Isaiah

The LORD Is Exalted

1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed,O traitor never betrayed!When you have finished destroying,you will be destroyed.When you have finished betraying,you will be betrayed.

2O LORD, be gracious to us!We wait for You.Be our strength every morningand our salvation in time of trouble.

3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice;the nations scatter when You rise.

4Your spoil, O nations,is gathered as by locusts;like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6He will be the sure foundation for your times,a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets;the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8The highways are deserted;travel has ceased.The treatyhas been broken,the witnessesare despised, and human life is disregarded.

9The land mourns and languishes;Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.Sharon is like a desert;Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD.“Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble.Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

12The peoples will be burned to ashes,like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

13You who are far off, hear what I have done;you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling grips the ungodly:“Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire?Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

15He who walks righteouslyand speaks with sincerity,who refuses gain from extortion,whose hand never takes a bribe,who stops his ears against murderous plotsand shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

16he will dwell on the heights;the mountain fortress will be his refuge;his food will be providedand his water assured.

17Your eyes will see the King in His beautyand behold a land that stretches afar.

18Your mind will ponder the former terror:“Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

19You will no longer see the insolent,a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.

20Look upon Zion,the city of our appointed feasts.Your eyes will see Jerusalem,a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;its tent pegs will not be pulled up,nor will any of its cords be broken.

21But there the Majestic One, our LORD,will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals,where no galley with oars will row,and no majestic vessel will pass.

22For the LORD is our Judge,the LORD is our lawgiver,the LORD is our King.It is He who will save us.

23Your ropes are slack;they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail.Then an abundance of spoils will be divided,and even the lame will carry off plunder.

24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.”The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

1khi ngươi phản bội rồi, ngươi sẽ bị phản bội.

2xin cứu độ chúng con trong lúc ngặt nghèo.

3Ngài đứng lên, các nước tán loạn.

4người ta xông vào lấy, như châu chấu xông vào.

5Người làm cho Xi-on được đầy chính trực công minh.

6sự kính sợ ĐỨC CHÚA, đó chính là kho tàng Người ban.

7các sứ giả hoà bình than khóc đắng cay.

8chẳng coi ai ra gì nữa.

9còn miền Ba-san và núi Các-men hoá ra trơ trụi.

10giờ đây Ta đứng thẳng, giờ đây Ta vươn mình lên.

11Hơi thở của Ta sẽ như lửa thiêu rụi các ngươi.

12chúng như gai bị chặt và thiêu trong lửa.

13kẻ ở gần, khá nhận rằng sức Ta hùng mạnh.”

14Ai trong chúng ta ở gần được hoả hào muôn kiếp ?”

15việc xấu xa, bịt mắt chẳng thèm nhìn.

16nước uống chẳng lo thiếu bao giờ.

17sẽ thấy một miền đất trải rộng.

18Đâu rồi người thanh tra các tháp canh ?”

19giọng nói líu lo, không ai hiểu.

20không một dây lều nào sẽ bị đứt.

21nhưng không có thuyền bè tới lui, và tàu to đẹp cũng không qua lại.

22ĐỨC CHÚA là vua của chúng ta, chính Người sẽ cứu độ chúng ta.

23kẻ què cũng tha hồ hôi của.

24Dân ở đó sẽ được tha tội.