Esias 41

1 Hold a feast to me, you islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw near and speak together: then let them declare judgement.

١ «اُنْصُتِي إِلَيَّ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْجَزَائِرُ وَلْتُجَدِّدِ ٱلْقَبَائِلُ قُوَّةً. لِيَقْتَرِبُوا ثُمَّ يَتَكَلَّمُوا. لِنَتَقَدَّمْ مَعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ.

2 Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?

٢ مَنْ أَنْهَضَ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ ٱلَّذِي يُلَاقِيهِ ٱلنَّصْرُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ؟ دَفَعَ أَمَامَهُ أُمَمًا وَعَلَى مُلُوكٍ سَلَّطَهُ. جَعَلَهُمْ كَٱلتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْقَشِّ ٱلْمُنْذَرِي بِقَوْسِهِ.

3 And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.

٣ طَرَدَهُمْ. مَرَّ سَالِمًا فِي طَرِيقٍ لَمْ يَسْلُكْهُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ.

4 Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.

٤ مَنْ فَعَلَ وَصَنَعَ دَاعِيًا ٱلْأَجْيَالَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْأَوَّلُ، وَمَعَ ٱلْآخِرِينَ أَنَا هُوَ».

5 The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew near, and came together,

٥ نَظَرَتِ ٱلْجَزَائِرُ فَخَافَتْ. أَطْرَافُ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱرْتَعَدَتِ. ٱقْتَرَبَتْ وَجَاءَتْ.

6 every one judging for his neighbour and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say,

٦ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُسَاعِدُ صَاحِبَهُ وَيَقُولُ لِأَخِيهِ: «تَشَدَّدْ».

7 The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

٧ فَشَدَّدَ ٱلنَّجَّارُ ٱلصَّائِغَ. ٱلصَّاقِلُ بِٱلْمِطْرَقَةِ ٱلضَّارِبَ عَلَى ٱلسَّنْدَانِ، قَائِلًا عَنِ ٱلْإِلْحَامِ: «هُوَ جَيِّدٌ». فَمَكَّنَهُ بِمَسَامِيرَ حَتَّى لَا يَتَقَلْقَلَ.

8 But you, Israel, are my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:

٨ «وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي، يَا يَعْقُوبُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتُهُ، نَسْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي،

9 whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called you, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and I have not forsaken you.

٩ ٱلَّذِي أَمْسَكْتُهُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا دَعَوْتُهُ، وَقُلْتُ لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِيَ. ٱخْتَرْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَرْفُضْكَ.

10 Fear not; for I am with you: wander not; for I am your God, who have strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with my just right hand.

١٠ لَا تَخَفْ لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لَا تَتَلَفَّتْ لِأَنِّي إِلَهُكَ. قَدْ أَيَّدْتُكَ وَأَعَنْتُكَ وَعَضَدْتُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي.

11 Behold, all your adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all your opponents shall perish.

١١ إِنَّهُ سَيَخْزَى وَيَخْجَلُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمُغْتَاظِينَ عَلَيْكَ. يَكُونُ كَلَا شَيْءٍ مُخَاصِمُوكَ وَيَبِيدُونَ.

12 You shall seek them, and you shall not find the men who shall insolently rage against you: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against you shall not be.

١٢ تُفَتِّشُ عَلَى مُنَازِعِيكَ وَلَا تَجِدُهُمْ. يَكُونُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلَا شَيْءٍ وَكَالْعَدَمِ.

13 For I am your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you,

١٣ لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلْمُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ، ٱلْقَائِلُ لَكَ: لَا تَخَفْ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ.

14 Fear not, Jacob, [and you] Israel few in number; I have helped you, says your God, he that redeems you, O Israel.

١٤ «لَا تَخَفْ يَا دُودَةَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَا شِرْذِمَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَفَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

15 Behold, I have made you as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and you shall thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff:

١٥ هَأَنَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ نَوْرَجًا مُحَدَّدًا جَدِيدًا ذَا أَسْنَانٍ. تَدْرُسُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَسْحَقُهَا، وَتَجْعَلُ ٱلْآكَامَ كَٱلْعُصَافَةِ.

