Isaiah 30

1 Woe [to] apostate sons, A declaration of YHWH! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My Spirit, So as to 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 Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My mouth, To be strong 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 And the strength of Pharaoh Has been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,

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

4 For his princes were in Zoan, And his messengers reach Hanes.

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

5 He made all ashamed of a people that do not profit, Not for help, and not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!

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

6 The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, From where [are] viper and flying, burning serpent, They carry their wealth on the shoulder of donkeys, And their treasures on the hump of camels, To a people not profitable.

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 Indeed, Egyptians [are] vanity, and help in vain, Therefore I have cried concerning this: “Their strength [is] to sit still.”

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

8 No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And inscribe it on a scroll, And it is for a latter day, for a witness for all time,

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

9 That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.

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

10 Who have said to seers, “Do not see,” And to prophets, “Do not prophesy to us straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

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

11 Turn aside from the way, Decline from 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 Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel: “Because of your kicking against this word, And you trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,

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

13 Therefore this iniquity is to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction comes suddenly, in an instant.

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

14 And He has broken it As the breaking of the potters’ bottle, Beaten down—He does not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.”

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 said Lord YHWH, The Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might,” And you have not been willing.

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

16 And you say, “No, for we flee on a horse,” Therefore you flee, And, “We ride on the swift!” Therefore your pursuers are 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 [flee] because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five you flee, Until you have surely been left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.

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 YHWH waits to favor you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For YHWH [is] a God of judgment, O the blessedness of all waiting 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 in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Do not weep—weeping, Pitying, He pities you at the voice of your cry, When He hears He answers you.

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 the Lord has given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And your teachers remove no longer, And your eyes have seen your 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 your ear hears a word behind you, saying, “This [is] the way, go in it,” When you turn to the right, And when you turn to the left.

٢١ وَتَسْمَعُ أُذْنَاكَ كَلِمَةً صَادِرَةً مِنْ خَلْفِكَ قَائِلَةً:

22 And you have defiled the covering of Your carved images of silver, And the ephod of your molten image of gold, You scatter them as a sickening thing, “Go out,” you say to it.

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 And He has given rain [for] your seed, With which you sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it has been fat and plentiful, Your livestock enjoy an enlarged pasture in that day.

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 And the oxen and the young donkeys serving the ground, Eat fermented provender, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.

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

25 And there has been on every high mountain, And on every exalted hill, Streams—conduits of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.

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

26 And the light of the moon has been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of YHWH’s binding up the breach of His people, When He heals the stroke of its 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 YHWH is coming from far, His anger is burning, and the flame [is] great, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue [is] 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 [is] as an overflowing stream, It divides to the neck, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, [Is] on the jaws of the peoples.

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

29 Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go to the mountain of YHWH, To the rock 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 YHWH has caused The splendor of His voice to be heard, And the coming down of His arm He shows with the raging of anger, And the flame of a consuming fire, Scattering, and inundation, and hailstone.

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

31 For from the voice of YHWH Asshur [is] broken down, He strikes with a rod.

٣١ فَيَرْتَاعُ أَشُورُ مِنْ زَئِيرِ صَوْتِهِ، وَيَضْرِبُهُ بِقَضِيبِهِ.

32 And every passage of the settled staff, That YHWH causes to rest on him, Has been with tambourines and with harps, And in battles of shaking He has fought with it.

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

33 For Tophet is arranged from former time, Even it is prepared for the king, He has made deep, He has made large, Its pile [is] fire and much wood, The breath of YHWH, As a stream of brimstone, is burning in 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.