إِشَعْيَاءَ 29

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

Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the festivals come round.

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

But I will besiege Ariel, and she will be mourning and lamenting; and she will be to me like Ariel.

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

I will encamp against you in a circle and will lay siege against you with a palisade, and I will raise 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 down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust. Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper.

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

The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away. It will happen suddenly, in an instant.

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

Yahweh of hosts will come to you with thunder, earthquake, great noise, with strong winds and violent storm, and the flames of a devouring fire.

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

It will be like a dream, a vision of the night: A horde of all the nations will fight against Ariel and her stronghold. They will attack her and her fortifications to press upon 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.

It will be like when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but when he awakes, his stomach is empty. It will be like when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he when he awakes, he is fainting, with his thirst not quenched. Yes, so will be the great number of nations that fights against Mount Zion.

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

Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with beer.

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

For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.

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

All revelation has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men might give to one who is learned, saying, “Read this.” He also says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

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

If the book is given to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “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.

The Lord said, “This people comes close to me with their mouths and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Their honor for me is only a commandment of men that has been taught.

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

Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear.”

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

Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, “Who sees us, and who knows us?”

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

You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”?

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

In just a little while, Lebanon will be turned into a field, and the field will become 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 a book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness.

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

The oppressed will again rejoice in Yahweh, 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 cease, and the scoffer will vanish. All those who love to do evil will be eliminated,

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

who by a word make a man out to be an offender. They lay a snare for him who seeks justice at the gate and put the righteous down with empty lies.

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

Therefore this is what Yahweh says concerning the house of Jacob—Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, “Jacob will no longer be ashamed, nor will his face be pale.

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

But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, they will make my name holy. They will make holy the name of 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.

Those who err in spirit will gain understanding, and complainers will learn knowledge.”