16 and you shall winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but you shall rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.

١٦ تُذَرِّيهَا فَٱلرِّيحُ تَحْمِلُهَا وَٱلْعَاصِفُ تُبَدِّدُهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَبْتَهِجُ بِٱلرَّبِّ. بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفْتَخِرُ.

17 And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:

١٧ «اَلْبَائِسُونَ وَٱلْمَسَاكِينُ طَالِبُونَ مَاءً وَلَا يُوجَدُ. لِسَانُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ قَدْ يَبِسَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. أَنَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا أَتْرُكُهُمْ.

18 but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.

١٨ أَفْتَحُ عَلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ أَنْهَارًا، وَفِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبِقَاعِ يَنَابِيعَ. أَجْعَلُ ٱلْقَفْرَ أَجَمَةَ مَاءٍ، وَٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ مَفَاجِرَ مِيَاهٍ.

19 I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

١٩ أَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ ٱلْأَرْزَ وَٱلسَّنْطَ وَٱلْآسَ وَشَجَرَةَ ٱلزَّيْتِ. أَضَعُ فِي ٱلْبَادِيَةِ ٱلسَّرْوَ وَٱلسِّنْدِيَانَ وَٱلشَّرْبِينَ مَعًا.

20 that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them].

٢٠ لِكَيْ يَنْظُرُوا وَيَعْرِفُوا وَيَتَنَبَّهُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا مَعًا أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ فَعَلَتْ هَذَا وَقُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْدَعَهُ.

21 Your judgement draws near, says the Lord God; your counsels have drawn near, says the King of Jacob.

٢١ «قَدِّمُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. أَحْضِرُوا حُجَجَكُمْ، يَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعْقُوبَ.

22 Let them draw near, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:

٢٢ لِيُقَدِّمُوهَا وَيُخْبِرُونَا بِمَا سَيَعْرِضُ. مَا هِيَ ٱلْأَوَّلِيَّاتُ؟ أَخْبِرُوا فَنَجْعَلَ عَلَيْهَا قُلُوبَنَا وَنَعْرِفَ آخِرَتَهَا، أَوْ أَعْلِمُونَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْبِلَاتِ.

23 tell us, declare you to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that you are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time

٢٣ أَخْبِرُوا بِٱلْآتِيَاتِ فِيمَا بَعْدُ فَنَعْرِفَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ، وَٱفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ شَرًّا فَنَلْتَفِتَ وَنَنْظُرَ مَعًا.

24 whence you are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.

٢٤ هَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْ لَا شَيْءٍ، وَعَمَلُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَدَمِ. رِجْسٌ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُكُمْ.

25 But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall you be trodden down.

٢٥ «قَدْ أَنْهَضْتُهُ مِنَ ٱلشَّمَالِ فَأَتَى. مِنْ مَشْرِقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِٱسْمِي. يَأْتِي عَلَى ٱلْوُلَاةِ كَمَا عَلَى ٱلْمِلَاطِ، وَكَخَزَّافٍ يَدُوسُ ٱلطِّينَ.

26 For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.

٢٦ مَنْ أَخْبَرَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ، وَمِنْ قَبْلُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ؟ لَا مُخْبِرٌ وَلَا مُسْمِعٌ وَلَا سَامِعٌ أَقْوَالَكُمْ.

27 I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.

٢٧ أَنَا أَوَّلًا قُلْتُ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: هَا! هَا هُمْ. وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ جَعَلْتُ مُبَشِّرًا.

28 For from amongst the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are you? they could not answer me.

٢٨ وَنَظَرْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ فَلَيْسَ مُشِيرٌ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَهُمْ فَيَرُدُّونَ كَلِمَةً.

29 For [these] are your makers, [as you think], and they that cause you to err in vain.

٢٩ هَا كُلُّهُمْ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالُهُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَمَسْبُوكَاتُهُمْ رِيحٌ وَخَلَاءٌ.