إِشَعْيَاءَ 28

١ 1 وَيْلٌ لِإِكْلِيلِ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ، وَلِلزَّهْرِ ٱلذَّابِلِ، جَمَالِ بَهَائِهِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى رَأْسِ وَادِي سَمَائِنِ، ٱلْمَضْرُوبِينَ بِٱلْخَمْرِ.

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.

٢ 2 هُوَذَا شَدِيدٌ وَقَوِيٌّ لِلسَّيِّدِ كَٱنْهِيَالِ ٱلْبَرَدِ، كَنَوْءٍ مُهْلِكٍ، كَسَيْلِ مِيَاهٍ غَزِيرَةٍ جَارِفَةٍ، قَدْ أَلْقَاهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِشِدَّةٍ.

Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.

٣ 3 بِٱلْأَرْجُلِ يُدَاسُ إِكْلِيلُ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ.

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.

٤ 4 وَيَكُونُ ٱلزَّهْرُ ٱلذَّابِلُ، جَمَالُ بَهَائِهِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى رَأْسِ وَادِي ٱلسَّمَائِنِ كَبَاكُورَةِ ٱلتِّينِ قَبْلَ ٱلصَّيْفِ، ٱلَّتِي يَرَاهَا ٱلنَّاظِرُ فَيَبْلَعُهَا وَهِيَ فِي يَدِهِ.

And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.

٥ 5 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ إِكْلِيلَ جَمَالٍ وَتَاجَ بَهَاءٍ لِبَقِيَّةِ شَعْبِهِ،

In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:

٦ 6 وَرُوحَ ٱلْقَضَاءِ لِلْجَالِسِ لِلْقَضَاءِ، وَبَأْسًا لِلَّذِينَ يَرُدُّونَ ٱلْحَرْبَ إِلَى ٱلْبَابِ.

And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَيْضًا ضَلُّوا بِٱلْخَمْرِ وَتَاهُوا بِٱلْمُسْكِرِ. ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَٱلنَّبِيُّ تَرَنَّحَا بِٱلْمُسْكِرِ. ٱبْتَلَعَتْهُمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ. تَاهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُسْكِرِ، ضَلَّا فِي ٱلرُّؤْيَا، قَلِقَا فِي ٱلْقَضَاءِ.

But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.

٨ 8 فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْمَوَائِدِ ٱمْتَلَأَتْ قَيْئًا وَقَذَرًا. لَيْسَ مَكَانٌ.

For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.

٩ 9 «لِمَنْ يُعَلِّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَلِمَنْ يُفْهِمُ تَعْلِيمًا؟ أَلِلْمَفْطُومِينَ عَنِ ٱللَّبَنِ، لِلْمَفْصُولِينَ عَنِ ٱلثُّدِيِّ؟

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّهُ أَمْرٌ عَلَى أَمْرٍ. أَمْرٌ عَلَى أَمْرٍ. فَرْضٌ عَلَى فَرْضٍ. فَرْضٌ عَلَى فَرْضٍ. هُنَا قَلِيلٌ هُنَاكَ قَلِيلٌ».

For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.

١١ 11 إِنَّهُ بِشَفَةٍ لَكْنَاءَ وَبِلِسَانٍ آخَرَ يُكَلِّمُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ،

For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.

١٢ 12 ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلرَّاحَةُ. أَرِيحُوا ٱلرَّازِحَ، وَهَذَا هُوَ ٱلسُّكُونُ». وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَشَاءُوا أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا.

To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.

١٣ 13 فَكَانَ لَهُمْ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ: أَمْرًا عَلَى أَمْرٍ. أَمْرًا عَلَى أَمْرٍ. فَرْضًا عَلَى فَرْضٍ. فَرْضًا عَلَى فَرْضٍ. هُنَا قَلِيلًا هُنَاكَ قَلِيلًا، لِكَيْ يَذْهَبُوا وَيَسْقُطُوا إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ وَيَنْكَسِرُوا وَيُصَادُوا فَيُؤْخَذُوا.

