Isaia 53
1 Cine a crezut vestea noastră şi cui i s-a arătat braţul DOMNULUI?
Has anyone believed our news? Who has the Lord shown his power to?
2 Fiindcă el va creşte înaintea lui ca un lăstar şi ca o rădăcină dintr-un pământ uscat, nu va avea nici formă nici frumuseţe; şi când îl vom vedea, nu va avea frumuseţe ca să îl dorim.
Like a young shoot he grew up before him, like a root growing up from dry ground. He had no beauty or glory to make us look at him; nothing about his appearance attracted us to him.
3 El este dispreţuit şi respins de oameni; un om al întristărilor şi obişnuit cu mâhnirea, şi ne-am ascuns de el cum ne-am ascunde feţele, a fost dispreţuit şi noi nu l-am preţuit.
People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
4 Cu adevărat el a purtat mâhnirile noastre şi a luat asupra lui întristările noastre, totuşi l-am socotit bătut, lovit de Dumnezeu şi chinuit.
However, he was the one who carried our weaknesses, he was loaded down with our pain—but we assumed he was being hit, beaten, and humiliated by God.
5 Dar el a fost rănit pentru fărădelegile noastre, zdrobit pentru nelegiuirile noastre, pedeapsa păcii noastre a fost asupra lui; şi prin loviturile lui suntem vindecaţi.
But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.
6 Noi toţi ca oi am rătăcit; ne-am întors fiecare la propria cale; şi DOMNUL a aşezat pe el nelegiuirea noastră a tuturor.
All of us have wandered off, just like sheep. Each of us has gone our own way, and the Lord allowed all our guilt to fall on him.
7 A fost oprimat şi a fost chinuit, totuşi nu şi-a deschis gura, este adus ca un miel la măcel, ca o oaie mută înaintea tunzătorilor, astfel nu şi-a deschis gura.
He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn't say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn't say a word.
8 A fost luat de la închisoare şi de la judecată, şi cine va vesti generaţia lui? Fiindcă a fost stârpit din ţara celor vii, pentru fărădelegea poporului meu a fost el lovit.
Through force and a death sentence he was killed—who cared what happened to him? He was executed, removed from the land of the living; he was killed because of my people's wickedness.
9 Şi în moartea lui şi-a rânduit mormântul cu cei stricaţi şi cu cei bogaţi, pentru că nu făcuse nimic violent, nici nu era vreo înşelăciune în gura lui.
They buried him as if he was someone evil, giving him a grave among the rich, even though he hadn't done anything wrong, and he hadn't told any lies.
10 Totuşi DOMNULUI i-a plăcut să îl zdrobească; l-a supus suferinţei; când tu îi vei face sufletul o ofrandă pentru păcat, el va vedea sămânţa lui, îşi va prelungi zilele şi plăcerea DOMNULUI va prospera în mâna lui.
However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.
11 Va vedea din rodul ostenelii sufletului său şi va fi satisfăcut, prin cunoaşterea lui, servitorul meu cel drept va declara drepţi pe cei mulţi; şi el va lua asupra lui nelegiuirile lor.
After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.
12 De aceea îi voi da partea lui cu cei mari şi va împărţi prada cu cei puternici, pentru că şi-a turnat sufletul până la moarte şi a fost numărat cu călcătorii [de lege]; şi a purtat păcatul multora şi a mijlocit pentru călcătorii [de lege].
That's why I'm going to grant him a place among the great, and give him the prize of the victorious, because he poured out his life in death and was counted as one of the rebels. He took on himself the sins of many and asked forgiveness for the rebels.
