إشَعْياء 8

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

And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and with a man's writing-instrument write on it, Hasteth-the-prey, Speedeth-the-spoil.

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

And I took with me faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.

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

I went in to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then said Jehovah to me, Call his name, Hasteth-the-prey, Speedeth-the-spoil.

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 learn to say, My father, and My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be borne away before the king of Assyria.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

Moreover, Jehovah spake to me again, saying:

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

Because this people despiseth The soft-flowing waters of Siloah, And rejoiceth in Rezin, and the son of Remaliah,

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

Therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth upon them the strong and mighty waters of the river; [[The king of Assyria and all his glory.]] He shall rise above 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, overflowing and spreading; Even to the neck shall he reach, And his stretched-out wings shall fill the whole breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!

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

Rage, ye nations, and despair! Give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth! Gird yourselves, and despair! Gird yourselves, and despair!

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

Form your plan, and it shall come to naught; Give the command, 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 thus spake Jehovah to me with a strong hand, Instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

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

Call not everything a confederacy which this people calleth a confederacy; Fear ye not what they fear, Neither be afraid!

١٣ 13 قَدِّسُوا الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ خَوْفُكُمْ وَرَهْبَتُكُمْ،

Jehovah of hosts, sanctify ye him; 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 to you a sanctuary; But a stone of stumbling, and a rock to strike against, To the two houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall, and be broken; They shall be ensnared and taken.

١٦ 16 فَادَّخِرِ الشَّهَادَةَ وَأَوْدِعِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ تَلامِيذِي.

Bind up the revelation, Seal the word, with my disciples!

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

I will, therefore, wait for Jehovah, Who now hideth his face from the house of Jacob; Yet will I 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 which Jehovah hath given me, Are signs and tokens in Israel From Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth upon 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 to you, “Inquire of the necromancers and the wizards, That chirp, and that murmur,” [[Then say ye, ]] “Should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead for the living?”

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

To the word, to the revelation! If they speak not according to this, For them no bright morning shall arise.

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

They shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, 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 if they look to the earth, Behold distress and darkness, fearful darkness! And into darkness shall they be driven.