이사야 45

1나 여호와는 나의 기름 받은 고레스의 오른손을 잡고 열국으로 그 앞에 항복하게 하며 열왕의 허리를 풀며 성 문을 그 앞에 열어서 닫지 못하게 하리라 내가 고레스에게 이르기를 2내가 네 앞서 가서 험한 곳을 평탄케 하며 놋문을 쳐서 부수며 쇠빗장을 꺽고 3네게 흑암 중의 보화와 은밀한 곳에 숨은 재물을 주어서 너로 너를 지명하여 부른 자가 나 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님인 줄 알게 하리라 4내가 나의 종 야곱, 나의 택한 이스라엘을 위하여 너를 지명하여 불렀나니 너는 나를 알지 못하였을지라도 나는 네게 칭호를 주었노라 5나는 여호와라 나 외에 다른 이가 없나니 나 밖에 신이 없느니라 너는 나를 알지 못하였을지라도 나는 네 띠를 동일 것이요 6해 뜨는 곳에서든지 지는 곳에서든지 나 밖에 다른 이가 없는 줄을 무리로 알게 하리라 나는 여호와라 다른 이가 없느니라 7나는 빛도 짓고 어두움도 창조하며 나는 평안도 짓고 환난도 창조하나니 나는 여호와라 이 모든 일을 행하는 자니라 하였노라 8너 하늘이여 위에서부터 의로움을 비 같이 듣게 할지어다 궁창이여 의를 부어 내릴지어다 땅이여 열려서 구원을 내고 의도 함께 움돋게 할지어다 나 여호와가 이 일을 창조하였느니라 9질그릇 조각 중 한 조각 같은 자가 자기를 지으신 자로 더불어 다툴진저 화 있을진저 진흙이 토기장이를 대하여 너는 무엇을 만드느뇨 할 수 있겠으며 너의 만든 것이 너를 가리켜 그는 손이 없다 할 수 있겠느뇨 10아비에게 묻기를 네가 무엇을 났느냐 어미에게 묻기를 네가 무엇을 낳으려고 구로하느냐 하는 자에게 화 있을진저 11이스라엘의 거룩하신 자 곧 이스라엘을 지으신 여호와께서 가라사대 장래 일을 내게 물으라 또 내 아들들의 일과 내 손으로 한 일에 대하여 내게 부탁하라 12내가 땅을 만들고 그 위에 사람을 창조하였으며 내가 친수로 하늘을 펴고 그 만상을 명하였노라 13내가 의로 그를 일으킨지라 그의 모든 길을 곧게 하리니 그가 나의 성읍을 건축할 것이며 나의 사로잡힌 자들을 값이나 갚음 없이 놓으리라 만군의 여호와의 말이니라 하셨느니라 14여호와께서 말씀하시되 애굽의 수고한 것과 구스의 무역한 것과 스바의 장대한 족속들이 다 네게로 돌아와서 네게 속할 것이요 그들이 너를 따를 것이라 사슬에 매여 건너와서 네게 굴복하고 간구하기를 하나님이 과연 네게 계시고 그 외에는 다른 하나님이 없다 하리라 하시니라 15구원자 이스라엘의 하나님이여 진실로 주는 스스로 숨어 계시는 하나님이시니이다 16우상을 만드는 자는 부끄러움을 당하며 욕을 받아 다 함께 수욕 중에 들어갈 것이로되 17이스라엘은 여호와께 구원을 입어 영원한 구원을 얻으리니 영세에 부끄러움을 당하거나 욕을 받지 아니하리로다 18여호와는 하늘을 창조하신 하나님이시며 땅도 조성하시고 견고케 하시되 헛되이 창조치 아니하시고 사람으로 거하게 지으신 자시니라 그 말씀에 나는 여호와라 나 외에 다른 이가 없느니라 19나는 흑암한 곳에서 은밀히 말하지 아니하였으며 야곱 자손에게 너희가 나를 헛되이 찾으라 이르지 아니하였노라 나 여호와는 의를 말하고 정직을 고하느니라 20열방 중에서 피난한 자들아 너희는 모여 오라 한가지로 가까이 나아 오라 나무 우상을 가지고 다니며 능히 구원치 못하는 신에게 기도하는 자들은 무지한 자니라 21너희는 고하며 진술하고 또 피차 상의하여 보라 이 일을 이전부터 보인 자가 누구냐 예로부터 고한 자가 누구냐 나 여호와가 아니냐 나 외에 다른 신이 없나니 나는 공의를 행하며 구원을 베푸는 하나님이라 나 외에 다른 이가 없느니라 22땅 끝의 모든 백성아 나를 앙망하라 그리하며 구원을 얻으리라 나는 하나님이라 다른 이가 없음이니라 23내가 나를 두고 맹세하기를 나의 입에서 의로운 말이 나갔은즉 돌아오지 아니하나니 내게 모든 무릎이 꿇겠고 모든 혀가 맹약하리라 하였노라 24어떤 자의 내게 대한 말에 의와 힘은 여호와께만 있나니 사람들은 그에게로 나아갈 것이라 무릇 그를 노하는 자는 부끄러움을 당하리라마는 25이스라엘 자손은 다 여호와로 의롭다 함을 얻고 자랑하리라 하느니라 하셨느니라

1Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 2“I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron. 3I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel. 4For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me. 5I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me; 6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. 7I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 8Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it. 9Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’ 10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’” 11Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands! 12I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army. 13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies. 14Thus says Yahweh: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god. 15Most certainly you are a God who hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’” 16They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together. 17Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting. 18For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other. 19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right. 20“Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save. 21Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me. 22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. 23I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath. 24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed. 25In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

