54

A Perpetual Covenant of Peace

¹“Sing, O ⚓barren,
You who have not borne!
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
You who have not labored with child!
For more are the children of the desolate
Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
²“Enlarge⚓ the place of your tent,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings;
Do not spare;
Lengthen your cords,
And strengthen your stakes.
³For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will ⚓inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
⁴“Do⚓ not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
⁵⚓For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called ⚓the God of the whole earth.
⁶For the Lord⚓has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
⁷“For⚓ a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies ⚓I will gather you.
⁸With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
⚓But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
⁹“For this is like the waters of ⚓Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with ⚓you, nor rebuke you.
¹⁰For ⚓the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
⚓But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
¹¹“O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with ⚓colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
¹²I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
¹³All your children shall be⚓taught by the Lord,
And ⚓great shall be the peace of your children.
¹⁴In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall ⚓fall for your sake.
¹⁶“Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy.
¹⁷No weapon formed against you shall ⚓prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
⚓And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.

54

Tus TSWV Hlub Cov Yixalayees

¹Yeluxalees, koj zoo li tus
pojniam uas muaj tsis taus menyuam,
tiamsis nimno koj yuav tau hu nkauj zoo siab.
Nimno koj yuav muaj menyuam coob tshaj tus pojniam
uas nws tus txiv nrog nraim nws nyob.
²Cia li ua koj lub tsevntaub kom
dav ntxiv,
txuas tej hlua tsevntaub kom ntev,
thiab txhos tej tswg kom khov!
³Koj yuav txav koj ciam dej ciam av
kom dav mus ntxiv;
koj tej pejxeem yuav rov los nyob hauv lawv tej qub teb
qub chaw uas nimno lwm haivneeg kav lawm.
Tej nroog uas nimno ua suabpuam tas lawm,
yuav rov muaj neeg nyob puv nkaus.

⁴Koj tsis txhob ntshai, koj yuav tsis
raug kev txajmuag lawm, koj yuav tsis swb leejtwg li.
Koj yuav tsis nco txog tej kev plees
kev yi uas koj ua thaum koj tseem hluas,
thiab tsis nco txog tej kev nyuaj siab
uas thaum koj ua pojntsuam lawm.
⁵Tus uas Tsim koj yuav zoo li koj
tus txiv,
nws lub npe hu ua tus TSWV tus uas
muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.
Cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv dawbhuv
uas pab kom koj dim,
yog tus kav tagnrho lub ntiajteb no
huv tibsi.

⁶Yixalayees, koj zoo li tus pojniam hluas
uas tus txiv muab tso tseg ua rau koj
nyuaj siab kawg li.
Tiamsis tus TSWV hu koj rov qab los cuag nws
thiab hais rau koj hais tias,
⁷“Kuv tso koj tseg ib nyuag ntu xwb,
vim kuv hlub koj heev, kuv yuav coj koj rov los.
⁸Vim kuv chim heev, kuv thiaj fee plhu rau koj ib ntus,
tiamsis kuv yuav rov hlub koj mus ibtxhis.”
Tus TSWV uas pab koj dim, yog tus hais tej lus no.

⁹“Thaum Nau-es tiam kuv tau coglus
cia yuav tsis pub dej nyab lub
ntiajteb ib zaug ntxiv lawm.
nimno kuv coglus yuav tsis chim rau
koj ib zaug ntxiv li lawm thiab;
kuv yuav tsis cem lossis rau txim rau koj li.
¹⁰Tej zaum cov hauv roob thiab pov roob yuav tawg mus,
tiamsis kuv txojkev uas hlub koj yuav tsis paub kawg li.
Kuv coglus tseg hais tias yuav muaj kev thajyeeb,
mas kuv yuav ua raws li kuv tej lus ntawd mus ibtxhis.”
Tus TSWV uas hlub koj yog tus uas hais tej lus no.

Lub Nroog Yeluxalees Tshiab

¹¹Tus TSWV hais tias,
“Yeluxalees, koj yog lub nroog uas
raug kev txomnyem lwj siab,
tsis muaj leejtwg pab thiab tsis muaj
leejtwg nplig koj siab li;
kuv yuav muab tej pobzeb muaj nqis los pua koj.
¹²Kuv yuav muab tej hlaws lunpis
puab ua koj tej chaw tsomfaj,
muab tej pobzeb uas ci li nplaim
taws los ua koj tej roojvag,
thiab muab tej hlaws muaj nqis ua
tus ntsayeej thaiv ibncig koj.

¹³“Kuv yuav qhia koj haivneeg thiab
yuav pub kev vammeej thiab kev thajyeeb rau lawv.
¹⁴Txojkev ncaj ncees yuav ua rau koj
nyob ruaj khov kho;
koj yuav tsis raug luag tsimtxom
thiab yuav tsis muaj kev txhawj kev ntshai.
¹⁵Yog leejtwg tawmtsam koj los tsis
yog kuv tso ncauj,
yog leejtwg ntaus koj, tus ntawd yuav swb koj.

¹⁶“Kuv yog tus tsim tus kws hlau,
nws thiaj teeb lwjhlaus ntaus cuabyeej ua rog.
Twb yog kuv tsim tus tubrog, nws
thiaj coj tej cuabyeej ntawd mus ua rog.
¹⁷Tsis muaj ib yam cuabyeej twg
uas yuav tawmtsam tau koj li,
koj yuav muaj lus teb cov neeg uas
nkaug koj.
Kuv yuav tiv thaiv kuv cov tubtxib
thiab pab kom lawv yeej.”

Tus TSWV yog tus uas hais tej lus no.