Haftarah
Lech Lecha
Yeshayahu 40:27-41:16
40:27 Lamah tomar Ya'akov utedaber Yisra'el nisterah darki me'HASHEM ume'Elokai mishpati ya'avor
"Yaakov, why do you say, Yisrael why do you speak, "My path is hidden from G-d and my judgment has passed on from before My G-d." [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino] [Rashi]28 Halo yadata im-lo shamata Elokei olam HASHEM Bore ketzot ha'aretz lo yi'af velo yiga ein cheker litevunato
Do you not know, have you not heard? HASHEM of the world, G-d, the Creator of the earth's far ends, does not tire nor become weary; there is no grasping of His wisdom. [Soncino] [Rashi]29 Noten laya'ef koach ule'ein onim otzmah yarbeh
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]30 Veyi'afu ne'arim veyiga'u uvachurim kashol yikashelu
Young men may become tired and weary, youths may fall and stumble, [Soncino]31 Vekovei HASHEM yachalifu choach ya'alu ever kansharim yarutzu velo yiga'u yelechu velo yi'afu
but those who trust in G-d will renew their strength and sprout wings like an eagle. They shall run without becoming weary and march without tiring. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]
41:1Hacharishu elai iyim ule'umim yachalifu choach yigshu az yedaberu yachdav lamishpat nikravah
Listen to Me, islands; nations, renew your strength! Let them come close, then let them speak; let us approach judgment together. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]2 Mi he'ir mimizrach tzedek yikra'ehu leraglo yiten lefanav goyim umelachim yard yiten ke'afar charbo kekash nidaf kashto
Who roused [him] from the east, he who called righteousness at his steps? Who gave nations unto him and rule over kings, making them like dust before his sword and like driven straw before his bow? [Soncino]3 Yirdefem ya'avor shalom orach beraglav lo yavo
He pursued them and came through safely, through a path he had never crossed. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]4 Mi-fa'al ve'asah koreh hadorot merosh ani HASHEM rishon ve'et-acharonim ani hu
Who did this, who accomplished this? He Who calls the generations from the beginning. I am HASHEM, the First, and I shall be with the last ones. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]5 Ra'u iyim veyira'u ketzot ha'aretz yecheradu karevu vaye'etayun
The islands saw and feared, the ends of the earth trembled; the [nations] drew near and came. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]6 Ish et-re'ehu ya'azoru ule'achiv yomar chazak
Each one helped the other and told him, "Be strong!" [Soncino]7 Vayechazek charash et-tzoref machalik patish et-holem pa'am omer ladevek tov hu vayechazkehu vemasmerim lo yimot
The woodchopper encouraged the goldsmith, and the one who smoothes with the hammer [encouraged] the one who pounds on the anvil. They say of the soldering, "It it good!" and fasten it with nails so it does not move. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]8 Ve'atah Yisra'el avdi Ya'akov asher beharticha zera Avraham ohavi
But you are My servant Yisrael and My chosen Yaakov, the seed of Avraham, My beloved. [Soncino]9 Asher hechezakticha miketzot ha'aretz ume'atzileiha keraticha va'omar lecha avdi-atah becharticha velo me'asticha
I took you from the ends of the earth and called you from its far corners. I told you, You are My servant - I chose you and did not reject you! [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]10 Al-tira ki imcha-ani al-tishta ki ani Elokeicha imatzticha af-azarticha af-temachticha bimin tzidki
Fear not, for I am with you; be not fainthearted, for I am your G-d. I shall strengthen you and help you, even supporting you with My righteous right hand. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]11 Hen yevoshu veyikalmu kol hanecherim bach yihyu che'ayin veyovdu anshei rivecha
They shall be shamed and disgraced, all those who contend with you. They shall be naught and disappear, those who contend with you. [Soncino]12 Tevakshem velo timtza'em anshei matzutecha yihyu che'ayin uche'efes anshei milchamtecha
You shall seek them and not find them, those who quarrel with you; they shall be naught and nothing, those who fight with you. [MeAm Lo'ez]13 Ki ani HASHEM Elokeicha machazik yeminecha ha'omer lecha al-tira ani azarticha
For I am HASHEM, your G-d, Who strengthens your right hand, Who tells you, 'Fear not, for I shall help you! [Soncino]14 Al-tir'i tola'at Ya'akov metei Yisra'el ani azarticha ne'um-HASHEM vego'alech Kedosh Yisra'el
Fear not, worm of Yaakov, the few of Yisrael, I shall help you!' says HASHEM, your Redeemer and the Holy One of Yisrael. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]15 Hineh samtich lemorag charutz chadash ba'al pifi'ot tadush harim vetadok ugeva'ot kamotz tasim
I have made you like a new threshing board, bristling with sharp teeth. You shall thresh the mountains and crush them and make the hills like chaff. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]16 Tizrem veruach tisa'em use'arah tafitz otam ve'atah tagil ba'HASHEM biKedosh Yisra'el titehalal
You shall scatter them and a wind shall carry them, a storm will then disperse them. But you shall rejoice in HASHEM and praise the Holy One of Yisrael. [MeAm Lo'ez] [Soncino]