إشَعْياء 42

١ 1 هُوَذَا عَبْدِي الَّذِي أَعْضُدُهُ، مُخْتَارِي الَّذِي ابْتَهَجَتْ بِهِ نَفْسِي. وَضَعْتُ رُوحِي عَلَيْهِ لِيَسُوسَ الأُمَمَ بِالْعَدْلِ.

[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.

٢ 2 لَا يَصِيحُ وَلا يَصْرُخُ وَلا يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.

He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.

٣ 3 لَا يَكْسِرُ قَصَبَةً مَرْضُوضَةً، وَفَتِيلَةً مُدَخِّنَةً لَا يُطْفِئُ. إِنَّمَا بِأَمَانَةٍ يُجْرِي عَدْلاً.

He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.

٤ 4 لَا يَكِلُّ وَلا تُثَبَّطُ لَهُ هِمَّةٌ حَتَّى يُرَسِّخَ الْعَدْلَ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَتَنْتَظِرُ الْجَزَائِرُ شَرِيعَتَهُ.

He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”

٥ 5 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ اللهُ، الرَّبُّ خَالِقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَبَاسِطُهَا، وَنَاشِرُ الأَرْضِ وَمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا. الْوَاهِبُ أَهْلَهَا نَسَمَةً، وَالْمُنْعِمُ بِالرُّوحِ عَلَى السَّائِرِينَ عَلَيْهَا:

Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],

٦ 6 «أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ دَعَوْتُكَ بِالْبِرِّ. أَمْسَكْتُ بِيَدِكَ وَحَافَظْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَجَعَلْتُكَ عَهْداً لِلشَّعْبِ وَنُوراً لِلأُمَمِ

“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.

٧ 7 لِتَفْتَحَ عُيُونَ الْعُمْيِ، وَتُطْلِقَ سَرَاحَ الْمَأْسُورِينَ فِي السِّجْنِ، وَتُحَرِّرَ الْجَالِسِينَ فِي ظُلْمَةِ الْحَبْسِ.

You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.

٨ 8 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ وَهَذَا اسْمِي. لَا أُعْطِي مَجْدِي لِآخَرَ، وَلا حَمْدِي لِلْمَنْحُوتَاتِ.

I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.

٩ 9 هَا هِيَ النُّبُوءَاتُ السَّالِفَةُ تَتَحَقَّقُ، وَأُخْرَى جَدِيدَةٌ أُعْلِنُ عَنْهَا وَأُنْبِئُ بِها قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحْدُثَ».

Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”

١٠ 10 غَنُّوا لِلرَّبِّ أُغْنِيَةً جَدِيدَةً، سَبِّحُوهُ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ أَيُّهَا الْمُسَافِرُونَ فِي عُبَابِ الْبَحْرِ وَكُلُّ مَا فِيهِ وَيَا سُكَّانَ الْجَزَائِرِ.

Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!

١١ 11 لِتَهْتِفِ الصَّحْرَاءُ وَمُدُنُهَا، وَدِيَارُ قِيدَارَ الْمَأْهُولَةُ. لِيَتَغَنَّ بِفَرَحٍ أَهْلُ سَالِعَ وَلْيَهْتِفُوا مِنْ قِمَمِ الْجِبَالِ.

You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!

١٢ 12 ولْيُمَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ وَيُذِيعُوا حَمْدَهُ فِي الْجَزَائِرِ.

Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.

١٣ 13 يَبْرُزُ الرَّبُّ كَجَبَّارٍ، يَسْتَثِيرُ حَمِيَّتَهُ كَمَا يَسْتَثِيرُهَا الْمُحَارِبُ، وَيُطْلِقُ صَرْخَةَ حَرْبٍ دَاوِيَةً، يُظْهِرُ جَبَرُوتَهُ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِ.

[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.

١٤ 14 لَكَمِ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِالصَّمْتِ، وَلَزِمْتُ السَّكِينَةَ وَلَجَمْتُ نَفْسِي. أَمَّا الآنَ فَأَنَا أَصِيحُ وَأَزْفِرُ كَامْرَأَةٍ تُقَاسِي مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ.

[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.

١٥ 15 أُخَرِّبُ الْجِبَالَ وَالتِّلالَ، وَأُيَبِّسُ كُلَّ عُشْبِهَا، وَأُحَوِّلُ الأَنْهَارَ إِلَى قَفْرٍ وَأُجَفِّفُ الْبُحَيْرَاتِ،

I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.

١٦ 16 وَأَقُودُ الْعُمْيَ فِي سَبِيلٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَأَهْدِيهِمْ فِي مَسَالِكَ يَجْهَلُونَهَا، وَأُحِيلُ الظَّلامَ أَمَامَهُمْ إِلَى نُورٍ، وَالأَمَاكِنَ الْوَعِرَةَ إِلَى أَرْضٍ مُمَهَّدَةٍ. هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ أَصْنَعُهَا وَلَنْ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُمْ.

[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.

١٧ 17 أَمَّا الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ عَلَى الأَصْنَامِ، الْقَائِلُونَ لِلأَوْثَانِ: «أَنْتُمْ آلِهَتُنَا» فَإِنَّهُمْ يُدْبِرُونَ مُجَلَّلِينَ بِالْخِزْيِ.

But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”

١٨ 18 اسْمَعُوا أَيُّهَا الصُّمُّ، انْظُرُوَا أَيُّهَا الْعُمْيُ لِتُبْصِرُوا.

You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!

١٩ 19 مَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَى سِوَى عَبْدِي؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ أَصَمُّ كَرَسُولِي الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتُهُ؟ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَى مِثْلَ مَنْ يَكُنُّ لِي الْوَلاءَ؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَفِيفٌ كَعَبْدِ الرَّبِّ؟

No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.

٢٠ 20 تَشْهَدُ أُمُوراً كَثِيرَةً وَلا تُلاحِظُهَا، وَأُذُنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَانِ وَلَكِنْ لَا تَسْمَعُ شَيْئاً.

You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”

٢١ 21 قَدْ سُرَّ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ بِرِّهِ أَنْ يُعَظِّمَ شَرِيعَتَهُ وَيُمَجِّدَهَا،

Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.

٢٢ 22 لَكِنَّ شَعْبَهُ مَنْهُوبٌ وَمَسْلُوبٌ. قَدْ وَقَعُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ وَاقْتُنِصُوا وَزُجَّ بِهِمْ فِي أَقْبِيَةِ السُّجُونِ. صَارُوا فَرِيسَةً وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ، وَأَصْبَحُوا غَنِيمَةً وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَقُولُ: «رُدَّهَا».

But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.

٢٣ 23 مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَسْمَعُ هَذَا وَيُنْصِتُ وَيُصْغِي لِلزَّمَنِ الْمُقْبِلِ؟

Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?

٢٤ 24 مَنْ أَسْلَمَ يَعْقُوبَ لِلنَّهْبِ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ لِلسَّالِبِينَ؟ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي أَخْطَأْنَا فِي حَقِّهِ؟ لأَنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَسْلُكُوا فِي طُرُقِهِ وَأَنْ يُطِيعُوا شَرِيعَتَهُ.

Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.

٢٥ 25 لِذَلِكَ صَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ جَامَ غَضَبِهِ فِي وَطِيسِ الْحَرْبِ فَاكْتَنَفَتْهُمْ بِضِرَامِهَا وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفْهَمُوا، وَأَحْرَقَتْهُمْ بِنِيرَانِهَا وَلَمْ يَتَّعِظُوا.

Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].