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 on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'O tender and delicate one.'

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

Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.

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

Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.

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

Our redeemer [is] Jehovah of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel.

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

Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, '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 have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,

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

And thou sayest, 'To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.

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

And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently — Who is saying in her heart, 'I [am], and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'

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

And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.

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

And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I [am], and none else.'

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

And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.

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

Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!

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

Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!

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.

Lo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it.

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

So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!