< Isaiah 45 >

1 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;
هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمَسِيحِهِ، لِكُورَشَ ٱلَّذِي أَمْسَكْتُ بِيَمِينِهِ لِأَدُوسَ أَمَامَهُ أُمَمًا، وَأَحْقَاءَ مُلُوكٍ أَحُلُّ، لِأَفْتَحَ أَمَامَهُ ٱلْمِصْرَاعَيْنِ، وَٱلْأَبْوَابُ لَا تُغْلَقُ:١
2 I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
«أَنَا أَسِيرُ قُدَّامَكَ وَٱلْهِضَابَ أُمَهِّدُ. أُكَسِّرُ مِصْرَاعَيِ ٱلنُّحَاسِ، وَمَغَالِيقَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ أَقْصِفُ.٢
3 And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.
وَأُعْطِيكَ ذَخَائِرَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ وَكُنُوزَ ٱلْمَخَابِئِ، لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي يَدْعُوكَ بِٱسْمِكَ، إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.٣
4 Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.
لِأَجْلِ عَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَإِسْرَائِيلَ مُخْتَارِي، دَعَوْتُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ. لَقَّبْتُكَ وَأَنْتَ لَسْتَ تَعْرِفُنِي.٤
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. لَا إِلَهَ سِوَايَ. نَطَّقْتُكَ وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَعْرِفْنِي.٥
6 So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
لِكَيْ يَعْلَمُوا مِنْ مَشْرِقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَمِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا أَنْ لَيْسَ غَيْرِي. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ.٦
7 I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
مُصَوِّرُ ٱلنُّورِ وَخَالِقُ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، صَانِعُ ٱلسَّلَامِ وَخَالِقُ ٱلشَّرِّ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ صَانِعُ كُلِّ هَذِهِ.٧
8 Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
اُقْطُرِي أَيَّتُهَا ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَلْيُنْزِلُ ٱلْجَوُّ بِرًّا. لِتَنْفَتِحِ ٱلْأَرْضُ فَيُثْمِرَ ٱلْخَلَاصُ، وَلْتُنْبِتْ بِرًّا مَعًا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ خَلَقْتُهُ.٨
9 Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
«وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُخَاصِمُ جَابِلَهُ. خَزَفٌ بَيْنَ أَخْزَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. هَلْ يَقُولُ ٱلطِّينُ لِجَابِلِهِ: مَاذَا تَصْنَعُ؟ أَوْ يَقُولُ: عَمَلُكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ يَدَانِ؟٩
10 Cursed is he who says to a father, To what are you giving life? or to a woman, What are you in birth-pains with?
وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِي يَقُولُ لِأَبِيهِ: مَاذَا تَلِدُ؟ وَلِلْمَرْأَةِ: مَاذَا تَلِدِينَ؟».١٠
11 The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?
هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجَابِلُهُ: «اِسْأَلُونِي عَنِ ٱلْآتِيَاتِ! مِنْ جِهَةِ بَنِيَّ وَمِنْ جِهَةِ عَمَلِ يَدِي أَوْصُونِي!١١
12 I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
أَنَا صَنَعْتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَخَلَقْتُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَلَيْهَا. يَدَايَ أَنَا نَشَرَتَا ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَكُلَّ جُنْدِهَا أَنَا أَمَرْتُ.١٢
13 I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.
أَنَا قَدْ أَنْهَضْتُهُ بِٱلنَّصْرِ، وَكُلَّ طُرُقِهِ أُسَهِّلُ. هُوَ يَبْنِي مَدِينَتِي وَيُطْلِقُ سَبْيِي، لَا بِثَمَنٍ وَلَا بِهَدِيَّةٍ، قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ».١٣
14 The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.
هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «تَعَبُ مِصْرَ وَتِجَارَةُ كُوشٍ وَٱلسَّبَئِيُّونَ ذَوُو ٱلْقَامَةِ إِلَيْكِ يَعْبُرُونَ وَلَكِ يَكُونُونَ. خَلْفَكِ يَمْشُونَ. بِٱلْقُيُودِ يَمُرُّونَ وَلَكِ يَسْجُدُونَ. إِلَيْكِ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ قَائِلِينَ: فِيكِ وَحْدَكِ ٱللهُ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ. لَيْسَ إِلَهٌ».١٤
15 Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
حَقًّا أَنْتَ إِلَهٌ مُحْتَجِبٌ يَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْمُخَلِّصَ.١٥
16 All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.
قَدْ خَزُوا وَخَجِلُوا كُلُّهُمْ. مَضَوْا بِٱلْخَجَلِ جَمِيعًا، ٱلصَّانِعُونَ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ.١٦
17 But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
أَمَّا إِسْرَائِيلُ فَيَخْلُصُ بِٱلرَّبِّ خَلَاصًا أَبَدِيًّا. لَا تَخْزَوْنَ وَلَا تَخْجَلُونَ إِلَى دُهُورِ ٱلْأَبَدِ.١٧
18 For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «خَالِقُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ هُوَ ٱللهُ. مُصَوِّرُ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَصَانِعُهَا. هُوَ قَرَّرَهَا. لَمْ يَخْلُقْهَا بَاطِلًا. لِلسَّكَنِ صَوَّرَهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ.١٨
19 I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.
لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ بِٱلْخِفَاءِ فِي مَكَانٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ مُظْلِمٍ. لَمْ أَقُلْ لِنَسْلِ يَعْقُوبَ: بَاطِلًا ٱطْلُبُونِي. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُتَكَلِّمٌ بِٱلصِّدْقِ، مُخْبِرٌ بِٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ.١٩
20 Come together, even come near, you nations who are still living: they have no knowledge who take up their image of wood, and make prayer to a god in whom is no salvation.
«اِجْتَمِعُوا وَهَلُمُّوا تَقَدَّمُوا مَعًا أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. لَا يَعْلَمُ ٱلْحَامِلُونَ خَشَبَ صَنَمِهِمْ، وَٱلْمُصَلُّونَ إِلَى إِلَهٍ لَا يُخَلِّصُ.٢٠
21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
أَخْبِرُوا. قَدِّمُوا. وَلْيَتَشَاوَرُوا مَعًا. مَنْ أَعْلَمَ بِهَذِهِ مُنْذُ ٱلْقَدِيمِ، أَخْبَرَ بِهَا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ؟ أَلَيْسَ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَلَا إِلَهَ آخَرَ غَيْرِي؟ إِلَهٌ بَارٌّ وَمُخَلِّصٌ. لَيْسَ سِوَايَ.٢١
22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
اِلْتَفِتُوا إِلَيَّ وَٱخْلُصُوا يَا جَمِيعَ أَقَاصِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱللهُ وَلَيْسَ آخَرَ.٢٢
23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
بِذَاتِي أَقْسَمْتُ، خَرَجَ مِنْ فَمِي ٱلصِّدْقُ كَلِمَةٌ لَا تَرْجِعُ: إِنَّهُ لِي تَجْثُو كُلُّ رُكْبَةٍ، يَحْلِفُ كُلُّ لِسَانٍ.٢٣
24 Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.
قَالَ لِي: إِنَّمَا بِٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْبِرُّ وَٱلْقُوَّةُ. إِلَيْهِ يَأْتِي، وَيَخْزَى جَمِيعُ ٱلْمُغْتَاظِينَ عَلَيْهِ.٢٤
25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
بِٱلرَّبِّ يَتَبَرَّرُ وَيَفْتَخِرُ كُلُّ نَسْلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».٢٥

< Isaiah 45 >