1እግዚአብሔር ለያዕቆብ ይራራለታል፤
እስራኤልን እንደ ገና ይመርጠዋል፤
በራሳቸውም አገር ያኖራቸዋል።
መጻተኞች አብረዋቸው ይኖራሉ፤
ከያዕቆብም ቤት ጋር ይተባበራሉ።
2አሕዛብም ይወስዷቸዋል፤
ወደ ገዛ ስፍራቸውም ይመልሷቸዋል።
የእስራኤል ቤት አሕዛብን ርስት ያደርጓቸዋል፤
በእግዚአብሔርም ምድር ወንዶችና ሴቶች ባሪያዎች አድርገው ይገዟቸዋል፤
የማረኳቸውን ይማርኳቸዋል፤
የጨቈኗቸውንም ይገዟቸዋል።
3እግዚአብሔር ከሥቃይህ፣ ከመከራህና ከጽኑ ባርነትህ ባሳረፈህ ቀን፣ 4በባቢሎን ንጉሥ ላይ ትሣለቃለህ፤ እንዲህም ትላለህ፤
ጨቋኙ እንዴት አበቃለት!
አስገባሪነቱስ14፥4 የሙት ባሕር ጥልቅ፣ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጒምና የሱርስቱ ቅጅ ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማል፤ ነገር ግን በማሶሬቱ ቅጅ የቃሉ ትርጒም በትክክል አይታወቅም። እንዴት አከተመ!
5እግዚአብሔር የክፉዎችን ዘንግ፣
የገዦችንም በትረ መንግሥት ሰብሮአል፤
6ሕዝቦችን በማያቋርጥ ቍጣ የመታውን፣
ያለ ርኅራኄ እያሳደደ
የቀጠቀጠውን ሰብሮአል።
7ምድር ሁሉ ሰላምና ዕረፍት አግኝታለች፤
የደስታም ዝማሬ ታስተጋባለች።
8ጥድና የሊባኖስ ዝግባ እንኳ ደስ ብሎአቸው፣
"አንተም ወደቅህ፤
ዕንጨት ቈራጭም
መጥረቢያ አላነሣብንምቃ አሉ።
9በመጣህ ጊዜ
ሲኦል14፥9 በዚህና በቍጥር 11 እንዲሁም 15 ላይ አንዳንድ ቅጆች፣ መቃብር ይላሉ። ልትቀበልህ ተነሣሥታለች፤
ይቀበሉህም ዘንድ የሙታንን መናፍስት፣
በዓለም ገዥ የነበሩትን ሁሉ ቀስቅሳለች፤
በአሕዛብ ላይ የነገሡትን ነገሥታት
ከዙፋናቸው አውርዳለች።
10እነርሱ ሁሉ ይመልሱልሃል፤
እንዲህም ይሉሃል፤
"አንተም እንደ እኛ ደከምህ፤
እንደ እኛም ሆንህ።"
11ክብርህ፣ ከነበገና ድምፁ
ወደ ሲኦል ወረደ፤
ብሎች ከበታችህ ተነጥፈዋል፤
ትሎችም መደረቢያህ ይሆናሉ።
12አንተ የንጋት ልጅ፣ አጥቢያ ኮከብ ሆይ፤
እንዴት ከሰማይ ወደቅ
አንተ ቀድሞ መንግሥታትን ያዋረድህ፤
እንዴት ወደ ምድር ተጣልህ!
13በልብህም እንዲህ አልህ፤
"ወደ ሰማይ ዐርጋለሁ፤
ዙፋኔንም ከእግዚአብሔር ከዋክብት በላይ ከፍ አደርጋለሁ፤
በተራራው መሰብሰቢያ፣
በተቀደሰውም ተራራ14፥13 ወይም ሰሜኑ፤ በዕብራይስጡ፣ ዛፎን ተብሎ መተርጐም ይችላል። ከፍታ ላይ በዙፋኔ
እቀመጣለሁ፤
14ከደመናዎችም ከፍታ በላይ ዐርጋለሁ፤
ራሴንም እንደ ልዑል አደርጋለሁ።"
15ነገር ግን ወደ ሲኦል፣
ወደ ጥልቁም ጒድጓድ ወርደሃል።
16የሚያዩህም አትኵረው እየተመለክቱህ፣
በመገረም ስለ አንተ እንዲህ ይላሉ፤
"ያ ምድርን ያናወጠ፣
መንግሥታትን ያንቀጠቀጠ፣ ይህ ሰው ነውን?
