Esias 66

1 Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will you build me? and of what kind [is to be] the place of my rest?

١ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: السَّمَاءُ عَرْشِي وَالأَرْضُ مَوْطِئُ قَدَمَيَّ، فَأَيَّ بَيْتٍ تُشَيِّدُونَ لِي؟ وَأَيْنَ مَقَرُّ رَاحَتِي؟

2 For all these things are mine, says the Lord: and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] my words?

٢ جَمِيعُ هَذِهِ صَنَعَتْهَا يَدِي فَوُجِدَتْ كُلُّهَا، لَكِنَّنِي أُسَرُّ بِالرَّجُلِ الْمُتَوَاضِعِ الْمُنْسَحِقِ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي يَرْتَعِدُ مِنْ كَلِمَتِي.

3 But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as [one that offers] swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.

٣ إِنَّ مَنْ يَنْحَرُ ثَوْراً كَمَنْ يَقْتُلُ إِنْسَاناً، وَمَنْ يُقَرِّبُ حَمَلاً كَمَنْ يَكْسِرُ عُنُقَ كَلْبٍ، وَمَنْ يُصْعِدُ تَقْدِمَةَ حِنْطَةٍ كَمَنْ يُقَدِّمُ دَمَ خِنْزِيرٍ، وَمَنْ يُحْرِقُ بَخُوراً كَمَنْ يُبَارِكُ وَثَناً، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ آثَرُوا طُرُقَهُمْ، وَاسْتَطَابَتْ نُفُوسُهُمْ أَرْجَاسَهُمْ.

4 I also will choose their mockeries, and will recompense their sins upon them; because I called them, and they did not listen to me; I spoke, and they heard not: and they did evil before me, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.

٤ لِهَذَا أَنَا أَيْضاً أَخْتَارُ بَلايَاهُمْ لَهُمْ وَأُوْقِعُ بِهِمِ الْمَخَاوِفَ، لأَنِّي عِنْدَمَا دَعَوْتُ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا، وَحِينَ تَكَلَّمْتُ لَمْ يُصْغُوا، إِنَّمَا ارْتَكَبُوا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ وَاخْتَارُوا مَا لَا أُسَرُّ بِهِ.

5 Hear the words of the Lord, you that tremble at his word; speak you, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed.

٥ اسْمَعُوا قَوْلَ الرَّبِّ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْتَعِدُونَ مِنْ كَلامِهِ: يَسْخَرُ مِنْكُمْ إخْوَتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَكُمْ وَيَنْبِذُونَكُمْ لأَنَّكُمْ تَخَافُونَ اسْمِي قَائِلِينَ: لِيَتَمَجَّدِ الرَّبُّ حَتَّى نَشْهَدَ فَرَحَكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَخْزَوْنَ.

6 A voice of a cry from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord rendering recompence to [his] adversaries.

٦ اسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ جَلَبَةٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، صَوْتاً مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ، صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ يُجَازِي أَعْدَاءَهُ.

7 Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped [it] and brought forth a male.

٧ شَعْبِي مِثْلُ امْرَأَةٍ وَلَدَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَمَخَّضَ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنَ الطَّلْقِ أَنْجَبَتْ ذَكَراً.

8 Who has heard such a thing? and who has seen after this manner? Has the earth travailed in one day? or has even a nation been born at once, that Sion has travailed, and brought forth her children?

٨ مَنْ سَمِعَ مِثْلَ هَذَا، وَمَنْ رَأَى نَظِيرَهُ؟ أَتُوْلَدُ بِلادٌ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ أَمْ تُخْلَقُ أُمَّةٌ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً؟ فَمَا إِنْ تَمَخَّضَتْ صِهْيَوْنُ حَتَّى أَنْجَبَتْ أَبْنَاءَهَا.

9 But I have raised this expectation, yet you have not remembered me, says the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? says your God.

٩ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ أُمْخِضُ وَلا أُوَلِّدُ؟ هَلْ أُغْلِقُ الرَّحِمَ وَأَنَا الْمُوَلِّدُ؟

10 Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all you that love her hold in her a general assembly: rejoice greatly with her, all that [now] mourn over her:

١٠ تَهَلَّلُوا مَعَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَافْرَحُوا لَهَا يَا كُلَّ مُحِبِّيهَا، ابْتَهِجُوا مَعَهَا بِفَرَحٍ يَا جَمِيعَ النَّائِحِينَ عَلَيْهَا.

11 that you may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolation; that you may milk out, and delight yourselves with the influx of her glory.

١١ لِكَيْ تَرْضَعُوا وَتَشْبَعُوا مِنْ ثَدْيِ تَعْزِيَاتِهَا، وَلِكَيْ تَحْلِبُوا بِوَفْرَةٍ وَتَتَلَذَّذُوا مِنْ دِرَّةِ مَجْدِهَا.

