Isaiah 22

1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee nowe that thou art wholy gone vp vnto the house toppes?

١ نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: مَاذَا حَدَثَ حَتَّى إِنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً صَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى سُطُوحِ الْمَنَازِلِ؟

2 Thou that art full of noise, a citie full of brute, a ioyous citie: thy slaine men shall not bee slaine with sworde, nor die in battell.

٢ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُمْتَلِئَةُ جَلَبَةً، الْعَجَّاجَةُ الْمَرِحَةُ، إِنَّ قَتْلاكِ لَيْسُوا قَتْلَى سَيْفٍ أَوْ صَرْعَى حَرْبٍ.

3 All thy princes shall flee together from the bowe: they shalbe bound: all that shall be found in thee, shall be bound together, which haue fled from farre.

٣ قَدْ فَرَّ رُؤَسَاؤُكِ جَمِيعاً. أُسِرُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ مُقَاوَمَةٍ. وَسُبِيَ كُلُّ مَنْ عُثِرَ عَلَيْهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ هَرَبُوا بَعِيداً.

4 Therefore said I, Turne away from me: I wil weepe bitterly: labour not to comfort mee for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

٤ لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ: «ابْتَعِدُوا عَنِّي لأَبْكِيَ بِمَرَارَةٍ، لَا تَتَكَبَّدُوا جَهْداً فِي تَعْزِيَتِي مِنْ أَجْلِ دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي».

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of ruine, and of perplexitie by the Lord God of hostes in the valley of vision, breaking downe the citie: and a crying vnto the mountaines.

٥ لأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَوْماً يَبُثُّ فِيهِ الرُّعْبَ، وَالذِّلَّةَ، وَالْفَوْضَى. فِيهِ يَنْقُبُ أَهْلُهَا الأَسْوَارَ وَيَسْتَجِيروُنَ بِالْجِبَالِ.

6 And Elam bare the quiuer in a mans charet with horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.

٦ إِذْ أَنَّ عِيلامَ قَدْ حَمَلَتِ السِّهَامَ وَاجْتَمَعَتْ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ، وَقِيرَ جَرَّدَتِ الدُّرُوعَ،

7 And thy chiefe valleis were full of charets, and the horsemen set themselues in aray against the gate.

٧ فَاكْتَظَّتْ خَيْرُ أَوْدِيَتِكِ بِالْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاصْطَفَّ الْفُرْسَانُ عِنْدَ الْبَوَّابَاتِ،

8 And hee discouered the couering of Iudah: and thou didest looke in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

٨ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هَتَكَ سِتْرَ يَهُوذَا. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ سِلاحِ بَيْتِ الْغَابَةِ،

9 And ye haue seene the breaches of the citie of Dauid: for they were many, and ye gathered the waters of the lower poole.

٩ وَتَجِدُونَ أَنَّ صُدُوعَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ، وَتَجْمَعُونَ الْمِيَاهَ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ السُّفْلَى،

10 And yee nombred the houses of Ierusalem, and the houses haue yee broken downe to fortifie the wall,

١٠ ثُمَّ تَعُدُّونَ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَهْدِمُونَ بَعْضاً مِنْهَا لِتُحَصِّنُوا السُّورَ.

11 And haue also made a ditche betweene the two walles, for the waters of the olde poole, and haue not looked vnto the maker thereof, neither had respect vnto him that formed it of olde.

١١ وَتَبْنُونَ خَزَّاناً بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ لِتَخْزِينِ مَاءِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَأَبَهُوا لِبَانِيهَا، أَوْ تَكْتَرِثُوا لِمَنْ صَمَّمَهَا مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ.

12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnes and girding with sackecloth.

١٢ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَدْعُوكُمُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ لِلْبُكَاءِ وَالنَّوْحِ وَحَلْقِ الشَّعْرِ وَالتَّنَطُّقِ بِالْمُسُوحِ.

13 And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

١٣ وَلَكِنَّكُمُ انْهَمَكْتُمْ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالسُّرُورِ وَذَبْحِ الثِّيَرانِ وَتَضْحِيَةِ الْغَنَمِ وَأَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَأْكُلْ وَنَشْرَبْ لأَنَّنَا غَداً نَمُوتُ».

