1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 ¶ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
ǃKhūb ǀnammi Israels ǃaroma
1 ǀGamǀkhā tama ge hâ i ǀgôaose, ǁnae re;
ǁnaetsoatsoa, î ǂgaiǂui,
sas ǁora tama ge hâ ise.
ǁNās hîa ge ǂharahes di ôan ge nî ǃnāsa,
ǁnās hîa ǃgame hâs din xa,
tib ge ǃKhūba ra mî.2 Sa tentomsa harahara,
î sa hâǃkhais ǂgāmâisaga kaikai.
Tā ǃkhō-oa, sa tsuriga gaxugaxu,
î ǂnauǂgāǀuriga ǀgaiǀgai.
3 Amǀkhāb tsî ǁareǀkhāb tsîkhaǀî khoraǂuisen
tsîb ge sadu suriba ǁaede gaoǂam
tsî ǃū-aisa ǃāde nî ǁanǃnâ.
4 Tā ǃao, taotaohes tide xuige,
tā ǂkhabuǂâi, mîǁgaiǁgaihes tide xuige;
sa ǂkhamsis taosibas nî ǀuru
tsîs sa ǃoatarasis taoba ǁkhawa ǂâihō tide xuige.
5 Sa Kuru-aob ge a sa ao,
ǁîb ge ǃKhūb Hoaǀgaixab ti ǀon hâ.
Israels di ǃAnub ge sa Ore-aoba,
ǁîb ge hoaraga ǃhūbaib di Elob ti ra ǀonǂgaihe.
6 Taras hîa ǀuruhe tsî gagas âs ǃnâ ǃoa hâs,
khamib ge ǃKhūba ge ǂgai si.
ǂKham taras hîa ǂharahe hâs khami,
tib ra sa Eloba mî:
7 “ǂKhari ǁaero-e ta ge ge ǁnāxū si,
xawe ta ge kai ǀkhomxaǂgaosib ǀkha nî ǀhaoǀhao si.
8 Dâuǂam ra ǁaiba xu ta ge ǁaero-i ǀgui-e
ti aisa sasa xu ge gaugau.
Xawe ta ge ǀamo ǀnammi ǀkha
ǀkhomxaǂgaosiba nî ūhâba si”
tib ge ǃKhūb sa Ore-aoba ra mî.9 “Nēs ge Noaxi tsēdi khami tita ība:
Tita ge ge nū Noaxi ǁgammi ǁkhawa
ǃhūbaiba dâuǂam tide ǃkhaisa.
ǁNāti ta ge tita ge nū ǁkhawa ta sas ǀkha ǁaixa tide
tsî ǁkhawa ǃgabe si tide ǃkhaisa.
10 ǃHomgu ǃgû tsî gu ga ǃnâugu bē,
xaweb ge ti hâhâ ra ǀnamma bēxū si tide
tsî ti ǃgaeǀhaos ǂkhîb dis ge sasa xu bē tide.”
Tib ge ǃKhūb, sasa ra ǀkhomxaǂgaoba ra mî.
ǃGoaxaǁaeb Jerusalems
11 ǃKhūb ge ra mî: Sas ǁgâiǀāhe hâs, tūǀnanub xa ra doeǁgamahe ǁkhaeǂgaosa tamase, mû, tita ge ǀuidi âsa anxase nî ǁgui, tsî tita ge sasa safirǀuidi ai nî ǃgaoǃgao.
12 “Sa ǂgurihaiga kristali ǀkha kuru,
sa dao-amde robainǀuidi ǀkha,
tsî sa ǂnubiǂgoab hoaragaba
ǃgomǀgausa ǀuidi ǀkha.
13 “Sa ôagu hoagu ge ǃKhūb xa nî ǁgauǃnâhe
tsî sa ôan di ǂûtanib ge nî kai.
14 ǂHanu-aisib ǃnâs ge nî ǃgaoǃgaohe,
ǁgâiǀāb ge sasa xu ǃnūse nî hâ, ǃaos tide xui-ao,
tsî ǃaorosasib ge sas tawa ǀgūse hā tide.
15 Khoe-i ga ǂkhababa ǃkhākhâi, o tita xu hâ tama;
sas ǀkha ga ǂkhababa ôa-i hoa-i ge sas ǃaroma nî ǁnā.
16 “Mû, tita ge ǀurikuru-aob,
ǀaes ǂnomde ra ǃnâib
tsî ǁâtanis, ǃaromas ǃaroma a ǂhanusa ge kuru.
Tita ge ǁkhāti hîkākā-aob,
hîkākā nîba ge ǂnubi.
17 Sas ǃoagu ra kuruhe ǁâtani-i hoa-i ge ǃgâiǃgâ tide;
tsî ǀgoraǃgâs ǃaroma sas ǃoagu ra khâimâ,
nams hoasa ǂhumib ase nî ǃgapaǀî.
Nēs ge ǃKhūb ǃgān ǀumisa
tsî ǁîn di oresa tita xu,”
tib ge ǃKhūba ra mî.