4 5 6 And I have stained all mine apparel. For the day of vengeance was in my heart; my And I looked, and there was no one to help; And I was astonished that there was no one to Therefore mine own arm wrought salvation for me, And I trod down the peoples in mine anger; And I spilled their life-blood on the ground. 7 The mercies of JEHOVAH will I record, the praise of According to all that JEHOVAH hath bestowed upon us; 8 For he said: Surely they are my people, children that' will not prove false: And he became their saviour in all their distress. 9 It was not an envoy, nor an angel of his presence, that saved them: Through his love and his indulgence, he himself redeemed them; And he took them up, and he bare them, all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his his holy spirit; So that he became their enemy; and he fought against them. 11 And he remembered the days of old, Moses his servant; How he brought them up from the sea, with the shepherd of his flock; How he placed in his breast his holy spirit: 12 Making his glorious arm to attend Moses on his right hand in his march; Cleaving the waters before them, to make himself a name everlasting; 13 Leading them through the abyss, like a courser in the plain without obstacle. 14 As the herd descendeth to the valley, the spirit of JEHOVAH conducted them: 15 So didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a name illustrious. Look down from heaven, and see, from thy holy and glorious dwelling: Where is thy zeal, and thy mighty power; The yearning of thy bowels, and thy tender affections? are they restrained from us? 16. Verily, Thou art our father; for Abraham knoweth us not, And Israel doth not acknowledge us. Thou, O JEHOVAH, art our father; O deliver us for the sake of thy name! 17 Wherefore, O JEHOVAH, dost thou suffer us to err from thy ways? To harden our hearts from the fear of thee? Return for the sake of thy servants; For the sake of the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 It is little, that they have taken possession of thy holy mountain; That our enemies have trodden down thy sanctuary: 19 We have long been as those, whom thou hast not ruled; Who have not been called by thy name. CHAP. 1 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst descend; That the mountains might flow down at thy presence! 2 As the fire kindleth the dry fuel; As the fire causeth the waters to boil: To make known thy name to thine enemies; That the nations might tremble at thy presence. 3 When thou didst wonderful things, which we expected not; Thou didst descend; at thy presence the mountains 4 For never have men heard, nor perceived by the ear, Who doeth such things for those that trust in him. Lo! Thou art angry; for we have sinned: Because of our deeds for we have been rebellious. : 6 And we are all of us as a polluted thing; And like a rejected garment are all our righteous deeds: And we are withered away, like a leaf, all of us; That rouseth himself up to lay hold on thee: And hast delivered us up into the hand of our iniquities. 8 But thou, O JEHOVAH, thou art our father; We are the clay, and thou hast formed us: 9 Be not wroth, O JEHOVAH, to the uttermost ; Behold, look upon us, we beseech thee; we are all thy 10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness; Sion is become a wilderness; Jeursalem is desolate. 11 Our holy and glorious temple, Wherein our fathers praised thee, Is utterly burnt up with fire; And all the objects of our desire are become a devastation. 12 Wilt thou contain thyself at these things, O JEHOVAH? Wilt thou keep silence, and still grievously afflict us? CHAP. ] I AM made known to those, that asked not for me; I have said: Behold me, here I am, To the nation which never invoked my name: 2 I have stretched out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, Who walk in an evil way, after their own devices : 3 A people, who provoke me to my face continually; Sacrificing in the gardens, and burning incense on the tiles: 4 Who dwell in the sepulchres, and lodge in the caverns; Who eat the flesh of the swine; And the broth of abominable meats is in their vessels : 5 Who say: Keep to thyself; come not near me; for I am holier than thou. These kindle a smoke in my nostrils, a fire burning all the day long. 6 Behold, this is recorded in writing before me: I will not keep silence, but will certainly requite; 7 I will requite into their bosom their iniquities; 8 And the iniquities of their fathers together, saith JEHO Who burnt incense on the mountains, and dishonoured Yea I will pour into their bosom the full measure of their former deeds. Thus saith JEHOVAH: As when one findeth a good grape in the cluster; And sayeth, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: 9 So will I bring forth from Jacob a seed; And from Judah an inheritor of my mountain : And my servants shall dwell there. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold for the flock, 11 And the valley of Achor a resting for the herd; But ye, who have deserted JEHOVAH; And have forgotten my holy mountain: Who set in order a table for Gad; And fill out a libation to Meni : 12 You will I number out to the sword; 13 And all of you shall bow down to the slaughter. I spake, and ye would not hear: But ye did that, which is evil in my sight; Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be famished; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing aloud, for gladness of heart; chosen : But ye shall cry aloud, for grief of heart; And in the anguish of a broken spirit shall ye howl. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my And the Lord JEHOVAH shall slay you ; And his servants shall he call by another name. 16 Whoso blesseth himself upon the earth, Because the former provocations are forgotten; Neither shall they be brought to mind any more. 18 But ye shall rejoice and exult in the age to come, which I create: For lo! I create Jerusalem a subject of joy, and her people of gladness; 19 And I will exult in Jerusalem, and rejoice in my people. And there shall not be heard any more therein, The voice of weeping, and the voice of a distressful cry: 20 No more shall be there an infant short-lived; Nor an old man who hath not fulfilled his days: For he, that dieth at an hundred years, shall die a boy; And the sinner that dieth at an hundred years, shall be deemed accursed. 21 And they shall build houses, and shall inhabit them; And they shall plant vineyards, and shall eat the fruit thereof. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; They shall not plant, and another eat: For as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people; And they shall wear out the works of their own hands. 23 My chosen shall not labour in vain ; Neither shall they generate a short-lived race : For they shall be a seed blessed of JEHOVAH; 24 And it shall be, that before they call, I will answer; They shall be yet speaking, and I shall have heard. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox: But as for the serpent, dust shall be his food. |