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The Redeemer of Israel
1But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, ⚓for I have redeemed you;
⚓I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
2⚓When you pass through the waters, ⚓I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you ⚓walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
3For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
⚓I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have ⚓loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
5⚓Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And ⚓gather you from the west;
6I will say to the ⚓north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
7Everyone who is ⚓called by My name,
Whom ⚓I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
8⚓Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the ⚓deaf who have ears.
9Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
⚓Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
10“You⚓are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
⚓“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and ⚓believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
11I, even I, ⚓am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
12I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no ⚓foreign god among you;
⚓Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
13⚓Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will ⚓reverse it?”
14Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
15I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your ⚓King.”
16Thus says the Lord, who ⚓makes a way in the sea
And a ⚓path through the mighty waters,
17Who ⚓brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
18“Do⚓ not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19Behold, I will do a ⚓new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
⚓I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
20The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because ⚓I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
21⚓This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My ⚓praise.
Pleading with Unfaithful Israel
22“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
And you ⚓have been weary of Me, O Israel.
23⚓You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
24You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have ⚓wearied Me with your iniquities.
25“I, even I, am He who ⚓blots out your transgressions ⚓for My own sake;
⚓And I will not remember your sins.
26Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be acquitted.
27Your first father sinned,
And your mediators have transgressed against Me.
28Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
⚓I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.
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Vajtswv yog tus uas txhiv
1Yakhauj 'e, nimno Yawmsaub uas tsim koj,
Yixayee 'e, tus uas puab koj, hais li no tias,
“Tsis txhob ntshai,
rau qhov kuv twb txhiv koj lawm.
Kuv hu koj raws li koj lub npe.
Koj yog kuv tug.
2Thaum koj hla dej kuv yuav nrog nraim koj,
thaum koj hla tus niag dej,
dej yuav tsis nyab koj,
thaum koj hla hluavtaws,
koj yuav tsis kub hnyiab,
thiab nplaim taws yuav tsis kub koj.
3Vim kuv yog Yawmsaub, yog koj tus Vajtswv,
kuv yog tus Dawb Huv hauv cov Yixayee
thiab yog koj tus cawmseej.
Kuv muab Iyi ua cov nqe txhiv koj
thiab muab Khuj thiab Xenpa pauv koj.
4Vim kuv qhov muag saib koj tsim txiaj
thiab vim koj muaj koob meej
thiab kuv hlub koj,
kuv thiaj muab neeg pauv koj,
thiab muab tej haiv neeg pauv koj txojsia.
5Tsis txhob ntshai, vim kuv nrog nraim koj,
kuv yuav coj koj tej tub ki
tawm sab hnub tuaj los
thiab yuav qaws koj
tawm sab hnub poob los.
6Kuv yuav hais rau sab ped tias,
‘Cia li tso lawv,’
thiab hais rau sab nrad tias,
‘Tsis txhob tav lawv.’
Cia li coj kuv cov tub tawm deb deb li los,
thiab coj kuv cov ntxhais
tawm qab ntuj kawg los,
7yog txhua tus uas raug hu raws li kuv lub npe,
yog cov uas kuv tsim rau kuv tau koob meej,
yog cov uas kuv tau puab thiab tsim cia.”
8Cia li coj cov uas muaj qhov muag
los tsis pom kev,
cov uas muaj qhov ntsej
los tsis hnov lus tawm los.
9Cia ib tsoom tebchaws sawvdaws
sau zog tuaj ua ke,
thiab cia ib tsoom neeg tuaj txoos ua ke.
Hauv nruab nrab lawv muaj leejtwg tau qhia
tej no thiab piav tej uas dhau los lawd
rau peb mloog?
Cia lawv coj lawv tej timkhawv tuaj nres lawv,
thiab cia luag tau hnov thiab hais tias,
“Muaj tseeb tiag.”
10Yawmsaub hais tias, “Nej ua kuv li timkhawv,
thiab ua kuv tus tub qhe
uas kuv xaiv cia lawd,
kom nej thiaj li paub thiab ntseeg kuv,
thiab nkag siab tias,
kuv yog tus ntawd ntag.
Ua kuv ntej tsis muaj ib tug timtswv twg
uas yog muab txua tshwm los,
thiab ua kuv qab kuj yuav tsis muaj li.