17ዓለምን ምድረ በዳ ያደረገ፤
ከተሞችን ያፈራረሰ፣
ምርኮኞቹንም ወደ አገራቸው እንዳይሄዱ የከለከለ ይህ ነውን?"
18የአሕዛብ ነገሥታት ሁሉ በክብር አንቀላፍተዋል፤
በየመቃብራቸው ዐርፈዋል።
19አንተ ግን እንደማይፈለግ ቅርንጫፍ፣
ከመቃብር ወጥተህ ተጥለሃል፤
በሰይፍ በተወጉት፣
ወደ ጥልቁ ድንጋዮች በወረዱት፣
በተገደሉትም ተሸፍነሃል።
እንደ ተረገጠም ሬሳ ሆነሃል።
20ከእነርሱ ጋር በመቃብር አትሆንም፤
ምድርህን አጥፍተሃልና፤
ሕዝብህንም ፈጅተሃልና።
የክፉ አድራጊዎች ዘር
ፈጽሞ አይታወስም።
21ተነሥተው ምድርን እንዳይወርሱ፣
ዓለምንም በከተሞቻቸው እንዳይሞሉ፣
ስለ አባቶቻቸው ኀጢአት፣
ወንድ ልጆቹ የሚታረዱበትን ስፍራ አዘጋጁ።
22"በእነርሱ ላይ እነሣለሁ"
ይላል የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር።
"ስሟንና ትሩፋኖቿን፣
ዘሯንና ትውልዷን ከባቢሎን እቈርጣለሁ"
ይላል እግዚአብሔር።
23"የጃርት መኖሪያ፣
ረግረጋማ ቦታ አደርጋታለሁ፤
በጥፋትም መጥረጊያ እጠርጋታለሁ"
ይላል የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር።
በአሦር ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
24የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ብሎ ምሎአል፤
"እንደ ዐቀድሁት በርግጥ ይከናወናል፤
እንደ አሰብሁትም ይሆናል።
25አሦርን በምድሬ ላይ አደቃለሁ፤
በተራራዬም ላይ እረግጠዋለሁ፤
ቀንበሩ ከሕዝቤ ላይ ይነሣል፤
ሸክሙም ከትከሻቸው ላይ ይወርዳል።"
26ለምድር ሁሉ የታሰበው ዕቅድ ይህ ነው፤
በአሕዛብም ሁሉ ላይ የተዘረጋው እጅ ይኸው ነው።
27የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ አስቦአል፤
ማንስ ያግደዋል?
እጁም ተዘርግቶአል?
ማንስ ይመልሰዋል?
በፍልስጥኤማውያን ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
28ንጉሡ አካዝ በሞተበት ዓመት እንዲህ የሚል ንግር መጣ፤
29"እናንት ፍልስጥኤማውያን ሆይ፤
የመታችሁ በትር ስለ ተሰበረ ሁላችሁ ደስ አይበላችሁ፤
ከእባቡ ሥር እፉኝት ይወጣልና፤
ፍሬውም ተወርዋሪ መርዘኛ እባብ ይሆናል።
30ከድኻም ድኻ የሆኑት መሰማሪያ ያገኛሉ፤
ችግረኞችም ተዝናንተው ይተኛሉ፤
ሥርህን ግን በራብ እገድላለሁ፤
ትሩፋንህንም እፈጃለሁ።
31በር ሆይ፣ ዋይ በል፤ ከተማ ሆይ ጩኽ፣
ፍልስጥኤማውያን ሆይ፤ ሁላችሁም በፍርሀት ቅለጡ
ጢስ ከሰሜን መጥቶብሃል፤
ከሰልፉ ተነጥሎ የሚቀር የለምና።
32ከዚያ ሕዝብ ለሚመጡ መልእክተኞች ምን መልስ ይሰጣል?
መልሱ፣ "እግዚአብሔር ጽዮንን መሥርቶአል፤
መከራን የተቀበለው ሕዝብም፣
በእርሷ ውስጥ መጠጊያን አግኝቶአል" የሚል ነው።
1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.14.2 whose…: Heb. that had taken them captives 3And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!14.4 proverb: or, taunting speech14.4 golden…: or, exactress of gold 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 14.6 a continual…: Heb. a stroke without removing 7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.14.9 Hell: or, The grave14.9 chief…: Heb. leaders, or, great goats 10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!14.12 O Lucifer: or, O day star 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?14.17 opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward? 18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24¶ The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.14.29 cockatrice: or, adder 30And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.14.31 none…: or, he shall not be alone14.31 appointed…: or, assemblies 32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.14.32 trust…: or, betake themselves unto it