Isaia 29
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
29 „Vai de Ariel(A) (Leul lui Dumnezeu), de Ariel! Cetatea în(B) care a tăbărât David! Adăugaţi an la an şi lăsaţi sărbătorile să-şi facă ocolul lor. 2 Apoi, voi împresura pe Ariel; plânsete şi gemete vor fi în ea şi cetatea va fi ca un Ariel pentru Mine. 3 Căci te voi împresura de toate părţile, te voi înconjura cu cete de străjeri şi voi ridica întărituri de şanţuri împotriva ta. 4 Vei fi doborât la pământ şi de acolo vei vorbi şi din ţărână ţi se vor auzi vorbele. Glasul tău va ieşi din pământ(C) ca al unei năluci şi din ţărână îţi vei şopti cuvintele. 5 Dar mulţimea vrăjmaşilor(D) tăi va fi ca o pulbere măruntă şi mulţimea asupritorilor va fi ca(E) pleava care zboară, şi aceasta deodată(F), într-o clipă.” 6 De la Domnul oştirilor va(G) veni pedeapsa, cu tunete, cutremure de pământ şi pocnet puternic, cu vijelie şi furtună şi cu flacăra unui foc mistuitor. 7 Şi, ca un vis, ca o vedenie de noapte, aşa va fi mulţimea(H) neamurilor care vor lupta împotriva lui Ariel, aşa vor fi cei ce se vor bate împotriva lui şi cetăţuiei lui, strângându-l de aproape. 8 După cum cel flămând visează(I) că mănâncă şi se trezeşte cu stomacul gol, şi, după cum cel însetat visează(J) că bea, şi se trezeşte stors de puteri şi cu setea neastâmpărată, tot aşa va fi şi cu mulţimea neamurilor care vor veni să lupte împotriva Muntelui Sionului. 9 „Rămâneţi încremeniţi şi uimiţi! Închideţi ochii şi fiţi orbi! Ei sunt(K) beţi, dar(L) nu de vin; se clatină, dar nu din pricina băuturilor tari. 10 Ci pentru că(M) Domnul a turnat peste voi un duh de adormire; v-a închis(N) ochii, prorocilor, şi v-a acoperit capetele, văzătorilor(O). 11 De aceea toată descoperirea dumnezeiască a ajuns pentru voi ca vorbele unei cărţi(P) pecetluite. Dacă o dai cuiva care ştie să citească şi-i zici: ‘Ia citeşte!’ El(Q) răspunde: ‘Nu pot, căci este pecetluită!’ 12 Sau dacă dai cartea unuia care nu ştie să citească şi-i zici: ‘Ia citeşte!’ El răspunde: ‘Nu ştiu să citesc.’ ” 13 Domnul zice: „Când(R) se apropie de Mine poporul acesta, Mă cinsteşte cu gura şi cu buzele, dar inima lui este departe de Mine şi frica pe care o are de Mine nu este decât o învăţătură(S) de datină omenească. 14 De(T) aceea, voi lovi iarăşi pe poporul acesta cu semne şi minuni din ce în ce mai minunate, aşa că(U) înţelepciunea înţelepţilor lui va pieri şi priceperea oamenilor lui pricepuţi se va face nevăzută.” 15 Vai(V) de cei ce îşi ascund planurile dinaintea Domnului, care îşi fac faptele în întuneric şi zic(W): „Cine ne vede şi cine ne ştie?” 16 Stricaţi ce sunteţi! Oare olarul trebuie privit ca lutul sau poate lucrarea(X) să zică despre lucrător: „Nu m-a făcut el?” Sau poate vasul să zică despre olar: „El nu se pricepe?” 17 Peste puţină vreme, Libanul(Y) se va preface în pomăt, şi pomătul va fi socotit ca o pădure! 18 În(Z) ziua aceea, surzii vor auzi cuvintele cărţii şi ochii orbilor, izbăviţi de negură şi întuneric, vor vedea. 19 Cei(AA) nenorociţi se vor bucura tot mai mult în Domnul şi săracii(AB) se vor veseli de Sfântul lui Israel. 20 Căci asupritorul nu va mai fi, batjocoritorul(AC) va pieri şi toţi cei ce pândeau(AD) nelegiuirea vor fi nimiciţi: 21 cei ce osândeau pe alţii la judecată, întindeau curse cui îi înfruntau la poarta cetăţii şi năpăstuiau(AE) fără temei pe cel nevinovat. 22 De aceea, aşa vorbeşte Domnul către casa lui Iacov, El, care(AF) a răscumpărat pe Avraam: „Acum Iacov nu va mai roşi de ruşine şi nu i se va mai îngălbeni faţa acum. 23 Căci, când vor vedea ei, când vor vedea copiii lor, în mijlocul lor, lucrarea(AG) mâinilor Mele, Îmi vor sfinţi Numele; vor sfinţi pe Sfântul lui Iacov şi se vor teme de Dumnezeul lui Israel. 24 Cei rătăciţi(AH) cu duhul vor căpăta pricepere şi cei ce cârteau vor lua învăţătură.”
