Isaiah 30

1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

١ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «وَيْلٌ لِلْبَنِينَ الْمُتَمَرِّدينَ الَّذِينَ يَنْصَاعُونَ لِمَشُورَةٍ لَمْ تَصْدُرْ عَنِّي، وَيُبْرِمُونَ عَهْداً لَيْسَ مِنْ رُوحِي، لِيُضِيفُوا خَطِيئَةً إِلَى خَطِيئَةٍ.

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

٢ الَّذِينَ يَتَأَهَّبُونَ لِلِانْحِدَارِ إِلَى مِصْرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَلْجَأُوا إِلَى مَشُورَتِي، لِيَلُوذُوا بِحِمَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَيَعْتَصِمُوا بِظِلِّ مِصْرَ،

3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.

٣ لِذَلِكَ يَصِيرُ لَكُمْ حِصْنُ فِرْعَوْنَ عَاراً، وَالاحْتِمَاءُ بِظِلِّ مِصْرَ خِزْياً،

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

٤ وَمَعَ أَنَّ سُلْطَانَهُ امْتَدَّ إِلَى صُوعَنَ وَحَانِيسَ حَتَّى أَقَامَ فِيهَا لِنَفْسِهِ وُلاةً وَمُمَثَّلِينَ

5 They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

٥ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُلْحِقُونَ بِكُمُ العَارَ وَيَجْلِبُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْخِزْيَ لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبٌ لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُ».

6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].

٦ نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ وُحُوشِ النَّقَبِ: عَبْرَ أَرْضِ العَنَاءِ وَالأَهْوَالِ حَيْثُ تَعِيشُ الأُسُودُ وَالأَفَاعِي، تَحْمِلُ قَوَافِلُهُمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ عَلَى ظُهُورِ حَمِيرِهِمْ، وَكُنُوزَهُمْ عَلَى أَسْنِمَةِ جِمَالِهِمْ إِلَى مِصْرَ الَّتِي لَا رَجَاءَ فِيهَا.

7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.

٧ لأَنَّ عَوْنَ مِصْرَ بَاطِلٌ لَا طَائِلَ مِنْهُ، لِذَلِكَ دَعَوْتَهَا «التِّنِّينَ الْعَاصِي».

8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

٨ وَالآنَ، امْضِ وَدَوِّنْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى لَوْحٍ، وَسَجِّلْهُ فِي كِتَابٍ لِيَكُونَ شَاهِداً أَبَدِيًّا فِي الأَيَّامِ الآتِيَةِ.

9 That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:

٩ لأَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، أَبْنَاءٌ كَذَبَةٌ، يَأْبُونَ الاسْتِمَاعَ إِلَى شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ،

10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

١٠ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلأَنْبِياءِ: «لا تَتَنَبَّأُوا لَنَا بِمَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، بَلْ كَلِّمُونَا بِالْكَلامِ الْمُدَاهِنِ وَتَنَبَّأُوا بِالْمُخَادِعَاتِ.

11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

١١ اعْدِلُوا عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، حِيدُوا عَنِ السَّبِيلِ، وَكُفُّوا عَنْ مُجَابَهَتِنَا بِكَلامِ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

١٢ لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لأَنَّكُمُ ازْدَرَيْتُمْ بهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَاتَّكَلْتُمْ عَلَى الْجَوْرِ وَالانْحِرَافِ وَاعْتَمَدْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمَا،

13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

١٣ لِذَلِكَ يُصْبِحُ هَذَا الذَّنْبُ لَكُمْ كَصَدْعٍ نَاتِئٍ فِي سُورٍ عَالٍ مُشْرِفٍ عَلَى الانّهِيَارِ الَّذِي يَحْدُثُ بَغْتَةً وَفِى لَحْظَةٍ

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the pit.

١٤ وَيَكُونُ انْهِيَارُهُ كَكَسْرِ إِنَاءِ خَزَّافٍ تَمَّ سَحْقُهُ بِقَسْوَةٍ، فَلَمْ تَبْقَ مِنْهُ شَقْفَةٌ لِالْتِقَاطِ نَارٍ مِنَ الْمَوْقِدِ أَوْ لِغَرْفِ مَاءٍ مِنَ الْجُبِّ.

15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

١٥ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ خَلاصَكُمْ مَرْهُونٌ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَالرُّكُونِ إِلَيَّ، وَقُوَّتَكُمْ فِي الطُّمَأْنِينَةِ وَالثِّقَةِ، لَكِنَّكُمْ أَبَيْتُمْ ذَلِكَ،

16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

١٦ وَقُلْتُمْ: لَا بَلْ نَهْرُبُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، أَنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَهْرُبُونَ. وَقُلْتُمْ: سَنَرْكَبُ عَلَى مُتُونِ جِيَادٍ سَرِيعَةٍ، لِهَذَا فَإِنَّ مُطَارِدِيكُمْ يُسْرِعُونَ فِي تَعَقُّبِكُمْ.

17 One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

١٧ يَهْرُبُ أَلْفٌ مِنْكُمْ أَمَامَ زَجْرَةِ وَاحِدٍ، وَيَتَشَتَّتُونَ جَمِيعاً أَمَامَ زَجْرَةِ خَمْسَةٍ، حَتَّى تُتْرَكُوا كَسَارِيَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَبَلٍ أَوْ كَرَايَةٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ تَلٍّ».

18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

١٨ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَنْتَطِرُ حَتَّى يُبْدِيَ نَحْوَكُمْ عَطْفَهُ، لِهَذَا يَقُومُ لِيَرْحَمَكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ إِلَهُ عَدْلٍ، فَطُوبَى لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ.

