إِشَعْيَاءَ 29

١ 1 وَيْلٌ لِأَرِيئِيلَ، لِأَرِيئِيلَ قَرْيَةٍ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ. زِيدُوا سَنَةً عَلَى سَنَةٍ. لِتَدُرِ ٱلْأَعْيَادُ.

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

٢ 2 وَأَنَا أُضَايِقُ أَرِيئِيلَ فَيَكُونُ نَوْحٌ وَحَزَنٌ، وَتَكُونُ لِي كَأَرِيئِيلَ.

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

٣ 3 وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ كَٱلدَّائِرَةِ، وَأُضَايِقُ عَلَيْكِ بِحِصْنٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ مَتَارِسَ.

I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

٤ 4 فَتَتَّضِعِينَ وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيَنْخَفِضُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَخَيَالٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُشَقْشَقُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ.

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

٥ 5 وَيَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَٱلْغُبَارِ ٱلدَّقِيقِ، وَجُمْهُورُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ كَٱلْعُصَافَةِ ٱلْمَارَّةِ. وَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي لَحْظَةٍ بَغْتَةً،

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

٦ 6 مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ تُفْتَقَدُ بِرَعْدٍ وَزَلْزَلَةٍ وَصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، بِزَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ.

you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

٧ 7 وَيَكُونُ كَحُلْمٍ، كَرُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى أَرِيئِيلَ، كُلُّ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى قِلَاعِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ يُضَايِقُونَهَا.

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

٨ 8 وَيَكُونُ كَمَا يَحْلُمُ ٱلْجَائِعُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا نَفْسُهُ فَارِغَةٌ. وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ ٱلْعَطْشَانُ أَنَّهُ يَشْرَبُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا هُوَ رَازِحٌ وَنَفْسُهُ مُشْتَهِيَةٌ. هَكَذَا يَكُونُ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.

٩ 9 تَوَانَوْا وَٱبْهَتُوا. تَلَذَّذُوا وَٱعْمَوْا. قَدْ سَكِرُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْكِرِ.

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ وَأَغْمَضَ عُيُونَكُمُ. ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمُ ٱلنَّاظِرُونَ غَطَّاهُمْ.

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

١١ 11 وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ رُؤْيَا ٱلْكُلِّ مِثْلَ كَلَامِ ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلْمَخْتُومِ ٱلَّذِي يَدْفَعُونَهُ لِعَارِفِ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لِأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ».

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

١٢ 12 أَوْ يُدْفَعُ ٱلْكِتَابُ لِمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ».

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ: «لِأَنَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ بِفَمِهِ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ عَنِّي، وَصَارَتْ مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي وَصِيَّةَ ٱلنَّاسِ مُعَلَّمَةً.

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

١٤ 14 لِذَلِكَ هَأَنَذَا أَعُودُ أَصْنَعُ بِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ عَجَبًا وَعَجِيبًا، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ، وَيَخْتَفِي فَهْمُ فُهَمَائِهِ».

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

١٥ 15 وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَعَمَّقُونَ لِيَكْتُمُوا رَأْيَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَصِيرُ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ يُبْصِرُنَا وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟».

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

١٦ 16 يَالَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! هَلْ يُحْسَبُ ٱلْجَابِلُ كَٱلطِّينِ، حَتَّى يَقُولُ ٱلْمَصْنُوعُ عَنْ صَانِعِهِ: «لَمْ يَصْنَعْنِي». أَوْ تَقُولُ ٱلْجُبْلَةُ عَنْ جَابِلِهَا: «لَمْ يَفْهَمْ»؟

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

١٧ 17 أَلَيْسَ فِي مُدَّةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ جِدًّا يَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ بُسْتَانًا، وَٱلْبُسْتَانُ يُحْسَبُ وَعْرًا؟

In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

١٨ 18 وَيَسْمَعُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلصُّمُّ أَقْوَالَ ٱلسِّفْرِ، وَتَنْظُرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتَامِ وَٱلظُّلْمَةِ عُيُونُ ٱلْعُمْيِ،

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

١٩ 19 وَيَزْدَادُ ٱلْبَائِسُونَ فَرَحًا بِٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَهْتِفُ مَسَاكِينُ ٱلنَّاسِ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَاتِيَ قَدْ بَادَ، وَفَنِيَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَٱنْقَطَعَ كُلُّ ٱلسَّاهِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

٢١ 21 ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخًّا لِلْمُنْصِفِ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، وَصَدُّوا ٱلْبَارَّ بِٱلْبُطْلِ.

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

٢٢ 22 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَخْجَلُ يَعْقُوبُ، وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَصْفَارُّ وَجْهُهُ.

Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

٢٣ 23 بَلْ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ أَوْلَادِهِ عَمَلِ يَدَيَّ فِي وَسَطِهِ يُقَدِّسُونَ ٱسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

٢٤ 24 وَيَعْرِفُ ٱلضَّالُّو ٱلْأَرْوَاحِ فَهْمًا، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ تَعْلِيمًا.

Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”