9
The Government of the Promised Son
1Nevertheless ⚓the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at ⚓first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And ⚓afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
2⚓The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
3You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice ⚓when they divide the spoil.
4For You have broken the yoke of his burden
And the staff of his shoulder,
The rod of his oppressor,
As in the day of ⚓Midian.
5For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle,
And garments rolled in blood,
⚓Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
6⚓For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a ⚓Son is given;
And ⚓the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
⚓Wonderful, Counselor, ⚓Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, ⚓Prince of Peace.
7Of the increase of His government and peace
⚓There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The ⚓zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
The Punishment of Samaria
8The Lord sent a word against ⚓Jacob,
And it has fallen on Israel.
9All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10“The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11Therefore the Lord shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,
12The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
13For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush ⚓in one day.
15The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16For ⚓the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
17Therefore the Lord ⚓will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks folly.
⚓For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
18For wickedness ⚓burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
⚓The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
⚓No man shall spare his brother.
20And he shall snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
⚓And not be satisfied;
⚓Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be⚓against Judah.
⚓For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
9
Tus vajntxwv uas yuav los kav
1Yuav tsis muaj kev tsaus ntuj rau tus uas txeev raug kev txom nyem lwj siab dua li lawm. Yav thaum ub Vajtswv ua rau Xenpuloo tebchaws thiab Nathali tebchaws raug luag saib tsis taus. Tiamsis yav tom qab nws yuav ua kom txojkev ntawm ntug hiavtxwv uas nyob sab dej Yaladee hnub poob tau koob meej, yog Kalilais uas lwm haiv neeg los nyob.
2Cov neeg uas taug txojkev tsaus ntuj
twb pom qhov kaj uas loj kawg lawm.
Cov uas nyob hauv txojkev tuag tus duab tsaus
txojkev kaj ci rau lawv lawm.
3Koj twb pub lub tebchaws nthuav dav
thiab tsav txojkev xyiv fab rau lawv lawm.
Lawv zoo siab xyiv fab rau ntawm koj xubntiag,
yam li xyiv fab rau thaum sau qoob loo,
thiab yam li xyiv fab rau thaum
muab tej uas txeeb tau los sib faib.
4Rab quab uas hnyav
thiab tus las ntawm xub pwg
thiab tus qws uas quab yuam lawv,
koj twb muab lov ib yam li hnub
uas ua rau cov Midee lawm.
5Txhua nkawm khau
uas tswm av ntseeg mus ua rog,
thiab txhua lub tsho uas raus hauv cov ntshav
yuav raug muab ua taws hlawv
hauv cub hluavtaws.
6Muaj ib tug menyuam yug los rau peb,
muaj ib tug tub pub rau peb.
Yuav muab qhov uas kav tebchaws
rau saum nws xubpwg,
thiab nws lub npe yuav hu tias
yog lub chaw sablaj uas phimhwj kawg,
yog Vajtswv uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg,
yog leej txiv uas nyob mus ib txhis,
yog vajntxwv leej tub uas coj kev thaj yeeb.
7Nws kev tswjhwm yuav dav zuj zus tuaj,
thiab txojkev thaj yeeb
yuav muaj tsis txawj kawg,
rau saum Davi lub zwm txwv
thiab saum nws lub tebchaws.
Nws yuav txiav txim ncaj thiab ua ncaj ncees
thiaj ua rau lub tebchaws nyob ruaj khov,
thiab tuav lub tebchaws
txij nimno mus ib txhis tsis kawg.
Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus
kub siab lug yuav ua tej haujlwm no kom tiav.
Yawmsaub chim rau cov Yixayee
8Tus Tswv xa xov mus tawm tsam Yakhauj,
thiab yuav mus raug Yixayee.
9Tej pejxeem sawvdaws yuav paub,
yog Efa‑i thiab cov neeg Xamali uas tsab ua loj
thiab lub siab khav theeb hais tias,
10“Tej thwv cib pob tag lawm,
tiamsis peb yuav siv tej txhib zeb uas txhwm
los ua dua tshiab.
Tej ntoo txiv cev raug muab ntov lawm,
tiamsis peb yuav muab ntoo ciab
cog rau hauv lub qub chaw.”
11Yawmsaub thiaj txhawb
Lexi cov tshawj chim tawm tsam lawv,
thiab tshum lawv cov yeeb ncuab.
12Cov Alas uas nyob sab hnub tuaj
thiab cov Filixatee uas nyob sab hnub poob
yuav rua ncauj nqos cov Yixayee.
Txawm li ntawd los nws txojkev chim
kuj tsis thim, thiab nws tseem tsa
nws txhais tes li qub.
13Cov pejxeem kuj tsis tig los
cuag tus uas nplawm lawv,
tsis nrhiav Yawmsaub
uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.
14Yawmsaub thiaj li txiav Yixayee
taubhau thiab kotw,
thiab tej nplooj kuj yem
thiab tej tauj deg rau tib hnub.
15Cov kev txwj laus thiab cov uas muaj meej
yog lub taubhau,
cov cuav xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus
uas qhia tsis tseeb yog kotw.
16Cov thawj uas coj cov neeg no
tau coj lawv yuam kev,
thiab cov uas lawv coj kuj raug muab nqos.
17Vim li ntawd Yawmsaub thiaj tsis zoo siab
rau lawv cov hluas,
thiab tsis khuvleej cov menyuam ntsuag
tsis muaj txiv thiab cov poj ntsuam,
rau qhov txhua tus tsis hwm Vajtswv
thiab ua phem thiab txhua lub qhov ncauj
hais tej lus tsis paub qabhau.
Txawm li ntawd los nws txojkev chim
kuj tsis thim, thiab nws tseem tsa
nws txhais tes li qub.
18Txojkev phem kub hnyiab
yam li hluavtaws kub,
mas kub kiag tej pos kaus ntsaj pos kaus ntsim,
zes taws rau tej hav zoov ntom,
mas hav zoov kub pa ncho
tej niag nthwv rau saud.
19Lub tebchaws raug muab hlawv
vim yog Yawmsaub uas muaj hwjchim
loj kawg txojkev npau taws.
Cov pejxeem zoo yam li
tej taws uas muab rauv,
tsis muaj ib tug twg
tseg nws cov kwvtij txojsia li.
20Lawv txeeb tau rau sab xis los tseem tshaib,
noj rau sab laug los kuj tsis tsau,
nyias taus nyias noj kwvtij li nqaij.
21Manaxe noj Efa‑i, Efa‑i noj Manaxe,
mas ob tug koom tawm tsam Yuda.
Txawm li ntawd los Yawmsaub txojkev chim
kuj tsis thim, thiab nws tseem tsa
nws txhais tes li qub.