Isaiah 29
1 Tragedy is coming to you Ariel, Ariel the city where David lived! Year after year you have your festivals.
| وَيْلٌ لأُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اسْتَقَرَّ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ. هَا السَّنَوَاتُ تَتَعَاقَبُ وَأَنْتُمْ مَازِلْتُمْ تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِالأَعْيَادِ. | ١ |
2 But I'm going to cause trouble for Ariel; the city will cry and mourn, it will be like an altar hearth to me.
| وَلَكِنْ سَأُحَاصِرُ أَورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَمْلَأُهَا الأَنِينُ وَالنَّوْحُ، فَتَكوُنُ فِي نَظَرِي كَمَذْبَحٍ مُلَطَّخٍ بِالدَّمِ. | ٢ |
3 I will surround you, I will besiege you with towers and build ramps to attack you.
| سَأَنْزِلُ عَلَيْكِ وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ وَأُحَاصِرُكِ بِأَبْرَاجٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ الْمَتَارِيسَ. | ٣ |
4 You will be brought down, you will speak from where you're lying on the ground, mumbling in the dust. Your words will come like a ghost from the grave; your voice will be a whisper from the dust.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَنْخَفِضِينَ، وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَمِنَ التُّرَابِ تَصْدُرُ عَنْكِ تَمْتَمَةُ كَلامٍ، فَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَصَوْتِ خَيَالٍ صَادِرٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ كَلامُكَ هَامِساً مِنَ التُّرَابِ. | ٤ |
5 But then all your enemies will become like fine dust; all your cruel oppressors like chaff that's blown away. Then suddenly, in no time at all,
| وَلَكِنْ سَرْعَانَ مَا يَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَالْهَبَاءِ، وَجُمْهُورُ الْعُتَاةِ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الْعَابِرَةِ. ثُمَّ فَجْأَةً، وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ، | ٥ |
6 the Lord Almighty will arrive with thunder, earthquake, and tremendous noise, with whirlwind, storm, and flames of fire that burn everything up.
| يَفْتَقِدُكِ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، فَيَأْتِي بِرَعْدٍ وَزِلْزَالٍ وَضَجِيجٍ عَظِيمٍ، مَعَ زَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفَةٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ، | ٦ |
7 The nations besieging Ariel, attacking its fortifications and tormenting the people, they will all disappear as if it was a dream!
| وَتُصْبِحُ كُلُّ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تُحَارِبُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُحَاصِرُ حُصُونَهَا كَالْحُلْمِ أَوْ كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ. | ٧ |
8 It will be like someone hungry dreaming that they're eating but who wakes up still hungry. It will be like someone thirsty dreaming of drinking but who wakes up still weak and thirsty. This is what it will be like for all your enemies, the ones attacking Mount Zion.
| وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ الْجَائِعُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُشْبِعَ جُوعَهُ، وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ الظَّامِئُ أَنَّهُ يَشْرَبُ ثُمَّ يَفِيقُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرْتَوِيَ عَطَشُهُ، هَكَذَا يَكُونُ جُمْهُورُ الأُمَمِ كُلِّهَا الْمُحَارِبِينَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ. | ٨ |
9 Be shocked and amazed! Make yourselves blind so you can't see! Get drunk, but not from wine! Stagger around, but not from beer!
| ابْهَتُوا وَتَعَجَّبُوا. تَعَامَوْا وَاعْمَوْا. اسْكَرُوا وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ خَمْرٍ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُسْكِرٍ، | ٩ |
10 For the Lord has made you very sleepy, and he has shut the eyes and covered the heads of those who speak for God and see visions.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ عَمِيقٍ، فَأَغْلَقَ عُيُونَ أَنْبِيائِكُمْ وَغَطَّى رُؤُوسَ رَائِيكُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 This entire vision is like words in a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to someone who knows how to read and say, “Please read it,” they'll say, “I can't read it because it's sealed shut.”
| وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ الرُّؤْيَا جَمِيعُهَا كَكَلِمَاتِ كِتَابٍ مَخْتُومٍ، حِينَ يُنَاوِلُونَهُ لِمَنْ يُتْقِنُ الْقِرَاءَةَ قَائِلِينَ: اقْرَأْ هَذَا، يُجِيبُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ. | ١١ |
12 If you give it to someone who doesn't know how to read and say, “Please read it,” they'll say, “I don't know how to read.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا يُنَاوِلُونَهُ لِمَنْ يَجْهَلُ الْقِرَاءَةَ قَائِلِينَ: اقْرَأْ هَذَا، يُجِيبُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةَ. | ١٢ |
13 The Lord says, “These people come and praise me with their words, and honor me with lip service, but their thoughts are miles away. Their worship of me only consists of them following rules people have taught them.
| لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنِّي بِفَمِهِ وَيُكْرِمُنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، بَيْنَمَا قَلْبُهُ بَعِيدٌ عَنَّى. وَمَا مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي سِوَى تَقْلِيدٍ تَلَقَّنُوهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ. | ١٣ |
14 So once again I will surprise these people with miracle upon miracle. The wisdom of the wise will die, and the insight of the insightful will disappear.”
| لِذَلِكَ سَأَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ وَتَتَلاشَى فِطْنَةُ فُهَمَائِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 Tragedy is coming to people who take such trouble to hide their plans from the Lord. They work in the dark and say to themselves, “Nobody can see us, can they? Nobody will know, will they?”
| وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يُوْغِلُونَ فِي الأَعْمَاقِ لِيَكْتُمُوا عَنِ الرَّبِّ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، فَيَقُومُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ فِي الظَّلامِ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ يَرَانَا؟ وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟ | ١٥ |
16 How perverse you are! It's as if the clay was thought of as making the potter! Should something made say to its maker, “You didn't make me”? Can the pot tell the potter, “You don't understand anything”?
| يَالَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! أَيُحْسَبُ الْخَزَّافُ كَالْخَزَفِ، فَيَقُولُ الشَّيءُ الْمَصْنُوعُ لِصَانِعِهِ: أَنْتَ لَمْ تَصْنَعْنِي؟ أَمْ أَنَّ الْمَجْبُولَ يَقُولُ لِجَابِلِهِ: أَنْتَ مُجَرَّدٌ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ؟ | ١٦ |
17 It won't be long and the forests of Lebanon will be turned into a productive field, and a productive field will seem like a forest.
| أَلا تَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ فِي لَحْظَاتٍ إِلَى حَقْلٍ خَصِيبٍ، وَالْحَقْلُ الْخَصْبُ إِلَى غَابَةٍ؟ | ١٧ |
18 At that time the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and the eyes of the blind will see through the gloomy darkness what's written there.
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَسْمَعُ الأَصَمُّ أَقْوَالَ الْكِتَابِ، وَتُبْصِرُ عُيُونُ الْمَكْفُوفِينَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الظُّلْمَةِ وَالْكَآبَةِ. | ١٨ |
19 The humble will be even happier in the Lord, and the poor will find their joy in the Holy One of Israel.
| أَمَّا الْوُدَعَاءُ فَيَتَجَدَّدُ فَرَحُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ، وَيَبْتَهِجُ الْبَائِسُونَ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١٩ |
20 Cruel people will no longer exist, the scornful will vanish, and those looking to do evil will be destroyed—
| لأَنَّ الْعَاتِيَ قَدِ انْقَرَضَ، وَبَادَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَاسْتُؤْصِلَ جَمِيعُ السَّاهِرِينَ لِارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، | ٢٠ |
21 those who say things to trick others into sin, those who trap people by legal arguments in court, those who lie to mislead the innocent.
| الَّذِينَ بِكَلِمَةٍ جَعَلُوا الإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخّاً لِمَنْ يُفْحِمُهُمْ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَصَدُّوا الْبَارَّ بِادِّعَاءَاتِهِمِ الْجَوْفَاءِ. | ٢١ |
22 So this is what the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob: “You don't need to be ashamed anymore; your faces won't grow pale with fright any longer.
| لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ مُفْتَدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ: لَنْ يَخْجَلَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، وَلَنْ يَعْلُوَ وَجْهَهُ الشُّحُوبُ، | ٢٢ |
23 When you see all your children and everything I've done for you, then you will regard my character as holy, and you will respect the Holy One of Jacob. You will have reverence for the God of Israel.
| لأَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَمَا يَرَوْنَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ يَتَزَايَدُونَ بِفَضْلِي، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُقَدِّسُونَ اسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢٣ |
24 Those who've gone astray will understand their mistakes; those who grumble will learn how to receive instruction.”
| وَيَكْتَسِبُ الضَّالُّونَ فَهْماً وَيَتَقَبَّلُ الْمُتَذَمِّرُونَ التَّعْلِيمَ. | ٢٤ |
