Isaiæ 43

1 et nunc haec dicit Dominus creans te Iacob et formans te Israhel noli timere quia redemi te et vocavi nomine tuo meus es tu

But now this is what the Lord says to Jacob, the one who created you; to Israel, the one who formed you: “Don't be afraid! I have saved you! I have called you by name; you are mine!

2 cum transieris per aquas tecum ero et flumina non operient te cum ambulaveris in igne non conbureris et flamma non ardebit in te

When you walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.

3 quia ego Dominus Deus tuus Sanctus Israhel salvator tuus dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum Aethiopiam et Saba pro te

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for your freedom; I traded Ethiopia and Seba for you.

4 ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis et gloriosus ego dilexi te et dabo homines pro te et populos pro anima tua

Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.

5 noli timere quoniam tecum ego sum ab oriente adducam semen tuum et ab occidente congregabo te

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! I will bring you and your children from the east and the west, and gather you together.

6 dicam aquiloni da et austro noli prohibere adfer filios meos de longinquo et filias meas ab extremis terrae

I will tell the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and the south, ‘Don't stop them!’ Bring my sons back from far away and my daughters from distant lands.

7 et omnem qui invocat nomen meum in gloriam meam creavi eum et formavi eum et feci eum

Bring back everyone who bears my name, those I created for my honor, those I formed and made.

8 educ foras populum caecum et oculos habentem surdum et aures ei sunt

Bring back those who have eyes but are blind, those who have ears but are deaf.

9 omnes gentes congregatae sunt simul et collectae sunt tribus quis in vobis adnuntiet istud et quae prima sunt audire nos faciat dent testes eorum et iustificentur et audiant et dicant vere

Have all the nations gather together! Have all the peoples assemble! Who among them could have said this, and predict what was going to happen? Have them bring their witnesses to prove that they're right. Then have them listen, and say, ‘It's true!’

10 vos testes mei dicit Dominus et servus meus quem elegi ut sciatis et credatis mihi et intellegatis quia ego ipse sum ante me non est formatus deus et post me non erit

However, you are my witnesses, the Lord declares, and my chosen servant, so that you can think about it, and believe me and understand that I am God. No god preceded me, and none will come after me.

11 ego sum ego sum Dominus et non est absque me salvator

I, yes I am the Lord, and there is no Savior apart from me.

12 ego adnuntiavi et salvavi auditum feci et non fuit in vobis alienus vos testes mei dicit Dominus et ego Deus

I predicted what was going to happen, then I saved you, then I announced it—there was no foreign god among you that did this. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares the Lord.

13 et ab initio ego ipse et non est qui de manu mea eruat operabor et quis avertet illud

I am God from the beginning. No one can snatch anybody from my hand. No one can reverse what I do.

14 haec dicit Dominus redemptor vester Sanctus Israhel propter vos emisi Babylonem et detraxi vectes universos et Chaldeos in navibus suis gloriantes

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send attackers against Babylon and bring them down. All the Babylonians will be like fugitives, escaping in the ships they're so proud of.

15 ego Dominus Sanctus vester creans Israhel Rex vester

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.

16 haec dicit Dominus qui dedit in mari viam et in aquis torrentibus semitam

This is what the Lord says, the one who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters;

17 qui eduxit quadrigam et equum agmen et robustum simul obdormierunt nec resurgent contriti sunt quasi linum et extincti sunt

the one who brought out a great army with it horses and chariots and lay them down, never to rise again, snuffed out like a burning wick.

18 ne memineritis priorum et antiqua ne intueamini

But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.

19 ecce ego facio nova et nunc orientur utique cognoscetis ea ponam in deserto viam et in invio flumina

Just look at something new I'm going to do now! In fact it's started already. Can't you see it? Yes, I'm making a way through the wilderness, rivers in the desert!

20 glorificabit me bestia agri dracones et strutiones quia dedi in deserto aquas flumina in invio ut darem potum populo meo electo meo

The wild animals will be grateful to me, the jackals and the owls, because I'm providing water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, so my people, my chosen people, can drink.

21 populum istum formavi mihi laudem meam narrabit

I made this people for myself so that through their praise for me they could make me known.

22 non me invocasti Iacob nec laborasti in me Israhel

But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel.

23 non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui et victimis tuis non glorificasti me non te servire feci in oblatione nec laborem tibi praebui in ture

You haven't brought me sheep for burnt offerings; you haven't honored me with your sacrifices. I haven't burdened you by asking for grain offerings; I haven't tired you out by demanding incense.

24 non emisti mihi argento calamum et adipe victimarum tuarum non inebriasti me verumtamen servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis praebuisti mihi laborem in iniquitatibus tuis

You haven't used your money to buy scented calamus; you have not pleased me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead you have burdened me with your sins, and tired me out with your guilt.

25 ego sum ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor

I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.

26 reduc me in memoriam et iudicemur simul narra si quid habes ut iustificeris

Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!

27 pater tuus primus peccavit et interpretes tui praevaricati sunt in me

Your very first father sinned, and your leaders rebelled against me.

28 et contaminavi principes sanctos dedi ad internicionem Iacob et Israhel in blasphemiam

So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”