< Isaiah 29 >

1 Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.
وَيْلٌ لأُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اسْتَقَرَّ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ. هَا السَّنَوَاتُ تَتَعَاقَبُ وَأَنْتُمْ مَازِلْتُمْ تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِالأَعْيَادِ.١
2 And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it has been lamentation and mourning, And it has been to me as Ariel.
وَلَكِنْ سَأُحَاصِرُ أَورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَمْلَأُهَا الأَنِينُ وَالنَّوْحُ، فَتَكوُنُ فِي نَظَرِي كَمَذْبَحٍ مُلَطَّخٍ بِالدَّمِ.٢
3 And I encamped, O babbler, against you, And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks against you.
سَأَنْزِلُ عَلَيْكِ وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ وَأُحَاصِرُكِ بِأَبْرَاجٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ الْمَتَارِيسَ.٣
4 And you have been low, You speak from the earth, And make your saying low from the dust, And your voice has been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And your saying whispers from the dust,
عِنْدَئِذٍ تَنْخَفِضِينَ، وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَمِنَ التُّرَابِ تَصْدُرُ عَنْكِ تَمْتَمَةُ كَلامٍ، فَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَصَوْتِ خَيَالٍ صَادِرٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ كَلامُكَ هَامِساً مِنَ التُّرَابِ.٤
5 And as small dust has been The multitude of those scattering you, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it has been in an instant—suddenly.
وَلَكِنْ سَرْعَانَ مَا يَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَالْهَبَاءِ، وَجُمْهُورُ الْعُتَاةِ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الْعَابِرَةِ. ثُمَّ فَجْأَةً، وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ،٥
6 You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.
يَفْتَقِدُكِ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ، فَيَأْتِي بِرَعْدٍ وَزِلْزَالٍ وَضَجِيجٍ عَظِيمٍ، مَعَ زَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفَةٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ،٦
7 And as a dream, a vision of night, Has been the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.
وَتُصْبِحُ كُلُّ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تُحَارِبُ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتُحَاصِرُ حُصُونَهَا كَالْحُلْمِ أَوْ كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ.٧
8 And it has been, as when the hungry dreams, And behold, he is eating, And he has awoken, And his soul [is] empty, And as when the thirsty dreams, And behold, he is drinking, And he has awoken, And behold, he is weary, And his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Mount Zion.
وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ الْجَائِعُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُشْبِعَ جُوعَهُ، وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ الظَّامِئُ أَنَّهُ يَشْرَبُ ثُمَّ يَفِيقُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرْتَوِيَ عَطَشُهُ، هَكَذَا يَكُونُ جُمْهُورُ الأُمَمِ كُلِّهَا الْمُحَارِبِينَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ.٨
9 Linger and wonder, look, indeed, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
ابْهَتُوا وَتَعَجَّبُوا. تَعَامَوْا وَاعْمَوْا. اسْكَرُوا وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ خَمْرٍ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُسْكِرٍ،٩
10 For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, And He closes your eyes—the prophets, And your heads—the seers—He covered.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ عَمِيقٍ، فَأَغْلَقَ عُيُونَ أَنْبِيائِكُمْ وَغَطَّى رُؤُوسَ رَائِيكُمْ.١٠
11 And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed scroll, That they give to one knowing scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I am not able, for it [is] sealed”;
وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ الرُّؤْيَا جَمِيعُهَا كَكَلِمَاتِ كِتَابٍ مَخْتُومٍ، حِينَ يُنَاوِلُونَهُ لِمَنْ يُتْقِنُ الْقِرَاءَةَ قَائِلِينَ: اقْرَأْ هَذَا، يُجِيبُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ.١١
12 And the scroll is given to him who has not known scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I have not known scrolls.”
وَعِنْدَمَا يُنَاوِلُونَهُ لِمَنْ يَجْهَلُ الْقِرَاءَةَ قَائِلِينَ: اقْرَأْ هَذَا، يُجِيبُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ الْقِرَاءَةَ.١٢
13 And the Lord says: “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, And they have honored Me with its lips, And it has put its heart far off from Me, And their fear of Me is a precept taught by men!
لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنِّي بِفَمِهِ وَيُكْرِمُنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، بَيْنَمَا قَلْبُهُ بَعِيدٌ عَنَّى. وَمَا مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي سِوَى تَقْلِيدٍ تَلَقَّنُوهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ.١٣
14 Therefore, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And the wisdom of its wise ones has perished, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hides itself.”
لِذَلِكَ سَأَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ وَتَتَلاشَى فِطْنَةُ فُهَمَائِهِ.١٤
15 Woe [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?”
وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يُوْغِلُونَ فِي الأَعْمَاقِ لِيَكْتُمُوا عَنِ الرَّبِّ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، فَيَقُومُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ فِي الظَّلامِ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ يَرَانَا؟ وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟١٥
16 Your perversion! Is the potter esteemed as clay, That the work says of its maker, “He has not made me?” And the framed thing said of its framer, “He did not understand?”
يَالَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! أَيُحْسَبُ الْخَزَّافُ كَالْخَزَفِ، فَيَقُولُ الشَّيءُ الْمَصْنُوعُ لِصَانِعِهِ: أَنْتَ لَمْ تَصْنَعْنِي؟ أَمْ أَنَّ الْمَجْبُولَ يَقُولُ لِجَابِلِهِ: أَنْتَ مُجَرَّدٌ مِنَ الْفَهْمِ؟١٦
17 Is it not yet a very little [while], And Lebanon has turned into a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest?
أَلا تَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ فِي لَحْظَاتٍ إِلَى حَقْلٍ خَصِيبٍ، وَالْحَقْلُ الْخَصْبُ إِلَى غَابَةٍ؟١٧
18 And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind see.
فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَسْمَعُ الأَصَمُّ أَقْوَالَ الْكِتَابِ، وَتُبْصِرُ عُيُونُ الْمَكْفُوفِينَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الظُّلْمَةِ وَالْكَآبَةِ.١٨
19 And the humble have added joy in YHWH, And the poor among men Rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
أَمَّا الْوُدَعَاءُ فَيَتَجَدَّدُ فَرَحُهُمْ بِالرَّبِّ، وَيَبْتَهِجُ الْبَائِسُونَ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،١٩
20 For the terrible one has ceased, And the scorner has been consumed, And all watching for iniquity have been cut off,
لأَنَّ الْعَاتِيَ قَدِ انْقَرَضَ، وَبَادَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَاسْتُؤْصِلَ جَمِيعُ السَّاهِرِينَ لِارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ،٢٠
21 Who cause men to sin in word, And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.
الَّذِينَ بِكَلِمَةٍ جَعَلُوا الإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخّاً لِمَنْ يُفْحِمُهُمْ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَصَدُّوا الْبَارَّ بِادِّعَاءَاتِهِمِ الْجَوْفَاءِ.٢١
22 Therefore, thus said YHWH, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob is not ashamed now, Nor does his face now become pale,
لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ مُفْتَدِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ: لَنْ يَخْجَلَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي مَا بَعْدُ، وَلَنْ يَعْلُوَ وَجْهَهُ الشُّحُوبُ،٢٢
23 For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My Name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And they declare the God of Israel fearful.
لأَنَّهُمْ عِنْدَمَا يَرَوْنَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ يَتَزَايَدُونَ بِفَضْلِي، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُقَدِّسُونَ اسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ،٢٣
24 And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!”
وَيَكْتَسِبُ الضَّالُّونَ فَهْماً وَيَتَقَبَّلُ الْمُتَذَمِّرُونَ التَّعْلِيمَ.٢٤

< Isaiah 29 >