إشَعْياء 51

١ 1 اسْمَعُوا لِي يَا مُلْتَمِسِي الْبِرِّ، السَّاعِينَ وَرَاءَ الرَّبِّ: تَلَفَّتُوا إِلَى الصَّخْرِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ نُحِتُّمْ، وَإِلَى الْمَحْجَرِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ اقْتُلِعْتُمْ.

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

٢ 2 انْظُرُوا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكُمْ وَإِلَى سَارَةَ الَّتِي أَنْجَبَتْكُمْ، فَقَدْ دَعَوْتُهُ حِينَ كَانَ فَرْداً وَاحِداً وَبَارَكْتُهُ وَأَكْثَرْتُهُ.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.

٣ 3 الرَّبُّ يُعَزِّي صِهْيَوْنَ وَيُعَزِّي خَرَائِبَهَا، وَيُحَوِّلُ قَفْرَهَا إِلَى عَدْنٍ وَصَحْرَاءَهَا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ رَائِعَةٍ، فَتَفِيضُ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالْغِبْطَةِ وَالشُّكْرِ وَهُتَافِ تَرْنِيمٍ.

For the LORD has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

٤ 4 اسْمَعُوا لِي يَا شَعْبِي، وَأَصْغِي إِلَيَّ يَا أُمَّتِي، فَإِنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ تَصْدُرُ مِنِّي، وَعَدْلِي يُصْبِحُ نُوراً لِلشُّعُوبِ.

“Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.

٥ 5 بِرِّي بَاتَ قَرِيباً، وَتَجَلَّى خَلاصِي، وَذِرَاعَايَ تَقْضِيَانِ لِلشُّعُوبِ، وَإِيَّايَ تَرْتَقِبُ الْجَزَائِرُ، وَتَنْتَظِرُ بِرَجَاءٍ ذِرَاعِي.

My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.

٦ 6 ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَفَرَّسُوا فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ تَحْتُ، فَإِنَّ السَمَاوَاتِ كَدُخَانٍ تَضْمَحِلُّ، وَالأَرْضَ كَثَوْبٍ تَبْلَى، وَيَبِيدُ سُكَّانُهَا كَالذُّبَابِ. أَمَّا خَلاصِي فَيَبْقَى إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وِبِرِّي يَثْبُتُ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

٧ 7 اسْتَمِعُوا إِلَيَّ يَا عَارِفِي الْبِرِّ، أَيُّهَا الشَّعْبُ الَّذِي شَرِيعَتِي فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ. لَا تَخْشَوْا تَعْيِيرَ النَّاسِ وَلا تَرْتَعِبُوا مِنْ شَتَائِمِهِمْ،

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ الْعُثَّ يَأْكُلُهُمْ كَثَوْبٍ، وَيَقْرِضُهُمُ السُّوسُ كَالصُّوفِ، أَمَّا بِرِّي فَيَبْقَى إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَخَلاصِي يَثْبُتُ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”

٩ 9 اسْتَيْقِظِي، اسْتَيْقِظِي، تَسَرْبَلِي بِالْقُوَّةِ يَا ذِرَاعَ الرَّبِّ، اسْتَيْقِظِي كَالْعَهْدِ بِكِ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْقَدِيمَةِ، وَفِي الأَجْيَالِ الْغَابِرَةِ. أَلَسْتِ أَنْتِ الَّتِي مَزَّقْتِ رَهَبَ إِرْباً إِرْباً، وَطَعَنْتِ التِّنِّينَ؟

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

١٠ 10 أَلَسْتِ أَنْتِ الَّتِي جَفَّفْتِ الْبَحْرَ، وَمِيَاهَ اللُّجَجِ الْعَمِيقَةِ، وَجَعَلْتِ أَعْمَاقَ الْبَحْرِ طَرِيقاً يَعْبُرُ فَوْقَهُ الْمَفْدِيُّونَ؟

Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

١١ 11 سَيَرْجِعُ الَّذِينَ افْتَدَاهُمُ الرَّبُّ وَيَأْتُونَ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ بِتَرَنُّمٍ، يُكَلِّلُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ فَرَحٌ أَبَدِيٌّ، فَتَطْغَى عَلَيْهِمْ بَهْجَةٌ وَغِبْطَةٌ، أَمَّا الْحُزْنُ وَالتَّنَهُّدُ فَيَهْرُبَانِ بَعِيداً.

