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 Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.

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

And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by 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 Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, you, and your son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field.

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 you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

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

And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

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

We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;

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

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

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 Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] 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 Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if you believe not, neither will you at all understand.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّبُّ يُخَاطِبُ آحَازَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying,

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

Ask for yourself a sign of the Lord your God, in the depth or in the height. (Sheol h7585)

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

And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I 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 you now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do you contend against the Lord?

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 in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel.

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

Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] 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 shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the 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.

But God shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon the house of your father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda 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 flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.

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

And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine.

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 the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.

٢١ 21 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُرَبِّي وَاحِدٌ عِجْلَةَ بَقَرٍ وَشَاتَيْنِ.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.

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

And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.

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, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

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

[Men] shall enter there with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns.

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

And every mountain shall be certainly plowed: there shall no fear come there: for there shall be from [among] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.