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 Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it; but could not prevail against it.

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

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest 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،

Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway 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 say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thine heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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

Because Syria hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim [also], and the son of Remaliah, saying,

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

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel:

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

thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it 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.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, that it be not 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 is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّبُّ يُخَاطِبُ آحَازَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

And the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, 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; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (Sheol h7585)

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

But Ahaz 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 ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary 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 shall call his name Immanuel.

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

Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and 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 to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

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 thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.

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 part 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 rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all pastures.

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 shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [which is] in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume 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 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 it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is 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 silverlings, shall even be for briers and thorns.

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

With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

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

And all the hills that were digged with the mattock; thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.