Isaias
Septuaginta
Septuaginta. The Book of Isaiah According to the Septuagint (Codex Alexandrinus). Ottley, Richard, Rusden, editor. Cambridge: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904.
LII. 1 Awake, awake, Zion; put on thy strength, Zion, and put on ’glory, Jerusalem, holy city; no longer shall there pass through thee again (one) uncircumcised and unclean.
2 Shake off the dust, and arise; sit down, O Jerusalem, put off the bond from thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye were sold for nought, and not with money shall ye be ransomed.
4 Thus saith the Lord, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there, and by force were they led to the Assyrians.
5 And now, why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because my people were seized for nought, ye marvel and wail. Thus saith the Lord, Because of you my name is continually blasphemed among the nations.
6 Therefore my people shall learn my name in that day, that I am verily he that speaketh: I am here,
7 Like beauty upon the mountains, like the feet of one bringing glad tidings of news of peace, like one that bringeth glad tidings of good things; for I will make thy salvation heard, saying to Zion, God shall reign over thee.
8 For the voice of them that watch over thee is upraised, and with their voice shall they rejoice together: for eyes shall look - upon eyes, when the Lord hath mercy upon Zion.
9 Let the waste places of jerusalem break forth together in joy, for the Lord hath mercy upon her, and bath delivered Jerusalem.
10 And the Lord will make bare his holy arm before all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that cometh from God.
11 Depart, depart ye, go forth from thence, and touch not what is unclean; go forth from the midst of her, separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For not with confusion shall ye go forth, nor in flight shall ye go: for the Lord will go before in front of you, and the Lord, the God of Israel, is he that gathereth you together.
13 Behold, my servant shall understand, and shall be exalted, and be glorified exceedingly.
14 Like as many shall be amazed at thee,—so shall thy be despised from among men, and thy glory from among men.
15 So shall many nations marvel at him, and kings shall shut their mouth; for (they) to whom it was not declared shall see concerninglhim, and they who have not heard shall understand.
LIII. 1 Lord, who did believe our report? and the arm of the Lord, to whom was it revealed ?
2 We declared him as a child before him, as (is) a root in a thirsty land; he hath no form nor glory. And we saw him, and he had no form nor comeliness,
3 But his form was unhonoured, and failing among all men; a man under a stroke, and one that knew how to bear sickness; for his face is turned away, he was dishonoured and not esteemed.
4 This is he that beareth our sins, and sorroweth for us; and we esteemed him to be in trouble, and under a stroke, and calamity.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, and was sick because of our sins; the discipline of our peace was upon him; with his stripe we were healed.
6 All we like sheep-did go astray, each strayed by his own way; and the Lord gave him over to our sins.
7 And be, for that he hath been evil ’eated, openeth not his mouth; he was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb dumb before the shearer, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 In humiliation his judgment was taken away; who shall describe ’ generation? for his life is removed from the earth; from the transgressions of my people was he led to death.
9 And I give the wicked instead of his burial, and the rich instead of his death; because he committed no transgression, neither was guile found in his mouth.
10 And the Lord desireth cleanse him from his plague: if ye offer for sin, your soul shall see a long lived seed: and the Lord desireth to take (him) away .from the trouble of his soul,
11 To show to him alight, and to form him with understanding to justify a just one that serveth many aright, and their sins shall he himself bear.
12 Therefore he shall make many to inherit, and the spoils of the mighty shall he divide; because his soul was given over unto death; and he was reckoned among the transgressors; and himself bare the sins of many, and was given over because of their sins.
LIV. 1 Rejoice, barren one that bearest not, break forth and cry aloud, thou that travailest not; for many are the of the desolate, rather than of her that hath her husband; for the Lord hath spolten it.
2 Widen the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains; make fast, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes :
3 Spread it out yet to the right hand and to the left; and thy seed shall inherit nations, and thou shalt people cities that have been desolate.
4 Fear not, because thou wast put to shame; and turn not back, because thou wast reproached; for thou shalt forget thy perpetual shame, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou not remember.
5 For thy Maker is the Lord, the Lord of Hosts is his name; - and he that delivereth thee is the very God of Israel, he shall be called (so) in all the earth.
6 Not as a woman forsaken <and faint of heart> Lord called thee, nor as a woman hated from her youth, saith thy God.
7 For a little while I forsook thee, and with great mercy will I have mercy on thee.
8 In a little wrath I turned my face away from thee, and in everlasting mercy have I had mercy ’on thee: saith the Lord thy deliverer.
9 From the water that was in the time of Noah this is mine, as I sware to him at that time, that I would no more be wroth with the earth because of thee, nor for a threatening of thee remove the mountains:
10 Nor shall thy hills be shaken from their place: so neither shall the mercy that cometh from me upon thee fail, nor the covenant of thy peace be removed ; for he said, TheLord is gracious to thee.
11 Humbled and unstable, thou wast not comforted; behold, I prepare for thee carbuncle for thy stone, and sapphire for thy foundations.
12 And I will make thy battlements of jasper, and thy gates of crystal stones, and thy circuit of chosen stones.
13 And (I will make) all thy sons instructed of the Lord, and thy children (to be) in great peace.
14 (And in righteousness shalt thou be builded; refrain from wrong, and thou shalt not be afraid, and trembling shall not come nigh thee
15 Behold, strangers shall approach unto thee through me, and they shall dwell by thee, and flee for refuge to thee.
16 Behold, I create thee, not as doth a smith that bloweth the coals, and bringeth forth an instrument for-a work: but I have I created thee not for destruction, to waste thee.
