Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 52
The Call to Honor
| 1 ἐξεγείρου ἐξεγείρου, Σιών, ἔνδυσαι τὴν ἰσχύν σου, Σιών, καὶ ἔνδυσαι τὴν δόξαν, σου Ἱερουσαλὴμ πόλις ἡ ἁγία· οὐκέτι προστεθήσεται διελθεῖν διὰ σου ἀπερίτμητος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος. 2 ἐκτίναξαι τὸν χοῦν καὶ ἀνάστηθι κάθισον, Ἱερουσαλήμ· ἔκδυσαι τὸν δεσμὸν τοῦ τραχήλου σου, ἡ αἰχμάλωτος θυγάτηρ Σιών. | 1 Awake, awake, Zion! Put on your strength, O Zion, and put on your glory, Jerusalem, the holy city; no longer shall the uncircumcised and the unclean pass through you. 2 Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem! Strip off the bond of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. |
Redemption Without Price
| 3 ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος δωρεὰν ἐπράθητε καὶ οὐ μετὰ ἀργυρίου λυτρωθήσεσθε. 4 οὕτως λέγει κύριος εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατέβη ὁ λαός μου τὸ πρότερον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, καὶ εἰς Ἀσσυρίους βίᾳ ἤχθησαν· 5 καὶ νῦν τί ὧδέ ἐστε; τάδε λέγει κύριος. ὅτι ἐλήμφθη ὁ λαός μου δωρεάν, θαυμάζετε καὶ ὀλολύζετε· τάδε λέγει κύριος. δι' ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς1 τὸ ὄνομά μου βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. 6 διὰ τοῦτο γνώσεται ὁ λαός μου τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτὸς ὁ λαλῶν· πάρειμι | 3 For thus says the Lord: "You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed not with silver." 4 Thus says the Lord: "My people went down to Egypt at the first to sojourn there, and they were led away to the Assyrians by force. 5 And now, why are you here?" Thus says the Lord: "Because My people were taken for nothing, marvel and wail!" Thus says the Lord: "Because of you, My name is continually blasphemed among the nations. 6 Because of this, My people shall know My name in that day, because I am He who speaks; I am present—" |
The Messenger of Peace
| 7 ὡς ὥρα ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων, ὡς πόδες εὐαγγελιζομένου ἀκοὴν εἰρήνης, ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἀγαθά, ὅτι ἀκουστὴν ποιήσω τὴν σωτηρίαν σου λέγων Σιὼν βασιλεύσει σου ὁ θεός· 8 ὅτι φωνὴ τῶν φυλασσόντων σὲ ὑψώθη, καὶ τῇ φωνῇ ἅμα εὐφρανθήσονται· ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ πρὸς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὄψονται, ἡνίκα ἄν ἐλεήσῃ κύριος τὴν Σιών. 9 ῥηξάτω εὐφροσύνην ἅμα τὰ ἔρημα Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὅτι ἠλέησεν κύριος αὐτὴν καὶ ἐρρύσατο Ἱερουσαλήμ. 10 καὶ ἀποκαλύψει κύριος τὸν βραχίονα αὐτοῦ τὸν ἅγιον ἐνώπιον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ὄψονται πάντα τὰ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς τὴν σωτηρίαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ. | 7 "—as beauty upon the mountains, like the feet of one bringing good news of a report of peace, like one bringing good news of good things; for I will make your salvation heard, saying to Zion: 'Your God shall reign!'" 8 For the voice of those guarding you was lifted up, and with the voice they shall rejoice together; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord has mercy on Zion. 9 Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth into joy together, because the Lord has shown her mercy and has rescued Jerusalem. 10 And the Lord will uncover His holy arm before all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from God. |
The New Exodus
| 11 ἀπόστητε ἀπόστητε ἐξέλθατε ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε, ἐξέλθατε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῆς ἀφορίσθητε, οἱ φέροντες τὰ σκεύη κυρίου· 12 ὅτι οὐ μετὰ ταραχῆς ἐξελεύσεσθε οὐδὲ φυγῇ πορεύσεσθε, πορεύσεται γὰρ πρότερος ὑμῶν κύριος καὶ ὁ ἐπισυνάγων ὑμᾶς κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ. | 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, and touch nothing unclean! Go out from the midst of her; be separated, you who carry the vessels of the Lord! 12 For you shall not go out with turmoil, nor shall you travel by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and the Lord, the God of Israel, is the one gathering you together. |
The Exalted and Marred Servant
| 13 ἰδοὺ συνήσει ὁ παῖς μου καὶ ὑψωθήσεται καὶ δοξασθήσεται σφόδρα. 14 ὃν τρόπον ἐκστήσονται ἐπὶ σὲ πολλοί οὕτως ἀδοξήσει ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων τὸ εἶδός σου καὶ ἡ δόξα σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, 15 οὕτως θαυμάσονται ἔθνη πολλὰ ἐπ' αὐτῷ, καὶ συνέξουσιν βασιλεῖς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν· ὅτι οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν, συνήσουσιν. | 13 Behold, My servant shall understand, and he shall be exalted and glorified exceedingly. 14 Just as many shall be astonished at you—so shall your appearance be without glory among men, and your glory [diminished] from among humans— 15 so shall many nations marvel at him, and kings shall shut their mouths; because those to whom it was not announced concerning him shall see, and those who have not heard shall understand. |