1Vajtswv hais tias, “Tej tebchaws uas nyob deb, nej cia li mloog kuv hais thiab nyob twjywm! Nej cia li npaj mus hais plaub hauv tsev tu plaub; nej yuav muaj sijhawm hais nej zaj. Cia peb ua ke mus txiav txim saib leejtwg yog tus muaj cai.
2“Leejtwg mus zes tus uas muaj yeej tim sab hnubtuaj tuaj, thiab cia nws kovyeej txhua qhov txhia chaw uas nws mus lawm? Leejtwg cia nws tua yeej txhua tus vajntxwv thiab txhua haivneeg? Nws rab ntaj tua lawv ntog pawglug ib yam li lawv yog tej hmoov av xwb. Nws rab hneevnti tua lawv tawg khiav ri niab ib yam li cua ntsawj tej quavnyab npleg ya. 3Nws caum lawv qab thiab khiav huas lawv ntej mus tsis raug xwmtxheej dabtsi; nws khiav ceev heev kotaw yuav luag tsis chwv av. 4Leejtwg yog tus ua kom muaj tej xwm no tshwmsim tuaj? Leejtwg yog tus uas teev caij nyoog keebkwm thaum ub los? Kuv yog tus TSWV uas nyob thaum chivkeeb, thiab kuv yog tus uas yuav nyob thaum kawg.
5“Cov neeg uas nyob tej tebchaws deb pom tej haujlwm uas kuv ua tas los lawm, lawv ntshai tshee hnyo. Yog li ntawd, lawv thiaj sib sau tuaj ua ke. 6Txhua tus nyias pab nyias tej kwvtij zejzog thiab hais rau lawv tej kwvtij hais tias, ‘Ua siab loj tsis txhob ntshai.’ 7Tus kws txua ntoo txhawb tus kws nchuav kub zog hais tias, ‘Zoo kawg li!’ Tus uas muab rauj ntaus tej mlom kom du ntaug lees txhawb tus uas muab ntsia los ntsia lub zog. Lawv hais tias, ‘Ham tau zoo kawg li’, thiab lawv muab ntsia hlau ntsia tus mlom ntawd rau ntawm nws qhov chaw.
8“Tiamsis nej cov Yixalayees uas yog kuv cov tubtxib, Yakhauj tus uas kuv tau xaiv tseg, thiab yog kuv tus phoojywg Anplahas cov xeebntxwv; 9nej yog cov uas kuv tau coj puag tim qab ntuj kawg rov los thiab hu nej puag tim plaub ceg kaum ntuj uas deb kawg nkaus los. Kuv hais rau nej hais tias, ‘Nej yog kuv cov tubtxib,’ kuv twb xaiv nej cia lawm thiab kuv tsis tso nej tseg ib zaug li; 10nej tsis txhob ntshai, rau qhov kuv nrog nraim nej, kuv yog nej tus Vajtswv, nej tsis txhob poob siab; Kuv yuav pab nej thiab txhawb kom nej muaj zog, kuv sab tes xis yuav puag rawv nej.
11“Cov neeg uas chim rau nej, lawv yuav swb thiab raug txajmuag; cov neeg uas tawmtsam nej, lawv yuav puastsuaj thiab tuag tas. 12Nej mus nrhiav cov neeg uas tawmtsam nej, tiamsis nej tsis ntsib lawv; cov neeg uas ua rog rau nej, lawv yuav puastsuaj thiab tuag tas. 13Kuv yog tus TSWV, nej tus Vajtswv; kuv yeej tuav rawv nej sab tes xis, thiab kuv hais rau nej hais tias, ‘Tsis txhob ntshai kuv yuav pab nej!’ ”
14Tus TSWV hais tias, “Cov Yixalayees uas yog Yakhauj cov xeebntxwv! Kuv yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas dawbhuv, kuv yuav pab nej thiab txhiv kom nej dim. 15Kuv yuav ua kom nej zoo ib yam li lub tshuab zom nplej uas hniav tshiab thiab ntse zuag plias. Nej yuav ntaus tej hauv roob thiab muab tsoo kom tawg ntsoog ntxaws, thiab nej yuav muab tej ncov roob tsoo kom ua hmoov tas. 16Nej yuav tsuab lawv w rau saum nruab ntug, cua yuav muab lawv ntsawj ya mus povtseg, thiab cua daj cua dub yuav muab lawv ntsawj ya ri niab. Thiab nej yuav zoo siab heev, rau qhov kuv yog nej tus Vajtswv; nej yuav qhuas kuv uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas dawbhuv.
