إشَعْياء 5

١ 1 سَأَشْدُو لِحَبِيبِي أُغْنِيَةً عَنْ كَرْمِهِ: كَانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى تَلٍّ خَصِيبٍ،

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

٢ 2 حَرَثَ أَرْضَهُ وَنَقَّاهُ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَغَرَسَ فِيهِ أَفْضَلَ كَرْمَةٍ، وَشَيَّدَ فِي وَسَطِهِ بُرْجاً، وَنَقَرَ فِي الْصَّخْرِ مِعْصَرَةً. ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لَهُ عِنَباً فَأَنْتَجَ لَهُ حِصْرِماً!

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

٣ 3 وَالآنَ يَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، احْكُمُوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ كَرْمِي.

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

٤ 4 أَيُّ شَيْءٍ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ لِكَرْمِي لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ؟ وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرْتُ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لِي عِنَباً، لِمَاذَا أَنْتَجَ حِصْرِماً؟

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

٥ 5 وَالآنَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَرْمِي: سَأُزِيلُ سِيَاجَهُ فَيُصْبِحُ مَرْعَى مَاشِيَةٍ، وَأَهْدِمُ سُورَهُ فَيَضْحَى مَدَاسَ أَقْدَامٍ،

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

٦ 6 وَأَجْعَلُهُ خَرَاباً فَلا يُقَلَّمُ وَلا يُنْقَبُ، فَيَنْبُتُ فِيهِ شَوْكٌ وَحَسَكٌ. وَأُوْصِي السَّحَابَ أَنْ لَا يَمْطُرَ عَلَيْهِ أَبَداً.

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

٧ 7 لأَنَّ كَرْمَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ هُوَ بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا هُمْ غَرْسُ بَهْجَتِهِ. وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرَ حَقّاً وَجَدَ سَفْكَ دِمَاءٍ، وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَمَسَ عَدْلاً رَأَى صُرَاخاً.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

٨ 8 اشْتَرَيْتُمُ الْبُيُوتَ وَالْحُقُولَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرِكُمْ مَكَانٌ يَسْكُنُ فِيهِ! صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ لَكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ!

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

٩ 9 سَمِعْتُ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ: «الْبُيُوتُ الْعَظِيمَةُ لابُدَّ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ خَرَاباً، وَالْمَنَازِلُ الْفَخْمَةُ تَغْدُو مَهْجُورَةً.

I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

١٠ 10 فَعَشَرَةُ فَدَادِينِ كُرُومٍ لَا تُغِلُّ سِوَى بَثٍّ وَاحِدٍ (مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْراً) مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، وَحُومَرٌ (عَشْرَ كَيْلاتٍ) مِنَ الْبُذُورِ يُنْتِجُ كَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً».

For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

١١ 11 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَنْهَضُونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ مُبَكِّرِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ الْمُسْكِرِ حَتَّى سَاعَةٍ مُتَأَخِّرَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى أَنْ تُلْهِبَهُمُ الْخَمْرُ.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

١٢ 12 يَتَلَهَّوْنَ فِي مَآدِبِهِمْ بِالْعُودِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالدُّفِّ وَالنَّايِ وَالْخَمْرِ، غَيْرَ مُكْتَرِثِينَ لأَعْمَالِ الرَّبِّ وَلا نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى صُنْعِ يَدَيْهِ،

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

١٣ 13 لِذَلِكَ يُسْبَى شَعْبِي لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ، وَيَمُوتُ عُظَمَاؤُهُمْ جُوعاً، وَيَهْلِكُ الْعَامَّةُ ظَمَأً.

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

١٤ 14 لِهَذَا وَسَّعَتِ الْهَاوِيَةُ أَحْشَاءَهَا وَفَغَرَتْ شَدْقَهَا إِلَى مَا لَا نِهَايَةَ، لِيَنْحَدِرَ فِيهَا شُرَفَاءُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَجَمَاهِيرُهَا وَعَجِيجُهَا وَكُلُّ طَرَبٍ فِيهَا (Sheol h7585)

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers! (Sheol h7585)

١٥ 15 وَيُذَلُّ الإِنْسَانُ وَيُخْفَضُ النَّاسُ، وَيُحَطُّ كُلُّ مُتَشَامِخٍ فِيهَا.

