إشَعْياء 5

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

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful 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, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

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

“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please 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 could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

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

Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.

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

I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain 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 his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

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

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

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

In my ears, the LORD of Hosts says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, 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 shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an efah.”

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 up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

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

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

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

Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honourable men are famished, and their multitudes 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 has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices amongst them, descend into it. (Sheol h7585)

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

So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

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

but the LORD of Hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

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

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.

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

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,

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

who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, 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 put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

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

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

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 the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law 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 LORD’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

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

He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.

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

No one shall be weary nor stumble amongst them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken,

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

whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

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

Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

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.

They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.