Isaiah 41

1 Keep silence before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength; let them draw near, then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

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

2 Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth? He giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; his sword maketh them as the dust, his bow as the driven stubble.

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

3 He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.

٣ طَرَدَهُمْ. مَرَّ سَالِمًا فِي طَرِيقٍ لَمْ يَسْلُكْهُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ.

4 Who hath wrought and done it? He that called the generations from the beginning. I, the LORD, who am the first, and with the last am the same.

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

5 The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.

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

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother: 'Be of good courage.'

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

7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

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

8 But thou, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend;

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

9 Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';

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

10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee; yea, I uphold thee with My victorious right hand.

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

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strove with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

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

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that warred against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

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

13 For I the LORD thy God hold thy right hand, who say unto thee: 'Fear not, I help thee.'

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

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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

15 Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge having sharp teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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

17 The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel 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 I will open rivers on the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together;

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

20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

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

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

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

22 Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us the things that shall happen; the former things, what are they? Declare ye, that we may consider, and know the end of them; or announce to us things to come.

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

23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

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

24 Behold, ye are nothing, and your work a thing of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

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

25 I have roused up one from the north, and he is come, from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon My name; and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

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

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say that he is right? Yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that announceth, yea, there is none that heareth your utterances.

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

27 A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.

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

28 And I look, but there is no man; even among them, but there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can give an answer.

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

29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.

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