إشَعْياء 7

١ 1 وَفِي أَيَّامِ آحَازَ بْنِ يُوثَامَ بْنِ عُزِّيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، صَعِدَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَعَ فَقَحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهَا، فَعَجَزَا عَنْ قَهْرِهَا.

And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Basin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it.

٢ 2 وَلَمَّا قِيلَ لِمَلِكِ يَهُوذَا إِنَّ الأَرَامِيِّينَ تَحَالَفُوا مَعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، اعْتَرَى قَلْبَهُ وَقُلُوبَ شَعْبِهِ الاضْطِرَابُ، كَأَشْجَارِ الْغَابَةِ تَهُزُّهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ.

And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِشَعْيَاءَ: «امْضِ لِمُلاقَاةِ آحَازَ أَنْتَ وَشَآرَيَاشُوبَ ابْنُكَ عِنْدَ طَرَفِ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ،

And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool, a in the way of the fuller’s held.

٤ 4 وَقُلْ لَهُ: احْتَرِسْ، وَتَمَالَكْ نَفْسَكَ؛ لَا تَخَفْ وَلا يَهِنْ قَلْبُكَ مِنْ غَضَبِ رَصِينَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ وَابْنِ رَمَلْيَا الْمُحْتَدِمِ فَإِنَّهُمَا كَحَطَبَتَيْنِ مُضْطَرِمَتَيْنِ مُدَخِّنَتَيْنِ.

And thou shalt say to him: See thou be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart be afraid of the two tails of these fire brands, smoking with the wrath of the fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of the son of Romelia.

٥ 5 فَإِنَّ أَرَامَ وَابْنَ رَمَلْيَا مَعَ أَفْرَايِمَ قَدْ تَآمَرُوا ضِدَّكَ لِيُنْزِلُوا بِكَ شَرّاً قَائِلِينَ:

Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:

٦ 6 لِنُهَاجِمْ يَهُوذَا وَنُمَزِّقْهَا وَنَتَقَاسَمْهَا بَيْنَنَا، وَنُمَلِّكْ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَ طَبْئِيلَ.

Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ لَنْ يَتِمَّ وَلَنْ يَكُونَ،

Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ رَأْسَ أَرَامَ هِيَ دِمَشْقُ، وَرَأْسَ دِمَشْقَ هُوَ رَصِينُ، وَفِي غُضُونِ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً تَتَمَزَّقُ مَمْلَكَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا تَكُونُ أُمَّةً بَعْدُ.

But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Basin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:

٩ 9 إِنَّ رَأْسَ أَفْرَايِمَ هِيَ السَّامِرَةُ، وَرَأْسَ السَّامِرَةِ هُوَ ابْنُ رَمَلْيَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا فَلَنْ تَأْمَنُوا».

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّبُّ يُخَاطِبُ آحَازَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:

١١ 11 «اطْلُبْ عَلامَةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، سَوَاءٌ فِي عُمْقِ الْهَاوِيَةِ أَوْ فِي ارْتِفَاعِ أَعْلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ». (Sheol h7585)

Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. (Sheol h7585)

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَ آحَازُ: «لَنْ أَطْلُبَ وَلَنْ أُجَرِّبَ الرَّبَّ».

And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

١٣ 13 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «اسْمَعُوا يَا بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ: أَمَا كَفَاكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَضْجَرْتُمُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى تُضْجِرُوا إِلَهِي أَيْضاً؟

And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنَّ السَّيِّدَ نَفْسَهُ يُعْطِيكُمْ آيَةً: هَا الْعَذْرَاءُ تَحْبَلُ وَتَلِدُ ابْناً، وَتَدْعُو اسْمَهُ عِمَّانُوئِيلَ.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

١٥ 15 وَحِينَ يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ يَأْكُلُ زُبْداً وَعَسَلاً،

He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

١٦ 16 لأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ الصَّبِيُّ كَيْفَ يَرْفُضُ الشَّرَّ وَيَخْتَارُ الْخَيْرَ، فَإِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَرَامَ اللَّتَيْنِ تَخْشَيَانِ مَلِكَيْهِمَا تُصْبِحَانِ مَهْجُورَتَيْنِ.

For before the child know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.

١٧ 17 وَسَيَجْلِبُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ أَيَّاماً لَمْ تَمُرَّ بِكُمْ مُنْذُ انْفِصَالِ أَفْرَايِمَ عَنْ يَهُوذَا، وَذَلِكَ عَلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ.

The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.

١٨ 18 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَصْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَجِيئُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْهَارِ مِصْرَ، وَلِلأَشُورِيِّينَ فَيَجِيئُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَأَسْرَابِ النَّحْلِ،

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

١٩ 19 فَتُقْبِلُ كُلُّهَا وَتَنْتَشِرُ فِي الأَوْدِيَةِ الْمُقْفِرَةِ، وَفِي شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ وَشُجَيْرَاتِ الشَّوْكِ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةِ، وَفِي الْمَرَاعِي قَاطِبَةً.

And they shall come, and shall all of them rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all places set with shrubs, and in all hollow places.

٢٠ 20 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَسْتَأْجِرُ الرَّبُّ مَلِكَ أَشُورَ مِنْ عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، فَيَكُونُ الْمُوسَى الَّتِي يَحْلِقُ بِها الرَّبُّ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَحَتَّى لِحَاكُمْ أَيْضاً.

In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard.

٢١ 21 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُرَبِّي وَاحِدٌ عِجْلَةَ بَقَرٍ وَشَاتَيْنِ.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.

٢٢ 22 وَلِوَفْرَةِ مَا تُدِرُّ مِنْ حَلِيبٍ يَأْكُلُ الزُّبْدَ، لأَنَّ الزُّبْدَ وَالْعَسَلَ يَأْكُلُهُمَا كُلُّ مَنْ يُسْتَبْقَى فِي الأَرْضِ.

And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.

٢٣ 23 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَصِيرُ كُلُّ مَوْضِعٍ كَانَ فِيهِ أَلْفُ كَرْمَةٍ بِأَلْفِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، مَنْبَتاً لِلشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers.

٢٤ 24 وَلا يَقْتَحِمُ الأَرْضَ إِلّا كُلُّ مَنْ يَحْمِلُ سِهَاماً وَأَقْوَاساً، لأَنَّهَا أَرْضٌ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ.

With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا الْجِبَالُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُنْقَبُ بِالْفَأْسِ، فَلا يَصْعَدُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ خَوْفاً مِنَ الشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ، فَتُصْبِحُ مَسْرَحاً لِلثِّيرَانِ وَمَوْطِئاً لِلْغَنَمِ».

And as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.