17“Thaum kuv haivneeg uas pluag thiab txomnyem tuaj nrhiav dej haus, thaum lawv nqhis dej qa qhuav qhawv lawm, kuv uas yog tus TSWV mam li teb lawv tej lus thov, kuv uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv tsis tso lawv tseg li. 18Kuv yuav ua kom muaj dej txhawv saum tej roob qhua thiab ua kom dej txhawv hauv tej hav. Kuv yuav ua rau tej tiaj suabpuam kom muaj pasdej txhua qhov. 19Kuv yuav ua kom ntoo thuv, ntoo akaxias, ntoo lwgzaj thiab ntoo ntseej, tuaj taus saum tej roob mojsab qhua uas qhuav nkig nkuav. Kuv yuav ua kom tiaj suabpuam ciaj zoov nujtxeeg, ntoo thuv, ntoo ciab thiab ntoo roj yuav tuaj ua ke. 20Cia neeg ntiajteb pom thiab paub hais tias kuv yog tus TSWV uas ua tej no. Lawv thiaj yuav paub hais tias haivneeg Yixalayees tus Vajtswv dawbhuv yog tus uas tsim tej no.”
Tus TSWV Thuam Tej Vajtswv Cuav
21Tus TSWV uas yog Yakhauj tus Vajtswv hais tias, “Cia li tuaj hais nej rooj plaub thiab coj nej lub tswvyim uas txawj sib cav tshaj plaws nrog nej tuaj ntawm no! 22Cia lawv coj lawv tej mlom tuaj, thiab kom tej mlom ntawd qhia rau peb saib yuav muaj dabtsi tshwmsim thiab. Qhia tej xwmtxheej puag thaum ub rau peb saib yog dabtsi, peb thiaj paub tej ntawd, thiab peb thiaj paub hais tias lawv tawm qhov twg los; lossis qhia tej yam uas yuav tshwmsim los yav tom ntej rau peb. 23Qhia kom peb paub saib yuav muaj dabtsi tshwmsim los yav tom ntej no kom peb thiaj paub hais tias nej yog vajtswv tiag! Ua tej yam zoo lossis tej yam phem kom peb ntshai thiab yoob tas saib! 24Nej tsis tseemceeb dabtsi, thiab tej uas nej ua los tsis muaj qabhau; cov neeg uas xaiv nej ua lawv tej vajtswv mas vuabtsuab kawg li.
25“Kuv twb xaiv ib tug neeg uas nyob sab Hnubtuaj tseg lawm, kuv yuav coj nws pem sab qaumteb tuaj tua nej. Nws yuav tsuj cov nomtswv ib yam li tsuj tej hmoov av, thiab zoo li tus puab laujkaub tsuj tej av nplaum. 26Leejtwg qhia zaj no thaum ub lawm peb thiaj paub lossis qhia ua ntej peb thiaj hais tau hais tias, ‘Nws hais yog lawm’? Nej tsis muaj ib tug twg hais txog zaj no, tsis muaj leejtwg hnov nej piav ib los hlo li. 27Kuv yog tus TSWV, kuv twb qhia tej xov zoo rau lub nroog Xi-oos lawm; Kuv txib ib tug xa xov mus qhia lub nroog Yeluxalees hais tias, ‘Koj cov pejxeem tabtom los lawm! Lawv tabtom los tsev!’ 28Thaum kuv ntsia cov mlom ntawd, lawv hais tsis tau lus; tsis muaj ib tug twg teb tau tej lus uas kuv nug hlo li. 29Tagnrho cov mlom no tsis muaj qabhau kiag li; lawv ua tsis tau ib yam dabtsi, cov mlom ntawd tsis muaj zog thiab tsis muaj hwjchim.”
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The Helper of Israel
1“Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment.
2“Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service⚓ ? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. 3He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before. 4Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.”
5The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward; 6they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!” 7The metalworker encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer spurs on the one who strikes the anvil. One says of the welding, “It is good.” The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.
8“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, 9I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. 10So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11“All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. 12Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. 13For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. 14Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 15“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. 16You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17“The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. 18I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. 19I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, 20so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King. 22“Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, 23tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear. 24But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.
25“I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes— one from the rising sun who calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay. 26Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you. 27I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’ I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news. 28I look but there is no one— no one among the gods to give counsel, no one to give answer when I ask them. 29See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.