Isaiah 51

shimu elay rodefe tsedeq mevaqshe Adonai habbitu el-tsur khutsavtem ve'el-maqqevet bor nuqqartem

Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, You who seek GOD: Look to the rock you were hewn from, To the quarry you were dug from.

habbitu el-avraham avikhem ve'el-sarah tekholelkhem ki-ekhad qerativ va'avarekhehu ve'arbehu

Look back to Abraham your father And to Sarah who brought you forth. For he was only one when I called him, But I blessed him and made him many.

ki-nikham Adonai tsiyyon nikham kol-khorvoteha vayyasem midbarah ke'eden ve'arvatah kegan-Adonai sason vesimkhah yimmatse vah todah veqol zimrah

Truly GOD has comforted Zion, Comforted all her ruins— Made her wilderness like Eden, Her desert like the Garden of GOD. Gladness and joy shall abide there, Thanksgiving and the sound of music.

haqshivu elay ammi ule'ummi elay ha'azinu ki torah me'itti tetse umishpati le'or ammim argia

Hearken to Me, My people, And give ear to Me, O My nation, For teaching shall go forth from Me, My way for the light of peoples. In a moment I will bring it:

qarov tsidqi yatsa yishi uzero'ay ammim yishpotu elay iyyim yeqavvu ve'el-zero'i yeyakhelun

The triumph I grant is near, The success I give has gone forth. My arms shall provide for the peoples; The coastlands shall trust in Me, They shall look to My arm.

se'u lashamayim enekhem vehabbitu el-ha'arets mittakhat ki-shamayim ke'ashan nimlakhu veha'arets kabbeged tivleh veyosheveha kemo-khen yemutun vishu'ati le'olam tihyeh vetsidqati lo tekhat

Raise your eyes to the heavens, And look upon the earth beneath: Though the heavens should melt away like smoke, And the earth wear out like a garment, And its inhabitants die out as well, My victory shall stand forever, My triumph shall remain unbroken.

shimu elay yode'e tsedeq am torati velibbam al-tire'u kherpat enosh umiggiddufotam al-tekhattu

Listen to Me, you who care for the right, O people who lay My instruction to heart! Fear not mortals’ insults, And be not dismayed at their jeers;

ki khabbeged yokhelem ash vekhatsemer yokhelem sas vetsidqati le'olam tihyeh vishu'ati ledor dorim

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, The worm shall eat them up like wool. But My triumph shall endure forever, My salvation through all the ages.

uri uri livshi-oz zeroa Adonai uri kime qedem dorot olamim halo at-hi hammakhtsevet rahav mekholelet tannin

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with splendor. O arm of the ETERNAL One! Awake as in days of old, As in former ages! It was you that hacked Rahab in pieces, That pierced the Dragon.

halo at-hi hammakharevet yam me tehom rabbah hassamah ma'amaqqe-yam derekh la'avor ge'ulim

It was you that dried up the Sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the abysses of the Sea A road the redeemed might walk.

ufeduye Adonai yeshuvun uva'u tsiyyon berinnah vesimkhat olam al-rosham sason vesimkhah yassigun nasu yagon va'anakhah

So let GOD’s ransomed return, And come with shouting to Zion, Crowned with joy everlasting. Let them attain joy and gladness, While sorrow and sighing flee.

anokhi anokhi hu menakhemkhem mi-att vattire'i me'enosh yamut umibben-adam khatsir yinnaten

I, I am the One who comforts you! What ails you that you fear Man who must die, Mortals who fare like grass?

vattishkakh Adonai osekha noteh shamayim veyosed arets vattefakhed tamid kol-hayyom mippene khamat hammetsiq ka'asher konen lehashkhit ve'ayyeh khamat hammetsiq

You have forgotten GOD your Maker, Who stretched out the skies and made firm the earth! And you live all day in constant dread Because of the rage of an oppressor Who is aiming to cut [you] down. Yet of what account is the rage of an oppressor?

mihar tso'eh lehippateakh velo-yamut lashakhat velo yekhsar lakhmo

Quickly the crouching one is freed; He is not cut down and slain, And he shall not want for food.

ve'anokhi Adonai elohekha roga hayyam vayyehemu gallayw Adonai tseva'ot shemo

For I the ETERNAL your God— Who stirs up the sea into roaring waves, Whose name is GOD of Hosts—

va'asim devaray befikha uvetsel yadi kissitikha lintoa shamayim velisod arets velemor letsiyyon ammi-attah

Have put My words in your mouth And sheltered you with My hand; I, who planted the skies and made firm the earth, Have said to Zion: You are My people!

hitoreri hitoreri qumi yerushalai͏m asher shatit miyyad Adonai et-kos khamato et-qubba'at kos hattarelah shatit matsit

Rouse, rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who from GOD’s hand Have drunk God’s wrath-filled cup, You who have drained to the dregs The bowl, the cup of reeling!

en-menahel lah mikkol-banim yaladah ve'en makhaziq beyadah mikkol-banim giddelah

She has none to guide her Of all the children she bore; None takes her by the hand, Of all the children she reared.

shetayim hennah qore'otayikh mi yanud lakh hashod vehashever vehara'av vehakherev mi anakhamekh

These two things have befallen you: Wrack and ruin—who can console you? Famine and sword—how shall I comfort you?

banayikh ullefu shakhevu berosh kol-khutsot keto mikhmar hamele'im khamat-Adonai ga'arat elohayikh

Your sons lie in a swoon At the corner of every street— Like an antelope caught in a net— Drunk with the wrath of GOD, With the rebuke of your God.

lakhen shimi-na zot aniyyah ushekhurat velo miyyayin

Therefore, Listen to this, unhappy one, Who are drunk, but not with wine!

koh-amar adonayikh Adonai velohayikh yariv ammo hinneh laqakhti miyyadekh et-kos hattarelah et-qubba'at kos khamati lo-tosifi lishtotah od

Thus said GOD, your Sovereign, Your God who champions this people: Herewith I take from your hand The cup of reeling, The bowl, the cup of My wrath; You shall never drink it again.

vesamtiha beyad-mogayikh asher-ameru lenafshekh shekhi vena'avorah vattasimi kha'arets gevekh vekhakhuts la'overim

I will put it in the hands of your tormentors, Who have commanded you, “Get down, that we may walk over you”— So that you made your back like the ground, Like a street for passersby.