top Isaiah ch 65
Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 65
The Rebellion of the People
1 ἐμφανὴς ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν, εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσιν· εἶπα ἰδού εἰμι, τῷ ἔθνει οἳ οὐκ ἐκάλεσάν μου τὸ ὄνομα. 2 ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα, οἳ οὐκ ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδῷ ἀληθινῇ, ἀλλ' ὀπίσω τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν. 3 ὁ λαὸς οὗτος ὁ παροξύνων με ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ διὰ παντός,1 αὐτοὶ θυσιάζουσιν ἐν τοῖς κήποις καὶ θυμιῶσιν ἐπὶ ταῖς πλίνθοις τοῖς δαιμονίοις, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν· 4 καὶ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις κοιμῶνται δι' ἐνύπνια, οἱ ἔσθοντες κρέα ὕεια καὶ ζωμὸν θυσιῶν, μεμολυμμένα πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν· 5 οἱ λέγοντες πόρρω ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγγίσῃς μου, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι· 1 I became manifest to those who were not seeking Me; I was found by those who were not questioning Me. I said, "Behold, here I am," to the nation that did not call upon My name. 2 I spread out My hands all day long toward a people who are disobedient and contradictory, who did not walk in a true way, but after their own sins. 3 This people provokes Me to My face continually; they sacrifice in the gardens and burn incense on bricks to demons that do not exist. 4 And they sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams—those who eat swine’s flesh and the broth of sacrifices; all their vessels are defiled. 5 Those who say, "Stay far from me, do not come near me, for I am pure."
οὗτος καπνὸς τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, πῦρ καίεται ἐν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. 6 ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐνώπιόν μου οὐ σιωπήσω, ἕως ἄν ἀποδῶ εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν· 7 τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, λέγει κύριος, οἳ ἐθυμίασαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν ὠνείδισάν με, ἀποδώσω τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν. These are smoke in My wrath, a fire that burns in it all day long. 6 Behold, it is written before Me: I will not be silent until I repay into their bosom; 7 your sins and the sins of your fathers, says the Lord; they who burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills—I will repay their works into their bosom.
The Remnant and the Division
8 οὕτως λέγει κύριος ὃν τρόπον εὑρεθήσεται ὁ ῥὼξ ἐν τῷ βότρυι καὶ ἐροῦσιν μὴ λυμήνῃ αὐτὸν ὅτι εὐλογία κυρίου ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῷ, οὕτως ποιήσω ἕνεκεν τοῦ δουλεύοντός μοι, τούτου ἕνεκεν οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω πάντας. 9 καὶ ἐξάξω τὸ ἐξ Ἰακὼβ σπέρμα καὶ τὸ ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ κληρονομήσουσιν οἱ ἐκλεκτοί μου καὶ οἱ δοῦλοί μου καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐκεῖ. 10 καὶ ἔσονται ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ ἐπαύλεις ποιμνίων καὶ φάραγξ Ἀχὼρ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν βουκολίων τῷ λαῷ μου, οἳ ἐζήτησάν με. 8 Thus says the Lord: In the way that a grain of grape shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, "Do not destroy it, for a blessing of the Lord is in it," so I will do for the sake of the one who serves Me; for this one's sake I will not destroy all. 9 And I will bring out the seed from Jacob and from Judah, and he shall inherit My holy mountain; and My chosen ones shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there. 10 And in the forest there shall be folds of flocks, and the Valley of Achor shall be for a resting place of herds for My people, who sought Me.
11 ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ ἐγκαταλιπόντες με καὶ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου καὶ ἑτοιμάζοντες τῷ δαίμονι τράπεζαν καὶ πληροῦντες τῇ τύχῃ κέρασμα, 12 ἐγὼ παραδώσω ὑμᾶς εἰς μάχαιραν, πάντες ἐν σφαγῇ πεσεῖσθε, ὅτι ἐκάλεσα ὑμᾶς καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε, ἐλάλησα καὶ παρηκούσατε καὶ ἐποιήσατε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ καὶ ἃ οὐκ ἐβουλόμην ἐξελέξασθε. 11 But you who abandoned Me and are forgetting My holy mountain, and are preparing a table for the demon and filling a mixed drink for Fortune, 12 I will deliver you up to the sword; you shall all fall in slaughter. For I called you and you did not listen; I spoke and you disregarded; and you did the evil thing before Me and chose the things I did not desire.