Those ransomed by the LORD will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

١٢ 12 أَنَا، أَنَا هُوَ مُعَزِّيكُمْ، فَمَنْ أَنْتِ حَتَّى تَخْشَيْ إِنْسَاناً فَانِياً أَوْ بَشَراً يَبِيدُونَ كَالْعُشْبِ؟

“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?

١٣ 13 وَنَسِيتِ الرَّبَّ صَانِعَكِ، بَاسِطَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمُرْسِي قَوَاعِدِ الأَرْضِ فَتَظَلِّينَ فِي رُعْبٍ دَائِمٍ مِنْ غَضَبِ الْمُضَايِقِ حِينَ يُوَطِّدُ الْعَزْمَ عَلَى التَّدْمِيرِ؟ أَيْنَ هُوَ غَضَبُ الْمُضَايِقِ؟

Have you forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

١٤ 14 عَمَّا قَرِيبٍ يُطْلَقُ سَرَاحُ الْمُنْحَنِي فَلا يَمُوتُ فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْجُبِّ وَلا يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الْخُبْزِ.

The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.

١٥ 15 لأَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكِ الَّذِي يُهَيِّجُ الْبَحْرَ فَتَصْطَخِبُ أَمْوَاجُهُ، الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ.

For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. the LORD of Hosts is his name.

١٦ 16 قَدْ وَضَعْتُ كَلامِي فِي فَمِكَ، وَوَارَيْتُكَ فِي ظِلِّ يَدِي، لأُقِرَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ فِي مَوْضِعِهَا وَأُرْسِي قَوَاعِدَ الأَرْضِ، وَأَقُولَ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: أَنْتِ شَعْبِي.

I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

١٧ 17 اسْتَيْقِظِي، اسْتَيْقِظِي، انْهَضِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، يَا مَنْ تَجَرَّعَتْ مِنْ يَدِ الرَّبِّ كَأْسَ غَضَبِهِ، يَا مَنْ شَرِبَتْ ثُمَالَةَ كَأْسِ التَّرَنُّحِ.

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the LORD’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

١٨ 18 لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ أَبْنَائِهَا الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبَتْهُمْ مَنْ يَهْدِيهَا، وَلا مَنْ يَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الْبَنِينَ الَّذِينَ رَبَّتْهُمْ.

There is no one to guide her amongst all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand amongst all the sons whom she has brought up.

١٩ 19 لَقَدِ ابْتُلِيتِ بِهَاتَيْنِ الْمِحْنَتَيْنِ، فَمَنْ يَرْثِي لَكِ: التَّدْمِيرِ وَالْخَرَابِ، وَالْمَجَاعَةِ وَالسَّيْفِ، فَمَنْ يُعَزِّيكِ؟

These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?

٢٠ 20 قَدْ أَعْيَا أَبْنَاؤُكِ وَانْطَرَحُوا عِنْدَ رَأْسِ كُلِّ شَارِعٍ كَوَعْلٍ وَقَعَ فِي شَبَكَةٍ. امْتَلَأُوا مِنْ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ وَمِنْ زَجْرِ إِلَهِكِ.

Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the LORD’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.

٢١ 21 لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمَنْكُوبَةُ، وَالسَّكْرَى وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ خَمْرٍ.

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

٢٢ 22 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ سَيِّدُكِ الرَّبُّ، إِلَهُكِ الَّذِي يُدَافِعُ عَنْ دَعْوَى شَعْبِهِ: هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ يَدِكِ كَأْسَ التَّرَنُّحِ، وَلَنْ تَجْرَعِي مِنْ كَأْسِ غَضَبِي بَعْدُ.

Your Lord GOD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.

٢٣ 23 وَأَضَعُهَا فِي يَدِ مُعَذِّبِيكِ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا لَكِ: انْحَنِي حَتَّى نَدُوسَ عَلَيْكِ عَابِرِينَ. فَجَعَلْتِ ظَهْرَكِ لَهُمْ أَرْضاً، وَطَرِيقاً لَهُمْ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهِ.

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”