[1] Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to
whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled? [2] For his growth was like
that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he
had no grace of form, to give us pleasure; [3] Men made sport of him,
turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like
one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we
put no value on him. [4] But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were
put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment
had come. [5] But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil
doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and
by his wounds we are made well. [6] We all went wandering like sheep; going
every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of
us all. [7] Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb
taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no
sound, so he said not a word. [8] They took away from him help and right,
and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the
living: he came to his death for the sin of my people. [9] And they put his
body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the
evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.
[10] And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well
in his hand. ... [11] ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had
taken their sins on himself. [12] For this cause he will have a heritage
with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the
strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers;
taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the
wrongdoers.
