Isaiah 44
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
1Νῦν δὲ ἄκουσον Ἰακὼβ ὁ παῖς μου, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ὃν ἐξελεξάμην.
2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
2Οὕτω λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας σε, καὶ ὁ πλάσας σε ἐκ κοιλίας, ἔτι βοηθηθήσῃ· μὴ φοβοῦ παῖς μου Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἠγαπημένος Ἰσραὴλ ὃν ἐξελεξάμην.
3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
3Ὅτι ἐγὼ δώσω ὕδωρ ἐν δίψει τοῖς πορευομένοις ἐν ἀνύδρῳ, ἐπιθήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ τὰς εὐλογίας μου ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα σου,
4They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
4καὶ ἀνατελοῦσιν ὡς ἀναμέσον ὕδατος χόρτος, καὶ ὡς ἰτέα ἐπὶ παραῤῥέον ὕδωρ.
5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
5Οὗτος ἐρεῖ, τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰμι, καὶ οὗτος βοήσεται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰακώβ· καὶ ἕτερος ἐπιγράψει χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰμι, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰσραὴλ βοήσεται.
6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
6Οὕτως λέγει ὁ Θεὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ῥυσάμενος αὐτὸν Θεὸς σαβαὼθ, ἐγὼ πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ ταῦτα· πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστι Θεός.
7Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
7Τίς ὥσπερ ἐγὼ; στήτω, καὶ καλεσάτω, καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω, καὶ ἑτοιμασάτω μοι ἀφʼ οὗ ἐποίησα ἄνθρωπον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τὰ ἐπερχόμενα πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἀναγγειλάτωσαν ὑμῖν.
8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
8Μὴ παρακαλύπτεσθε, μηδὲ πλανᾶσθε· οὐκ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἠνωτίσασθε, καὶ ἀπήγγειλα ὑμῖν; μάρτυρες ὑμεῖς ἐστε, εἰ ἕστι Θεὸς πλὴν ἐμοῦ.
9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
9Καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τότε οἱ πλάσσοντες· καὶ οἱ γλύφοντες, πάντες μάταιοι, ποιοῦντες τὰ καταθύμια αὐτῶν, ἃ οὐκ ὠφελήσει αὐτούς· ἀλλὰ αἰσχυνθήσονται
10Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
10οἱ πλάσσοντες θεὸν, καὶ γλύφοντες πάντες ἀνωφελῆ,
11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
11καὶ πάντες ὅθεν ἐγένοντο ἐξηράνθησαν· καὶ κωφοὶ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων συναχθήτωσαν πάντες, καὶ στησάτωσαν ἅμα· καὶ ἐντραπήτωσαν, καὶ αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ἅμα·
12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
12Ὅτι ὤξυνε τέκτων σίδηρον· σκεπάρνῳ εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ, καὶ ἐν τερέτρῳ ἔστησεν αὐτὸ, καὶ εἰργάσατο αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, καὶ πεινάσει, καὶ ἀσθενήσει, καὶ οὐ μὴ πίῃ ὕδωρ.
13The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
13Ἐκλεξάμενος τέκτων ξύλον, ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέτρῳ, καὶ ἐν κόλλῃ ἐῤῥύθμισεν αὐτὸ, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ ὡς μορφὴν ἀνδρὸς, καὶ ὡς ὡραιότητα ἀνθρώπου, στῆσαι αὐτὸ ἐν οἴκῳ.
14He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
14Ἔκοψε ξύλον ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, ὃ ἐφύτευσε Κύριος, πίτυν, καὶ ὑετὸς ἐμήκυνεν,
15It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
15ἵνα ᾖ ἀνθρώποις εἰς καῦσιν· καὶ λαβῶν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐθερμάνθη, καὶ καύσαντες ἔπεψαν ἄρτους ἐπʼ αὐτῶν· τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν εἰργάσαντο θεοὺς, καὶ προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτοῖς·
16He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
16Οὗ τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ κατέκαυσεν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμίσους αὐτοῦ ἔπεψεν ἐν τοῖς ἄνθραξιν ἄρτους, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ κρέας ὀπτήσας ἔφαγε, καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη, καὶ θερμανθεὶς εἶπεν, ἡδύ μοι, ὅτι ἐθερμάνθην, καὶ εἶδον πῦρ.
17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
17Τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐποίησεν εἰς θεὸν γλυπτὸν, καὶ προσκυνεῖ, καὶ προσεύχεται λέγων, ἐξελοῦ με, ὅτι θεός μου εἶ σύ.
18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
18Οὐκ ἔγνωσαν φρονῆσαι, ὅτι ἀπημαυρώθησαν τοῦ βλέπειν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῦ νοῆσαι τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν.
19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
19Καὶ οὐκ ἐλογίσατο τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἔγνω τῇ φρονήσει, ὅτι τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ κατέκαυσεν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ἔπεψεν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθράκων αὐτοῦ ἄρτους, καὶ ὀπτήσας κρέα ἔφαγε, καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς βδέλυγμα ἐποίησε, καὶ προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτῷ.
20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
20Γνῶθι ὅτι σποδὸς ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καὶ πλανῶνται, καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐξελέσθαι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ· ἴδετε, οὐκ ἐρεῖτε, ὅτι ψεῦδος ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ μου.
21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
21Μνήσθητι ταῦτα Ἰακὼβ καὶ Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι παῖς μου εἶ σὺ, ἔπλασά σε παῖδά μου, καὶ σὺ Ἰσραὴλ μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου μοῦ.
22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
22Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀπήλειψα ὡς νεφέλην τὰς ἀνομίας σου, καὶ ὡς γνόφον τὴν ἁμαρτίαν σου· ἐπιστράφηθι πρὸς μὲ, καὶ λυτρώσομαί σε.
23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
23Εὐφράνθητε οὐρανοὶ, ὅτι ἠλέησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἰσραήλ· σαλπίσατε τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς, βοήσατε ὄρη εὐφροσύνην, οἱ βουνοὶ καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐλυτρώσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ δοξασθήσεται.
24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
24Οὕτω λέγει Κύριος ὁ λυτρούμενός σε, καὶ πλάσσων σε ἐκ κοιλίας, ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ συντελῶν πάντα, ἐξέτεινα τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ ἐστερέωσα τὴν γῆν.
25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
25Τίς ἕτερος διασκεδάσει σημεῖα ἐγγαστριμύθων, καὶ μαντείας ἀπὸ καρδίας; ἀποστρέφων φρονίμους εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν μωραίνων,
26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
26καὶ ἱστῶν ῥὴμα παιδὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν βουλὴν τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ ἀληθεύων· ὁ λέγων τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, κατοικηθήσῃ, καὶ ταῖς πόλεσι τῆς Ἰδουμαίας, οἰκοδομηθήσεσθε, καὶ τὰ ἔρημα αὐτῆς ἀνατελεῖ·
27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
27Ὁ λέγων τῇ ἀβύσσῳ, ἐρημωθήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς ποταμούς σου ξηρανῶ·
28who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
28Ὁ λέγων Κύρῳ φρονεῖν, καὶ πάντα τὰ θελήματά μου ποιήσει· ὁ λέγων Ἱερουσαλὴμ, οἰκοδομηθήσῃ, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τὸν ἅγιόν μου θεμελιώσω.
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