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53 Kush i ka besuar predikimit tonë dhe kujt iu shfaq krahu i Zotit?

Ai erdhi lart para tij si një degëz, si një rrënjë nga një tokë e thatë. Nuk kishte figurë as bukuri për të tërhequr shikimin tonë, as paraqitje që ne ta dëshironim.

I përçmuar dhe i hedhur poshtë nga njerëzit, njeri i dhembjeve, njohës i vuajtjes, i ngjashëm me dikë para të cilit fshihet faqja, ishte përçmuar, dhe ne nuk e çmuam aspak.

Megjithatë ai mbante sëmundjet tona dhe kishte marrë përsipër dhembjet tona; por ne e konsideronim të goditur, të rrahur nga Perëndia dhe të përulur.

Por ai u tejshpua për shkak të shkeljeve tona, u shtyp për paudhësitë tona; ndëshkimi për të cilin kemi paqen është mbi të, dhe për shkak të vurratave të tij ne jemi shëruar.

Ne të gjithë endeshim si dele; secili prej nesh ndiqte rrugën e vet, dhe Zoti bëri që të bjerë mbi të paudhësia e ne të gjithëve.

I keqtrajtuar dhe i përulur, nuk e hapi gojën. Si një qengj që e çojnë në thertore, si një dele e heshtur përpara atyre që i qethin nuk e hapi gojën.

U çua larg nga shtypja dhe nga gjykimi; dhe nga brezi i tij kush mendoi se ai ishte larguar nga toka e të gjallëve dhe ishte goditur për shkak të shkeljeve të popullit tim?

Kishin caktuar ta varrosnin bashkë me të pabesët, po kur vdiq e vunë me të pasurin, sepse nuk kishte kryer asnjë dhunë dhe nuk kishte pasur asnjë mashtrim në gojën e tij.

10 Por i pëlqeu Zotit ta rrihte dhe ta bënte të vuante. Duke ofruar jetën e tij si flijim për mëkatin, ai do të shikojë pasardhës, do të zgjasë ditët e tij, dhe vullneti i Zotit do të ketë mbarësi në duart e tij.

11 Ai do të shikojë frytin e mundimit të shpirtit të tij dhe do të jetë i kënaqur; me anë të diturisë së tij, i drejti, shërbëtori im, do të bëjë të drejtë shumë veta, sepse do të marrë përsipër paudhësitë e tyre.

12 Prandaj do t’i jap pjesën e tij midis të mëdhenjve, dhe ai do ta ndajë plaçkën me të fuqishmit, sepse e ka përkushtuar jetën e tij deri në vdekje dhe u përfshi midis keqbërësve; ai ka mbajtur mëkatin e shumë vetave dhe ka ndërhyrë në favor të shkelësve.

53 Who has believed our message(A)
    and to whom has the arm(B) of the Lord been revealed?(C)
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(D)
    and like a root(E) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(F) that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(G) and familiar with pain.(H)
Like one from whom people hide(I) their faces
    he was despised,(J) and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(K)
yet we considered him punished by God,(L)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(M)
But he was pierced(N) for our transgressions,(O)
    he was crushed(P) for our iniquities;
the punishment(Q) that brought us peace(R) was on him,
    and by his wounds(S) we are healed.(T)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(U)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(V)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(W) of us all.

He was oppressed(X) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(Y)
he was led like a lamb(Z) to the slaughter,(AA)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression[a] and judgment(AB) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(AC)
    for the transgression(AD) of my people he was punished.[b]
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(AE)
    and with the rich(AF) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(AG)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.(AH)

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(AI) to crush(AJ) him and cause him to suffer,(AK)
    and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,(AL)
he will see his offspring(AM) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(AN) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(AO)
    he will see the light(AP) of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant(AQ) will justify(AR) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.(AS)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g](AT)
    and he will divide the spoils(AU) with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,(AV)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.(AW)
For he bore(AX) the sin of many,(AY)
    and made intercession(AZ) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
  3. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
  4. Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
  5. Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
  6. Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
  7. Isaiah 53:12 Or many
  8. Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous

53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.