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
And now, thus said YHWH, Your Creator, O Jacob, and your Fashioner, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called on your 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 pass into waters, I [am] with you, And into floods, they do not overflow you, When you go into fire, you are not burned, And a flame does not burn against you.
3 quia ego Dominus Deus tuus Sanctus Israhel salvator tuus dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum Aethiopiam et Saba pro te
For I—your God YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, I have appointed Egypt your atonement, Cush and Seba in your stead.
4 ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis et gloriosus ego dilexi te et dabo homines pro te et populos pro anima tua
Since you were precious in My eyes, You were honored, and I have loved you, And I appoint men in your stead, And peoples instead of your life.
5 noli timere quoniam tecum ego sum ab oriente adducam semen tuum et ab occidente congregabo te
Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, I bring in your seed from the east, And I gather you from the west.
6 dicam aquiloni da et austro noli prohibere adfer filios meos de longinquo et filias meas ab extremis terrae
I am saying to the north, “Give up,” And to the south, “Do not restrain.” Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.
7 et omnem qui invocat nomen meum in gloriam meam creavi eum et formavi eum et feci eum
Everyone who is called by My Name, Even for My glory I have created him, I have formed him, indeed, I have made him.
8 educ foras populum caecum et oculos habentem surdum et aures ei sunt
He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.
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
All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declares this, And causes us to hear former things? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, “Truth.”
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
You [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.
11 ego sum ego sum Dominus et non est absque me salvator
I [am] YHWH, And besides Me there is no savior.
12 ego adnuntiavi et salvavi auditum feci et non fuit in vobis alienus vos testes mei dicit Dominus et ego Deus
I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And you [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And I [am] God.
13 et ab initio ego ipse et non est qui de manu mea eruat operabor et quis avertet illud
Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who turns it back?
14 haec dicit Dominus redemptor vester Sanctus Israhel propter vos emisi Babylonem et detraxi vectes universos et Chaldeos in navibus suis gloriantes
Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I have sent to Babylon for your sake, And caused bars to descend—all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships.
15 ego Dominus Sanctus vester creans Israhel Rex vester
I [am] YHWH, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 haec dicit Dominus qui dedit in mari viam et in aquis torrentibus semitam
Thus said YHWH, Who is giving a way in the sea, And a path in the strong waters.
17 qui eduxit quadrigam et equum agmen et robustum simul obdormierunt nec resurgent contriti sunt quasi linum et extincti sunt
Who is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: “They lie down together—they do not rise, They have been extinguished, They have been quenched as flax.”
18 ne memineritis priorum et antiqua ne intueamini
Do not remember former things, And do not consider ancient things.
19 ecce ego facio nova et nunc orientur utique cognoscetis ea ponam in deserto viam et in invio flumina
Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs up, Do you not know it? Indeed, I put a way in a wilderness, In a desolate place—floods.
20 glorificabit me bestia agri dracones et strutiones quia dedi in deserto aquas flumina in invio ut darem potum populo meo electo meo
The beast of the field honors Me, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given waters in a wilderness, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people—My chosen.
21 populum istum formavi mihi laudem meam narrabit
I have formed this people for Myself, They recount My praise.
22 non me invocasti Iacob nec laborasti in me Israhel
And you have not called Me, O Jacob, For you have been wearied of Me, O 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 have not brought to Me, The lamb of your burnt-offerings, And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, I have not caused you to serve with a present, Nor wearied you with frankincense.
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 have not bought Me sweet cane with money, And have not filled Me [with] the fat of your sacrifices, Only—you have caused Me to serve with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 ego sum ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor
I [am] He who is blotting out Your transgressions for My own sake, And I do not remember your sins.
26 reduc me in memoriam et iudicemur simul narra si quid habes ut iustificeris
Cause Me to remember—we are judged together, Declare that you may be justified.
27 pater tuus primus peccavit et interpretes tui praevaricati sunt in me
Your first father sinned, And your interpreters transgressed against Me,
28 et contaminavi principes sanctos dedi ad internicionem Iacob et Israhel in blasphemiam
And I defile princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!
