Rotherham(i)
1 Be silent [and hearken] unto me, O ye Coastlands, And let the Races of Men renew their strength,––Let them approach, then, let them speak, Together, for controversy, let us draw near:––
2 Who, roused up one from the East, In righteousness, called him to his feet,––Set before him, nations, And, over kings, caused him to rule, His sword, made [them] like dust, His bow, like driven chaff:
3 He pursued them, passed along safely,––Upon the path of his own feet, entered he not?
4 Who, hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, [who am] First, And, with them who are last, I, am the Same!
5 Coastlands, have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread,––They have drawn near, and have come:
6 Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help,––And, to his brother, saith, Take courage!
7 So, the carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, He that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil,––Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails––it must not totter!
8 But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,––The seed of Abraham, my loving one;
9 Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And, from the extremities thereof, have called thee,––And said to thee, My Servant, thou! I have chosen thee, and not cast thee off.
10 Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand. 11 Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed––All they who have been incensed against thee,––They shall become as nothing and perish––The men who have been thine accusers: 12 Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them––The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought––The men who have warred against thee; 13 For I, Yahweh, thy God, am firmly grasping thy right–hand,––Who am saying unto thee, Do not fear! I, have become thy helper! 14 Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel,––I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel. 15 Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make: 16 Thou shalt fan them, and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them,––But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself. 17 As for the oppressed and the needy, Seeking water, when there is, none, Their tongue, with thirst, being parched, I––Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them: 18 I will open, On bare hills, rivers, and, In the midst of plains, fountains,––I will make, The desert, a lake of water, and, Parched land, springs of water; 19 I will set, in the desert! Cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oil–tree,––I will place, in the waste plain, Cypress, holm–oak, and sherbin–cedar, together, 20 That men may see and observe, and consider and understand, at once, That, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this, That, the Holy One of Israel, hath created it.
21 Bring near your contention, Saith Yahweh,––Advance your defences, Saith the King of Jacob: 22 Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen,––Things known in advance––what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart, and mark the after–story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear: 23 Tell ye the events which shall be hereafter, That we may perceive that, gods, ye are,––Surely ye must do something––good or bad, That we may be amazed, and behold it, at once. 24 Lo! ye, are, of nought, And, your work, is, a puff of breath,––An abomination, he that chooseth you! 25 I have roused up one from the North, and he hath come, From the rising of the sun, calleth he on my Name,––And he hath come, on deputies, as though they were mortar, And, as a potter, treadeth clay. 26 Who, hath told in advance, that we might know, And beforetime, that we might say, Right! Nay, there is none, who can tell, Nay, there is none, who can let us hear, Nay, there is none, who can understand what ye utter. 27 He who is First, [can say], To Zion, Lo! there they are! And to Jerusalem, A herald of good–tidings, do I give. 28 So I look, And there is not, a Man! Even among these, And there is none, to advise,––That, when I ask them, can answer a word. 29 Lo! as to all of them, Vanity––nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!
10 Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand. 11 Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed––All they who have been incensed against thee,––They shall become as nothing and perish––The men who have been thine accusers: 12 Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them––The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought––The men who have warred against thee; 13 For I, Yahweh, thy God, am firmly grasping thy right–hand,––Who am saying unto thee, Do not fear! I, have become thy helper! 14 Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel,––I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel. 15 Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make: 16 Thou shalt fan them, and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them,––But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself. 17 As for the oppressed and the needy, Seeking water, when there is, none, Their tongue, with thirst, being parched, I––Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them: 18 I will open, On bare hills, rivers, and, In the midst of plains, fountains,––I will make, The desert, a lake of water, and, Parched land, springs of water; 19 I will set, in the desert! Cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oil–tree,––I will place, in the waste plain, Cypress, holm–oak, and sherbin–cedar, together, 20 That men may see and observe, and consider and understand, at once, That, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this, That, the Holy One of Israel, hath created it.
21 Bring near your contention, Saith Yahweh,––Advance your defences, Saith the King of Jacob: 22 Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen,––Things known in advance––what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart, and mark the after–story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear: 23 Tell ye the events which shall be hereafter, That we may perceive that, gods, ye are,––Surely ye must do something––good or bad, That we may be amazed, and behold it, at once. 24 Lo! ye, are, of nought, And, your work, is, a puff of breath,––An abomination, he that chooseth you! 25 I have roused up one from the North, and he hath come, From the rising of the sun, calleth he on my Name,––And he hath come, on deputies, as though they were mortar, And, as a potter, treadeth clay. 26 Who, hath told in advance, that we might know, And beforetime, that we might say, Right! Nay, there is none, who can tell, Nay, there is none, who can let us hear, Nay, there is none, who can understand what ye utter. 27 He who is First, [can say], To Zion, Lo! there they are! And to Jerusalem, A herald of good–tidings, do I give. 28 So I look, And there is not, a Man! Even among these, And there is none, to advise,––That, when I ask them, can answer a word. 29 Lo! as to all of them, Vanity––nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!