إِشَعْيَاءَ 30

١ 1 «وَيْلٌ لِلْبَنِينَ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، حَتَّى أَنَّهُمْ يُجْرُونَ رَأْيًا وَلَيْسَ مِنِّي، وَيَسْكُبُونَ سَكِيبًا وَلَيْسَ بِرُوحِي، لِيَزِيدُوا خَطِيئَةً عَلَى خَطِيئَةٍ.

Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:

٢ 2 ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْهَبُونَ لِيَنْزِلُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلُوا فَمِي، لِيَلْتَجِئُوا إِلَى حِصْنِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَحْتَمُوا بِظِلِّ مِصْرَ.

Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.

٣ 3 فَيَصِيرُ لَكُمْ حِصْنُ فِرْعَوْنَ خَجَلًا، وَٱلِٱحْتِمَاءُ بِظِلِّ مِصْرَ خِزْيًا.

And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَهُ صَارُوا فِي صُوعَنَ، وَبَلَغَ رُسُلُهُ إِلَى حَانِيسَ.

For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.

٥ 5 قَدْ خَجِلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مِنْ شَعْبٍ لَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ. لَيْسَ لِلْمَعُونَةِ وَلَا لِلْمَنْفَعَةِ، بَلْ لِلْخَجَلِ وَلِلْخِزْيِ».

They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

٦ 6 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ بَهَائِمِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ: فِي أَرْضِ شِدَّةٍ وَضِيقَةٍ، مِنْهَا ٱللَّبْوَةُ وَٱلْأَسَدُ، ٱلْأَفْعَى وَٱلثُّعْبَانُ ٱلسَّامُّ ٱلطَّيَّارُ، يَحْمِلُونَ عَلَى أَكْتَافِ ٱلْحَمِيرِ ثَرْوَتَهُمْ، وَعَلَى أَسْنِمَةِ ٱلْجِمَالِ كُنُوزَهُمْ، إِلَى شَعْبٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ.

The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.

٧ 7 فَإِنَّ مِصْرَ تُعِينُ بَاطِلًا وَعَبَثًا، لِذَلِكَ دَعَوْتُهَا «رَهَبَ ٱلْجُلُوسِ».

For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

٨ 8 تَعَالَ ٱلْآنَ ٱكْتُبْ هَذَا عِنْدَهُمْ عَلَى لَوْحٍ وَٱرْسُمْهُ فِي سِفْرٍ، لِيَكُونَ لِزَمَنٍ آتٍ لِلْأَبَدِ إِلَى ٱلدُّهُورِ.

Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.

٩ 9 لِأَنَّهُ شَعْبٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، أَوْلَادٌ كَذَبَةٌ، أَوْلَادٌ لَمْ يَشَاءُوا أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا شَرِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.

١٠ 10 ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لِلرَّائِينَ: «لَا تَرَوْا»، وَلِلنَّاظِرِينَ: «لَا تَنْظُرُوا لَنَا مُسْتَقِيمَاتٍ. كَلِّمُونَا بِٱلنَّاعِمَاتِ. ٱنْظُرُوا مُخَادِعَاتٍ.

Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

١١ 11 حِيدُوا عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ. مِيلُوا عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ. ٱعْزِلُوا مِنْ أَمَامِنَا قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.

١٢ 12 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لِأَنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُمْ هَذَا ٱلْقَوْلَ وَتَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى ٱلظُّلْمِ وَٱلِٱعْوِجَاجِ وَٱسْتَنَدْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمَا،

Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

١٣ 13 لِذَلِكَ يَكُونُ لَكُمْ هَذَا ٱلْإِثْمُ كَصَدْعٍ مُنْقَضٍّ نَاتِئٍ فِي جِدَارٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، يَأْتِي هَدُّهُ بَغْتَةً فِي لَحْظَةٍ.

Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for.

١٤ 14 وَيُكْسَرُ كَكَسْرِ إِنَاءِ ٱلْخَزَّافِينَ، مَسْحُوقًا بِلَا شَفَقَةٍ، حَتَّى لَا يُوجَدُ فِي مَسْحُوقِهِ شَقَفَةٌ لِأَخْذِ نَارٍ مِنَ ٱلْمَوْقَدَةِ، أَوْ لِغَرْفِ مَاءٍ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ».

And it shall be broken small, as the potter’s vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking, and there shall not a sherd be found of the pieces thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the hearth, or a, little water be drawn out of the pit.

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «بِٱلرُّجُوعِ وَٱلسُّكُونِ تَخْلُصُونَ. بِٱلْهُدُوءِ وَٱلطُّمَأْنِينَةِ تَكُونُ قُوَّتُكُمْ». فَلَمْ تَشَاءُوا.

For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:

١٦ 16 وَقُلْتُمْ: «لَا بَلْ عَلَى خَيْلٍ نَهْرُبُ». لِذَلِكَ تَهْرُبُونَ. «وَعَلَى خَيْلٍ سَرِيعَةٍ نَرْكَبُ». لِذَلِكَ يُسْرُعُ طَارِدُوكُمْ.

But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you.

١٧ 17 يَهْرُبُ أَلْفٌ مِنْ زَجْرَةِ وَاحِدٍ. مِنْ زَجْرَةِ خَمْسَةٍ تَهْرُبُونَ، حَتَّى أَنَّكُمْ تَبْقُونَ كَسَارِيَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ، وَكَرَايَةٍ عَلَى أَكَمَةٍ.

A thousand men shall flee for fear of one: and for fear of five shall you flee, till you be left as the mast of a ship on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign upon a hill.

١٨ 18 وَلِذَلِكَ يَنْتَظِرُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَتَرَاءَفَ عَلَيْكُمْ. وَلِذَلِكَ يَقُومُ لِيَرْحَمَكُمْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهُ حَقٍّ. طُوبَى لِجَمِيعِ مُنْتَظِرِيهِ.