12 For thus says the Lord, Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.

١٢ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُسْبِغُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَيْرَ كَنَهْرٍ، وَأُجْرِي إِلَيْهَا ثَرْوَةَ الأُمَمِ كَسَيْلٍ مُتَدَفِّقٍ، فَتَرْضَعُونَ، وَتُحْمَلُونَ فِي الْحِضْنِ، وَعَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا تُدَلَّلُونَ.

13 As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

١٣ وَأُعَزِّيكُمْ كَمَنْ تُعَزِّيه أُمُّهُ، وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تُعَزَّوْنَ.

14 And you shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall thrive like grass: and the hand of the Lord shall be known to them that fear him, and he shall threaten the disobedient.

١٤ وَتَشْهَدُونَ فَتُسَرُّ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَتَزْدَهِرُ عِظَامُكُمْ كَالْعُشْبِ، فَتُصبِحُ يَدُ الرَّبِّ مَعْرُوفَةً عِنْدَ عَبِيدِهِ، وَيَنْصَبُّ غَضَبُهُ عَلَى أَعْدَاِئهِ.

15 For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.

١٥ لأَنَّهُ هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ مُقْبِلٌ بِنَارٍ، وَمَرْكَبَاتُهُ كَالْعَاصِفَةِ، لِيَسْكُبَ غَضَبَهُ بِسَخَطٍ، وَزَجْرَهُ بِلَهِيبِ نَارٍ.

16 For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.

١٦ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُعَاقِبُ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ بِنَارِهِ وَسَيْفِهِ، وَيَكْثُرُ قَتْلَى الرَّبِّ.

17 They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine's flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the Lord.

١٧ وَالَّذِينَ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ وَيَتَقَدَّسُونَ وَيَقْصِدُونَ إِلَى الْحَدَائِقِ حَيْثُ يَعْبُدُونَ وَثَناً قَائِماً وَرَاءَ أَشْجَارِهَا، وَيَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَالْفِئْرَانِ، وَكُلَّ اللُّحُومِ الْمُحَرَّمَةِ، مَصِيرُهُمُ الْهَلاكُ.

18 And I [know] their works and their imagination. I am going to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

١٨ وَلأَنِّي عَالِمٌ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ وَأَفْكَارِهِمْ فَأَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ آتِيَ لأَجْمَعَ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَالأَلْسِنَةِ، فَيَتَوَافَدُونَ وَيَرَوْنَ مَجْدِي

19 And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tharsis, and Phud, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Thobel, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

١٩ وَأَجْعَلُ بَيْنَهُمْ آيَةً وَأَبْعَثُ بَعْضَ النَّاجِينَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى الأُمَمِ: إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، وَفُولَ، وَلُودَ، الْمَهَرَةِ فِي رَمْيِ السِّهَامِ، وَإِلَى تُوبَالَ وَيَاوَانَ وَإِلَى الْجَزَائِرِ الْبَعِيدَةِ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بِشُهْرَتِي أَوْ يَرَوْا مَجْدِي، فَيُذِيعُونَ مَجْدِي بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

20 And they shall bring your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord with horses, and chariots, in litters [drawn by] mules with awnings, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord, as though the children of Israel should bring their sacrifices to me with psalms into the house of the Lord.

٢٠ وَيُحْضِرُونَ جَميِعَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ مِنْ سَائِرِ الأُمَمِ، تَقْدِمَةً لِلرَّبِّ، عَلَى مُتُونِ الْجِيَادِ، وَفِي الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْهَوَادِجِ، وَعَلَى ظُهُورِ الْبِغَالِ وَأَسْنِمَةِ الْجِمَالِ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، كَمَا يُحْضِرُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ تَقْدِمَةَ الْحِنْطَةِ فِي آنِيَةٍ طَاهِرَةٍ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ

21 And I will take of them priests and Levites, says the Lord.

٢١ وَمِنْهُمْ أَصْطَفِي كَهَنَةً وَلاوِيِّينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

22 For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name continue.

٢٢ لأَنَّهُ كَمَا تَدُومُ أَمَامِي السَّمَاوَاتُ الْجَدِيدَةُ وَالأَرْضُ الْجَدِيدَةُ الَّتِي أَنَا أَصْنَعُهَا هَكَذَا تَدُومُ ذُرِّيَّتُكُمْ وَذِكْرُكُمْ.

23 And it shall come to pass from month to month, and from sabbath to sabbath, [that] all flesh shall come to worship before me in Jerusalem, says the Lord.

٢٣ وَيَأْتِي مِنْ رَأْسِ شَهْرٍ إِلَى رَأْسِ شَهْرٍ، وِمِنْ سَبْتٍ إِلَى سَبْتٍ كُلُّ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ لِيَعْبُدُونِي،

24 And they shall go forth, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh.

٢٤ ثُمَّ يَمْضُونَ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ جُثَثِ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ، لأَنَّ دُودَهُمْ لَا يَمُوتُ وَنَارَهُمْ لَا تَخْمَدُ. وَيَكُونُونَ مَثَارَ اشْمِئْزَازِ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ.