Isaiah 50

koh amar Adonai e zeh sefer keritut immekhem asher shillakhtiha o mi minnoshay asher-makharti etkhem lo hen ba'avonotekhem nimkartem uvefishekhem shullekhah immekhem

Thus said GOD: Where is the bill of divorce Of your mother whom I dismissed? And which of My creditors was it To whom I sold you off? You were only sold off for your sins, And your mother dismissed for your crimes.

maddua bati ve'en ish qarati ve'en oneh haqatsor qatserah yadi mippedut ve'im-en-bi khoakh lehatsil hen bega'arati akhariv yam asim neharot midbar tivash degatam me'en mayim vetamot batsama

Why, when I came, was no one there, Why, when I called, would none respond? Is my arm, then, too short to rescue, Have I not the power to save? With a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, And turn rivers into desert. Their fish stink from lack of water; They lie dead of thirst.

albish shamayim qadrut vesaq asim kesutam

I clothe the skies in blackness And make their raiment sackcloth.

adonay Elohim natan li leshon limmudim lada'at la'ut et-ya'ef davar ya'ir babboqer babboqer ya'ir li ozen lishmoa kallimmudim

My Sovereign GOD gave me a skilled tongue, To know how to speak timely words to the weary. Morning by morning, [God] rouses me, Rousing my ear To give heed like disciples.

adonay Elohim patakh-li ozen ve'anokhi lo mariti akhor lo nesugoti

My Sovereign GOD opened my ears, And I did not disobey, I did not run away.

gevi natatti lemakkim ulekhayay lemoretim panay lo histarti mikkelimmot varoq

I offered my back to the floggers, And my cheeks to those who tore out my hair. I did not hide my face From insult and spittle.

vadonay Adonai ya'azor-li al-ken lo nikhlameti al-ken samti fanay kakhallamish va'eda ki-lo evosh

But my Sovereign GOD will help me— Therefore I feel no disgrace; Therefore I have set my face like flint, And I know I shall not be shamed.

qarov matsdiqi mi-yariv itti na'amdah yakhad mi-va'al mishpati yiggash elay

My Vindicator is at hand— Who dares contend with me? Let us stand up together! Who would be my opponent? Let them approach me!

hen adonay Elohim ya'azor-li mi-hu yarshi'eni hen kullam kabbeged yivlu ash yokhelem

Lo, my Sovereign GOD will help me— Who can get a verdict against me? They shall all wear out like a garment, The moth shall consume them.

mi vakhem yere Adonai shomea beqol avdo asher halakh khashekhim ve'en nogah lo yivtakh beshem Adonai veyisha'en belohayw

Who among you reveres GOD And heeds the voice of the appointed servant?— Though walking in darkness And having no light, Let them trust in the name of GOD And rely upon his God.

hen kullekhem qodekhe esh me'azzere ziqot lekhu be'ur eshkhem uveziqot bi'artem miyyadi hayetah-zzot lakhem lema'atsevah tishkavun

But you are all kindlers of fire, Girding on firebrands. Walk by the blaze of your fire, By the brands that you have lit! This has come to you from My hand: You shall lie down in pain.