Therefore the Lord waiteth that be may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

١٩ 19 لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ يَسْكُنُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. لَا تَبْكِي بُكَاءً. يَتَرَاءَفُ عَلَيْكَ عِنْدَ صَوْتِ صُرَاخِكَ. حِينَمَا يَسْمَعُ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَكَ.

For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shell hear, he will answer thee.

٢٠ 20 وَيُعْطِيكُمُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ خُبْزًا فِي ٱلضِّيقِ وَمَاءً فِي ٱلشِّدَّةِ. لَا يَخْتَبِئُ مُعَلِّمُوكَ بَعْدُ، بَلْ تَكُونُ عَيْنَاكَ تَرَيَانِ مُعَلِّمِيكَ،

And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.

٢١ 21 وَأُذُنَاكَ تَسْمَعَانِ كَلِمَةً خَلْفَكَ قَائِلَةً: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ. ٱسْلُكُوا فِيهَا». حِينَمَا تَمِيلُونَ إِلَى ٱلْيَمِينِ وَحِينَمَا تَمِيلُونَ إِلَى ٱلْيَسَارِ.

And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

٢٢ 22 وَتُنَجِّسُونَ صَفَائِحَ تَمَاثِيلِ فِضَّتِكُمُ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةِ، وَغِشَاءَ تِمْثَالِ ذَهَبِكُمُ ٱلْمَسْبُوكِ. تَطْرَحُهَا مِثْلَ فِرْصَةِ حَائِضٍ. تَقُولُ لَهَا: «ٱخْرُجِي».

And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ يُعْطِي مَطَرَ زَرْعِكَ ٱلَّذِي تَزْرَعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِهِ، وَخُبْزَ غَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيَكُونُ دَسَمًا وَسَمِينًا، وَتَرْعَى مَاشِيَتُكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ فِي مَرْعًى وَاسِعٍ.

And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:

٢٤ 24 وَٱلْأَبْقَارُ وَٱلْحَمِيرُ ٱلَّتِي تَعْمَلُ ٱلْأَرْضَ تَأْكُلُ عَلَفًا مُمَلَّحًا مُذَرَّى بِٱلْمِنْسَفِ وَٱلْمِذْرَاةِ.

And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.

٢٥ 25 وَيَكُونُ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ عَالٍ وَعَلَى كُلِّ أَكَمَةٍ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ سَوَاقٍ وَمَجَارِي مِيَاهٍ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْمَقْتَلَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، حِينَمَا تَسْقُطُ ٱلْأَبْرَاجُ.

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.

٢٦ 26 وَيَكُونُ نُورُ ٱلْقَمَرِ كَنُورِ ٱلشَّمْسِ، وَنُورُ ٱلشَّمْسِ يَكُونُ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ كَنُورِ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ يَجْبُرُ ٱلرَّبُّ كَسْرَ شَعْبِهِ وَيَشْفِي رَضَّ ضَرْبِهِ.

And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.

٢٧ 27 هُوَذَا ٱسْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. غَضَبُهُ مُشْتَعِلٌ وَٱلْحَرِيقُ عَظِيمٌ. شَفَتَاهُ مُمْتَلِئَتَانِ سَخَطًا، وَلِسَانُهُ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ،

Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.

٢٨ 28 وَنَفْخَتُهُ كَنَهْرٍ غَامِرٍ يَبْلُغُ إِلَى ٱلرَّقَبَةِ. لِغَرْبَلَةِ ٱلْأُمَمِ بِغُرْبَالِ ٱلسُّوءِ، وَعَلَى فُكُوكِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ رَسَنٌ مُضِلٌّ.

His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

٢٩ 29 تَكُونُ لَكُمْ أُغْنِيَّةٌ كَلَيْلَةِ تَقْدِيسِ عِيدٍ، وَفَرَحُ قَلْبٍ كَٱلسَّائِرِ بِٱلنَّايِ، لِيَأْتِيَ إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، إِلَى صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

You shall have a song as in the night of the sanctified solemnity, and joy of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe, to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel.

٣٠ 30 وَيُسَمِّعُ ٱلرَّبُّ جَلَالَ صَوْتِهِ، وَيُرِي نُزُولَ ذِرَاعِهِ بِهَيَجَانِ غَضَبٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ، نَوْءٍ وَسَيْلٍ وَحِجَارَةِ بَرَدٍ.

And the Lord shall make the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall shew the terror of his arm, in the threatening of wrath, and the dame of devouring fire: he shall crush to pieces with whirlwind, and hailstones.

٣١ 31 لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ صَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَرْتَاعُ أَشُّورُ. بِٱلْقَضِيبِ يَضْرِبُ.

For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear being struck with the rod.

٣٢ 32 وَيَكُونُ كُلُّ مُرُورِ عَصَا ٱلْقَضَاءِ ٱلَّتِي يُنْزِلُهَا ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلدُّفُوفِ وَٱلْعِيدَانِ. وَبِحُرُوبٍ ثَائِرَةٍ يُحَارِبُهُ.

And the passage of the rod shall be strongly grounded, which the Lord shall make to rest upon him with timbrels and harps, and in great battles he shall over throw them.

٣٣ 33 لِأَنَّ «تُفْتَةَ» مُرَتَّبَةٌ مُنْذُ ٱلْأَمْسِ، مُهَيَّأَةٌ هِيَ أَيْضًا لِلْمَلِكِ، عَمِيقَةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ، كُومَتُهَا نَارٌ وَحَطَبٌ بِكَثْرَةٍ. نَفْخَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ كَنَهْرِ كِبْرِيتٍ تُوقِدُهَا.

For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.