إشَعْياء 3

١ 1 هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا الطَّعَامَ وَالْمَاءَ.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

٢ 2 وَيَقْضِيَ فِيهَا عَلَى كُلِّ بَطَلٍ وَمُحَارِبٍ وَقَاضٍ وَنَبِيٍّ وَعَرَّافٍ وَشَيْخٍ

Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

٣ 3 وَعَلَى كُلِّ قَائِدٍ وَعَظِيمٍ وَمُشِيرٍ وَصَانِعٍ مَاهِرٍ وَسَاحِرٍ بَارِعٍ.

Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.

٤ 4 وَأَجْعَلُ الصِّبْيَانَ رُؤَسَاءَ لَهُمْ، وَالأَطْفَالَ حُكَّاماً عَلَيْهِمْ،

And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

٥ 5 فَيَجُورُ الشَّعْبُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَالرَّجُلُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَالْجَارُ عَلَى جَارِهِ، وَيَتَمَرَّدُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْحَقِيرُ عَلَى النَّبِيلِ.

And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

٦ 6 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَقْبِضُ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ قَائِلاً لَهُ: «إِنَّ عِنْدَكَ ثَوْباً، فَامْلُكْ عَلَيْنَا لِتُنْقِذَنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْفَوْضَى».

When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, 'Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.'

٧ 7 فَيُجِيبُهُمْ قَائِلاً: «لَسْتُ طَبِيباً، وَلا أَمْلِكُ طَعَاماً أَوْ ثِيَاباً فِي بَيْتِي، فَلا تَجْعَلُونِي رَئِيساً لِلشَّعْبِ».

He lifteth up, in that day, saying: 'I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

٨ 8 قَدْ سَقَطَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ؛ انهَارَتْ يَهُوذَا لأَنَّهُمَا أَسَاءَتَا بِالْقَوْلِ وَالْفِعْلِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَتَمَرَّدَتَا عَلَى سُلْطَانِهِ.

For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

٩ 9 مَلامِحُ وُجُوهِهِمْ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ، إِذْ يُجَاهِرُونَ بِخَطِيئَتِهِمْ كَسَدُومَ وَلا يَسْتُرُونَهَا، فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ جَلَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ شَرّاً.

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنْ بَشِّرُوا الصِّدِّيقِينَ بِالْخَيْرِ لأَنَّهُمْ سَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِثَوَابِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ

Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

١١ 11 أَمَّا الشِّرِّيرُ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرَ لأَنَّهُ يُجَازَى عَلَى مَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاهُ

Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

١٢ 12 ظَالِمُو شَعْبِي أَوْلادٌ وَالْحَاكِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ نِسَاءٌ. آهِ يَا شَعْبِي! إِنَّ قَادَتَكُمْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَيَقْتَادُونَكُمْ فِي مَسَالِكَ مُنْحَرِفَةٍ.

My people — its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people — thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

١٣ 13 لَقَدْ تَرَبَّعَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْقَضَاءِ، قَامَ لِيَدِينَ النَّاسَ.

Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples.

١٤ 14 الرَّبُّ يَدْخُلُ فِي الْمُحَاكَمَةِ ضِدَّ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِهِ وَقَادَتِهِمْ. وَيَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ أَتْلَفْتُمْ كَرْمِي، وَصَارَ سَلَبُ الْبَائِسِ فِي مَنَازِلِكُمْ.

Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: 'And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses.

١٥ 15 فَمَاذَا تَقْصِدُونَ مِنْ سَحْقِ شَعْبِي وَطَحْنِ وُجُوهِ الْبَائِسِينَ؟»

What — to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

١٦ 16 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّ بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ مُتَغَطْرِسَاتٌ، يَمْشِينَ بِأَعْنَاقٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ غَامِزَاتٍ بِعُيُونِهِنَّ، مُتَخَطِّرَاتٍ فِي سَيْرِهِنَّ، مُجَلْجِلاتٍ بِخَلاخِيلِ أَقْدَامِهِنَّ.

'Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,

١٧ 17 سَيُصِيبُهُنَّ الرَّبُّ بِالصَّلَعِ، وَيُعَرِّي عَوْرَاتِهِنَّ».

The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth.

١٨ 18 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْزِعُ الرَّبُّ زِينَةَ الْخَلاخِيلِ، وَعِصَابَاتِ رُؤُوسِهِنَّ وَالأَهِلَّةَ،

In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

١٩ 19 وَالأَقْرَاطَ وَالأَسَاوِرَ وَالْبَرَاقِعَ،

Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

٢٠ 20 وَالْعَصَائِبَ وَالسَّلاسِلَ وَالأَحْزِمَةَ، وَآنِيَةَ الطِّيبِ وَالتَّعَاوِيذَ

Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

٢١ 21 وَالْخَوَاتِمَ وَخَزَائِمَ الأَنْفِ،

Of the seals, and of the nose-rings,

٢٢ 22 وَالثِّيَابَ الْمُزَخْرَفَةَ وَالْعِبَاءَاتِ وَالْمَعَاطِفَ وَالأَكْيَاسَ

Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses,

٢٣ 23 وَالْمَرَايَا وَالأَرْدِيَةَ الكَتَّانِيَّةَ، وَالْعَصَائِبَ الْمُزَيَّنَةَ وَأَغْطِيَةَ الرُّؤُوسِ

Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails,

٢٤ 24 فَتَحِلُّ الْعُفُونَةُ مَحَلَّ الطِّيبِ، وَالْحَبْلُ عِوَضَ الْحِزَامِ، وَالصَّلَعُ بَدَلَ الشَّعْرِ الْمُنَسَّقِ، وَحِزَامُ الْمِسْحِ فِي مَوْضِعِ الثَّوْبِ الْفَاخِرِ، وَالْعَارُ عِوَضَ الْجَمَالِ،

And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

٢٥ 25 فَيَسْقُطُ رِجَالُكِ فِي الحَرْبِ، وَيَلْقَى أَبْطَالُكِ حَتْفَهُمْ فِي سَاحَةِ الْحَرْبِ

For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.

٢٦ 26 فَتَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَنْطَرِحُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مَهْجُورَةً.

And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!