إشَعْياء 35

١ 1 سَتَفْرَحُ الصَّحْرَاءُ وَالْقَفْرُ الأَجْرَدُ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ الْبَرِّيَّةُ وَتُزْهِرُ كَالْوَرْدِ.

[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,

٢ 2 تَزْدَهِرُ ازْدِهَاراً، وَتَبْتَهِجُ أَشَدَّ بَهْجَةٍ وَيُضْفَى عَلَيْهَا مَجْدُ لُبْنَانَ وَجَلالُ الْكَرْمَلِ وَشَارُونَ وَيَشْهَدُونَ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ وَبَهَاءَ إِلَهِنَا.

the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.

٣ 3 شَدِّدُوا الأَيْدِي الْمُسْتَرْخِيَةَ، وَثَبِّتُوا الرُّكَبَ الْمُرْتَعِشَةَ.

[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.

٤ 4 قُولُوا لِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ الْخَائِرَةِ: «تَقَوَّوْا وَلا تَفْزَعُوا، فَهَا هُوَ إِلَهُكُمْ قَادِمٌ، مُقْبِلٌ بِالنِّقْمَةِ، حَامِلٌ جَزَاءَهُ. سَيَأْتِي وَيُخَلِّصُكُمْ».

Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”

٥ 5 عِنْدَئِذٍ تُبْصِرُ عُيُونُ الْمَكْفُوفِينَ وَتَنْفَتِحُ آذَانُ الصُّمِّ،

When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.

٦ 6 وَيَطْفُرُ الأَعْرَجُ كَالظَّبْيِ، وَيَتَرَنَّمُ لِسَانُ الأَبْكَمِ فَرَحاً، إِذْ تَنْفَجِرُ الْمِيَاهُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَتَتَدَفَّقُ الْجَدَاوِلُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ،

Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.

٧ 7 وَيَتَحَوَّلُ السَّرَابُ إِلَى وَاحَةٍ، وَالأَرْضُ الْظَّمْأَى إِلَى جَدَاوِلَ. وَفِي الأَوْجِرَةِ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ تَأْوِي بَنَاتُ آوَى، يَنْمُو الْعُشْبُ وَالْقَصَبُ وَالْبَرْدِيُّ.

The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.

٨ 8 وَتَكُونُ هُنَاكَ طَرِيقٌ تُدْعَى طَرِيقَ الْقَدَاسَةِ، لَا يَسْلُكُ فِيهَا مَنْ هُوَ دَنِسٌ، إِنَّمَا تَكُونُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ السَّالِكِينَ فِي تِلْكَ الطَّرِيقِ، وَلا يَضِلُّ فِيهَا حَتَّى الْجُهَّالُ.

And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.

٩ 9 لَا يَطْرُقُهَا أَسَدٌ، وَلا يَأْتِيهَا حَيَوَانٌ مُفْتَرِسٌ. إِنَّمَا يَسْلُكُ فِيهَا الْمَفْدِيُّونَ

There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.

١٠ 10 وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا مَفْدِيُّو الرَّبِّ وَيُقْبِلُونَ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ مُتَرَنِّمِينَ يُكَلِّلُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ فَرَحٌ أَبَدِيٌّ، وَتَغْمُرُهُمُ الْغِبْطَةُ وَالسُّرُورُ، وَيَهْرُبُ الْحُزْنُ وَالأَنِينُ.

Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].