إشَعْياء 57

١ 1 هَلَكَ الصِّدِّيقُ فَلَمْ يَتَأَمَّلْ أَحَدٌ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَيَعْتَبِرْ، وَمَاتَ الأَتْقِيَاءُ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ أَحَدٌ أَنَّ الصِّدِّيقَ قَدْ أُخِذَ تَفَادِياً لِلْكَارِثَةِ.

See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

٢ 2 وَالسَّالِكُونَ بِالاسْتِقَامَةِ يَنْعَمُونَ بِالسَّلامِ، وَفِي مَضَاجِعِهِمْ يَسْتَرِيحُونَ.

His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.

٣ 3 أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ يَا أَبْنَاءَ السَّاحِرَةِ، يَا نَسْلَ الْفَاسِقِ وَالْعَاهِرَةِ، فَادْنُوا مِنْ هُنَا.

But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

٤ 4 بِمَنْ تَسْخَرُونَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ تَفْغَرُونَ أَشْدَاقَكُمْ وَاسِعَةً وَتَدْلَعُونَ أَلْسِنَتَكُمْ؟ أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَبْنَاءَ الْخُطَاةِ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ؟

Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

٥ 5 أَيُّهَا الْمُتَوَهِّجُونَ شَهْوَةً بَيْنَ أَشْجَارِ الْبَلُّوطِ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ، يَا مَنْ تَذْبَحُونَ أَوْلادَكُمْ فِي الأَوْدِيَةِ تَحْتَ شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ.

who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?

٦ 6 إِنَّ نَصِيبَكُمْ هُوَ أَصْنَامُكُمْ مِنْ حَصَى الْوَادِي الْمَلْسَاءِ. هِيَ قُرْعَتُكُمْ، وَلَهَا سَكَبْتُمْ سَكِيبَ تَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ، وَأَصْعَدْتُمْ قَرَابِينَكُمْ، فَهَلْ أَرْضَى عَنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟

That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?

٧ 7 نَصَبْتُمْ مَضَاجِعَ زِنَاكُمْ عَلَى جَبَلٍ شَامِخٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ، وَإِلَى هُنَاكَ صَعِدْتُمْ لِتُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَكُمْ،

On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

٨ 8 وَخَلْفَ الْبَابِ وَقَوَائِمِهِ أَقَمْتُمْ أَصْنَامَكُمْ، وَإِذْ هَجَرْتُمُونِي كَشَفْتُمْ عَنْ مَضَاجِعِكُمْ وَعَلَّوْتُمُوهَا وَوَسَّعْتُمُوهَا، وَأَبْرَمْتُمْ مَعَ أَصْنَامِكُمْ عَهْدَ زِنىً لأَنَّكُمْ أَحْبَبْتُمْ مَضَاجِعَهُمْ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُمْ فِي عُرْيِهِمْ.

and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;

٩ 9 ارْتَحَلْتُمْ إِلَى مُولَكَ مُحَمَّلِينَ بِالدُّهْنِ، وَبِكَثْرَةِ الأَطْيَابِ، وَأَرْسَلْتُمْ سُفَرَاءَكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَانْحَدَرْتُمْ حَتَّى إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ. (Sheol h7585)

and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell. (Sheol h7585)

١٠ 10 أَصَابَكُمُ الإِعْيَاءُ مِنْ طُولِ الْمَسِيرِ، وَلَمْ تَقُولُوا: «يَئِسْنَا» بَلْ تَجَدَّدَتْ قُوَاكُمْ وَلَمْ تَخُورُوا.

Thou has wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou has done these things; therefore thou has not supplicated me.

١١ 11 مِمَّنْ خِفْتُمْ وَارْتَعَبْتُمْ حَتَّى كَذِبْتُمْ وَلَمْ تَذْكُرُونِي أَوْ تُفَكِّرُوا فِيَّ؟ هَلِ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِالسَّكِينَةِ زَمَناً طَوِيلاً حَتَّى لَمْ تَعُودُوا تَخَافُونَنِي؟

Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou has not feared me.

١٢ 12 سَأَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ بِرِّكُمْ وَأَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَنْ تُجْدِيَكُمْ نَفْعاً.

And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.

١٣ 13 عِنْدَمَا تَسْتَغِيثُونَ، فَلْتُنْقِذْكُمْ مَجْمُوعَاتُ أَصْنَامِكُمْ! إِنَّ الرِّيحَ تَحْمِلُهَا جَمِيعاً، وَنَفْخَةٌ تَطْرَحُهَا بَعِيداً. أَمَّا مَنْ يَلُوذُ بِي فَإِنَّهُ يَرِثُ الأَرْضَ وَيَمْلِكُ جَبَلَ قُدْسِي.

When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

١٤ 14 وَيُقَالُ آنَئِذٍ: مَهِّدُوا! مَهِّدُوا السَّبِيلَ، أَزِيلُوا كُلَّ مَعْثَرَةٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ شَعْبِي.

And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

١٥ 15 لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الْعَلِيُّ السَّامِي، الْمُقِيمُ فِي الأَبَدِ، الَّذِي يُدْعَى اسْمُهُ الْقُدُّوسَ: إِنَّنِي أَسْكُنُ فِي الْعُلَى وَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، وَأُقِيمُ مَعَ الْمُنْسَحِقِ، وَذَوِي الرُّوحِ الْمُتَوَاضِعَةِ، لأُحْيِيَ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ، وَأُنْعِشَ قُلُوبَ الْمُنْسَحِقِينَ.

Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

١٦ 16 لأَنَّنِي لَا أُخَاصِمُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَلا أَظَلُّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ غَاضِباً، لِئَلَّا تَبِيدَ أَمَامِي رُوحُ الإِنْسَانِ الَّتِي خَلَقْتُهَا.

I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.

١٧ 17 قَدْ غَضِبْتُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ جَشَعِهِ، وَعَاقَبْتُهُ وَحَجَبْتُ عَنْهُ وَجْهِي سَخَطاً، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَوْغَلَ فِي عِصْيَانِهِ وَرَاءَ غِوَايَةِ قَلْبِهِ.

On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.

١٨ 18 لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ طُرُقَهُ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ، إِنَّمَا سَأُقَوِّمُهُ وَأَقُودُهُ وَأَرُدُّ لَهُ وَلِنَائِحِيهِ الطُّمَأْنِينَةَ

I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;

١٩ 19 وَأَسْتَبْدِلُ نُوَاحَهُ بِالْحَمْدِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ؛ فَيَكُونُ سَلامٌ لِلْقَرِيبِ وَالْبَعِيدِ لأَنَّنِي سَأَشْفِيهِ.

peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَهُمْ كَالْبَحْرِ الْهَائِجِ الَّذِي لَا يَهْدَأُ، تَقْذِفُ مِيَاهُهُ الْقَذَرَ وَالطِّينَ

But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.

٢١ 21 إِذْ لَيْسَ سَلامٌ لِلأَشْرَارِ، قَالَ إِلَهِي.

There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.