit şi învăţătorii tăi au încălcat legea împotriva mea.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 De aceea am spurcat pe prinţii sanctuarului şi l-am dat pe Iacob blestemului şi pe Israel ocărilor.
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
