Isaiah 42

hen avdi etmokh-bo bekhiri ratsetah nafshi natatti rukhi alayw mishpat laggoyim yotsi

This is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom I delight. I have put My spirit upon him, He shall teach the true way to the nations.

lo yitsaq velo yissa velo-yashmia bakhuts qolo

He shall not cry out or shout aloud, Or make his voice heard in the streets.

qaneh ratsuts lo yishbor ufishtah khehah lo yekhabbennah le'emet yotsi mishpat

He shall not break even a bruised reed, Or snuff out even a dim wick. He shall bring forth the true way.

lo yikhheh velo yaruts ad-yasim ba'arets mishpat uletorato iyyim yeyakhelu

He shall not grow dim or be bruised Till he has established the true way on earth; And the coastlands shall await his teaching.

koh-amar ha'el Adonai bore hashamayim venotehem roqa ha'arets vetse'etsa'eha noten neshamah la'am aleha veruakh laholekhim bah

Thus said the ETERNAL God, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and what it brings forth, Who gave breath to the people upon it And life to those who walk thereon:

ani Adonai qeratikha vetsedeq ve'akhzeq beyadekha ve'etsorkha ve'ettenkha livrit am le'or goyim

I GOD, in My grace, have summoned you, And I have grasped you by the hand. I created you, and appointed you A covenant people, a light of nations—

lifqoakh enayim ivrot lehotsi mimmasger assir mibbet kele yosheve khoshekh

Opening eyes deprived of light, Rescuing prisoners from confinement, From the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

ani Adonai hu shemi ukhevodi le'akher lo-etten utehillati lappesilim

I am GOD, that is My name; I will not yield My glory to another, Nor My renown to idols.

harishonot hinneh-va'u vakhadashot ani maggid beterem titsmakhnah ashmia etkhem

See, the things once predicted have come, And now I foretell new things, Announce to you ere they sprout up.

shiru la-Adonai shir khadash tehillato miqtseh ha'arets yorede hayyam umelo'o iyyim veyoshevehem

Sing to GOD a new song, Praise from the ends of the earth— You who sail the sea and you creatures in it, You coastlands and their inhabitants!

yisu midbar ve'arayw khatserim teshev qedar yaronnu yosheve sela merosh harim yitsvakhu

Let the desert and its towns cry aloud, The villages where Kedar dwells; Let Sela’s inhabitants shout, Call out from the peaks of the mountains.

yasimu la-Adonai kavod utehillato ba'iyyim yaggidu

Let them do honor to GOD, And tell God’s glory in the coastlands.

Adonai kaggibbor yetse ke'ish milkhamot ya'ir qinah yaria af-yatsriakh al-oyevayw yitgabbar

GOD goes forth like a warrior, Whipping up rage like a fighter— Yelling, roaring aloud, Then charging upon the enemy.

hekhesheti me'olam akharish etappaq kayyoledah efeh eshom ve'eshaf yakhad

“I have kept silent far too long, Kept still and restrained Myself; Now I will scream like a woman in labor, I will pant and I will gasp.

akhariv harim ugeva'ot vekhol-esbam ovish vesamti neharot la'iyyim va'agammim ovish

Hills and heights will I scorch, Cause all their green to wither; I will turn rivers into isles, And dry the marshes up.

veholakhti ivrim bederekh lo yada'u bintivot lo-yade'u adrikhem asim makhshakh lifnehem la'or uma'aqashim lemishor elleh haddevarim asitim velo azavtim

I will lead the blind By a road they did not know, And I will make them walk By paths they never knew. I will turn darkness before them to light, Rough places into level ground. These are the promises— I will keep them without fail.

nasogu akhor yevoshu voshet habbotekhim bappasel ha'omerim lemassekhah attem elohenu

Driven back and utterly shamed Shall be those who trust in an image, Those who say to idols, ‘You are our gods!’”

hakhereshim shema'u veha'ivrim habbitu lirot

Listen, you who are deaf; You blind ones, look up and see!

mi ivver ki im-avdi vekheresh kemalakhi eshlakh mi ivver kimshullam ve'ivver ke'eved Adonai

Who is so blind as My servant, So deaf as the messenger I send? Who is so blind as the chosen one, So blind as GOD’s servant?

(ryt) [ra'ot] rabbot velo tishmor paqoakh oznayim velo yishma

Seeing many things, he gives no heed; With ears open, he hears nothing.

Adonai khafets lema'an tsidqo yagdil torah veyadir

GOD desires his vindication, That he may magnify and glorify the Teaching.

vehu am-bazuz veshasuy hafeakh bakhurim kullam uvevatte khela'im hokhba'u hayu lavaz ve'en matsil meshissah ve'en-omer hashav

Yet it is a people plundered and despoiled: All of them are trapped in holes, Imprisoned in dungeons. They are given over to plunder, with none to rescue them; To despoilment, with none to say “Give back!”

mi vakhem ya'azin zot yaqshiv veyishma le'akhor

If only you would listen to this, Attend and give heed from now on!

mi-natan (lmshvsh) [limshissah] ya'aqov veyisra'el levozezim halo Adonai zu khatanu lo velo-avu vidrakhayw halokh velo shame'u betorato

Who was it gave Jacob over to despoilment And Israel to plunderers? Surely, GOD—against whom they sinned, In whose ways they would not walk, And whose Teaching they would not obey—

vayyishpokh alayw khemah appo ve'ezuz milkhamah vattelahatehu missaviv velo yada vattivar-bo velo-yasim al-lev

Who poured out wrath, Anger, and the fury of war upon them. It blazed upon them all about, but they heeded not; It burned among them, but they gave it no thought.