< Isaiah 24 >

1 Behold, YHWH is emptying the earth, And is making it desolate, And has overturned [it on] its face, And has scattered its inhabitants.
هَا إِنَّ الرَّبَّ يُخْرِبُ أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا وَيُقْفِرُهَا وَيَقْلِبُ وَجْهَهَا وَيُشَتِّتُ سُكَّانَهَا.١
2 And it has been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maidservant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
وَمَا يَقَعُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ يَقْعُ عَلَى الْكَاهِنِ أَيْضاً، وَالسَّيِّدُ كَالْعَبْدِ وَالسَّيِّدَةُ كَأَمَتِهَا وَالْبَائِعُ كَالْمُشْتَرِي، وَالْمُقْتَرِضُ كَالْمُقْرِضِ، وَالدَّائِنُ كَالْمَدِينِ.٢
3 The earth is utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, For YHWH has spoken this word:
وَيَحُلُّ الْخَرَابُ بِالأَرْضِ وَتُنْهَبُ نَهْباً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا الْقَضَاءِ.٣
4 The earth has mourned, faded, The world has languished, faded, They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
وَتَنُوحُ الأَرْضُ وَتَذْوِي، وَتَضْنَى الْمَسْكُونَةُ وَتَذْبُلُ، وَيَحْزَنُ مَعَهَا عُظَمَاؤُهَا.٤
5 And the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a perpetual covenant.
تَدَنَّسَتِ الأَرْضُ تَحْتَ سُكَّانِهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ تَعَدَّوْا عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَنَقَضُوا الْفَرَائِضَ وَنَكَثُوا الْعَهْدَ الأَبَديَّ،٥
6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, And the inhabitants in it become desolate, Therefore inhabitants of the earth have been consumed, And few men have been left.
لِذَلِكَ الْتَهَمَتِ اللَّعْنَةُ الأَرْضَ، وَعُوقِبَ أَهْلُهَا بِإِثْمِهِمْ، فَاحْتَرَقَ سُكَّانُ الأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ سِوَى قِلَّةٍ.٦
7 The new wine has mourned, the vine languished, All the joyful of heart have sighed.
قَدِ انْتَحَبَتِ الْخَمْرَةُ، وَذَبُلَتِ الْكَرْمَةُ، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعُ ذَوِي الْقُلَوبِ الطَّرِبَةِ.٧
8 The joy of tambourines has ceased, The noise of exulting ones has ceased, The joy of a harp has ceased.
خَرَسَ طَرَبُ الدُّفُوفِ، كَفَّ ضَجِيجُ الْمُبْتَهِجِينَ، وَصَمَتَ مَرَحُ الْعُودِ.٨
9 They do not drink wine with a song, Strong drink is bitter to those drinking it.
لَا يَعُودُونَ يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ مَعَ الْغِنَاءِ، وَيَكُونُ الْمُسْكِرُ مُرّاً لِشَارِبِيهِ.٩
10 It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Every house has been shut from [its] entrance.
قَدْ تَدَمَّرَتْ مَدِينَةُ الْفَوْضَى، وَأُغْلِقَ كُلُّ بَيْتٍ، فَلا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ.١٠
11 In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, All joy has been darkened, The joy of the land has been removed.
تَرْتَفِعُ صَرْخَةٌ فِي الأَزِقَّةِ طَلَباً لِلْخَمْرَةِ الْمَفْقُودَةِ. زَالَ كُلُّ فَرَحٍ، وَتَلاشَى السُّرُورُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ١١
12 Desolation [is] left in the city, And the gate is struck [with] ruin.
بَقِيَ الْخَرَابُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَحَطَّمَتِ الْبَوَّابَاتُ فَأَصْبَحَتْ رَدْماً.١٢
13 When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the surrounding of the olive, As gleanings when harvest has been finished,
وَهَكَذَا يَحْدُثُ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، فَيَكُونُونَ كَشَجَرَةِ زَيْتُونٍ نُفِضَتْ، أَوْ كَاللُّقَاطِ الْمُتَبَقِّي بَعْدَ قِطَافِ الْعِنَبِ.١٣
