Isaiah 64
1 ಆಹಾ, ನೀನು ಆಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ಹರಿದು ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಇಳಿದು ಬಂದಿದ್ದರೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಚೆನ್ನಾ ಗಿತ್ತು! ಬಾ! ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು ನಿನ್ನ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರಗಲಿ! ಜನಾಂಗಗಳು ನಿನ್ನ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡುಗುವ ಹಾಗೆ,
2 ಬೆಂಕಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತಿಸುವಂತೆಯೂ ಬೆಂಕಿ ನೀರನ್ನು ಉಕ್ಕಿಸುವಂತೆಯೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ನಿನ್ನ ವೈರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುವಂತೆಯೂ ಮಾಡು!
3 ನಾವು ಎದುರು ನೋಡದೆ ಇದ್ದ ಭಯಂಕರವಾದವುಗಳನ್ನು ನೀನು ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ ಇಳಿದು ಬಂದಿ; ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನತೆಯಿಂದ ಕರಗಿಹೋದವು.
4 ದೇವರೇ, ನಿನಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಕಾದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನಿಗೆ ನೀನು ಮಾಡು ವದನ್ನು, ಲೋಕದ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮುಂಚೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೊರ ತಾಗಿ ಯಾರೂ ಕೇಳಲಿಲ್ಲ ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಯಾರ ಕಿವಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಬೀಳಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಯಾರ ಕಣ್ಣು ನೋಡಲಿಲ್ಲ.
5 ಸಂತೋಷಪಟ್ಟು ನೀತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೈಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನನ್ನೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಮಾಡುವವ ನನ್ನೂ ನೀನು ಎದುರುಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೀ; ಇಗೋ, ನೀನು ರೌದ್ರನಾಗಿರುವಿ, ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ನಾವು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲ್ಪಡದ ಹಾಗೆ ಪಾಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದುವರಿದೆವು.
6 ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಅಶುದ್ದವಾದದ್ದರ ಹಾಗೆ ಇದ್ದೇವೆ; ನಮ್ಮ ನೀತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳು ಮೈಲಿಗೆ ವಸ್ತ್ರದ ಹಾಗಿವೆ; ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಎಲೆಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ; ನಮ್ಮ ಅಕ್ರಮಗಳು ಗಾಳಿಯಂತೆ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಿವೆ.
7 ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಕರೆಯುವವನೂ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಿಡು ಕೊಳ್ಳುವದಕ್ಕೆ ತನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನು ಒಬ್ಬನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ನಮಗೆ ಮರೆಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ; ನಮ್ಮ ಅಕ್ರಮಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ದಹಿಸಿಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೀ.
8 ಆದರೆ ಈಗ ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆಯು ನೀನೇ; ನಾವು ಮಣ್ಣು, ನೀನು ನಮ್ಮ ಕುಂಬಾರನು; ನಾವೆ ಲ್ಲರೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಕೆಲಸವೇ.
9 ಓ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ಅತ್ಯಧಿಕ ವಾಗಿ ರೌದ್ರನಾಗಬೇಡ; ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ಅಕ್ರಮ ವನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಮಾಡಬೇಡ; ಇಗೋ, ನೋಡು, ನಾವು ಬೇಡುತ್ತೇವೆ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಡು; ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಜನರೇ.
10 ನಿನ್ನ ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳು ಅಡವಿ ಯಾದವು; ಚೀಯೋನು ಅಡವಿಯಾಯಿತು; ಯೆರೂ ಸಲೇಮು ಹಾಳಾಯಿತು.
11 ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆಗಳು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೊಂಡಾಡಿದ ನಮ್ಮ ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಂದರ ವಾದ ಮನೆ ಬೆಂಕಿಯಿಂದ ಸುಟ್ಟುಹೋಯಿತು; ನಮ್ಮ ಸೊಗಸಾದವುಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಾಶವಾದವು.
12 ಇವು ಹೀಗಿರಲಾಗಿ ಕರ್ತನೇ, ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಬಿಗಿಹಿಡುಕೊಳ್ಳು ತ್ತೀಯೋ? ಮೌನವಾಗಿದ್ದು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಅತ್ಯಧಿಕವಾಗಿ ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸುವಿಯೋ?
1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.