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神の復讐と救いの日

63 エドムから来る、あの人はだれですか。
目にも鮮やかな深紅の衣を着て、
ボツラの町から来る、あの人はだれですか。
王の衣をまとい、威風堂々とやって来る、
あの人はだれですか。
「それは、あなたに救いを告げ知らせる主だ。
大きな力をもって救う主だ。」
「どうしてお着物が、
ぶどうを踏みしぼったときのように真っ赤なのですか。」
「わたしは、ひとりで酒ぶねを踏んだ。
手伝ってくれる者は一人もいなかった。
わたしは激しく怒り、
敵をぶどうのように踏みつぶした。
真っ赤になって怒り、敵を踏みにじった。
着物に染みついているのは、彼らの血だ。
わたしの民のかたきを討ち、
虐げる者の手から救い出す時がついに来たのだ。
わたしは辺りを見回したが、
彼らに手を貸す者は一人もいなかった。
わたしはあきれ返り、身のすくむ思いをした。
だから、だれの手も借りず、ひとりで復讐したのだ。
わたしが怒って国々を踏みつけたので、
彼らはよろめき、倒れた。」

賛美と祈り

私は神の恵みを人々に知らせます。
そのなさったすべてのことのゆえに神をたたえます。
私はまた、イスラエルに示された
神の深いあわれみを喜びます。
神は愛によって、あわれみを示したのです。
「彼らはわたしのものだ。
彼らはもう二度と道を誤らない」
と、神は言いました。
こうして神は、彼らの救い主となったのです。
彼らが苦しむとき、神はいつもいっしょに苦しみ、
彼らを救い出しました。
神は、ご自分の愛によって彼らを買い戻し、
彼らを高く掲げ、これまでずっと彼らを導きました。
10 ところが、彼らは神に反抗し、
神の御霊を悲しませたのです。
それで神は、彼らの敵となり、彼らと戦ったのです。
11 その時、彼らは神のしもべモーセが
イスラエルをエジプトから連れ出した時のことを
思い出し、叫びました。
「モーセを羊飼いに立てて、イスラエルの民を導き、
海を通らせた方は、どこにいますか。
ご自分の国の中に御霊を送られた神は、
どこにいますか。
12 モーセが手をあげた時、
人々の見ている前で海を二つに分け、
ご自分の評判を永遠のものとした方は、
どこにいますか。
13 人々に海の底を通らせたのは、どなたですか。
彼らは荒野を駆け巡る優秀な馬のように、
少しもつまずきませんでした。
14 谷間で草を食べる家畜のように、
主の御霊は彼らに休息を与えました。」

こうして神は自ら、ご自分の名声を
不動のものとしたのです。
15 ああ主よ、どうか天から見下ろして、
栄光に輝く聖なるお住まいから、
私たちに目を留めてください。
いつも示してくださった愛は、
どこへ行ったのですか。
神の力、あわれみ、同情は、
いったいどこにあるのですか。
16 神が今でも私たちの父であることに、
変わりはありません。
たとえ、アブラハムとヤコブが私たちを見捨てても、
神は私たちの父であり、大昔からの救い主です。
17 主よ、なぜ私たちを頑固にし、
罪を犯して神に背くようにされたのですか。
どうか、戻って来て、私たちを助けてください。
私たちは神のもの、どうしても神が必要です。
18 エルサレムが私たちのものであった期間は、
なんと短かったことでしょう。
敵はこの都を破壊しました。
19 ああ神よ、どうして私たちを、
主の名で呼ばれたことのない外国人のように
取り扱われるのですか。

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

63 Who is this coming from Edom,(A)
    from Bozrah,(B) with his garments stained crimson?(C)
Who is this, robed in splendor,
    striding forward in the greatness of his strength?(D)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”(E)

Why are your garments red,
    like those of one treading the winepress?(F)

“I have trodden the winepress(G) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled(H) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;(I)
their blood spattered my garments,(J)
    and I stained all my clothing.
It was for me the day of vengeance;(K)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
I looked, but there was no one(L) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm(M) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.(N)
I trampled(O) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk(P)
    and poured their blood(Q) on the ground.”

Praise and Prayer

I will tell of the kindnesses(R) of the Lord,
    the deeds for which he is to be praised,
    according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things(S)
    he has done for Israel,
    according to his compassion(T) and many kindnesses.
He said, “Surely they are my people,(U)
    children who will be true to me”;
    and so he became their Savior.(V)
In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(W) of his presence(X) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(Y) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(Z) them
    all the days of old.(AA)
10 Yet they rebelled(AB)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(AC)
So he turned and became their enemy(AD)
    and he himself fought(AE) against them.

11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(AF)
    with the shepherd of his flock?(AG)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit(AH) among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm(AI) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters(AJ) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,(AK)
13 who led(AL) them through the depths?(AM)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;(AN)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
    they were given rest(AO) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
    to make for yourself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven(AP) and see,
    from your lofty throne,(AQ) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal(AR) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion(AS) are withheld(AT) from us.
16 But you are our Father,(AU)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(AV) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(AW) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(AX) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(AY) so we do not revere(AZ) you?
Return(BA) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(BB)
18 For a little while(BC) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(BD) down your sanctuary.(BE)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[c] by your name.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
  2. Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall
  3. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called

63 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.