إشَعْياء 8

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

Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take you a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

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

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, 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،

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

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 shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

The LORD spoke also unto me again, saying,

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

Forasmuch as this people refuses 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 up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

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

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

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

Associate yourselves, O all of you people, and all of you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and all of you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and all of you shall be broken in pieces.

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

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall 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 thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not 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.

Say all of you not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear all of you their fear, nor be afraid.

١٣ 13 قَدِّسُوا الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ خَوْفُكُمْ وَرَهْبَتُكُمْ،

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

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

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a animal trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

١٦ 16 فَادَّخِرِ الشَّهَادَةَ وَأَوْدِعِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ تَلامِيذِي.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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

And I will wait upon the LORD, that 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 hosts, which 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؟

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mumble: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

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

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

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

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.