Isaiah 29
New King James Version
Woe to Jerusalem
29 “Woe (A)to [a]Ariel, to Ariel, the city (B)where David dwelt!
Add year to year;
Let feasts come around.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel;
There shall be heaviness and sorrow,
And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
3 I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (C)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 “Moreover the multitude of your (D)foes
Shall be like fine dust,
And the multitude of the terrible ones
Like (E)chaff that passes away;
Yes, it shall be (F)in an instant, suddenly.
6 (G)You will be punished by the Lord of hosts
With thunder and (H)earthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.
7 (I)The multitude of all the nations who fight against [b]Ariel,
Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
And distress her,
Shall be (J)as a dream of a night vision.
8 (K)It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
The Blindness of Disobedience
9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(L)They are drunk, (M)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For (N)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (O)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (P)the seers.
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a [c]book (Q)that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”
(R)And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 Then the book is delivered to one who [d]is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.”
And he says, “I am not literate.”
13 Therefore the Lord said:
(S)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (T)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
14 (U)Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
(V)For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
15 (W)Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
(X)They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (Y)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Future Recovery of Wisdom
17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till (Z)Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
18 (AA)In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 (AB)The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And (AC)the poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the [e]terrible one is brought to nothing,
(AD)The scornful one is consumed,
And all who (AE)watch for iniquity are cut off—
21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And (AF)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just (AG)by empty words.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AH)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (AI)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
23 But when he sees his children,
(AJ)The work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.
24 These also (AK)who erred in spirit will come to understanding,
And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God
- Isaiah 29:7 Jerusalem
- Isaiah 29:11 scroll
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books
- Isaiah 29:20 terrifying
Isaiah 29
King James Version
29 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Isaiah 29
English Standard Version
The Siege of Jerusalem
29 Ah, Ariel, Ariel,
the city (A)where David encamped!
Add year to year;
let the feasts run their round.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel,
and there shall be moaning and lamentation,
and she shall be to me like an Ariel.[a]
3 (B)And I will encamp against you all around,
and will besiege you (C)with towers
and I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 (D)And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like (E)the voice of a ghost,
and from the dust your speech shall whisper.
5 But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like (F)small dust,
and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.
(G)And in an instant, suddenly,
6 (H)you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
7 And (I)the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
shall be (J)like a dream, a vision of the night.
8 (K)As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
so shall the multitude of all the nations be
that fight against Mount Zion.
9 Astonish yourselves[b] and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk,[c] but not with wine;
(L)stagger,[d] but not with strong drink!
10 (M)For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is (N)sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
13 And the Lord said:
“Because (O)this people (P)draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
14 therefore, behold, (Q)I will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and (R)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
15 Ah, (S)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
whose deeds are (T)in the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
16 (U)You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
“He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
17 Is it not yet a very little while
(V)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
18 In that day (W)the deaf shall hear
(X)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
(Y)the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 (Z)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing
and (AA)the scoffer cease,
and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and (AB)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea (AC)turn aside him who is in the right.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AD)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
no more shall his face grow pale.
23 For when he sees his children,
(AE)the work of my hands, in his midst,
they will sanctify my name;
(AF)they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 And those (AG)who go astray in spirit will come to understanding,
and those who murmur will accept instruction.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:2 Ariel could mean lion of God, or hero (2 Samuel 23:20), or altar hearth (Ezekiel 43:15–16)
- Isaiah 29:9 Or Linger awhile
- Isaiah 29:9 Or They are drunk
- Isaiah 29:9 Or they stagger
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