1 But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob,
and he who formed you, Israel, says:
"Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name.
You are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned,
and flame will not scorch you.
3 For I am Yahweh your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
your Savior.
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight,
and I have loved you,
therefore I will give people in your place,
and nations instead of your life.
5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
I will bring your offspring from the east,
and gather you from the west.
6 I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’
and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back!
Bring my sons from far away,
and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 everyone who is called by my name,
and whom I have created for my glory,
whom I have formed,
yes, whom I have made.’"
8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
and the deaf who have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the peoples be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us former things?
Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified,
or let them hear, and say, "That is true."
10 "You are my witnesses," says Yahweh,
"With my servant whom I have chosen;
that you may know and believe me,
and understand that I am he.
Before me there was no God formed,
neither will there be after me.
11 I myself am Yahweh.
Besides me, there is no savior.
12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown,
and there was no strange god among you.
Therefore you are my witnesses",
says Yahweh, "and I am God.
13 Yes, since the day was, I am he.
There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
I will work, and who can hinder it?"
14 Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. 15 I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."
16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings out the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty man
(they lie down together, they shall not rise;
they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
18 "Don’t remember the former things,
and don’t consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing.
It springs out now.
Don’t you know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
20 The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me,
because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people which I formed for myself,
that they might declare my praise.
22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, Israel.
23 You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings,
neither have you honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with frankincense.
24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money,
nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices,
but you have burdened me with your sins.
You have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake;
and I will not remember your sins.
26 Put me in remembrance.
Let us plead together.
Declare your case,
that you may be justified.
27 Your first father sinned,
and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
and I will make Jacob a curse,
and Israel an insult."
1 Maar nou, so sê die HERE, jou Skepper, o Jakob, en jou Formeerder, o Israel: Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek het jou verlos; Ek het jou by jou naam geroep; jy is myne!
2 As jy deur die water gaan, is Ek by jou; en deur die riviere -- hulle sal jou nie oorstroom nie; as jy deur vuur gaan, sal jy jou nie skroei nie, en die vlam sal jou nie brand nie.
3 Want Ek is die HERE, jou God, die Heilige van Israel, jou Heiland; Ek het Egipte gegee as losprys vir jou, Kus en Seba in jou plek.
4 Omdat jy kostelik is in my oë, hooggeag is, en Ek jou liefhet, daarom gee Ek mense in jou plek en volke vir jou lewe.
5 Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek is met jou; Ek sal jou geslag van die ooste af aanbring en jou versamel van die weste af.
6 Ek sal sê aan die noorde: Gee! en aan die suide: Hou nie terug nie! Bring my seuns van ver, en my dogters van die einde van die aarde af,
7 elkeen wat na my Naam genoem is en wat Ek geskape het tot my eer, wat Ek geformeer, wat Ek ook gemaak het.
8 Bring uit die volk wat blind is en tog oë het, en die dowes wat ore het.
9 Al die nasies het saam vergader, en die volke is versamel. Wie onder hulle kan sulke dinge verkondig? En laat hulle ons die vorige dinge bekend maak! Laat hulle hul getuies bring, dat hulle in die gelyk gestel kan word; en laat hulle hoor en sê: Dit is die waarheid!
10 Julle is my getuies, spreek die HERE, en my kneg wat Ek uitverkies het, sodat julle kan weet en My kan glo en insien dat dit Ek is -- voor My is geen God geformeer nie, en n My sal daar geeneen wees nie.
11 Ek, Ek is die HERE, en daar is geen Heiland buiten My nie.
12 Âk het verkondig en verlos en dit laat hoor, en daar was geen ander god onder julle nie; en julle is my getuies, spreek die HERE, en Ek is God.
13 Ook van vandag af is Ek dit, en niemand red uit my hand nie; Ek werk, en wie kan dit keer?
14 So sê die HERE, jou Losser, die Heilige van Israel: Om julle ontwil het Ek na Babel gestuur, en Ek sal hulle almal as vlugtelinge laat afdaal, naamlik die Chaldeërs, in die skepe waarop hulle gejuig het.
15 Ek is die HERE, julle Heilige; die Skepper van Israel, julle Koning.
16 So sê die HERE wat in die see 'n weg en in die sterk waters 'n pad gemaak het,
17 wat waens en perde, leërmag en held laat uittrek het; tesame lê hulle, hulle sal nie opstaan nie; hulle is uitgeblus, soos 'n lamppit uitgedoof.
18 Dink nie aan die vorige dinge nie, en slaan geen ag op wat vroeër gebeur het nie.
19 Kyk, Ek gaan iets nuuts maak; nou sal dit uitspruit; sal julle dit nie merk nie? Ja, Ek maak 'n pad in die woestyn, riviere in die wildernis.
20 Die wilde diere van die veld sal My eer, die jakkalse en die volstruise; want Ek gee waters in die woestyn, riviere in die wildernis om my volk, my uitverkorene, te laat drink.
21 Die volk wat Ek vir My geformeer het, hulle sal my lof verkondig.
22 Nogtans het jy My nie aangeroep, o Jakob, dat jy jou vir My sou vermoei het nie, o Israel!
23 Jy het vir My nie gebring die kleinvee van jou brandoffers nie, en met jou slagoffers het jy My nie geëer nie; Ek het jou geen oorlas aangedoen met spysoffers en jou nie vermoei met wierook nie.
24 Jy het vir My geen kalmoes met geld gekoop en met die vet van jou slagoffers My nie verkwik nie; maar jy het My oorlas aangedoen met jou sondes, jy het My vermoei met jou ongeregtighede.
25 Ek, Ek is dit wat jou oortredinge uitdelg om My ontwil, en aan jou sondes dink Ek nie.
26 Maak My indagtig; laat ons teen mekaar pleit; vertel jy, dat jy in die gelyk gestel kan word.
27 Jou eerste vader het gesondig, en jou tolke het teen My oortree.
28 So het Ek dan heilige vorste ontheilig en Jakob aan die banvloek oorgegee en Israel aan beskimpinge.