14 They lift up their voice, They sing of the excellence of YHWH, They have cried aloud from the sea.
هَؤُلاءِ الْبَاقُونَ يَرْفَعُونَ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ وَيَهْتِفُونَ بِفَرَحٍ، وَيَشْدُونَ مِنَ الْغَرْبِ بِجَلالِ الرَّبِّ.١٤
15 Therefore honor YHWH in prosperity, In islands of the sea, the Name of YHWH, God of Israel.
لِذَلِكَ مَجِّدُوا الرَّبَّ فِي الْمَشْرِقِ، مَجِّدُوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَزَائِرِ الْبَحْرِ.١٥
16 From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, “Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.” Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Indeed, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
مِنْ أَقَاصِي الْمَعْمُورَةِ سَمِعْنَا تَسَابِيحَ مَجْدٍ قَائِلَةً: «الْمَجْدُ لِلْبَارِّ». وَلَكِنِّي قُلْتُ: أَنَا هَالِكٌ! أَنَا هَالِكٌ وَيْلٌ لِي لأَنَّ الْخَونَةَ يُمَارِسُونَ الْخِيَانَةَ. الْخَوَنَةَ يُمَارِسُونَ الْخِيَانَةَ.١٦
17 Fear, and a snare, and a trap, [Are] on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
فَالرُّعْبُ وَالْحُفْرَةُ وَالْفَخُّ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا سَاكِنِي الأَرْضِ.١٧
18 And it has come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear falls into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the trap, For windows have been opened on high, And foundations of the earth are shaken.
وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَهْرُبُ مِنْ صَوْتِ الرُّعْبِ يَقَعُ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ، وَمَنْ يَتَسَلَّقُ الْحُفْرَةَ نَاجِياً يَعْلَقُ بِالْفَخِّ، لأَنَّ الْهَلاكَ يَهْبِطُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَتَتَزَلْزَلُ الأَرْضُ تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ.١٨
19 The earth has been utterly broken down, The earth has been utterly broken, The earth has been utterly moved.
فَالأَرْضُ مُتَصَدِّعَةٌ، وَالْمَسْكُونَةُ مُتَشَقِّقَةٌ وَمُتَزَلْزِلَةٌ.١٩
20 The earth staggers greatly as a drunkard, And it has been moved as a lodge, And its transgression has been heavy on it, And it has fallen, and does not add to rise.
تَرَنَّحَتِ الأَرْضُ كَالسُّكَارَى، وَتَمَايَلَتْ كَخَيْمَةِ النَّاطُورِ وَنَاءَتْ تَحْتَ ثِقَلِ إِثْمِهَا فَتَهَاوَتْ وَلَمْ تَنْهَضْ.٢٠
21 And it has come to pass in that day, YHWH lays a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the earth on the earth.
فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُعَاقِبُ الرَّبُّ الْمَلائِكَةَ السَّاقِطِينَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَالْمُلُوكَ الْمُتَغَطْرِسِينَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ،٢١
22 And they have been gathered—A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And they have been shut up in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
فَيُجْمَعُونَ مَعاً كَمَا يُجْمَعُ الأَسَارَى فِى الْجُبِّ، وَيُزَجُّونَ فِي سِجْنٍ مُغْلَقٍ، وَيَتِمُّ عِقَابُهُمْ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ عَدِيدَةٍ.٢٢
23 And the moon has been confounded, And the sun has been ashamed, For YHWH of Hosts has reigned In Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And before His elderly—glory!
ثُمَّ يَخْجَلُ الْقَمَرُ وَتُخْزَى الشَّمْسُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَمْلِكُ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيَتَمَجَّدُ أَمَامَ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِهِ.٢٣

< Isaiah 24 >