19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

١٩ يَا شَعْبَ صِهْيَوْنَ الْمُقِيمَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لَنْ تَبْكِيَ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَرْحَمُكَ عِنْدَ ارْتِفَاعِ صَوْتِ بُكَائِكَ، وَحَالَمَا يَسْمَعُ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَكَ.

20 And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

٢٠ وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيكَ خُبْزاً فِي الْمِحْنَةِ، وَمَاءً فِي الضَّنْكِ فَإِنَّ مُعَلِّمَكَ لَنْ يَحْجُبَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْكَ مِنْ بَعْدُ، بَلْ تَرَى عَيْنَاكَ مُعَلِّمَكَ.

21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

٢١ وَتَسْمَعُ أُذْنَاكَ كَلِمَةً صَادِرَةً مِنْ خَلْفِكَ قَائِلَةً:

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

٢٢ «هَذِهِ هِيَ الطَّرِيقُ لَا تَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا يَمِيناً أَوْ يَسَاراً اسْلُكُوا فِيهَا» وَتُدَنِّسُونَ كُلَّ أَصْنَامِكُمُ الْفِضِّيَّةِ وَالذَّهَبيَّةِ، وَتُلْقُونَ بِها بَعِيداً كَخِرْقَةٍ مُلَوَّثَةٍ بِدَمِ حَائِضٍ وَتَقُولُونَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي بِلا رَجْعَةٍ».

23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

٢٣ وَيَسْكُبُ الرَّبُّ مَطَرَهُ عَلَى بُذُورِكَ الَّتِي تَزْرَعُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ، فَيَكُونُ الطَّعَامُ الَّذِي تُغِلُّهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ سَمِيناً دَسِماً، فَتَرْعَى مَوَاشِيكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فِي مَرَاعٍ فَسِيحَةٍ،

24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

٢٤ وَتَأْكُلُ ثِيرَانُكَ وَحَمِيرُكَ الَّتِي تَحْرُثُ الأَرْضَ عَلَفاً مُمَلَّحاً مُذَرّىً بِالرَّفْشِ وَالْمِذْرَاةِ.

25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

٢٥ وَفِي يَوْمِ مَجْزَرَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، حِينَمَا تَنْهَارُ الأَبْرَاجُ، تَتَدَفَّقُ شَلّالاتُ مِيَاهٍ وَجَدَاوِلُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ وَتَلٍّ،

26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

٢٦ وَيُصْبِحُ نُورُ الْقَمَرِ كَنُورِ الشَّمْسِ، وَيَتَضَاعَفُ نَورُ الشَّمْسِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ كَنُورِ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ يَجْبُرُ الرَّبُّ فِيهِ كَسْرَ شَعْبِهِ وَيَشْفِي رُضُوضَ ضَرَبَاتِهِ.

27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

٢٧ انْظُرُوا هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ بِغَضَبٍ مُتَوَهِّجٍ وَدُخَانٍ مُتَكَاثِفٍ مَتَصَاعِدٍ. شَفَتَاهُ تَفِيضَانِ سَخَطاً، وَلِسَانُهُ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ،

28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.

٢٨ وَنَفْخَتُهُ كَسَيْلٍ جَارِفٍ يَبْلُغُ إِلَى الْعُنُقِ، لِيُغَرْبِلَ الأُمَمَ بِغُرْبَالِ الْهَلاكِ، وَلِيَضَعَ لِجَاماً فِي فُكُوكِ الشُّعُوبِ إِضْلالاً لَهُمْ.

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

٢٩ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَشْدُونَ كَمَا فِي لَيْلَةِ الاحْتِفَالِ بِعيدٍ مُقَدَّسٍ، وَتَبْتَهِجُ قُلَوبُكُمْ كَقَلْبِ مَنْ يَسِيرُ عَلَى أَلْحَانِ نَايٍ، آتِياً إِلَى جَبَلِ الرَّبِّ وَإِلَى صَخْرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

٣٠ وَيُسَمِّعُ الرَّبُّ جَلالَ صَوْتِهِ وَيَجْعَلُ النَّاسَ يُعَايِنُونَ امْتِدَادَ ذِرَاعِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ بِلَهِيبِ غَضَبٍ ثَائِرٍ وَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ، وَانْفِجَارِ أَمْطَارٍ وَعَوَاصِفَ وَبَرَدٍ.

31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [which] smote with a rod.

٣١ فَيَرْتَاعُ أَشُورُ مِنْ زَئِيرِ صَوْتِهِ، وَيَضْرِبُهُ بِقَضِيبِهِ.

32 And [in] every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, [it] shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

٣٢ وَيُوْقِعُ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ ضَرْبَةٍ عَلَيْهِ بِقَضِيبِ عِقَابِهِ عَلَى أَنْغَامِ الدُّفُوفِ وَالْعِيدَانِ، وَيُحَارِبُ أَشُّورَ بِحُرُوبٍ ثَائِرَةٍ.

33 For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

٣٣ لأَنَّ مُحْرَقَةَ الْمَوْتِ جَاهِزَةٌ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ وَحُفْرَتَهَا وَاسِعَةٌ، تَكَوَّمَتْ فِيهَا الأَخْشَابُ لِيُلْقَى فِيهَا مُولَكُ إِلَهُ الأَشُورِيِّينَ، فَتُضْرِمُهَا نَفْخَةُ الرَّبِّ كَسَيْلٍ مِنْ كِبْرِيتٍ.