إشَعْياء 47

١ 1 انْزِلِي وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى التُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ بَابِلَ. اجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ مِنْ بَعْدُ النَّاعِمَةَ الْمُتَرَفِّهَةَ.

“Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon [Confusion]. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

٢ 2 خُذِي حَجَرَيِ الرَّحَى وَاطْحَنِي الدَّقِيقَ. اكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ، وَشَمِّرِي عَنِ الذَّيْلِ، وَاكْشِفِي عَنِ السَّاقِ، وَاعْبُرِي الأَنْهَارَ،

Take the millstones, and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.

٣ 3 فَيَظَلَّ عُرْيُكِ مَكْشُوفاً وَعَارُكِ ظَاهِراً، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ وَلا أَعْفُو عَنْ أَحَدٍ.

Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”

٤ 4 إِنَّ فَادِينَا، الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ اسْمُهُ، هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Our Redeemer, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] is his name, is the haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails].

٥ 5 اجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَأَوْغِلِي فِي الظَّلامِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ بَعْدُ سَيِّدَةَ الْمَمَالِكِ.

“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]. For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.

٦ 6 قَدْ سَخِطْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَنَجَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي. أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدَيْكِ، فَلَمْ تُبْدِي نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً بَلْ أَرْهَقْتِ الشَّيْخَ بِنِيرِكِ الثَّقِيلِ جِدّاً.

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand. You showed them no racham ·merciful love·. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

٧ 7 وَقُلْتِ: سَأَظَلُّ السَّيِّدَةَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تُفَكِّرِي بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي نَفْسِكِ وَلا تَأَمَّلْتِ بِمَا تَؤُولُ إِلَيْهِ.

You said, ‘I will be a princess forever;’ so that you did not lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.

٨ 8 فَالآنَ اسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَرَفِّهَةُ الْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَحْدِي وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي، لَنْ أَعْرِفَ التَّرَمُّلَ وَلَنْ أُثْكَلَ

“Now therefore sh'ma ·hear obey· this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children.’

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ سَتُبْتَلِينَ بِكِلا الأَمْرَيْنِ مَعاً فِي لَحْظَةٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِذْ تُثْكَلِينَ وَتَتَرَمَّلِينَ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ وَقُوَّةِ رُقَاكِ.

But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.

١٠ 10 قَدْ تَوَلَّتْكِ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ فِي شَرِّكِ، وَقُلْتِ: لَا يَرَانِي أَحَدٌ وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَكِ وَمَعْرِفَتَكِ أَضَلَّتَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي.

For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

١١ 11 سَيَدْهَمُكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَدْرِينَ كَيْفَ تَدْفَعِينَهُ عَنْكِ، وَتُبَاغِتُكِ دَاهِيَةٌ تَعْجَزِينَ عَنِ التَّكْفِيرِ عَنْهَا، وَيُفَاجِئُكِ خَرَابٌ لَا تَتَوَقَّعِينَهُ.

Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put it away. Desolation will come on you suddenly, which you don’t understand.

١٢ 12 تَشَبَّثِي بِرُقَاكِ وَكَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ الَّتِي تَعِبْتِ فِيهَا مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، فَقَدْ يُحَالِفُكِ النَّجَاحُ أَوْ تُثِيرِينَ الرُّعْبَ.

“Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; as if you might profit; as if you might prevail.

١٣ 13 لَقَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ طَلَبِ الْمَشُورَةِ، فَادْعِي الْمُنَجِّمِينَ وَالْفَلَكِيِّينَ لِيَكْشِفُوا لَكِ طَوَالِعَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ وَيُنْقِذُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.

You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators, stand up and save you from the things that will come on you.

١٤ 14 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَصْبَحُوا كَالهَشِيمِ الَّذِي تَلْتَهِمُهُ النَّارُ عَاجِزِينَ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنْقَاذِكِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الَّلَهَبِ المُحْرِقِ، فَلا هُوَ جَمْرٌ لِلاسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلا هِيَ نَارٌ لِلْجُلُوسِ حَوْلَهَا.

Behold, they shall are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

١٥ 15 هَكَذَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ وَتَاجَرُوا مَعَكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، قَدْ شَرَدَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُكِ.

The things that you labored in will be like this: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will each wander in his own way. There will be no one to save you.