17 Every instrument is corruptible, but against thee I will not approve it; and every voice that shall stand up against thee for judgment, all them shalt thou vanquish, and they that are subject ’to thee shall be therein. There is an inheritance for them that attend on the Lord, and ye shall be righteous in my sight, saith the Lord.
LV. 1 Ye that thirst, come to (the) water, and all ye that have no money, come and buy, and drink, without money and price, of the wine, and the fat.
2 Wherefore do ye value (them) for money, and your labour, not for satisfying? and ye shall eat good things, and your soul shall delight itself in good things.
3 Attend with your ears, and follow ye my paths; hearken to me, and your soul shall live amid good things; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the holy things of David that are sure.
4 Behold, I have given him for a testimony among nations, - a ruler and commander over nations.
5 Nations which knew not thee shall call upon thee; and peoples which understand not thee shall flee unto thee, for thy ’s sake, the Holy One of Israel; for he glorifieth thee.
6 Seek ye God, and as ye find him, call upon him ; and when soever he draweth near unto thee,
7 Let the wicked forsake his ways, and the man that transgresseth his counsels; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; for far away will he dismiss your sins.
8 For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.
9 But, as the heaven is far from the earth, so is my way far - from your ways, and your thoughts from my thought.
10 For as rain cometh down, or snow from heaven, and will not return, until it have watered the earth, and she, bring forth and blossom, and shall give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
11 So shall be my word, whatsoever goeth forth from my mouth; it shall not return until all that I willed be fulfilled and I prosper thy ways and my commandments.
12 For ye shall go forth in joy, and in delight shall ye be taught; for the mountains and the hills shall leap forth, welcoming ’ you in delight, and all the trees of the field shall clash their branches,
13 And instead of the broom shall come up the cypress, and instead of the fleabane shall come up a myrtle-tree; and the Lord shall be for a name and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
LVI. Thus saith the Lord, Guard ye judgment, do righteousness; for my salvation is come near to appear, and my mercy to be revealed.
2 Happy is ’the man that doeth this, and the mortal that holdeth fast thereto, and guardeth the sabbaths, not to pollute them, and watcheth his hands, to do no wrong.
3 Let not the stranger, that cleaveth to the Lord, say, Then will the Lord separate me from his people; and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.
4 Thus saith the Loid to all the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose out what I desire, and hold fast to my covenant:
5 I will give to them in my house and within my wall ’ a notable place; (it is) better than sons and daughters; an everlasting name will I give to them, and it shall not fail;
6 And to all the strangers that cleave to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the, Lord, that they may be to him for bondmen and for bondwomen; and ’for) all them that. keep my sabbaths, not to pollute them, and hold fast to my covenant,
7 Ι will bring them in to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in the house of my prayer; their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar. For mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations,
8 Saith the Lord that gathereth together the dispersed of Israel, for I will gather unto him a gathering.
9 All ye wild beasts of the field, come hither and eat, all ye wild beasts of the forest.
10 See ye, that all are utterly blinded, they have not learnt ’ to have understanding; dumb dogs all, they will not be able to bark; dreaming on their couch, prone to slumber.
11 And the dogs are insatiate of heart, and ’know not satisfy- ing; and they are wicked, knowing no wisdom; all follow their own ways, each after the same manner.
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LVII. I See ye, how the righteous hath perished, and no man accepts it in his heart, and righteous men are taken away, and no man considereth; for from the face of wrong hath the righteous been taken away,
2. His burial shall be in peace, he is removed out of the midst;
3 But draw ye near hither, sons that are transgressors, ye seed of adulterers and a whore.
4 Wherein do ye take delight? and against whom open ye your mouth? and against whom do ye drop out your tongue? are ye not children of perdition, a transgressing seed?
5 Ye, that call upon your idols under leafy trees, that slay your children in the valleys amid ’rocksl
6 That is your portion, this is your lot: and for those thou didst pour out drink-offerings, and to those thou didst bring sacrifices: shall I not then be wroth for this?
7 Upon a mountain high and lofty, there was thy couch, and there broughtest thou up sacrifices
8 And behind the posts of thy door didst thou set thy memorials; thou thoughtest, that if thou shouldst revolt from me, thou wouldst gain advantage; thou lovedst them that lay with thee,
9 And didst multiply thine adultery with them, and madest many them that were far off from thee, and didst send envoys - beyond thy borders, and tumedst away, and wert abased even to hell.
10 By thy much journeyings ’thou wert wearied, and saidst not, I will cease; being strong in that thou didst thus; therefore thou besoughtest me not.
11 Of whom wast thou ware, and fearedst; and didst deceive me, and rememberedst me not, neither tookest me into thy thought? and I saw thee, and looked aside, and thou fearedst not me.
12 And I declare. my righteousness, and thy evil deeds; which shall not profit thee.
13 When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thy affliction for a wind shall take all these, and a tempest shall hear them away. But they that hold fast to me shall possess the earth, ἢ and shall inherit my holy mountain,
14 And they shall say, Cleanse the paths before his face; remove stumbling blocks from the way of my people.
15 Thus saith the Lord, the highest among the high, that inhabiteth eternity, Holy among the holy is his name, the Lord, the highest, resting among the holy, and giving patience to the faint hearted, and giving life to them whose hearts are crushed:
16 And not for ever will I punish you, nor ’I alway be angry with you 3 for a spirit shall go forth from me, and I have made every breath.
17 For sin I troubled him a little while, and I smote him, and turned my face from him; and he was troubled, and went gloomily in his ways.
18 I have seen his ways, and I healed him, and comforted him, and gave him true comfort,
19 Peace upon peace to them that are far off, and them that are near; and the Lord said, I will heal them:
20 But so the unrighteous shall be tossed as waves, and shall not be able to rest.
21 There is no rejoicing, saith the Lord God, for the wicked.