Targum Jonathan on the Prophets Isaiah · chapter 62

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1. 1

   עַד דְאַעְבֵּד פּוּרְקַן לְצִיוֹן לָא אָנִיחַ לְעַמְמַיָא וְעַד דְאַיְתֵי נְחָמָא לִירוּשְׁלֵם לָא אַשְׁקֵט לְמַלְכְּוָתָא עַד דְיִתְגְלֵי כִּשְׁפַרְפָרָא נְהוֹרָא וּפוּרְקָנָא כְּבָעִיר יִבְעָר:

   Till I work salvation for Zion, I will give no rest to the nations, until I bring consolation to Jerusalem, I will give no rest to the kingdoms, till her light be revealed as the early dawn, and her salvation shall burn as a lamp.

2. 2

   וְיֶחְזוּן עַמְמַיָא זְכוּתִיךְ וְכָל מַלְכַיָא יְקָרִיךְ וְיִקְרוֹן לִיךְ שְׁמָא חַדְתָּא דִי בְמֵימְרֵהּ דַייָ יִפְרְשִׁינָהּ:

   And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and they shall call thee by a new name, which the Word of the Lord shall declare.

3. 3

   וּתְהוֹן כְּלִיל דְחֶדְוָא קֳדָם יְיָ וּכְתַר דְתוּשְׁבְּחָא קֳדָם אֱלָהָיִךְ:

   Ye shall be a crown of joy before the Lord, and a diadem of glory before thy God.

4. 4

   לָא יִתְאֲמַר לִיךְ עוֹד שְׁבִיקָא וּלְאַרְעִיךְ לָא יִתְאֲמַר עוֹד צַדְיָא אֲרֵי לִיךְ יִתְקְרֵי עָבְדֵי רְעוּתִי בָה וּלְאַרְעִיךְ יָתְבָא אֲרֵי תְהֵי רַעֲוָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ בִיךְ וְאַרְעֵיךְ תִּתְיַתָב:

   Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Aběday Rěoothee Bahh, and thy land Inhabited: for the Lord shall delight in thee, and thy land shall be inhabited.

5. 5

   אֲרֵי כְמָא דְמִתְיַתַּב עוּלֵים עִם בְּתוּלְתָּא כֵּן יִתְיַתְבוּן בְּגַוַיְכִי בְּנַיְכִי וּכְמָא דְחָדֵי חֲתָנָא עִם כַּלְתָא יֶחְדֵי עֲלָךְ אֱלָהָיִךְ:

   For as a young man dwelleth with a virgin, thus thy sons shall dwell in thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

6. 6

   הָא עַל עוֹבָדֵי אֲבָהָתָךְ צַדִיקַיָא קַרְתָּא דִירוּשְׁלֵם מְתַקְנִין נַטְרִין קֳדָמַי כָּל יְמָמָא וְכָל לֵילְיָא תְּדִירָא לָא פָּסְקִין מִתְאֲמַר דָכְרָן טַבְוָתִיךְ קֳדָם יְיָ לָא פָסֵיק לְכוֹן:

   Behold, the works of thy righteous fathers, O city of Jerusalem, are right, and kept by me all the day and all the night, continually; the remembrance of thine excellencies is declared before the Lord, it shall not fail you.

7. 7

   וְלָא יִפְסוֹק דָכְרַנְהוֹן מִן קָדָמוֹהִי עַד דִיתַקֵן וְעַד דִישַׁוֵי יַת יְרוּשְׁלֵם תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא בְּאַרְעָא:

   Their remembrance shall not cease from before Him, till He establish and make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8. 8

   קַיָם יְיָ בִּימִינֵהּ וּבִדְרַע תּוּקְפֵהּ אִם אֶתֵּן יַת עִבּוּרִיךְ עוֹד מֵיכַל לְבַעֲלֵי דְבָבֵיךְ וְאִם יִשְׁתּוּן בְּנֵי עַמְמַיָא חַמְרִיךְ דִלְאֵית בֵּיהּ:

   The Lord hath sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength, I will no more give thy corn to be food for thy enemies; and the sons of the Gentiles shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured.

9. 9

   אֲרֵי דְכַנְשׁוֹהִי לְעִבּוּרָא יֵיכְלוּנֵהּ וִישַׁבְּחוּן קֳדָם יְיָ וּדְעַצְרוֹהִי לְחַמְרָא יִשְׂתּוּנֵהּ בְּדָרַת קוּדְשִׁי:

   But they that gather the corn, they shall eat it, and offer praise before the Lord; and they that tread out the wine, they shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10. 10

    אֲמַר נְבִיָא עֲבָרוּ וְתוּבוּ בְּתַרְעַיָא אַפְנוֹ לֵב עַמָא לְאוֹרַח תַּקְנָא בַּסְרוּ בְּשׂוּרָן טָבָן וְנֶחָמָן לְצַדִיקַיָא דִסְלִיקוּ הִירְהוּר יִצְרָא דְהוּא כְּאֶבֶן תַּקְלָא אֲרִימוּ אָתָא עַל עַמְמַיָא:

    O prophets, pass through and return through the gates; turn the heart of the people into the right way; bring good tidings of good things, and consolations to the righteous, who remove the thoughts of an evil imagination, which are like a stone of stumbling; lift up a standard “ for the people.

11. 11

    הָא יְיָ אַשְׁמַע לִסְיָפֵי אַרְעָא אֱמָרוּ לִכְנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיוֹן דָא פָרְקִיךְ מִתְגְלֵי הָא אֲגַר עָבְדֵי מֵימְרֵהּ עִמֵהּ וְכָל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן גְלַן קֳדָמוֹהִי:

    Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the ends of the world, Say ye to the congregation of Zion, Behold, thy Redeemer shall be revealed; Behold, the reward for them that do His word is with Him: and all their works are manifest before Him.

12. 12

    וְיִקְרוֹן לְהוֹן עַמָא דְקוּדְשָׁא פְּרִיקַיָא דַייָ וְלִיךְ יִתְקְרֵי תְבִיעֲתָא קַרְתָּא דְלָא אִתְרְחָקַת:

    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called Teviātha, (i. e. "Sought out"), A city not forsaken.”