As a resultof the anguishof His soul,He will see[it and] be satisfied;By His knowledgethe RighteousOne,My Servant,will justifythe many,As He will beartheir iniquities.
"Behold,My Servant,whom I uphold;My chosenone [in whom] My souldelights.I have putMy Spiritupon Him; He will bringforthjusticeto the nations.
"In the LORDallthe offspringof IsraelWill be justifiedand will glory."
He saidto Me, "You are My Servant,Israel,In WhomI will showMy glory."
Behold,My servantwill prosper,He will be highand liftedup and greatlyexalted.
Therefore,I will allotHim a portionwith the great,And He will dividethe bootywith the strong;BecauseHe pouredout Himselfto death,And was numberedwith the transgressors;Yet He Himselfborethe sinof many,And intercededfor the transgressors.
By oppressionand judgmentHe was takenaway; And as for His generation,whoconsideredThat He was cutoffout of the landof the livingFor the transgressionof my people,to whom the stroke[was due]?
"Those who haveinsightwill shinebrightlylike the brightnessof the expanseof heaven,and those who leadthe manyto righteousness,like the starsforeverand ever.
"Seventyweekshave been decreedfor your peopleand your holycity,to finishthe transgression,to makean endof sin,to makeatonementfor iniquity,to bringin everlastingrighteousness,to sealup visionand prophecyand to anointthe mostholy[place].
justas the Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
And beingin agonyHe was prayingveryfervently;and His sweatbecamelikedropsof blood,falling downupon the ground.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, unlessa grainof wheatfallsinto the earthand dies,it remainsalone;but ifit dies,it bearsmuchfruit.
"Whenevera womanis in laborshe haspain,becauseher hourhas come;but whenshe givesbirthto the child,she no longerremembersthe anguishbecauseof the joythat a childhas been borninto the world.
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
but for our sakealso,to whomit willbe credited,as thosewho believein Him who raisedJesusour Lordfrom the dead,
Muchmorethen,having nowbeen justifiedby His blood,we shall be savedfrom the wrath[of God] throughHim.
Suchwere someof you; but you were washed,but you were sanctified,but you were justifiedin the nameof the LordJesusChristand in the Spiritof our God.
For God,who said,"Lightshall shineout of darkness,"is the One whohas shonein our heartsto give the Lightof the knowledgeof the gloryof Godin the faceof Christ.
My children,with whomI amagainin laboruntilChristis formedin you--
fixing our eyeson Jesus,the authorand perfecterof faith,whofor the joyset beforeHim enduredthe cross,despisingthe shame,and has sat downat the right handof the throneof God.
soChristalso,having been offeredonceto bearthe sinsof many,will appeara second timefor salvationwithout[reference to] sin,to thosewho eagerly awaitHim.
and He Himselfboreour sinsin His bodyon the cross,sothat we might dieto sinand liveto righteousness;for by His woundsyou were healed.
For Christalsodiedfor sinsonce for all,[the] justfor [the] unjust,sothat He might bringus to God,having been put to deathin the flesh,but made alivein the spirit;
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
My little children,I am writingthese thingsto you sothat you may not sin.And ifanyonesins,we havean Advocatewith the Father,JesusChristthe righteous;
The elderto the chosenladyand her children,whomI lovein truth;and not onlyI, but alsoallwho knowthe truth,
Grace,mercy[and] peacewill be with us, from Godthe Fatherand from JesusChrist,the Sonof the Father,in truthand love.
