Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 62
Zion's Glory and New Name
| 1 διὰ Σιὼν οὐ σιωπήσομαι καὶ διὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ οὐκ ἀνήσω, ἕως ἄν ἐξέλθῃ ὡς φῶς ἡ δικαιοσύνη μου, τὸ δὲ σωτήριον μου ὡς λαμπὰς καυθήσεται. 2 καὶ ὄψονται ἔθνη τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου καὶ βασιλεῖς τὴν δόξαν σου, καὶ καλέσει σὲ τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ καινόν, ὃ ὁ κύριος ὀνομάσει αὐτό. 3 καὶ ἔσῃ στέφανος κάλλους ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου καὶ διάδημα βασιλείας ἐν χειρὶ θεοῦ σου. 4 καὶ οὐκέτι κληθήσῃ καταλελειμμένη, καὶ ἡ γῆ σου οὐ κληθήσεται ἔρημος· σοί γὰρ κληθήσεται θέλημα ἐμόν, καὶ τῇ γῇ σου οἰκουμένη. | 1 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until My righteousness goes forth like light, and My salvation shall burn like a torch. 2 And nations shall see your righteousness, and kings your glory; and your new name shall call you, which the Lord Himself shall name. 3 And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4 And no longer shall you be called "Abandoned," and your land shall not be called "Desert"; for to you it shall be called "My Will [is in her]," and to your land, "Inhabited." |
The Marriage of the Land
| 5 καὶ ὡς συνοικῶν νεανίσκος παρθένῳ, οὕτως κατοικήσουσιν οἱ υἱοί σου· μετὰ σου καὶ ἔσται ὃν τρόπον εὐφρανθήσεται νυμφίος, ἐπὶ νύμφῃ οὕτως εὐφρανθήσεται κύριος ἐπὶ Σοὶ. | 5 And as a young man lives with a virgin, so shall your sons dwell with you; and in the way that a bridegroom shall rejoice over a bride, so shall the Lord rejoice over you. |
The Watchmen of Jerusalem
| 6 καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων σου, Ἱερουσαλήμ, κατέστησα φύλακας ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα, οἳ διὰ τέλους οὐ σιωπήσονται μιμνῃσκόμενοι κυρίου. 7 οὐκ ἔστιν γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅμοιος, ἐὰν διορθώσῃ καὶ ποιήσῃ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀγαυρίαμα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 8 ὤμοσεν κύριος κατὰ τῆς δεξιᾶς αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τῆς ἰσχύος τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ εἰ ἔτι δώσω τὸν σῖτόν σου καὶ τὰ βρώματά σου τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου, καὶ εἰ ἔτι πίονται υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι τὸν οἶνόν σου, ἐφ' ᾧ ἐμόχθησας· 9 ἀλλ' ἢ οἱ συνάγοντες φάγονται αὐτὰ καὶ αἰνέσουσιν κύριον, καὶ οἱ συνάγοντες πίονται αὐτὰ ἐν ταῖς ἐπαύλεσιν ταῖς ἁγίαις μου. | 6 And upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have stationed guards all day and all night, who through the end shall not be silent, reminding [themselves] of the Lord. 7 For there is no one like you, if He should set [you] right and make Jerusalem a boast upon the earth. 8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by the strength of His arm: "I will no longer give your grain and your food to your enemies, and no longer shall the sons of strangers drink your wine for which you labored; 9 but rather, those who gather them shall eat them and shall praise the Lord, and those who gather them shall drink them in My holy courts." |
Preparing the Way
| 10 πορεύεσθε διὰ τῶν πυλῶν μου καὶ ὁδοποιήσατε τῷ λαῷ μου καὶ τοὺς λίθους τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ διαρρίψατε· ἐξάρατε σύσσημον εἰς τὰ ἔθνη. 11 ἰδοὺ γὰρ κύριος ἐποίησεν ἀκουστὸν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς εἴπατε τῇ θυγατρὶ Σιὼν ἰδού σοί ὁ σωτὴρ παραγίνεται ἔχων τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μισθὸν καὶ τὸ ἔργον πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. 12 καὶ καλέσει αὐτὸν λαὸν ἅγιον λελυτρωμένον ὑπὸ κυρίου, σὺ δὲ κληθήσῃ ἐπιζητουμένη πόλις καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλελειμμένη. | 10 Pass through My gates and prepare the way for My people, and cast away the stones from the road; lift up a signal-flag for the nations. 11 For behold, the Lord has made it heard to the end of the earth: "Say to the daughter of Zion: Behold, your Savior comes to you, having His own reward and His work before His face." 12 And He shall call it a holy people, redeemed by the Lord; and you shall be called "Sought-after City" and "Not Abandoned." |