1 And now thus saith our Lord that created thee, o Jacob, & formed thee, o Israel: Fear not, because I have redeemed thee, and called thee by the name: thou art mine.
1 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.
2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the floods shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not burn in thee:
2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
3 Because I am the Lord thy God the holy one of Israel thy saviour, I have given Ægypt thy propitiation, Æthiopia and Saba for thee.
3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
4 Since thou becamest honourable in mine eyes, and glorious: I have loved thee, & I will give men for thee, and peoples for thy soul.
4 Since thou becamest honorable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Fear not, because I am with thee: from the East will I bring thy seed, and from the West I will gather thee.
5 Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
6 I will say to the North: Give: and to the South: Hinder not: bring my sons from a far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
6 I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 And every one that invocateth my name, for my glory have I created him, formed him, and made him.
7 And everyone that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory. I have formed him, and made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people, and having eyes: the deaf, and he that hath ears.
8 Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.
9 All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: which of you can shew this & shall make us hear the former things? Let them give their witnesses, and be justified, and hear, and say: In very deed.
9 All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.
10 You are my witnesses, saith our Lord, and my servants whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there hath no God been formed, & after me there shall not be.
10 You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.
11 I am, I am the Lord, and there is no saviour beside me.
11 ¹I am, I am the Lord: and there is no savior besides me.
12 I have shewed, and have saved: I have made it heard, and there hath been no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith our Lord, and I God.
12 I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
13 And from the beginning I myself, and there is not that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
13 And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
14 Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: For your sake have I sent forth into Babylon, and have plucked down all the bars, & Chaldees glorying in their ships.
14 Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.
15 I the Lord your holy one, that created Israel your king.
15 I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith our Lord, that gave a way in the sea, and a path in the vehement waters.
16 Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
17 Which brought forth the chariot & the horse, the arm and the strong: they slept together, neither shall they rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
17 Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
18 Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
18 Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
19 Behold I make new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in the place not haunted.
19 ²Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the desert: rivers in the place not haunted, that I might give drink to my people, to mine elect.
20 The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself, they shall tell my praise.
21 This people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my praise.
22 Thou hast not invocated me, o Jacob, neither hast thou laboured in me, o Israel.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou labored about me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not offered me the ram of thine holocaust, and with thy victims thou hast not glorified me: I have not made thee to serve in oblation, nor put thee to pain in frankincense.
23 Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 Thou hast not bought me sweet cane for silver, and with the fat of thy victims thou hast not inebriated me. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast put me to pain with thine iniquities.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
25 I am, I am he that take clean away thine iniquities for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
26 Bring me into remembrance, & let us be judged together: tell if thou have any thing, that thou mayst be justified.
26 Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast anything to justify thyself.
27 Thy first father sinned, and thy interpreters have transgressed against me.
27 Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to destruction, & Israel to reproach.
28 And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.