إِشَعْيَاءَ 29

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

Alas for Ariel, Ariel, The city against which, David encamped, —Add ye a year to a year. Let the festivals, come round;

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

Yet will I bring Ariel into straits, —And she shall become a bewailing and wailing, Yea she shall become to me a veritable Hearth of God.

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

And I will encamp round about against thee, —And lay siege against thee with a fort, And raise against thee siege-works;

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

And thou shalt be brought low—Out of the earth, shalt thou speak, And out of the dust, shalt thou lower thine utterance, —And as one that hath a familiar spirit, Out of the earth, shall come thy voice, And out of the dust, thy speech shall chirp;

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

Then shall be as fine dust the multitude of thy foreigners, —And as chaff that passeth away, the multitude of tyrants; And it shall come to pass, in a twinkling, Suddenly,

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

From Yahweh of hosts, shalt thou be visited, With thunder, and with earthquake and a great noise, hurricane and storm and flame of fire devouring;

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

And it shall be like the dream of a night vision, With the multitude of all the nations who have been making war against Ariel, —Even with all who have been making war against her and her stronghold and who have been laying siege to her;

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.

Yea it shall be As when the hungry man dreameth and lo! he is eating, But he awaketh, and his soul, is empty, Or as when the thirsty man dreameth and lo! he is drinking, But he awaketh and lo! he is faint and his soul, is craving, So, shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that have come forth to war against Mount Zion.

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

Stand ye stock still and stare, Besmear your eyes and be blind, —They are drunken but not with wine, They reel, but not with strong drink;

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

For Yahweh, hath poured out upon you, a spirit of deep sleep, Yea hath tightly shut your eyes—the prophets, —And, your heads—the seers, hath he covered,

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

And so all vision hath become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, Which is delivered unto one acquainted with writing, saying, Pray thee read this, And he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed;

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

And then the writing is delivered to one unacquainted with writing, saying, Pray thee read this, And he saith I am not acquainted with writing.

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

Wherefore My Lord hath said, —Because this people, hath drawn near with their mouth, And with their lips, have honoured me, But their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men in which they have been schooled,

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

Therefore, behold me! again dealing wonderfully with this people, doing wonderfully a wonderful thing, —So shall perish, the wisdom of their wise men, And the intelligence of their intelligent men, shall vanish!

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

Alas! for them who would fain have been too deep for Yahweh by giving secret counsel, —and therefore in the dark, have been their doings, and they have said Who can see us? and—Who can understand us?

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

Your perverseness! As if like clay, the potter could be reckoned; For shall, the thing made say of him that made it, he made me not? Or hath the thing fashioned ever said of him that fashioned it, He hath no understanding.

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

Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land, —And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?

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

Therefore, in that day, shall the deaf hear the words of a book, —And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;

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

And again shall the humbled in Yahweh, have joy, —And the needy of mankind in the Holy One of Israel, exult;

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

For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity: —

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

Who bring a man into condemnation with a rumour, And for him that decideth in the gate, lay a snare, —And have driven away, for a thing of nought, one who was righteous.

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

Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the house of Jacob, [even he saith it] who redeemed Abraham, —Not now, shall, Jacob turn pale, And, not now, shall their faces whiten;

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

For, when he seeth his children the work of my hands, in his midst, They will hallow my Name, —Yea they will hallow the Holy One of Jacob, And the God of Israel, will they regard with awe.

٢٤ 24 وَيَعْرِفُ ٱلضَّالُّو ٱلْأَرْوَاحِ فَهْمًا، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ تَعْلِيمًا.

Then will they who erred in spirit comprehend, And the murmurers, accept instruction.