إشَعْياء 41

١ 1 اصْمُتِي وَاسْمَعِي لِي أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ. لِتُجَدِّدِ الأُمَمُ قُوَّتَهَا وَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا لِيَعْرِضُوا حُجَجَهُمْ. لِنَجْتَمِعْ مَعاً لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الْقَضَاءِ.

Be silent [and hearken] unto me, O ye Coastlands, And let the Races of Men renew their strength, —Let them approach, then, let them speak, Together, for controversy, let us draw near: —

٢ 2 مَنْ أَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ قَائِداً مُظَفَّراً، يُوَاكِبُ النَّصْرُ كُلَّ خُطْوَةٍ مِنْ خُطْوَاتِهِ، وَأَسْلَمَ الأُمَمَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَخْضَعَ لَهُ الْمُلُوكَ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الْمُذَرَّاةِ بِقَوْسِهِ؟

Who roused up one from the East, In righteousness, called him to his feet, —Set before him nations And over kings, caused him to rule, His sword, made [them] like dust, His bow like driven chaff:

٣ 3 يَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ وَيَجُوزُ آمِناً فِي دُرُوبٍ لَمْ يَطَأْهَا بِقَدَمَيْهِ.

He pursued them passed along safely, —Upon the path of his own feet, entered he not?

٤ 4 مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا وَأَنْجَزَهُ دَاعِياً الأَجْيَالَ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا الرَّبُّ. أَنَا الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ.

Who hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, [who am] First, And with them who are last, I, am the Same!

٥ 5 شَاهَدَتِ الْجَزَائِرُ فِعْلِي وَخَافَتْ، وَارْتَجَفَتْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ فَتَجَمَّعُوا مَعاً.

Coastlands have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread, —They have drawn near, and have come:

٦ 6 شَرَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُشَجِّعُ جَارَهُ قَائِلاً لَهُ: تَشَدَّدْ.

Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help, —And to his brother, saith Take courage!

٧ 7 فَشَجَّعَ الصَّانِعُ الصَّائِغَ، وَالصَّاقِلُ بِالْمِطْرَقَةِ الضَّارِبَ عَلَى السَّنْدَانِ قَائِلاً عَنِ الإِلْحَامِ: هَذَا عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ. ثُمَّ يُثَبِّتُ الصَّنَمَ بِمَسَامِيرَ كَيْ لَا يَتَقَلْقَلَ.

So, the carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, he that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil, —Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails—it must not totter!

٨ 8 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي. يَا يَعْقُوبُ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ، يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي،

But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, —The seed of Abraham my loving one;

٩ 9 يَا مَنْ أَخَذْتُكَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، وَدَعَوْتُكَ مِنْ أَبْعَدِ أَطْرَافِهَا قَائِلاً لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِي. لَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَنْبِذْكَ.

Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And from the extremities thereof, have called thee, —And said to thee, My Servant, thou! I have chosen thee and not cast thee off,

١٠ 10 لَا تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لَا تَتَلَفَّتْ حَوْلَكَ جَزَعاً، لأَنِّي إِلَهُكَ، أُشَدِّدُكَ وَأُعِينُكَ وَأَعْضُدُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي

Do not fear, for with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God, —I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee with my righteous right-hand.

١١ 11 يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَغْتَاظُ مِنْكَ، وَيَتَلاشَى مُقَاوِمُوكَ كَالْعَدَمِ.

Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed—All they who have been incensed against thee, —They shall become as nothing and perish—The men who have been thine accusers:

١٢ 12 تَبْحَثُ عَنْ خُصُومِكَ فَلا تَجِدُ أَحَداً مِنْهُمْ، وَيُصْبِحُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلا شَيْءٍ،

Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them—The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought—The men who have warred against thee;

١٣ 13 لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ قَائِلاً لَكَ: لَا تَخَفْ. سَأُعِينُكَ.

For I, Yahweh thy God am firmly grasping thy right-hand, —Who am saying unto thee Do not fear! I, have become thy helper!

١٤ 14 لَا تَخَفْ يَا يَعْقُوبُ الضَّعِيفُ كَالْحَشَرَةِ، وَيَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الْعَلِيلُ كَالشِّرْذِمَةِ، لأَنِّي سَأُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel, —I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer The Holy One of Israel.

١٥ 15 وَهَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ نَوْرَجاً مُحَدَّداً جَدِيداً مُسَنَّناً، فَتَدْرُسُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَجْعَلُ التِّلالَ كَالْعُصَافَةِ،

Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, —Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills—like chaff, shalt thou make:

١٦ 16 فَتُذَرِّيهَا، وَتَحْمِلُهَا الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُبَدِّدُهَا الزَّوْبَعَةُ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَبْتَهِجُ بِالرَّبِّ وَتُمَجِّدُ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Thou shalt fan them and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them, —But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.

