إِشَعْيَاءَ 7

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ فِي أَيَّامِ آحَازَ بْنِ يُوثَامَ بْنِ عُزِّيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، أَنَّ رَصِينَ مَلِكَ أَرَامَ صَعِدَ مَعَ فَقَحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهَا، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يُحَارِبَهَا.

And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Basin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it.

٢ 2 وَأُخْبِرَ بَيْتُ دَاوُدَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ حَلَّتْ أَرَامُ فِي أَفْرَايِمَ». فَرَجَفَ قَلْبُهُ وَقُلُوبُ شَعْبِهِ كَرَجَفَانِ شَجَرِ ٱلْوَعْرِ قُدَّامَ ٱلرِّيحِ.

And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِشَعْيَاءَ: «ٱخْرُجْ لِمُلَاقَاةِ آحَازَ، أَنْتَ وَشَآرَ يَاشُوبَ ٱبْنُكَ، إِلَى طَرَفِ قَنَاةِ ٱلْبِرْكَةِ ٱلْعُلْيَا، إِلَى سِكَّةِ حَقْلِ ٱلْقَصَّارِ،

And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool, a in the way of the fuller’s held.

٤ 4 وَقُلْ لَهُ: اِحْتَرِزْ وَٱهْدَأْ. لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا يَضْعُفْ قَلْبُكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَنَبَيْ هَاتَيْنِ ٱلشُّعْلَتَيْنِ ٱلْمُدَخِّنَتَيْنِ، بِحُمُوِّ غَضَبِ رَصِينَ وَأَرَامَ وَٱبْنِ رَمَلْيَا.

And thou shalt say to him: See thou be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart be afraid of the two tails of these fire brands, smoking with the wrath of the fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of the son of Romelia.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّ أَرَامَ تَآمَرَتْ عَلَيْكَ بِشَرٍّ مَعَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَٱبْنِ رَمَلْيَا قَائِلَةً:

Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:

٦ 6 نَصْعَدُ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَنُقَوِّضُهَا وَنَسْتَفْتِحُهَا لِأَنْفُسِنَا، وَنُمَلِّكُ فِي وَسَطِهَا مَلِكًا، ٱبْنَ طَبْئِيلَ.

Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.

٧ 7 هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَا تَقُومُ! لَا تَكُونُ!

Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّ رَأْسَ أَرَامَ دِمَشْقَ، وَرَأْسَ دِمَشْقَ رَصِينُ. وَفِي مُدَّةِ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً يَنْكَسِرُ أَفْرَايِمُ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ شَعْبًا.

But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Basin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:

٩ 9 وَرَأْسُ أَفْرَايِمَ ٱلسَّامِرَةُ، وَرَأْسُ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ ٱبْنُ رَمَلْيَا. إِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا فَلَا تَأْمَنُوا».

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ عَادَ ٱلرَّبُّ فَكَلَّمَ آحَازَ قَائِلًا:

And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:

١١ 11 «اُطْلُبْ لِنَفْسِكَ آيَةً مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. عَمِّقْ طَلَبَكَ أَوْ رَفِّعْهُ إِلَى فَوْقٍ». (Sheol h7585)

Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. (Sheol h7585)

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ آحَازُ: «لَا أَطْلُبُ وَلَا أُجَرِّبُ ٱلرَّبَّ».

And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ: «ٱسْمَعُوا يَا بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ! هَلْ هُوَ قَلِيلٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُضْجِرُوا ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّى تُضْجِرُوا إِلَهِي أَيْضًا؟

And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنْ يُعْطِيكُمُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ نَفْسُهُ آيَةً: هَا ٱلْعَذْرَاءُ تَحْبَلُ وَتَلِدُ ٱبْنًا وَتَدْعُو ٱسْمَهُ «عِمَّانُوئِيلَ».

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

١٥ 15 زُبْدًا وَعَسَلًا يَأْكُلُ مَتَى عَرَفَ أَنْ يَرْفُضَ ٱلشَّرَّ وَيَخْتَارَ ٱلْخَيْرَ.

He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ ٱلصَّبِيُّ أَنْ يَرْفُضَ ٱلشَّرَّ وَيَخْتَارَ ٱلْخَيْرَ، تُخْلَى ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ خَاشٍ مِنْ مَلِكَيْهَا».

For before the child know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.

١٧ 17 يَجْلِبُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، أَيَّامًا لَمْ تَأْتِ مُنْذُ يَوْمِ ٱعْتِزَالِ أَفْرَايِمَ عَنْ يَهُوذَا، أَيْ مَلِكَ أَشُّورَ.

The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.

١٨ 18 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَصْفِرُ لِلذُّبَابِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَقْصَى تُرَعِ مِصْرَ، وَلِلنَّحْلِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَرْضِ أَشُّورَ،

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

١٩ 19 فَتَأْتِي وَتَحِلُّ جَمِيعُهَا فِي ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ ٱلْخَرِبَةِ وَفِي شُقُوقِ ٱلصُّخُورِ، وَفِي كُلِّ غَابِ ٱلشَّوْكِ، وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَرَاعِي.

And they shall come, and shall all of them rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all places set with shrubs, and in all hollow places.

٢٠ 20 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَحْلِقُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ بِمُوسَى مُسْتَأْجَرَةٍ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، بِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ، ٱلرَّأْسَ وَشَعْرَ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ، وَتَنْزِعُ ٱللِّحْيَةَ أَيْضًا.

In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard.

٢١ 21 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ يُرَبِّي عِجْلَةَ بَقَرٍ وَشَاتَيْنِ،

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.

٢٢ 22 وَيَكُونُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ صُنْعِهَا ٱللَّبَنَ يَأْكُلُ زُبْدًا، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ أُبْقِيَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْكُلُ زُبْدًا وَعَسَلًا.

And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.

٢٣ 23 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَوْضِعٍ كَانَ فِيهِ أَلْفُ جَفْنَةٍ بِأَلْفٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، يَكُونُ لِلشَّوْكِ وَٱلْحَسَكِ.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers.

٢٤ 24 بِٱلسِّهَامِ وَٱلْقَوْسِ يُؤْتَى إِلَى هُنَاكَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَكُونُ شَوْكًا وَحَسَكًا.

With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.

٢٥ 25 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْجِبَالِ ٱلَّتِي تُنْقَبُ بِٱلْمِعْوَلِ، لَا يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهَا خَوْفًا مِنَ ٱلشَّوْكِ وَٱلْحَسَكِ، فَتَكُونُ لِسَرْحِ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَلِدَوْسِ ٱلْغَنَمِ.

And as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.