Isaiah 41

hakharishu elay iyyim ule'ummim yakhalifu khoakh yiggeshu az yedabberu yakhdav lammishpat niqravah

Stand silent before Me, coastlands, And let nations renew their strength. Let them approach to state their case; Let us come forward together for argument.

mi he'ir mimmizrakh tsedeq yiqra'ehu leraglo yitten lefanayw goyim umelakhim yard yitten ke'afar kharbo keqash niddaf qashto

Who has roused a victor from the East, Summoned him to God’s service? Has delivered up nations to him, And trodden sovereigns down? Has rendered their swords like dust, Their bows like wind-blown straw?

yirdefem ya'avor shalom orakh beraglayw lo yavo

He pursues them, he goes on unscathed; No shackle is placed on his feet.

mi-fa'al ve'asah qore haddorot merosh ani Adonai rishon ve'et-akharonim ani-hu

Who has wrought and achieved this? The One who announced the generations from the start— I, GOD, who was first And will be with the last as well.

ra'u iyyim veyira'u qetsot ha'arets yekheradu qarevu vayye'etayun

The coastlands look on in fear, The ends of earth tremble. The craftsmen draw near and come;

ish et-re'ehu yazoru ule'akhiv yomar khazaq

Each one helps the other, Saying to his fellow, “Take courage!”

vayekhazzeq kharash et-tsoref makhaliq pattish et-holem pa'am omer laddeveq tov hu vayekhazzeqehu vemasmerim lo yimmot

The woodworker encourages the smith; He who flattens with the hammer [Encourages] him who pounds the anvil. He says of the riveting, “It is good!” And he fixes it with nails, That it may not topple.

ve'attah yisra'el avdi ya'aqov asher bekhartikha zera avraham ohavi

But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend—

asher hekhezaqtikha miqtsot ha'arets ume'atsileha qeratikha va'omar lekha avdi-attah bekhartikha velo me'astikha

You whom I drew from the ends of the earth And called from its far corners, To whom I said: You are My servant; I chose you, I have not rejected you—

al-tira ki immekha-ani al-tishta ki-ani elohekha immatstikha af-azartikha af-temakhtikha bimin tsidqi

Fear not, for I am with you, Be not frightened, for I am your God; I strengthen you and I help you, I uphold you with My victorious right hand.

hen yevoshu veyikkalemu kol hannekherim bakh yihyu khe'ayin veyovedu anshe rivekha

Shamed and chagrined shall be All who contend with you; They who strive with you Shall become as naught and shall perish.

tevaqshem velo timtsa'em anshe matsutekha yihyu khe'ayin ukhe'efes anshe milkhamtekha

You may seek, but shall not find Those who struggle with you; Less than nothing shall be The men who battle against you.

ki ani Adonai elohekha makhaziq yeminekha ha'omer lekha al-tira ani azartikha

For I the ETERNAL One am your God, Who grasped your right hand, Who say to you: Have no fear; I will be your help.

al-tire'i tola'at ya'aqov mete yisra'el ani azartikh ne'um-Adonai vego'alekh qedosh yisra'el

Fear not, O worm Jacob, O men of Israel: I will help you —declares GOD— I your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

hinneh samtikh lemorag kharuts khadash ba'al pifiyyot tadush harim vetadoq ugeva'ot kammots tasim

I will make of you a threshing board, A new thresher, with many spikes; You shall thresh mountains to dust, And make hills like chaff.

tizrem veruakh tissa'em use'arah tafits otam ve'attah tagil ba-Adonai biqdosh yisra'el tithallal

You shall winnow them And the wind shall carry them off; The whirlwind shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in GOD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

ha'aniyyim veha'evyonim mevaqshim mayim va'ayin leshonam batsama nashattah ani Adonai e'enem elohe yisra'el lo e'ezvem

The poor and the needy Seek water, and there is none; Their tongue is parched with thirst. I GOD will respond to them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

eftakh al-shefayim neharot uvetokh beqa'ot mayanot asim midbar la'agam-mayim ve'erets tsiyyah lemotsa'e mayim

I will open up streams on the bare hills And fountains amid the valleys; I will turn the desert into ponds, The arid land into springs of water.

etten bammidbar erez shittah vahadas ve'ets shamen asim ba'aravah berosh tidhar ute'ashur yakhdav

I will plant cedars in the wilderness, Acacias and myrtles and oleasters; I will set cypresses in the desert, Box trees and elms as well—

lema'an yiru veyede'u veyasimu veyaskilu yakhdav ki yad-Adonai asetah zot uqedosh yisra'el bera'ah

That all may see and know, Consider and comprehend That GOD’s hand has done this, That the Holy One of Israel has wrought it.

qarevu rivekhem yomar Adonai haggishu atsumotekhem yomar melekh ya'aqov

Submit your case, says GOD; Offer your pleas, says the King of Jacob.

yaggishu veyaggidu lanu et asher tiqrenah harishonot mah hennah haggidu venasimah libbenu venede'ah akharitan o habba'ot hashmi'unu

Let them approach and tell us what will happen. Tell us what has occurred, And we will take note of it; Or announce to us what will occur, That we may know the outcome.

haggidu ha'otiyyot le'akhor venede'ah ki elohim attem af-tetivu vetare'u venishta'ah (vnr) [venireh] yakhdav

Foretell what is yet to happen, That we may know that you are gods! Do anything, good or bad, That we may be awed and see.

hen-attem me'ayin ufo'olkhem me'afa to'evah yivkhar bakhem

Why, you are less than nothing, Your effect is less than nullity; One who chooses you is an abomination.

ha'iroti mitsafon vayyat mimmizrakh-shemesh yiqra vishmi veyavo seganim kemo-khomer ukhemo yotser yirmos-tit

I have roused him from the north, and he has come, From the sunrise, one who invokes My name; And he has trampled rulers like mud, Like a potter treading clay.

mi-higgid merosh veneda'ah umillefanim venomar tsaddiq af en-maggid af en mashmia af en-shomea imrekhem

Who foretold this from the start, that we may note it; From aforetime, that we might say, “You are right”? Not one foretold, not one announced; No one has heard your utterance!

rishon letsiyyon hinneh hinnam velirushalai͏m mevasser etten

The things once predicted to Zion— Behold, here they are! And again I send a herald to Jerusalem.

ve'ere ve'en ish ume'elleh ve'en yo'ets ve'eshalem veyashivu davar

But I look and there is no one; Not one of them can predict Or can respond when I question them.

hen kullam aven efes ma'asehem ruakh vatohu niskehem

See, they are all nothingness, Their works are nullity, Their statues are naught and nil.