Be lighted, be lighted, Jerusalem, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Isaiah 60
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Behold, darkness and gloom will cover the earth over the nations; but upon you the Lord will appear, and his glory will be seen upon you.
And kings shall go by your light, and nations by your brightness.
κύκλῳ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἰδὲ συνηγμένα τὰ τέκνα σου ἰδοὺ ἥκασιν πάντες οἱ υἱοί σου μακρόθεν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες σου ἐπ᾿ ὤμων ἀρθήσονται
Lift up your eyes round about and see your children gathered together; behold, all your sons have come from far away, and your daughters shall be carried on shoulders.
ὄψῃ καὶ φοβηθήσῃ καὶ ἐκστήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ὅτι μεταβαλεῖ εἰς σὲ πλοῦτος θαλάσσης καὶ ἐθνῶν καὶ λαῶν καὶ ἥξουσίν σοι
Then you will see and be afraid and your heart will be amazed, because the wealth of the sea will turn over to you, and the wealth of nations and peoples will come to you.
καμήλων καὶ καλύψουσίν σε κάμηλοι Μαδιαμ καὶ Γαιφα πάντες ἐκ Σαβα ἥξουσιν φέροντες χρυσίον καὶ λίβανον οἴσουσιν καὶ τὸ σωτήριον κυρίου εὐαγγελιοῦνται
A multitude of camels shall cover you, camels of Midian and Gaipha; all from Sheba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense, and they shall bear the salvation of the Lord, proclaiming good news
πάντα τὰ πρόβατα Κηδαρ συναχθήσονταί σοι καὶ κριοὶ Ναβαιωθ ἥξουσίν σοι καὶ ἀνενεχθήσεται δεκτὰ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν μου καὶ ὁ οἶκος τῆς προσευχῆς μου δοξασθήσεται
And all the sheep of Kedar shall be gathered to you, and the rams of Nebaioth shall come to you, and they shall be brought up acceptable on my altar, and my house of my prayer shall be glorified
Who are these that fly like clouds and like doves with their young?
νῆσοι ὑπέμειναν καὶ πλοῖα Θαρσις ἐν πρώτοις ἀγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου μακρόθεν καὶ τὸν ἄργυρον καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν διὰ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τὸ ἅγιον καὶ διὰ τὸ τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Ισραηλ ἔνδοξον εἶναι
For me the islands have waited, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your children from far away, and their silver and their gold with them, for the name of the Lord, the Holy One, and for the Holy One of Israel to be glorious.
οἰκοδομήσουσιν ἀλλογενεῖς τὰ τείχη σου καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν παραστήσονταί σοι διὰ γὰρ ὀργήν μου ἐπάταξά σε καὶ διὰ ἔλεον ἠγάπησά σε
And foreigners shall build your walls, and their kings shall stand beside you; for in my wrath I struck you, and in mercy I loved you
ἀνοιχθήσονται αἱ πύλαι σου διὰ παντός ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς οὐ κλεισθήσονται εἰσαγαγεῖν πρὸς σὲ δύναμιν ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀγομένους
And your gates shall be opened continually; day and night they shall not be shut, to bring in to you the power of the nations, and kings being led in.
For the nations and the kings, whoever will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be made desolate with desolation.
ἡ δόξα τοῦ Λιβάνου πρὸς σὲ ἥξει ἐν κυπαρίσσῳ καὶ πεύκῃ καὶ κέδρῳ ἅμα δοξάσαι τὸν τόπον τὸν ἅγιόν μου
And the glory of Lebanon shall come to you, in cypress and pine and cedar together, to glorify my holy place
πορεύσονται πρὸς σὲ δεδοικότες υἱοὶ ταπεινωσάντων σε καὶ παροξυνάντων σε καὶ κληθήσῃ πόλις κυρίου Σιων ἁγίου Ισραηλ
And the sons of those who humbled you and provoked you will come to you in fear, and you will be called the city of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
τὸ γεγενῆσθαί σε ἐγκαταλελειμμένην καὶ μεμισημένην καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν καὶ θήσω σε ἀγαλλίαμα αἰώνιον εὐφροσύνην γενεῶν γενεαῖς
Because you were abandoned and hated, and there was no helper, I will make you an everlasting gladness, a joy for generations of generations
θηλάσεις γάλα ἐθνῶν καὶ πλοῦτον βασιλέων φάγεσαι καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ σῴζων σε καὶ ἐξαιρούμενός σε θεὸς Ισραηλ
And you shall suck the milk of nations, and the wealth of kings you shall eat, and you shall know that I am the Lord, the one who saves you and the God of Israel who delivers you.
ἀντὶ χαλκοῦ οἴσω σοι χρυσίον ἀντὶ δὲ σιδήρου οἴσω σοι ἀργύριον ἀντὶ δὲ ξύλων οἴσω σοι χαλκόν ἀντὶ δὲ λίθων σίδηρον καὶ δώσω τοὺς ἄρχοντάς σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ τοὺς ἐπισκόπους σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ
And instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and instead of iron I will bring you silver, and instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and instead of stones iron, and I will give your rulers in peace and your overseers in righteousness
οὐκ ἀκουσθήσεται ἔτι ἀδικία ἐν τῇ γῇ σου οὐδὲ σύντριμμα οὐδὲ ταλαιπωρία ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις σου ἀλλὰ κληθήσεται σωτήριον τὰ τείχη σου καὶ αἱ πύλαι σου γλύμμα
And injustice shall no longer be heard in your land, nor ruin nor misery in your borders, but your walls shall be called Salvation, and your gates, Engraving.
οὐκ ἔσται σοι ὁ ἥλιος εἰς φῶς ἡμέρας οὐδὲ ἀνατολὴ σελήνης φωτιεῖ σοι τὴν νύκτα ἀλλ᾿ ἔσται σοι κύριος φῶς αἰώνιον καὶ ὁ θεὸς δόξα σου
And the sun shall not be to you for light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon give light to you by night, but the Lord shall be an everlasting light to you, and God your glory
γὰρ δύσεται ὁ ἥλιός σοι καὶ ἡ σελήνη σοι οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἔσται γὰρ κύριός σοι φῶς αἰώνιον καὶ ἀναπληρωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους σου
For your sun shall not set, and your moon shall not fail; for the Lord shall be for you an eternal light, and the days of your mourning shall be fulfilled.
ὁ λαός σου πᾶς δίκαιος καὶ δι᾿ αἰῶνος κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν φυλάσσων τὸ φύτευμα ἔργα χειρῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς δόξαν
And all your people shall be righteous, and they shall inherit the land forever, guarding the planting, the works of his hands, for glory
The little one shall be for thousands, and the least for a great nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will gather them.