And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

١٤ 14 لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمَعُوا كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَارِجَالَ ٱلْهُزْءِ، وُلَاةَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ: «قَدْ عَقَدْنَا عَهْدًا مَعَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَصَنَعْنَا مِيثَاقًا مَعَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. ٱلسَّوْطُ ٱلْجَارِفُ إِذَا عَبَرَ لَا يَأْتِينَا، لِأَنَّنَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلْكَذِبَ مَلْجَأَنَا، وَبِٱلْغِشِّ ٱسْتَتَرْنَا». (Sheol h7585)

For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. (Sheol h7585)

١٦ 16 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَأَنَذَا أُؤَسِّسُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرًا، حَجَرَ ٱمْتِحَانٍ، حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ كَرِيمًا، أَسَاسًا مُؤَسَّسًا: مَنْ آمَنَ لَا يَهْرُبُ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

١٧ 17 وَأَجْعَلُ ٱلْحَقَّ خَيْطًا وَٱلْعَدْلَ مِطْمَارًا، فَيَخْطَفُ ٱلْبَرَدُ مَلْجَأَ ٱلْكَذِبِ، وَيَجْرُفُ ٱلْمَاءُ ٱلسِّتَارَةَ.

And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.

١٨ 18 وَيُمْحَى عَهْدُكُمْ مَعَ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَلَا يَثْبُتُ مِيثَاقُكُمْ مَعَ ٱلْهَاوِيَةِ. ٱلسَّوْطُ ٱلْجَارِفُ إِذَا عَبَرَ تَكُونُونَ لَهُ لِلدَّوْسِ. (Sheol h7585)

And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)

١٩ 19 كُلَّمَا عَبَرَ يَأْخُذُكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ يَعْبُرُ، فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَفِي ٱللَّيْلِ، وَيَكُونُ فَهْمُ ٱلْخَبَرِ فَقَطِ ٱنْزِعَاجًا».

Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّ ٱلْفِرَاشَ قَدْ قَصَرَ عَنِ ٱلتَّمَدُّدِ، وَٱلْغِطَاءَ ضَاقَ عَنِ ٱلِٱلْتِحَافِ.

For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا فِي جَبَلِ فَرَاصِيمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَكَمَا فِي ٱلْوَطَاءِ عِنْدَ جِبْعُونَ يَسْخَطُ لِيَفْعَلَ فَعْلَهُ، فَعْلَهُ ٱلْغَرِيبَ، وَلِيَعْمَلَ عَمَلَهُ، عَمَلَهُ ٱلْغَرِيبَ.

For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

٢٢ 22 فَٱلْآنَ لَا تَكُونُوا مُتَهَكِّمِينَ لِئَلَّا تُشَدَّدَ رُبُطُكُمْ، لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ فَنَاءً قُضِيَ بِهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلسَّيِّدِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.

٢٣ 23 اُصْغُوا وَٱسْمَعُوا صَوْتِي. ٱنْصُتُوا وَٱسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي:

Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.

٢٤ 24 هَلْ يَحْرُثُ ٱلْحَارِثُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لِيَزْرَعَ، وَيَشُقُّ أَرْضَهُ وَيُمَهِّدُهَا؟

Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?

٢٥ 25 أَلَيْسَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَوَّى وَجْهَهَا يَبْذُرُ ٱلشُّونِيزَ وَيُذَرِّي ٱلْكَمُّونَ، وَيَضَعُ ٱلْحِنْطَةَ فِي أَتْلَامٍ، وَٱلشَّعِيرَ فِي مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ، وَٱلْقَطَانِيَّ فِي حُدُودِهَا؟

Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?

٢٦ 26 فَيُرْشِدُهُ. بِٱلْحَقِّ يُعَلِّمُهُ إِلَهُهُ.

For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.

٢٧ 27 إِنَّ ٱلشُّونِيزَ لَا يُدْرَسُ بِٱلنَّوْرَجِ، وَلَا تُدَارُ بَكَرَةُ ٱلْعَجَلَةِ عَلَى ٱلْكَمُّونِ، بَلْ بِٱلْقَضِيبِ يُخْبَطُ ٱلشُّونِيزُ، وَٱلْكَمُّونُ بِٱلْعَصَا.

For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.

٢٨ 28 يُدَقُّ ٱلْقَمْحُ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَدْرُسُهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، فَيَسُوقُ بَكَرَةَ عَجَلَتِهِ وَخَيْلَهُ. لَا يَسْحَقُهُ.

But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.

٢٩ 29 هَذَا أَيْضًا خَرَجَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ. عَجِيبُ ٱلرَّأْيِ عَظِيمُ ٱلْفَهْمِ.

This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.