إِشَعْيَاءَ 47

١ 1 «اِنْزِلِي وَٱجْلِسِي عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعَذْرَاءُ ٱبْنَةُ بَابِلَ. ٱجْلِسِي عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِلَا كُرْسِيٍّ يَا ٱبْنَةَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّكِ لَا تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ نَاعِمَةً وَمُتَرَفِّهَةً.

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

٢ 2 خُذِي ٱلرَّحَى وَٱطْحَنِي دَقِيقًا. ٱكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ. شَمِّرِي ٱلذَّيْلَ. ٱكْشِفِي ٱلسَّاقَ. ٱعْبُرِي ٱلْأَنْهَارَ.

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

٣ 3 تَنْكَشِفُ عَوْرَتُكِ وَتُرَى مَعَارِيكِ. آخُذُ نَقْمَةً وَلَا أُصَالِحُ أَحَدًا».

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.

٤ 4 فَادِينَا رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ. قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

[As for] our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel.

٥ 5 «ٱجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَٱدْخُلِي فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ يَا ٱبْنَةَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّكِ لَا تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ سَيِّدَةَ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ.

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

٦ 6 «غَضِبْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي. دَنَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي وَدَفَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدِكِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَةً. عَلَى ٱلشَّيْخِ ثَقَّلْتِ نِيرَكِ جِدًّا.

I was wroth with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

٧ 7 وَقُلْتِ: إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ أَكُونُ سَيِّدَةً! حَتَّى لَمْ تَضَعِي هَذِهِ فِي قَلْبِكِ. لَمْ تَذْكُرِي آخِرَتَهَا.

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

٨ 8 فَٱلْآنَ ٱسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ ٱلْجَالِسَةُ بِٱلطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، ٱلْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي. لَا أَقْعُدُ أَرْمَلَةً وَلَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلثَّكَلَ.

Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

٩ 9 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ هَذَانِ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ بَغْتَةً فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ: ٱلثَّكَلُ وَٱلتَّرَمُّلُ. بِٱلتَّمَامِ قَدْ أَتَيَا عَلَيْكِ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ، مَعَ وُفُورِ رُقَاكِ جِدًّا.

But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thy enchantments.

١٠ 10 وَأَنْتِ ٱطْمَأْنَنْتِ فِي شَرِّكِ. قُلْتِ: لَيْسَ مَنْ يَرَانِي. حِكْمَتُكِ وَمَعْرِفَتُكِ هُمَا أَفْتَنَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي.

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me.

١١ 11 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَعْرِفِينَ فَجْرَهُ، وَتَقَعُ عَلَيْكِ مُصِيبَةٌ لَا تَقْدِرِينَ أَنْ تَصُدِّيهَا، وَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ بَغْتَةً تَهْلُكَةٌ لَا تَعْرِفِينَ بِهَا.

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.

١٢ 12 «قِفِي فِي رُقَاكِ وَفِي كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا تَعِبْتِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، رُبَّمَا يُمْكِنُكِ أَنْ تَنْفَعِي، رُبَّمَا تُرْعِبِينَ.

Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast labored from thy youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest prevail.

١٣ 13 قَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَشُورَاتِكِ. لِيَقِفْ قَاسِمُو ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلرَّاصِدُونَ ٱلنُّجُومَ، ٱلْمُعَرِّفُونَ عِنْدَ رُؤُوسِ ٱلشُّهُورِ، وَيُخَلِّصُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.

١٤ 14 هَا إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ صَارُوا كَٱلْقَشِّ. أَحْرَقَتْهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ. لَا يُنَجُّونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللَّهِيبِ. لَيْسَ هُوَ جَمْرًا لِلِٱسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلَا نَارًا لِلْجُلُوسِ تُجَاهَهَا.

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.

١٥ 15 هَكَذَا صَارَ لَكِ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ. تُجَّارُكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ قَدْ شَرَدُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخَلِّصُكِ.

Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast labored, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.