14 And it was declared in ye eares of the Lord of hostes. Surely this iniquitie shall not be purged from you, til ye die, saith the Lord God of hostes.

١٤ فَقَالَ لِي الْقَدِيرُ: «لَنْ تُغْفَرَ لَكُمْ آثَامُكُمْ حَتَّى تَمُوتُوا».

15 Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes, Goe, get thee to that treasurer, to Shebna, the steward of the house, and say,

١٥ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «تَوَجَّهْ إِلَى شَبْنَا رَئِيسِ دِيوَانِ الْقَصْرِ وَقُلْ لَهُ:

16 What haste thou to doe here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a rocke?

١٦ مَالَكَ هُنَا، وَمَنْ لَكَ حَتَّى نَقَرْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ضَرِيحاً، أَيُّهَا النَّاقِرُ لَهُ قَبْراً فِي الأَعَالِي، وَالنَّاحِتُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَسْكَناً فِي الصَّخْرِ؟

17 Beholde, the Lord wil carie thee away with a great captiuitie, and will surely couer thee.

١٧ هَا الرَّبُّ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَطْرَحَكَ بِعُنْفٍ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَّارُ وَيُمْسِكَكَ بِقُوَّةٍ،

18 He wil surely rolle and turne thee like a bal in a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and there the charets of thy glory shalbe the shame of thy lordes house.

١٨ وَيُلَوِّحَ بِكَ تَلْوِيحاً، وَيَقْذِفَكَ كَكُرَةٍ فِي أَرْضٍ وَاسِعَةٍ، فَتَمُوتُ هُنَاكَ، وَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً تُطْرَحُ مَرْكَبَاتُ مَجْدِكَ يَا عَارَ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ.

19 And I wil driue thee from thy station, and out of thy dwelling will he destroy thee.

١٩ وَأَطْرُدُكَ مِنْ مَنْصِبِكَ فَتُعْزَلُ مِنْ مَقَامِكَ.

20 And in that day will I call my seruant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah,

٢٠ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَدْعُو عَبْدِي أَلْيَاقِيمَ بنَ حِلْقِيَّا،

21 And with thy garments will I clothe him, and with thy girdle will I strengthen him: thy power also will I commit into his hande, and hee shalbe a father of the inhabitats of Ierusalem, and of the house of Iudah.

٢١ وَأَخْلَعُ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَكَ، وَأَشُدُّهُ بِمِنْطَقَتِكَ، وَأَعْهَدُ بِسُلْطَانِكَ إِلَى يَدِهِ، فَيُصْبِحُ أَباً لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا،

22 And the key of the house of Dauid will I lay vpon his shoulder: so hee shall open, and no man shall shut: and he shall shut, and no man shall open.

٢٢ وَأُعْطِيهِ السُّلْطَةَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ شَعْبِي، فَمَا يَأْمُرْ بِهِ يُطَعْ.

23 And I will fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and hee shall be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.

٢٣ وَأُرَسِّخُهُ كَوَتَدٍ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَمِينٍ، فَيُصْبِحُ عَرْشَ مَجْدٍ لِبَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

24 And they shall hang vpon him all the glorie of his fathers house, euen of the nephewes and posteritie all small vessels, from the vessels of the cuppes, euen to all the instruments of musike.

٢٤ وَيَضَعُونَ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَجْدِ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِفُرُوعِهِ وَأُصُولِهِ، كُلَّ آنِيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ الطُّسُوسِ إِلَى آنِيَةِ القَنَانِيِّ.

25 In that day, sayeth the Lord of hostes, shall the naile, that is fastned in the sure place, depart and shall be broken, and fall: and the burden, that was vpon it, shall bee cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

٢٥ وَلَكَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ، فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَومِ يُقْتَلَعُ الْوَتَدُ الْمُتَرَسِّخُ بِإِحْكَامٍ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ الأَمِينِ وَيُسْتأْصَلُ وَيُطْرَحُ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَيَبِيدُ مَعَهُ كُلُّ الَّذِينَ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ».