Lectionary Year B
January 6, 2003
Epiphany
Isaiah 60:1-6

Initial Acquaintance/Rough Translation

(JFC) A. COMPARISON OF TRANSLATIONS

This is a comparison of the Anchor Bible (Anchor), the New Living Translation (NLT), and the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).

Verse	Anchor	NLT	NRSV
1	Arise, shine; for your light has come	Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all nations to see!	Arise, shine; for your light has come
	has risen upon you	is shining upon you	has risen upon you
2	For see, darkness covers the earth, and blackness the peoples	Darkness as black as night will cover all the nations of the earth	For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples
	But Yahweh arises upon you, and his glory will appear over you	Yet the glory of the Lord will shine over you	but the Lord will rise upon you, and his glory will appear over you
3	Nations will walk	All nations will come	Nations shall come
	and kings to your rising brightness	Mighty kings shall come to see your radiance	and kings to the brightness of your dawn
4	Lift your eyes about you, and see	Look and see,	Lift your eyes and look around
	all of the assemble, they come to you	for everyone is coming home!	they all gather together, they all come to you
	Your sons come from afar, and your daughters	Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters	your sons will come from far away, and your daughters
	are carried in the arms	will be carried home	shall be carried on their nurses' arms
5	Then you will see, you will beam	Your eyes will shine, and your hearts will thrill with joy	Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice
	your heart will tremble and expand; for the riches of the sea will be turned to you	for merchants from around the world will come to you	because the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you
	the wealth of the natins will come to you	they will bring the wealth of many lands	the wealth of the nations shall come to you
6	a horde of camels will cover you	vast caravans of camels will converge on you	a multitude of camels shall cover you
	young camels	camels	young camels
	all of them will come from Sheba	from Sheba	all those from Sheba shall come
	they will bear gold and incense	bring gold and incense	they shall bring gold and frankincense
	and they will announce the praise of Yahweh	for the worship of the Lord	and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord

(JFC) C. ROUGH TRANSLATION

1 Arise, shine for appeared your light and the glory of the Lord shined upon you. 2 Behold darkness will conceal the earth and gross darkness the nations also above you will break forth Yahweh and glory above you shall appear. 3 And have come the nations to your light and kings to the brightness you shine. 4 Lift up round about your eyes and look all those having assembled came to you your sons from afar will come and your daughters to your side will become faithful. 5 At that time you will see you shined and trembled and grew wide your heart for turned about over you the roar the mighty nation who will come to you. 6 A multitude of camels will be covered young camels from Midian and Ephah all of them from Sheba totality coming with gold and frankincense will bring and praise Yahweh to announce as good news.



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