1Alzo zegt de HEERE tot Zijn gezalfde, tot Cores, wiens rechterhand Ik vat, om de volken voor zijn aangezicht neder te werpen; en Ik zal de lendenen der koningen ontbinden, om voor zijn aangezicht de deuren te openen, en de poorten zullen niet gesloten worden: 2Ik zal voor uw aangezicht gaan, en Ik zal de kromme wegen recht maken; de koperen deuren zal Ik verbreken, en de ijzeren grendelen zal Ik in stukken slaan. 3En Ik zal u geven de schatten, die in de duisternissen zijn, en de verborgene rijkdommen; opdat gij moogt weten, dat Ik de HEERE ben, Die u bij uw naam roept, de God van Israel; 4Om Jakobs, Mijns knechts wil, en Israels, Mijns uitverkorenen; ja, Ik riep u bij uw naam, Ik noemde u toe, hoewel gij Mij niet kendet. 5Ik ben de HEERE, en niemand meer, buiten Mij is er geen God; Ik zal u gorden, hoewel gij Mij niet kent. 6Opdat men wete, van den opgang der zon en van den ondergang, dat er buiten Mij niets is, Ik ben de HEERE, en niemand meer. 7Ik formeer het licht, en schep de duisternis; Ik maak den vrede en schep het kwaad, Ik, de HEERE, doe al deze dingen. 8Drupt, gij hemelen! van boven af, en dat de wolken vloeien van gerechtigheid; en de aarde opene zich, en dat allerlei heil uitwasse, en gerechtigheid te zamen uitspruiten; Ik, de HEERE, heb ze geschapen. 9Wee dien, die met zijn Formeerder twist, gelijk een potscherf met aarden potscherven! Zal ook het leem tot zijn formeerder zeggen: Wat maakt gij? of zal uw werk zeggen: Hij heeft geen handen? 10Wee dien, die tot den vader zegt: Wat genereert gij? en tot de vrouw: Wat baart gij? 11Alzo zegt de HEERE, de Heilige Israels, en deszelfs Formeerder: Zij hebben Mij van toekomende dingen gevraagd; van Mijn kinderen, zoudt gij Mij van het werk Mijner handen bevel geven? 12Ik heb de aarde gemaakt, en Ik heb den mens daarop geschapen; Ik ben het! Mijn handen hebben de hemelen uitgebreid, en Ik heb al hun heir bevel gegeven. 13Ik heb hem verwekt in gerechtigheid, en al zijn wegen zal Ik recht maken; hij zal Mijn stad bouwen, en hij zal Mijn gevangenen loslaten, niet voor prijs, noch voor geschenk, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen. 14Alzo zegt de HEERE: De arbeid der Egyptenaren en de koophandel der Moren en der Sabeers, der mannen van grote lengte, zullen tot u overkomen, en zij zullen de uwe zijn, zij zullen u navolgen, in boeien zullen zij overkomen; en zij zullen zich voor u buigen, zij zullen u smeken, zeggende: Gewisselijk, God is in u, en er is anders geen God meer. 15Voorwaar, Gij zijt een God, Die Zich verborgen houdt, de God Israels, de Heiland. 16Zij zullen beschaamd en ook tot schande worden, zij allen; te zamen zullen zij met schande heengaan, die de afgoden maken. 17Maar Israel wordt verlost door den HEERE, met een eeuwige verlossing; gijlieden zult niet beschaamd noch tot schande worden, tot in alle eeuwigheden. 18Want alzo zegt de HEERE, Die de hemelen geschapen heeft, Die God, Die de aarde geformeerd, en Die ze gemaakt heeft; Hij heeft ze bevestigd, Hij heeft ze niet geschapen, dat zij ledig zijn zou, maar heeft ze geformeerd, opdat men daarin wonen zou: Ik ben de HEERE, en niemand meer. 19Ik heb niet in het verborgene gesproken, in een donkere plaats der aarde; Ik heb tot het zaad van Jakob niet gezegd: Zoekt Mij te vergeefs; Ik ben de HEERE, Die gerechtigheid spreekt, Die rechtmatige dingen verkondigt. 20Verzamelt u, en komt, treedt hier toe samen, gijlieden, die van de heidenen ontkomen zijt! Zij weten niets, die hun houten gesneden beelden dragen, en een god aanbidden, die niet verlossen kan. 21Verkondigt en treedt hier toe, ja, beraadslaagt samen: wie heeft dat laten horen van ouds her? Wie heeft dat van toen af verkondigd? Ben Ik het niet, de HEERE? en er is geen God meer behalve Mij, een rechtvaardig God, en een Heiland, niemand is er dan Ik. 22Wendt U naar Mij toe, wordt behouden, alle gij einden der aarde! want Ik ben God, en niemand meer. 23Ik heb gezworen bij Mijzelven, er is een woord der gerechtigheid uit Mijn mond gegaan, en het zal niet wederkeren: dat Mij alle knie zal gebogen worden, alle tong Mij zal zweren. 24Men zal van Mij zeggen: Gewisselijk, in den HEERE zijn gerechtigheden en sterkte; tot Hem zal men komen; maar zij zullen beschaamd worden allen, die tegen Hem ontstoken zijn. 25Maar in den HEERE zullen gerechtvaardigd worden en zich beroemen, het ganse zaad van Israel.