إشَعْياء 18

١ 1 وَيْلٌ لأَرْضِ حَفِيفِ الأَجْنِحَةِ فِي عَبْرِ أَنْهَارِ كُوشَ،

Tragedy is coming to the land of whirring wings that lies along the rivers of Ethiopia,

٢ 2 الَّتِي تَبْعَثُ رُسُلاً فِي الْبَحْرِ فِي قَوَارِبِ الْبَرْدِيِّ السَّابِحَةِ فَوْقَ الْمِيَاهِ، امْضُوا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ الْمُسْرِعُونَ إِلَى شَعْبٍ طِوَالِ الْقَامَةِ جُرْدٍ، إِلَى شَعْبٍ بَثَّ الرُّعْبَ فِي الْقَاصِي وَالدَّانِي، إِلَى قَوْمٍ أَقْوِيَاءَ وَقَاهِرِينَ تَشْطُرُ الأَنْهَارُ أَرْضَهُمْ.

They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers.

٣ 3 يَا جَمِيعَ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا، عِنْدَمَا تَرْتَفِعُ رَايَةٌ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ فَانْظُرُوا، وَعِنْدَمَا يُدَوِّي نَفِيرُ بُوقٍ فَاسْمَعُوا.

All you people of the world, everyone who lives on earth—you will see when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will hear when a trumpet sounds.

٤ 4 لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: سَأَمْكُثُ هَادِئاً نَاظِراً مِنْ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَايَ، كَحَرٍّ صَافٍ تَحْتَ أَشِعَّةِ الشَّمْسِ أَوْ كَسَحَابِ الطَّلِّ فِي حَرِّ الْحَصَادِ

For this is what the Lord has told me: I will watch quietly from where I live, quiet as heat haze in sunlight, quiet as a mistcloud in the heat of harvest.

٥ 5 لأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ الْحَصَادِ عِنْدَمَا يَتِمُّ تَفَتُّحُ الزَّهْرِ، وَيَتَحَوَّلُ الزَّهْرُ إِلَى عِنَبٍ نَاضِجٍ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْطَعُ الْفُرُوعَ بِالْمَنَاجِلِ، وَيَنْزَعُ الأَغْصَانَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ وَيَطْرَحُهَا،

For before the harvest, after the flower is gone and becomes an unripe grape, he prunes the vine with a knife to take out the shoots and branches.

٦ 6 وَتُتْرَكُ كُلُّهَا لِجَوَارِحِ الْجِبَالِ وَوُحُوشِ الأَرْضِ، فَتَلْتَهِمُهَا الْجَوَارِحُ فِي الصَّيْفِ، وَتَتَغَذَّى بِها الْوُحُوشُ فِي الشِّتَاءِ».

They will all be left as carrion for the birds of prey of the mountains, and for the wild animals. The birds will eat them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

٧ 7 فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ يُقَدِّمُ الشَّعْبُ الطَّوِيلُ الْقَامَةِ الأَجْرَدُ، الَّذِي بَثَّ الرُّعْبَ فِي الْقَاصِي وَالدَّانِي، الأُمَّةُ الْقَوِيَّةُ الْقَاهِرَةُ الَّتِي تَشْطُرُ الأَنْهَارُ أَرْضَهَا، هَدَايَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ، مَوْضِعِ اسْمِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ.

At that time a gift will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared by everyone, from a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers. It will be brought to Mount Zion, the place identified with the Lord Almighty.