إشَعْياء 50

١ 1 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَيْنَ كِتَابُ طَلاقِ أُمِّكُمُ الَّذِي طَلَّقْتُهَا بِهِ؟ لِمَنْ مِنْ دَائِنِيَّ بِعْتُكُمْ؟ إِنَّمَا مِنْ أَجْلِ ذُنُوبِكُمْ قَدْ تَمَّ بَيْعُكُمْ، وَمِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطَايَاكُمْ قَدْ طُلِّقَتْ أُمُّكُمْ.

This is [also] what Yahweh says: “You [Israeli children], do not think [RHQ] that I [forced your parents to be exiled/taken to Babylonia] [MET] like some men send away their wives after giving them a paper on which they state that they were divorcing them! I certainly did not [RHQ] get rid of you like a man who sells his children to get money to pay what he owes. No, the reason that I forced you to be exiled [was to punish you] because of the sins that you have committed [DOU].

٢ 2 فَمَالِي إِذاً حِينَ أَتَيْتُ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً؟ نَادَيْتُ وَلا مِنْ مُجِيبٍ؟ هَلْ قَصَرَتْ يَدِي عَنِ الْفِدَاءِ؟ أَمْ لَمْ تَعُدْ لِي طَاقَةٌ عَلَى الإِنْقَاذِ؟ هَا أَنَا بِزَجْرَتِي أُجَفِّفُ الْبَحْرَ وَأُحَوِّلُ الأَنْهَارَ إِلَى صَحْرَاءَ يُنْتِنُ سَمَكُهَا لِخُلُوِّهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَيَمُوتُ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ.

When I came to you [to rescue you], why did no one answer when I called out to you [RHQ]? Was there no one there [RHQ]? Or, did you think that I do not have the power [MTY] to rescue you [DOU]? Think about this: I can speak to a sea and cause it to become dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts, with the result that the fish in the rivers die from thirst and they rot.

٣ 3 أُغَلِّفُ السَّمَاوَاتِ بالظُّلْمَةِ وَأَجْعَلُ الْمِسْحَ غِطَاءً لَهَا.

I cause the sky to become dark, [as though] [MET] it was wearing black clothes [because it was mourning because someone had died].”

٤ 4 السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ وَهَبَنِي مَنْطِقَ الْعُلَمَاءِ لأَعْرِفَ كَيْفَ أُغِيثُ الْمُتْعَبَ بِكَلِمَةٍ، يُنَبِّهُنِي فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ، وَيُرْهِفُ أُذُنِي حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ بِانْتِبَاهِ الْمُتَعَلِّمِينَ.

Yahweh our God has given me his wise message [MTY] in order that I may encourage those who are weary. Each morning he awakens me, in order that I [SYN] may listen to what he teaches [SIM] me.

٥ 5 قَدْ فَتَحَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ أُذُنِي فَلَمْ أُعَانِدْ أَوْ أَتَرَاجَعْ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ

Yahweh our God has spoken to me [IDM], and I have not rejected what he told me; I have accepted [LIT] it.

٦ 6 بَذَلْتُ ظَهْرِي لِلضَّارِبِينَ، وَخَدَّيَّ لِلنَّاتِفِينَ، وَلَمْ أَحْجُبْ وَجْهِي عَنِ الإِهَانَةِ وَالْبَصْقِ.

I allowed people to beat me on my back and to pull out the whiskers in my beard [because they hated me]. I did not turn away [MTY] from them when they made fun of me and spat on me.

٧ 7 لأَنَّ السَّيِّدَ الرَّبَّ يُغِيثُنِي فَلا أَخْزَى، لِذَلِكَ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهِي كَالصَّوَّانِ، لأَنِّي عَالِمٌ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أَخْزَى.

But, because the Lord our God helps me, I will never be humiliated. Therefore, I am strongly determined [IDM] to face/endure difficulties, and I know that nothing will cause me to be ashamed.

٨ 8 إِنَّ مُنْصِفِي قَرِيبٌ، فَمَنْ إِذاً يُخَاصِمُنِي؟ فَلْنَمْثُلْ مَعاً. مَنْ هُوَ خَصْمِي؟ فَلْيَتَقَدَّمْ مِنِّي.

God, the one who vindicates me, is near to me; so if anyone [RHQ] stands in front of me and accuses me in a court, he will not be able [to show that I have done anything that is wrong].

٩ 9 انْظُرُوا، هَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ يُغِيثُنِي فَمَنْ يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي؟ هَا هُمْ جَمِيعاً كَثَوْبٍ يَبْلَوْنَ وَيَأْكُلُهُمُ الْعُثُّ.

The Lord our God defends me [in court], so no one [RHQ] will be able to (condemn me/declare that I am guilty). All those who accuse me will disappear like [SIM] old clothes that have been eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches).

١٠ 10 مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ وَيُطِيعُ صَوْتَ خَادِمِهِ؟ مَنِ الَّذِي يَسْلُكُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ نُورٍ؟ فَلْيَتَّكِلْ عَلَى اسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَيَعْتَمِدْ عَلَى إِلَهِهِ.

If you revere Yahweh and do what his servant tells you to do, even if you are (walking in darkness/enduring suffering), and it seems that [MET] there is no light, trust in Yahweh your God [DOU] [to help you].

١١ 11 انْظُرُوا، يَا جَمِيعَ مُوْقِدِي النَّارِ، الَّذِينَ يُضِيئُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَشَاعِلَ، سِيرُوا فِي نُورِ نِيرَانِكُمْ، وَعَلَى وَهْجِ مَشَاعِلِكُمُ الَّتِي أَوْقَدْتُمُوهَا، وَهَذَا مَا تَنَالُونَهُ مِنْ يَدِي؛ تَضْطَجِعُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتَضَوَّرُونَ مِنَ الأَلَمِ.

But you people who [oppose me], [who would like to throw] me into a blazing fire, walk in your own fires and burn yourselves with your own torches! This is what Yahweh will cause to happen to you: You will be enduring great torment when you die [EUP]!