إشَعْياء 46
| قَدْ خَرَّ وَانْحَنَى بِيلُ وَنَبُو إِلَهَا بَابِلَ وَحَمَّلُوا تَمَاثِيلَهُمَا عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ الْمُرْهَقَةِ الَّتِي نَاءَتْ بِأَثْقَالِهَا. | ١ 1 |
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
| سَقَطَتْ جَمِيعُهَا وَعَجَزَتْ عَنْ حِمَايَةِ نَفْسِهَا بَلْ أُخِذَتْ هِيَ نَفْسُهَا إِلَى السَّبْيِ مَعَ المَأْسُورِينَ. | ٢ 2 |
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
| أصْغُوا إِلَيَّ يَا بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَا بَقِيَّةَ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ حَمَلْتُهُمْ مُنْذُ أَنْ حُبِلَ بِهِمْ، وَتَكَفَّلْتُ بِهِمْ مُنْذُ مَوْلِدِهِمْ، | ٣ 3 |
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
| وَبَقِيتُ أَنَا أَنَا حَتَّى زَمَنِ شَيْخُوخَتِكُمْ، وَحَمَلْتُكُمْ فِي مَشِيبِكُمْ. أَنَا صَنَعْتُكُمْ، لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ، وأَخَلِّصُكُمْ. | ٤ 4 |
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
| بِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونَنِي وَتُعَادِلُونَنِي وَتُقَارِنُونَنِي حَتَّى نَكُونَ مُتَمَاثِلَيْنِ؟ | ٥ 5 |
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
| هَلْ بِالَّذِينَ يُفْرِغُونَ الذَّهَبَ مِنَ الْكِيسِ وَيَزِنُونَ الْفِضَّةَ بِالْمِيزَانِ، وَيَسْتَأْجِرُونَ صَائِغاً لِيَسْبُكَهَا إِلَهاً، وَيَخُرُّونَ لَهَا سَاجِدِينَ؟ | ٦ 6 |
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
| يَرْفَعُونَهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ وَيَنْقُلُونَهَا لِيَنْصِبُوهَا فِي مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تَسْتَقِرُّ هُنَاكَ لَا تَبْرَحُ مِنْ مَكَانِهَا، وَإِنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِها أَحَدٌ لَا تَسْتَجِيبُ وَلا تُنَجِّيهِ مِنْ مِحْنَتِهِ؟ | ٧ 7 |
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
| اذْكُرُوا هَذَا وَاتَّعِظُوا. انْقُشُوهُ فِي أَذْهَانِكُمْ يَا عُصَاةُ! | ٨ 8 |
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
| تَذَكَّرُوا الأُمُورَ الْغَابِرَةَ الْقَدِيمَةَ لأَنِّي أَنَا اللهُ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. | ٩ 9 |
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
| وَقَدْ أَنْبَأْتُ بِالنِّهَايَةِ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ، وَأَخْبَرْتُ مِنَ الْقِدَمِ بِأُمُورٍ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ حَدَثَتْ بَعْدُ، قَائِلاً: مَقَاصِدِي لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، وَمَشِيئَتِي لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
| أَدْعُو مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ الطَّائِرَ الْجَارِحَ، وَمِنَ الأَرْضِ الْبَعِيدَةِ رَجُلَ مَشُورَتِي. قَدْ نَطَقْتُ بِقَضَائِي وَلابُدَّ أَنْ أُجْرِيَهُ، وَمَا رَسَمْتُهُ مِنْ خِطَّةٍ لابُدَّ أَنْ أُنَفِّذَهُ. | ١١ 11 |
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
| أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ يَا غِلاظَ الْقُلُوبِ أَيُّهَا الْبَعِيدُونَ عَنِ الْبِرِّ، | ١٢ 12 |
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
| لَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ أَوَانَ بِرِّي قَرِيباً. لَمْ يَعُدْ بَعِيداً، وَخَلاصِي لَا يُبْطِئُ. سَأَجْعَلُ خَلاصاً فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، وَفِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَجْدِي. | ١٣ 13 |
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