11Kuv mas kuv thiaj yog Yawmsaub,
dhau kuv lawm tsis muaj
dua ib tug cawmseej.
12Kuv yog tus qhia nej paub,
cawm nej dim, piav nej mloog,
tsis muaj dua ib tug vajtswv twg
nyob hauv nej.
Thiab nej yog kuv li timkhawv.”
Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
13“Kuv yog Vajtswv, thiab txij no mus
kuv yeej yog tus Vajtswv ntawd,
tsis muaj ib tug twg tso dim tau
hauv kuv txhais tes.
Kuv ua yam haujlwm twg,
leejtwg yuav tav tau?”
14Yawmsaub, yog tus uas txhiv nej,
yog tus Dawb Huv hauv cov Yixayee
hais li no tias,
“Vim yog saib rau nej
kuv yuav xa tub rog mus rau Npanpiloo,
thiab coj cov Kheedia ntawd
caij lub nkoj uas lawv khav ntxhias
khiav tawm hauv lawv lub tebchaws.⚓
15Kuv yog Yawmsaub,
yog nej tus uas Dawb Huv,
yog tus uas tsim Yixayee,
thiab yog nej tus vajntxwv.”
16Yawmsaub uas tsim txojkev
rau hauv hiavtxwv,
thiab rhawv kev rau hauv
dej hiavtxwv uas tob kawg,
17yog tus uas coj cov tsheb ua rog
thiab tej nees, thiab pab tub rog
thiab cov tub rog siab loj siab tuab tawm los,
es lawv txawm pw tag sawv tsis taus los,
lawv ploj tag yam li tus teeb xeeb
uas muab tua kiag, nws hais li no tias,
18“Tsis txhob nco txog
tej uas dhau tag los lawd,
tsis txhob tshuaj saib tej qub thaum ub.
19Saib maj, kuv tabtom ua ib yam tshiab,
twb tshwm los lawm, nej tsis pom lov?
Kuv yuav rhawv ib txojkev
rau hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua,
thiab ua kom muaj tej hav dej
rau hauv ntuj nrag teb do.
20Tej tsiaj qus yuav hwm kuv,
tsis hais hma thiab noog ntxhuav,
vim kuv pub dej rau hauv
tebchaws moj sab qhua,
ua hav dej rau hauv ntuj nrag teb do,
yog pub dej rau haiv neeg
uas kuv xaiv cia lawm haus,
21yog haiv neeg uas kuv tsim los rau kuv,
xwv thiaj li qhia tej uas tsim nyog qhuas kuv.
22“Au Yakhauj 'e, txawm li ntawd
los koj tsis tau hu thov kuv,
au Yixayee 'e, koj tsis tau
txog siav rau kuv kiag li.⚓
23Koj tsis tau coj koj tej yaj tuaj
hlawv xyeem rau kuv,
koj tsis tau tua tsiaj xyeem hwm kuv.
Kuv tsis tau cia koj ris lub nra hnyav
uas xyeem qhov txhia chaw rau kuv,
thiab tsis tau cia koj khwv
txog qhov uas hlawv roj ntoos tsw qab.
24Koj tsis tau rho nyiaj
yuav tauj qaib qab zib rau kuv,
lossis muab tej roj hlawv xyeem
ua rau kuv txaus siab.
Tiamsis koj muab koj lub txim
ua lub nra hnyav rau kuv ris,
thiab koj ua rau kuv txog siav
txog koj tej kev txhaum.
25“Kuv mas kuv yog tus uas rhuav
koj tej kev fav xeeb vim yog saib rau kuv,
thiab kuv yuav tsis cim ntsoov
koj lub txim cia.
26Cia li hais koj tej keeb puam rau kuv mloog,
wb cia li sib cam.
Koj cia li hais tuaj xwv thiaj tshuaj tau tias
koj ua raug cai.
27Koj thawj leej txiv thaum ub
yeejlos ua txhaum muaj txim,
thiab cov uas pab koj hais plaub
kuj fav xeeb rau kuv.
28Yog li no kuv thiaj muab cov thawj
hauv lub chaw pe kuv rhuav ntsej muag,
kuv muab Yakhauj cais
kom raug kev puam tsuaj tag,
thiab muab Yixayee cob rau luag thuam.”