إِشَعْيَاءَ 58

١ 1 «نَادِ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ. لَا تُمْسِكْ. اِرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ كَبُوقٍ وَأَخْبِرْ شَعْبِي بِتَعَدِّيهِمْ، وَبَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ.

Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice, —And declare To my people, their transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.

٢ 2 وَإِيَّايَ يَطْلُبُونَ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا، وَيُسَرُّونَ بِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِي كَأُمَّةٍ عَمِلَتْ بِرًّا، وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِهَا. يَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنْ أَحْكَامِ ٱلْبِرِّ. يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَى ٱللهِ.

Yet, me—day by day, do they seek, And in the knowledge of my ways, they delight, —Like a nation that had done righteousness, And the justice of their God, had not forsaken They ask of me the just regulations, In approaching God, they delight.

٣ 3 يَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا صُمْنَا وَلَمْ تَنْظُرْ، ذَلَّلْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَلَمْ تُلَاحِظْ؟ هَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَوْمِ صَوْمِكُمْ تُوجِدُونَ مَسَرَّةً، وَبِكُلِّ أَشْغَالِكُمْ تُسَخِّرُونَ.

Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on!

٤ 4 هَا إِنَّكُمْ لِلْخُصُومَةِ وَٱلنِّزَاعِ تَصُومُونَ، وَلِتَضْرِبُوا بِلَكْمَةِ ٱلشَّرِّ. لَسْتُمْ تَصُومُونَ كَمَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لِتَسْمِيعِ صَوْتِكُمْ فِي ٱلْعَلَاءِ.

Lo! for strife and contention, ye fast, And to smite with the fist of lawlessness, —Ye shall not fast as to-day, To cause to be heard on high your voice!

٥ 5 أَمِثْلُ هَذَا يَكُونُ صَوْمٌ أَخْتَارُهُ؟ يَوْمًا يُذَلِّلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِيهِ نَفْسَهُ، يُحْنِي كَٱلْأَسَلَةِ رَأْسَهُ، وَيْفْرُشُ تَحْتَهُ مِسْحًا وَرَمَادًا. هَلْ تُسَمِّي هَذَا صَوْمًا وَيَوْمًا مَقْبُولًا لِلرَّبِّ؟

Like this, shall the fast be that I choose, A day for the son of earth to humble his soul? Is it to bow down as a rush his head, And sackcloth and ashes, to spread out? Is it, this, thou wilt call a fast, Or a day of acceptance with Yahweh?

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا صَوْمًا أَخْتَارُهُ: حَلَّ قُيُودِ ٱلشَّرِّ. فَكَّ عُقَدِ ٱلنِّيرِ، وَإِطْلَاقَ ٱلْمَسْحُوقِينَ أَحْرَارًا، وَقَطْعَ كُلِّ نِيرٍ.

Is not, this, the fast that I must ever choose—To unbind the tight cords of lawlessness, To unloose the bands of the yoke, —and To let the crushed go free, and That every yoke, ye tear off?

٧ 7 أَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَكْسِرَ لِلْجَائِعِ خُبْزَكَ، وَأَنْ تُدْخِلَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ ٱلتَّائِهِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ عُرْيَانًا أَنْ تَكْسُوهُ، وَأَنْ لَا تَتَغَاضَى عَنْ لَحْمِكَ.

Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, —When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

٨ 8 «حِينَئِذٍ يَنْفَجِرُ مِثْلَ ٱلصُّبْحِ نُورُكَ، وَتَنْبُتُ صِحَّتُكَ سَرِيعًا، وَيَسِيرُ بِرُّكَ أَمَامَكَ، وَمَجْدُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَجْمَعُ سَاقَتَكَ.

Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And thy new flesh shall speedily grow, —Then shall go before thee, thy righteousness, the glory of Yahweh shall bring up thy rear:

٩ 9 حِينَئِذٍ تَدْعُو فَيُجِيبُ ٱلرَّبُّ. تَسْتَغِيثُ فَيَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. إِنْ نَزَعْتَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ ٱلنِّيرَ وَٱلْإِيمَاءَ بِٱلْأصْبُعِ وَكَلَامَ ٱلْإِثْمِ

Then, shalt thou Call, and Yahweh, will answer, Cry out, and he will say, Behold me! If thou remove, out of thy midst the yoke, The pointing of the finger, and The speaking of iniquity;

١٠ 10 وَأَنْفَقْتَ نَفْسَكَ لِلْجَائِعِ، وَأَشْبَعْتَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلذَّلِيلَةَ، يُشْرِقُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ نُورُكَ، وَيَكُونُ ظَلَامُكَ ٱلدَّامِسُ مِثْلَ ٱلظُّهْرِ.

And shalt let thine own soul go out to the hungry, And the soul of the oppressed, thou shalt satisfy, Then shall break forth in darkness thy light, And thy thick darkness, become as the splendour of noon;

١١ 11 وَيَقُودُكَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى ٱلدَّوَامِ، وَيُشْبِعُ فِي ٱلْجَدُوبِ نَفْسَكَ، وَيُنَشِّطُ عِظَامَكَ فَتَصِيرُ كَجَنَّةٍ رَيَّا وَكَنَبْعِ مِيَاهٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ مِيَاهُهُ.

Then will Yahweh guide thee continually, And will satisfy, [even] in scorched regions thine own soul, Yea thy very bones, will he invigorate, —So shall thou become like a garden well—watered, And like a spring of water whose waters do not deceive;

١٢ 12 وَمِنْكَ تُبْنَى ٱلْخِرَبُ ٱلْقَدِيمَةُ. تُقِيمُ أَسَاسَاتِ دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ، فَيُسَمُّونَكَ: مُرَمِّمَ ٱلثُّغْرَةِ، مُرْجِعَ ٱلْمَسَالِكِ لِلسُّكْنَى.

And they who come of thee shall build the wastes of age-past times, And as for the foundations of generation after generation, thou shalt rear them up, —So shalt thou be called—A Repairer of broken walls, A Restorer of paths leading home.

١٣ 13 «إِنْ رَدَدْتَ عَنِ ٱلسَّبْتِ رِجْلَكَ، عَنْ عَمَلِ مَسَرَّتِكَ يَوْمَ قُدْسِي، وَدَعَوْتَ ٱلسَّبْتَ لَذَّةً، وَمُقَدَّسَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُكَرَّمًا، وَأَكْرَمْتَهُ عَنْ عَمَلِ طُرُقِكَ وَعَنْ إِيجَادِ مَسَرَّتِكَ وَٱلتَّكَلُّمِ بِكَلَامِكَ،

If thou turn back. From the sabbath thy foot, From doing thine own pleasure on my holy day, —And shall call—The sabbath, An exquisite delight, The holy day of Yahweh, A day to be honoured, And so shall honour it rather—Than do thine own ways, Than take thine own pleasure or Than speak thine own word,

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلرَّبِّ، وَأُرَكِّبُكَ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأُطْعِمُكَ مِيرَاثَ يَعْقُوبَ أَبِيكَ، لِأَنَّ فَمَ ٱلرَّبِّ تَكَلَّمَ».

Then, shalt thou rest thine own exquisite delight upon Yahweh, …And I will cause thee to ride over the high places of the land, —And will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken.