إشَعْياء 59
| انْظُرُوا، إِنَّ ذِرَاعَ الرَّبِّ لَيْسَتْ قَاصِرَةً حَتَّى تَعْجِزَ عَنْ أَنْ تُخَلِّصَ، وَلا أُذُنَهُ ثَقِيلَةٌ حَتَّى لَا تَسْمَعَ. | ١ 1 |
Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].
| إِنَّمَا خَطَايَاكُمْ أَضْحَتْ تَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَآثَامُكُمْ حَجَبَتْ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ، | ٢ 2 |
But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.
| لأَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ تَلَوَّثَتْ بِالدَّمِ وَأَصَابِعَكُمْ بِالإِثْمِ، وَنَطَقَتْ شِفَاهُكُمْ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَلَهَجَتْ أَلْسِنَتُكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ. | ٣ 3 |
You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].
| لَيْسَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يُطَالِبُ بِالْعَدْلِ، أَوْ يَحْكُمُ بِالْحَقِّ. يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ وَيَتَفَوَّهُونَ بِالزُّورِ، يَحْبَلُونَ بِالْغِشِّ، وَيَلِدُونَ بِالإِثْمِ. | ٤ 4 |
When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.
| يَفْقِسُونَ بَيْضَ أَفْعَى، وَيَنْسِجُونَ خُيُوطَ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ. مَنْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ بَيْضِهِمْ يَمُوتُ، وَمِنَ الْبَيْضَةِ الْمَكْسُورَةِ تَخْرُجُ حَيَّةٌ. | ٥ 5 |
What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.
| لَا تَصْلُحُ خُيُوطُهُمْ لِنَسِيجِ الثِّيَابِ، وَلا يَكْتَسُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ، لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ هِيَ أَعْمَالُ إِثْمٍ، وَأَفْعَالُ الظُّلْمِ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَتْهَا أَيْدِيهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.
| تُسْرِعُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ لاِقْتِرَافِ الشَّرِّ، وَيُهَرْوِلُونَ لِسَفْكِ دَمِ الْبَرِيءِ، أَفْكَارُهُمْ أَفْكَارٌ أَثِيمَةٌ، وَفِي طُرُقِهِمْ دَمَارٌ وَخَرَابٌ، | ٧ 7 |
You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.
| لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا سَبِيلَ السَّلامِ، وَلا عَدْلَ فِي مَسَالِكِهِمْ. عَوَّجُوا طُرُقَهُمْ، وَالسَّالِكُ فِيهَا لَا يَعْرِفُ سَلاماً. | ٨ 8 |
You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.
| الْحَقُّ ابْتَعَدَ عَنَّا، وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا الْعَدْلُ. نَرْتَقِبُ نُوراً، فَيُحْدِقُ بِنَا الظَّلامُ، وَنَنْشُدُ ضَوْءاً فَنَسْلُكُ فِي الْعَتْمَةِ. | ٩ 9 |
Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].
| نَتَحَسَّسُ الْحَائِطَ كَالأَعْمَى، وَنَتَلَمَّسُ كَالْمَكْفُوفِ، نَتَعَثَّرُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ كَمَا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسِيرُ فِي عَتْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَنَكُونُ كَالأَمْوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْمُتَدَفِّقِينَ بِالْحَيَاةِ. | ١٠ 10 |
We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.
| كُلُّنَا نُزَمْجِرُ كَالدِّبَبَةِ، وَنَنُوحُ كَالْحَمَامِ. نَبْحَثُ عَنِ الْعَدْلِ فَلا نَجِدُهُ، وَعَنِ الْخَلاصِ وَإذَا بِهِ قَدِ ابْتَعَدَ عَنَّا، | ١١ 11 |
We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.
| لأَنَّ مَعَاصِيَنَا كَثُرَتْ أَمَامَكَ، وَآثَامَنَا تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْنَا. فَمَعَاصِينَا مَعَنَا، وَذُنُوبُنَا نَعْرِفُهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
[But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.
| تَمَرَّدْنَا وَتَنَكَّرْنَا لِلرَّبِّ. ارْتَدَدْنَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ طُرُقِ إِلَهِنَا، تَفَوَّهْنَا بِالظُّلْمِ وَالْعِصْيَانِ افْتِرَاءً، وَبِكَلامِ زُورٍ مِنَ الْقَلْبِ. | ١٣ 13 |
[We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.
| قَدِ ارْتَدَّ عَنَّا الإِنْصَافُ، وَوَقَفَ الْعَدْلُ بَعِيداً، إِذْ سَقَطَ الْحَقُّ صَرِيعاً فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَالْبِرُّ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الدُّخُولَ. | ١٤ 14 |
[In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.
| أَضْحَى الْحَقُّ مَفْقُوداً، وَالْحَائِدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ ضَحِيَّةً. رَأَى الرَّبُّ ذَلِكَ فَأَسْخَطَهُ فُقْدَانُ الإِنْصَافِ. | ١٥ 15 |
No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.
| وَإِذْ لَمْ يَجِدْ إِنْسَاناً يَنْتَصِرُ لِلْحَقِّ، وَأَدْهَشَهُ أَنْ لَا يَرَى شَفِيعاً، أَحْرَزَتْ لَهُ ذِرَاعُهُ انْتِصَاراً، وَعَضَدَهُ بِرُّهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].
| فَتَدَرَّعَ بِالْبِرِّ وَارْتَدَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خُوذَةَ الْخَلاصِ، وَاكْتَسَى بِثِيَابِ الانْتِقَامِ، وَالْتَفَّ بِعَبَاءَةِ الْغَضَبِ. | ١٧ 17 |
[It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.
| فَهُوَ يُجَازِيهِمْ بِمُقْتَضَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ. يُجَازِي أَعْدَاءَهُ، وَيُعَاقِبُ خُصُومَهُ، وَيُنْزِلُ الْقَصَاصَ بِالْجَزَائِرِ، | ١٨ 18 |
He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].
| فَيَتَّقُونَ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ، وَمِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ يَخْشَوْنَ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي الْعَدُوُّ كَنَهْرٍ مُتَدَفِّقٍ فَتَدْفَعُهُ رِيحُ الرَّبِّ. | ١٩ 19 |
When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.
| وَيُقْبِلُ الْفَادِي إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ، وَإِلَى التَّائِبِينَ عَنْ مَعَاصِيهِمْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).
| أَمَّا أَنَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَهَذَا عَهْدِي مَعَهُمْ: إِنَّ رُوحِي الْحَالَّ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلامِي الَّذِي لَقَّنْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، لَا يَزُولُ مِنْ فَمِكَ أَوْ مِنْ فَمِ أَبْنَائِكَ أَوْ أَحْفَادِكَ، مِنَ الآنَ وَإِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٢١ 21 |
This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”