So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يُمَجَّدُ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَيُبْدِي الرَّبُّ الْقُدُّوسُ قَدَاسَتَهُ بِالْبِرِّ.

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

١٧ 17 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَرْعَى الْحُمْلانُ فِي مَرَاعِيهِمْ، وَالْخِرْفَانُ وَالْمَاعِزُ تَأْكُلُ بَيْنَ خِرَبِهِمْ.

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

١٨ 18 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَجُرُّونَ الإِثْمَ بِحِبَالِ الْبَاطِلِ، وَالْخَطِيئَةَ بِمِثْلِ أَمْرَاسِ الْعَرَبَةِ

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

١٩ 19 وَيَقُولُونَ: لِيُسْرِعْ وَلْيُعَجِّلْ بِعِقَابِهِ حَتَّى نَرَاهُ. لِيُنَفِّذْ مُقَدِّسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَأْرَبَهُ فِينَا فَنُدْرِكَ حَقِيقَةَ مَا يَفْعَلُهُ بِنَا.

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

٢٠ 20 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدْعُونَ الشَّرَّ خَيْراً، وَالْخَيْرَ شَرّاً، الْجَاعِلِينَ الظُّلْمَةَ نُوراً وَالنُّورَ ظُلْمَةً وَالْمَرَارَةَ حَلاوَةً وَالْحَلاوَةَ مَرَارَةً!

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

٢١ 21 وَيْلٌ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَالأَذْكِيَاءِ فِي نَظَرِ ذَوَاتِهِمْ.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

٢٢ 22 وَيْلٌ لِلْعُتَاةِ فِي شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ فِي مَزْجِ الْمُسْكِرِ،

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,

٢٣ 23 الَّذِينَ يُبَرِّئُونَ الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ الرِّشْوَةِ، وَيُنْكِرُونَ عَلَى الْبَرِيءِ حَقَّهُ.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

٢٤ 24 لِهَذَا كَمَا تَلْتَهِمُ النَّارُ الْقَشَّ، وَكَمَا يَفْنَى الْحَشِيشُ الْجَافُّ فِي اللَّهَبِ، كَذَلِكَ يُصِيبُ أُصُولَهُمُ الْعَفَنُ، وَيَتَنَاثَرُ زَهْرُهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ، لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِكَلِمَةِ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

٢٥ 25 لِذَلِكَ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ ضِدَّ شَعْبِهِ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَضَرَبَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَشَتِ الْجِبَالُ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ جُثَثُ مَوْتَاهُمْ كَالْقَاذُورَاتِ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَلَمْ تَبْرَحْ يَدُهُ مَمْدُودَةً بِالْعِقَابِ.

Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

٢٦ 26 فَيَرْفَعُ رَايَةً لأُمَمٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَنْ فِي أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُقْبِلُونَ مُسْرِعِينَ (إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ)،

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

٢٧ 27 دُونَ أَنْ يَكِلُّوا أَوْ يَتَعَثَّرُوا أَوْ يَعْتَرِيَهُمْ نُعَاسٌ أَوْ نَوْمٌ، أَوْ يَحِلَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ حِزَاماً عَنْ حَقَوَيْهِ، وَلا يَنْقَطِعَ لأَحَدٍ سُيُورُ حِذَاءٍ.

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

٢٨ 28 سِهَامُهُمْ مُسَنَّنَةٌ، وَقِسِيُّهُمْ مَشْدُودَةٌ. حَوَافِرُ خَيْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا صَوَّانٌ. عَجَلاتُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ مُنْدَفِعَةٌ كَالإِعْصَارِ.

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

٢٩ 29 زَئِيرُهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ زَئِيرُ أَسَدٍ يُزَمْجِرُ وَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَى فَرِيسَتِهِ وَيَحْمِلُهَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ.

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

٣٠ 30 يُزَمْجِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ. وَإِنْ جَاسَ أَحَدٌ فِي الْبِلادِ مُتَفَرِّساً لَا يَرَى سِوَى الظُّلْمَةِ وَالضِّيقِ، حَتَّى (انْفِرَاجَاتِ) الضَّوْءِ (أَيْ وَمَضَاتِ الرَّجَاءِ) قَدِ احْتَجَبَتْ وَرَاءَ سُحُبِهِ.

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.