إشَعْياء 8

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِي: «خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ لَوْحاً كَبِيراً، وَاكْتُبْ عَلَيْهِ بِحُرُوفٍ وَاضِحَةٍ’مَهَيْرَ شَلالَ حَاشَ بَزَ‘(بِمَعْنَى مُسْرِعٍ إِلَى الْغَنِيمَةِ).»

The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;

٢ 2 فَاخْتَرْتُ لِنَفْسِي شَاهِدَيْنِ أَمِينَيْنِ، هُمَا أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنُ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَبْرَخْيَا.

and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

٣ 3 ثُمَّ عَاشَرْتُ النَّبِيَّةَ فَحَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً. فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «ادْعُ اسْمَهُ مَهَيْرَ شَلالَ حَاشَ بَزَ،

I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’

٤ 4 وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ الصَّبِيُّ كَيْفَ يُنَادِي: يَا أَبِي أَوْ يَا أُمِّي، تُحْمَلُ ثَرْوَةُ دِمَشْقَ وَغَنَائِمُ السَّامِرَةِ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ».

For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”

٥ 5 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,

٦ 6 «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ قَدْ رَفَضَ مِيَاهَ شِيلُوهَ الجَارِيَةَ الْهَادِئَةَ، وَتَهَافَتُوا عَلَى رَصِينَ وَفَقْحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا،

“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

٧ 7 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يُغْرِقَهُمْ بِمِيَاهِ النَّهْرِ الفَيَّاضَةِ، أَيْ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ بِكُلِّ جَبَرُوتِهِ، فَيَكُونُ (كَنَهْرِ الفُرَاتِ) يَطْغَى جَيَشَانُهُ عَلَى جَدَاوِلِهِ وَيَفِيضُ عَلَى ضِفَافِهِ

now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.

٨ 8 فَيَكْتَسِحُ أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا، وَيَطْفُو مُرْتَفِعاً إِلَى الأَعْنَاقِ، وَتَنْتَشِرُ جُيُوشُهُ فِي عَرْضِ أَرْضِكَ يَا عِمَّانُوئِيلُ».

It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, O Immanuel.

٩ 9 افْعَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ أَيُّهَا الشُّعُوبُ وَانْهَزِمُوا. أَصْغِي يَا جَمِيعَ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. تَأَهَّبُوا لِلْمَعْرَكَةِ وَانْهَزِمُوا.

Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

١٠ 10 تَشَاوَرُوا مَعاً وَلَكِنْ عَلَى غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ، ارْسِمُوا الْخُطَطَ فَلا تَتَحَقَّقَ لأَنَّ اللهَ مَعْنَا.

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

١١ 11 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ خَاطَبَنِي حِينَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيَّ وَأَنْذَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أَسْلُكَ فِي طَرِيقِ هَذَا الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً:

For the LORD spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

١٢ 12 «لا تَقُلْ إِنَّهَا مُؤَامَرَةٌ لِكُلِّ مَا يَدَّعِي هَذَا الشَّعْبُ أَنَّهُ مُؤَامَرَةٌ. لَا تَخْشَ مَا يَخْشَوْنَ وَلا تَخَفْ.

“Do not call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Do not fear their threats or be terrorized.

١٣ 13 قَدِّسُوا الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ خَوْفُكُمْ وَرَهْبَتُكُمْ،

The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

١٤ 14 فَيَكُونَ لَكُمْ مَقْدِساً. أَمَّا لِبَيْتَيْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَكُونُ حَجَرَ صَدْمَةٍ وَصَخْرَةَ عَثْرَةٍ، وَفَخّاً وَشَرَكاً لِسَاكِنِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.

١٥ 15 فَيَعْثُرُ بِها كَثِيرُونَ وَيَسْقُطُونَ وَيَتَحَطَّمُونَ وَيَقَعُونَ فِي الْفَخِّ وَيُقْتَنَصُونَ».

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

١٦ 16 فَادَّخِرِ الشَّهَادَةَ وَأَوْدِعِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ تَلامِيذِي.

Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.

١٧ 17 سَأَنْتَظِرُ الرَّبَّ الَّذِي يَحْجُبُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ بَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْهِ.

I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

١٨ 18 انْظُرُوا هَا أَنَا وَالأَبْنَاءُ الَّذِينَ رَزَقَنِي إِيَّاهُمُ الرَّبُّ، آيَاتٍ وَمُعْجِزَاتٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ السَّاكِنِ فِي جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.

١٩ 19 وَعِنْدَمَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ لَكَ: اسْأَلْ أَصْحَابَ التَّوَابِعِ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ الْمُتَهَامِسِينَ الْمُجَمْجِمِينَ قُلْ: أَلَيْسَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ إِلَهَهُ؟ أَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَسْأَلُوا الأَمْوَاتَ عَنِ الأَحْيَاءِ؟

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” should not a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

٢٠ 20 فَإِلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ وَإِلَى الشَّهَادَةِ: وَمَنْ لَا يَنْطِقْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ، فَلا فَجْرَ لَهُ.

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

٢١ 21 فَإِنَّهُمْ يَتِيهُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ مُكْتَئِبِينَ جَائِعِينَ، وَعِنْدَمَا يَعُضُّهُمُ الْجُوعُ بِنَابِهِ يَأْخُذُهُمُ الْغَضَبُ وَيَلْعَنُونَ مَلِكَهُمْ وَإِلَهَهُمْ وَيَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى الْعَلاءِ،

They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فَلا يَجِدُونَ سِوَى الْكَرْبِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ وَالضَّنْكِ وَالْعَذَابِ، وَيُطْرَدُونَ إِلَى الظَّلامِ.

then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.