Yesaya 51:4-8
Konteks51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!
Listen to me, my people!
For 1 I will issue a decree, 2
I will make my justice a light to the nations. 3
51:5 I am ready to vindicate, 4
I am ready to deliver, 5
I will establish justice among the nations. 6
The coastlands 7 wait patiently for me;
they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. 8
51:6 Look up at the sky!
Look at the earth below!
For the sky will dissipate 9 like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like clothes;
its residents will die like gnats.
But the deliverance I give 10 is permanent;
the vindication I provide 11 will not disappear. 12
51:7 Listen to me, you who know what is right,
you people who are aware of my law! 13
Don’t be afraid of the insults of men;
don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!
51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;
a clothes moth will devour them like wool.
But the vindication I provide 14 will be permanent;
the deliverance I give will last.”
[51:4] 2 tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”
[51:4] 3 tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”
[51:5] 4 tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”
[51:5] 5 tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”
[51:5] 6 tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”
[51:5] 7 tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”
[51:5] 8 tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).
[51:6] 9 tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.
[51:6] 10 tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”
[51:6] 11 tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”
[51:6] 12 tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”
[51:7] 13 tn Heb “people (who have) my law in their heart.”
[51:8] 14 tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”