13 διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἰδοὺ οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι φάγονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ πεινάσετε· ἰδοὺ οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι πίονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ διψήσετε· ἰδοὺ οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι εὐφρανθήσονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ αἰσχυνθήσεσθε· 14 ἰδοὺ οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ὑμεῖς δὲ κεκράξεσθε διὰ τὸν πόνον τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ συντριβῆς πνεύματος ὀλολύξετε. 15 καταλείψετε γὰρ τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν εἰς πλησμονὴν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου, ὑμᾶς δὲ ἀνελεῖ κύριος. τοῖς δὲ δουλεύουσιν αὐτῷ κληθήσεται ὄνομα καινόν, 16 ὃ εὐλογηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· εὐλογήσουσιν γὰρ τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἀληθινόν καί, οἱ ὀμνύοντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὀμοῦνται τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἀληθινόν· ἐπιλήσονται γὰρ τὴν θλῖψιν αὐτῶν τὴν πρώτην, καὶ οὐκ ἀναβήσεται αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν. 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, those who serve Me shall eat, but you shall hunger; behold, those who serve Me shall drink, but you shall thirst; behold, those who serve Me shall be glad, but you shall be put to shame. 14 Behold, those who serve Me shall exult in gladness, but you shall cry out because of the pain of your heart, and you shall wail from a breaking of spirit. 15 For you shall leave your name for a satiety to My chosen ones, and the Lord shall destroy you. But to those who serve Him, a new name shall be called, 16 which shall be blessed upon the earth.
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 ἔσται γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν τῶν προτέρων, οὐδ' οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν, 18 ἀλλ' εὐφροσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα εὑρήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ· ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ποιῶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀγαλλίαμα καὶ τὸν λαόν μου εὐφροσύνην. 19 καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ λαῷ μου, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐν αὐτῇ φωνὴ κλαυθμοῦ οὐδὲ φωνὴ κραυγῆς. 20 καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται ἐκεῖ ἄωρος καὶ πρεσβύτης, ὃς οὐκ ἐμπλήσει τὸν χρόνον αὐτοῦ· ἔσται γὰρ ὁ νέος ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὁ δὲ ἀποθνῄσκων ἁμαρτωλὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν καὶ ἐπικατάρατος ἔσται. 17 For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, and they shall by no means remember the former things, nor shall they ever come upon their heart. 18 But they shall find gladness and exultation in it; for behold, I am making Jerusalem an exultation and My people a gladness. 19 And I will exult over Jerusalem and be glad over My people, and there shall no longer be heard in her the voice of weeping nor the voice of a cry. 20 And there shall not be an untimely [death] there, nor an old man who does not fulfill his time; for the youth shall be a hundred years old, but the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be cursed.
21 καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν οἰκίας καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνοικήσουσιν, καὶ καταφυτεύσουσιν ἀμπελῶνας καὶ αὐτοὶ φάγονται τὰ γενήματα αὐτῶν· 22 καὶ οὐ μὴ οἰκοδομήσουσιν καὶ ἄλλοι ἐνοικήσουσιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ φυτεύσουσιν καὶ ἄλλοι φάγονται· κατὰ γὰρ τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς ἔσονται αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ λαοῦ μου, τὰ ἔργα τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν παλαιώσουσιν. 23 οἱ δὲ ἐκλεκτοί μου οὐ κοπιάσουσιν εἰς κενὸν οὐδὲ τεκνοποιήσουσιν εἰς κατάραν, ὅτι σπέρμα ηὐλογημένον ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἐστιν, καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτῶν μετ' αὐτῶν ἔσονται. 21 And they shall build houses and they themselves shall inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards and they themselves shall eat their produce. 22 And they shall not build and others inhabit, and they shall not plant and others eat; for according to the days of the tree of life shall be the days of My people; they shall wear out the works of their labors. 23 My chosen ones shall not toil in vain nor bring forth children for a curse, because it is a seed blessed by God, and their offspring shall be with them.
24 καὶ ἔσται πρὶν κεκράξαι αὐτοὺς ἐγὼ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτῶν, ἔτι λαλούντων αὐτῶν ἐρῶ τί ἐστιν; 25 τότε λύκοι καὶ ἄρνες βοσκηθήσονται ἅμα, καὶ λέων ὡς βοῦς φάγεται ἄχυρα, ὄφις δὲ γῆν ὡς ἄρτον· οὐκ ἀδικήσουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ λυμανοῦνται ἐπὶ τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ μου, λέγει κύριος. 24 And it shall be, before they cry out, I will listen to them; while they are still speaking, I will say, "What is it?" 25 Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and a lion shall eat straw like an ox, and a serpent [shall eat] earth as bread. They shall not do wrong nor shall they destroy on My holy mountain, says the Lord.