١٧ 17 وَعِنْدَمَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَائِسُونَ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ مَاءً وَلا يَجِدُونَهُ، وَتَتَشَقَّقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، أَنَا الرَّبُّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ، أَنَا إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُمْ.

As for the oppressed and the needy. Seeking water when there is none, Their tongue with thirst being parched I—Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them:

١٨ 18 فَأُفَجِّرُ أَنْهَاراً عَلَى الْهِضَابِ وَيَنَابِيعَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَوْدِيَةِ، وَأُحَوِّلُ الْبَرِّيَّةَ إِلَى وَاحَةِ مَاءٍ وَالأَرْضَ الْقَاحِلَةَ إِلَى جَدَاوِلَ.

I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, —I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;

١٩ 19 وَأُنْبِتُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الأَرْزَ وَالسَّنْطَ وَالآسَ وَشَجَرَ الزَّيْتُونِ، وَأُنَمِّي فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ أَشْجَارَ السَّرْوِ وَالسِّنْدِيَانَ وَالشَّرْبِينَ جَمِيعاً،

I will set in the desert! Cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oil-tree, —I will place, in the waste plain, Cypress, holm-oak, and sherbin-cedar, together

٢٠ 20 حَتَّى يَرَى النَّاسُ وَيُدْرِكُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا وَيَفْهَمُوا مَعاً أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْ هَذَا، وَأَنَّ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَبْدَعَهُ.

That men may see and observe and consider and understand at once, That, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this, That the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

٢١ 21 اعْرِضُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَقَدِّمُوا حُجَجَكُمْ يَقُولُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Bring near your contention, Saith Yahweh, —Advance your defences, Saith the King of Jacob:

٢٢ 22 أَحْضِرُوا أَصْنَامَكُمْ لِيُنْبِئُونَا عَمَّا يَأْتِي بِهِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ، وَعَنِ الأُمُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen, —Things known in advance—what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart and mark the after-story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear:

٢٣ 23 أَطْلِعُونَا عَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْغَيْبِ فَنَعْلَمَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ حَقّاً. إِيتُوا بِمُعْجِزَةٍ خَيْراً كَانَتْ أَمْ شَرّاً، تُثِيرُ دَهْشَتَنَا أَوْ رُعْبَنَا.

Tell ye the events which shall be here-after, That we may perceive that gods, ye are, —Surely ye must do something—good or bad, That we may be amazed and behold it, at once.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ أَنْتُمْ لَا شَيْءَ، وَفِعْلُكُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَلا يَصْطَفِيكُمْ سِوَى الرِّجْسِ.

Lo! ye, are, of nought, And your work is a puff of breath, —An abomination, he that chooseth you!

٢٥ 25 قَدْ آثَرْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّمَالِ، هَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي، يَطَأُ الْوُلاةَ كَمَا يَطَأُ فَوْقَ الْوَحْلِ، وَيَدُوسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يَدُوسُ الْخَزَّافُ فَوْقَ الطِّينِ.

I have roused up one from the North, and he hath come, From the rising of the sun, calleth he on my Name, —And he hath come, on deputies, as though they were mortar, And as a potter treadeth clay.

٢٦ 26 مَنْ أَنْبَأَ بِهَذَا الْحَدَثِ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ بِهِ؟ وَقَبْلَ أَوَانِ حُدُوثِهِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ. لَمْ يُوْجَدْ مُنْبِئٌ أَوْ مُعْلِنٌ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مِنْكُمْ.

Who hath told in advance, that we might know, And beforetime, that we might say Right! Nay, there is none who can tell. Nay, there is none who can let us hear, Nay, there is none who can understand what ye utter.

٢٧ 27 أَنَا أَوَّلُ قَائِلٍ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: انْظُرُوا هَا هُمْ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ أَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بَشِيراً،

He who is First, [can say], To Zion, Lo! there they are! And to Jerusalem, A herald of good-tidings, do I give.

٢٨ 28 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَطَلَّعْتُ إِلَى الأَصْنَامِ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ بَيْنَهُمْ مُشِيرٌ أَسْأَلُهُ فَيُجِيبُ.

So I look, And there is not, a Man! Even among these And there is none to advise, —That, when I ask them, can answer a word.

٢٩ 29 انْظُرُوا، إِنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَهْمٌ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالَهُمْ وَأَصْنَامَهُمُ الْمَسْبُوكَةَ رِيحٌ وَخَوَاءٌ.

Lo! as to all of them, Vanity—nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!