1 Hvem trodde vår forkynnelse, og for hvem ble Jehovas arm åpenbart?

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

2 For han vokste opp foran ham som en spire, som en rot fra tørr jord. Han hadde ingen skikkelse eller prakt; vi så ham, men han hadde ingen skjønnhet som vakte vår lyst.

For he grew 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 see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 Han var foraktet og avvist av mennesker, en mann full av smerte og kjent med sykdom. Han var som en det er vendt bort fra; han var foraktet, og vi regnet ham for intet.

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

4 Sannelig, våre sykdommer tok han på seg, og våre smerter bar han; men vi regnet ham som rammet, slått av Gud og plaget.

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

5 Men han ble såret for våre overtredelser, knust for våre misgjerninger. Straffen lå på ham for at vi skulle ha fred, og ved hans sår har vi fått legedom.

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.

6 Vi fór alle vill som sauer, vi vendte oss hver til sin egen vei; men Jehova la på ham skylden som lå på oss alle.

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

7 Han ble mishandlet, men han åpnet ikke sin munn. Som et lam som føres til slakting, og som en sau som tiet når den klippes, åpnet han ikke sin munn.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

8 Ved undertrykkelse og dom ble han tatt bort; men hans slekt, hvem tenkte vel på at han ble revet bort fra de levendes land for mitt folks overtredelse som plaget ham?

By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who `among them' considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke `was due'?

9 Hans grav ble gjort blant de ugudelige, men hos en rik i hans død, selv om han ikke hadde gjort noe urett, og det fantes ikke svik i hans munn.

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

10 Likevel behaget det Jehova å knuse ham; han lot ham lide. Når hans sjel blir et skyldoffer, skal han se avkom og leve lenge, og det Jehova har behag i, skal lykkes i hans hånd.

Yet it pleased Jehovah 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 Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

11 Etter sitt sjels strev skal han se og mettes. Ved sin kunnskap skal min rettferdige tjener rettferdiggjøre mange, for han bar deres misgjerninger.

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

12 Derfor vil jeg gi ham del med de store, og han skal dele byttet med de mektige. Fordi han tømte ut sin sjel til døden, og ble regnet blant overtrederne, bar han manges synd og gikk i forbønn for overtrederne.

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