NIV 이사야 1~3장: 아모스의 아들 이사야의 경고.

요즘처럼 이단과 사이비의 영이 판치는 혼란한 시점에는 선지자 이사야의 경고!!

(영어 성경을 읽다보면 자주 쓰지 않는 단어들을 공부하듯이 보면 더 진지하고 새롭게 말씀을 익힐 수 있고, 영어 MP3 파일로 반복하여 들을 때 도움이 됩니다. )

 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner's manger[méindʒər여물통,구유], but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned(일축하다,퇴짜놓다) the Holy one of Israel and turned their backs on him.

Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness-- only wounds and welts(채찍자국) and open sores(상처), not cleansed or bandaged or soothed(누그러뜨리다,진실,사실) with oil.

Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.

The Daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut[hʌt오두막] in a field of melons, like a city under siege(포위공격,포위하다).

Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

"The multitude of your sacrifices-- what are they to me?" says the LORD. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams(숫양) and the fat of fattened(살찐) animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs(새끼양) and goats.

When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling(trample짓밟다,유린하다) of my courts(법정,안뜰,안마당)?

Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense(향) is detestable(가증한,증오할 만한) to me. New Moons(초승달), Sabbaths(안식일) and convocations(소집,집회)-- I cannot bear your evil assemblies.

Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary(지친,싫증난) of bearing them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong,

learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead(간청하다,호소하다) the case of the widow. "Come now, let us reason(추론하다,판단하다) together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet(주홍,진홍), they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson(진홍색,자주색), they shall be like wool.

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

See how the faithful city has become a harlot(매춘부)! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her-- but now murderers!

Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.

Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.

Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty one of Israel, declares: "Ah, I will get relief from my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.

I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge(정화하다,추방하다) away your dross(찌꺼기, 불순물) and remove all your impurities.

I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City."

Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent(뉘우치는,참회하는) ones with righteousness.

But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water.

The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire.“

 

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares(보습,쟁기날) and their spears into pruning(잘라내다,가지치기하다) hooks(갈고리,바늘). Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp(걸쇠) hands with pagans.

Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

So man will be brought low and mankind humbled-- do not forgive them.

Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!

The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.  The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks(참나무) of Bashan, for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,

for every lofty tower and every fortified wall, for every trading ship and every stately(위엄있는,장엄한) vessel.

The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted(높이다,우쭐하게 하다,고양되다) in that day, and the idols will totally disappear.

Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.

In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship. They will flee to caverns(큰 동굴) in the rocks and to the overhanging crags(목,목구멍) from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

 

See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,

the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the soothsayer(점쟁이) and elder,

the captain of fifty and man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter(마법사).

I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.

People will oppress each other-- man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

A man will seize one of his brothers at his father's home, and say, "You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!"

But in that day he will cry out, "I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people." Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.

The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.

Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.

The LORD takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.

The LORD enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: "It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty. The LORD says, "The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched(펴다, 뻗다) necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing(잘게썰다,다지다) steps, with ornaments jingling(딸랑딸랑 울리다) on their ankles.

Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the LORD will make their scalps bald." In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery(정련로,화려한 옷): the bangles(팔찌) and headbands and crescent(초승달) necklaces, the earrings and bracelets(팔찌) and veils(휘장), the headdresses(머리장식) and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, the signet(도장,날인) rings and nose rings, the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls(어깨걸이).

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash(장식띠), a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding(동일상표부여).

Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.

The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute(빈곤한,결핍된), she will sit on the ground.

-선지서의 특징은 하나님께서 패역한 이스라엘 백성을 책망하고 심판하는 내용과 함께 회복과 은혜로 이끄는 순서를 가지게 됩니다.  지금 이 세상도 인간의 탐욕과 각종 죄악으로 인해 신음하고 있는 땅이 어디에나 존재하며, 그 모든 것들을 심판하실 분은 오직 예수 그리스도!  우리의 메시야 이십니다.

저는 교회안에서도 수많은 배역자들과 패역자들을 보았습니다.  그들은 니골라당(파벌)의 형상을 한 자들로서 겉으로는 목사와 장로와 집사 직분을 가진 자들이지만, 속은 바알을 의지하며 살아가는 가증한 자들이 되겠습니다.  그들의 영적인 아비가 누구인지?  그들의 종국적인 행위가 드러낼 것입니다.

@ 영의 형상에 대해. 

영의 형상은 그 사람의 실체입니다.

가증한 점치는 영과 각종 이단 사이비의 영에 붙들려 멸망의 길을 가는 자들은 그 형상이 일그러지고 더럽다는 것을 알아야 하며, 정통교회 안에서도 영의 형상이 가증한 자들이 많이 일어났다는 것을 알아야 할 것입니다. 또한 이단 사이비의 영에 사로잡힌 주님을 기다린다는 기독교 모카페는 더러운 우파들의 프로파 간다(선전)를 실현하는 하나의 도구로 전락하고 말았다는 것을 여실히 보여주고 있습니다. 그들의 더러운 행위가 저의 영적인 꿈에도 몇번 포착이 되었지요. 종북몰이, 빨갱이 몰이, 북한 땅굴 몰이 등등 그 가치관이나 영이 바르지 않은 자들이 주도하고 있는 것을 확인하였습니다.