Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine.
| وَيْلٌ (لِمَدِينَةِ السَّامِرَةِ) تَاجِ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ، وَلِزَهْرَةِ جَمَالِهَا الْمَجِيدَةِ الذَّابِلَةِ الَّتِي تُتَوِّجُ رَأْسَ وَادِي خِصْبِ الْمَخْمُورِينَ. | ١ |
2 Look, the LORD has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.
| لأَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ مُتَسَلِّطاً قَوِيًّا عَاتِياً يَنْقَضُّ كَعَاصِفَةِ بَرَدٍ، كَنَوْءٍ مُدَمِّرٍ، كَزَوْبَعَةٍ هَائِلَةٍ مِنْ مِيَاهٍ جَارِفَةٍ فَيَطْرَحُهَا أَرْضاً بِعُنْفٍ، | ٢ |
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
| فَتُدَاسُ السَّامِرَةُ، تَاجُ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ بِالأَقْدَامِ. | ٣ |
4 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
| وَتَضْحَى زَهْرَةُ جَمَالِهَا الْمَجِيدِ الَّتِي تُكَلِّلُ رَأْسَ الوَادِي الْخَصِيبِ كَبَاكُورَةِ التِّينِ قَبْلَ مَوْسِمِ الصَّيْفِ الَّتِي يَرَاهَا النَّاظِرُ فَيَقْتَطِفُهَا وَيَبْتَلِعُهَا. | ٤ |
5 In that day, the LORD of hosts will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ القَدِيرُ تَاجَ بَهَاءٍ وَإِكْلِيلَ جَمَالٍ لِبَقِيَّةِ شَعْبِهِ | ٥ |
6 and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
| وَيَكُونُ رُوحَ عَدْلٍ لِمَنْ يَتَبَوَّأُ كُرْسِيَّ القَضَاءِ وَمَصْدَرَ قُوَّةٍ لِمَنْ يُحَارِبُونَ رَادِّينَ الأَعْدَاءَ عَنْ بَّوابَاتِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ٦ |
7 They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
| وَلَكِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ أَيْضاً أَضَلَّتْهُمُ الْخَمْرُ وَتَرَنَّحُوا بِالسُّكْرِ، فَسَلَبَ الْمُسْكِرُ عُقُولَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ وَكَهَنَتِهِمْ، فَأَرْبَكَهُمْ وَرَنَّحَهُمْ، فَأَخْطَأُوا الرُّؤْيَا، وَتَعَثَّرُوا فِي الأَحْكَامِ. | ٧ |
8 For all tables are completely full of filthy vomit and filthiness.
| فَامْتَلَأَتْ مَوَائِدُهُمْ كُلُّهَا بِالْقَيءِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَكَانٌ لَمْ يَتَلَوَّثْ. | ٨ |
9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
| فَتَسَاءَلُوا: «لِمَنْ يُلَقِّنُ إِشَعْيَاءُ الْعِلْمَ، وَلِمَنْ يَشْرَحُ رِسَالَتَهُ؟ هَلْ لِلْمَفْطُومِينَ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ الْمُبْعَدِينَ عَنِ الثَّدْي؟ | ٩ |
10 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
| لأَنَّهُ يُكَرِّرُ عَلَيْنَا أَوَامِرَهُ كَلِمَةً فَكَلِمَةً، وَوَصِيَّةً فَوَصِيَّةً؛ شَيْئاً مِنْ هُنَا وَشَيْئاً مِنْ هُنَاكَ». | ١٠ |
11 But he will speak to this nation with stammering lips and a strange language;
| سَيُخَاطِبُ الرَّبُّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ بِلِسَانٍ غَرِيبٍ أَعْجَمِيٍّ | ١١ |
12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" but they would not listen.
| وَهُوَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ أَرْضُ الرَّاحَةِ، فَأَرِيحُوا الْمُنْهَكَ، وَهُنَا مَكَانُ السَّكِينَةِ». وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَبَوْا أَنْ يُطِيعُوهُ. | ١٢ |
13 Therefore the word of the LORD will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
| لِذَلِكَ سَيُكَرِّرُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوَامِرَهُ كَلِمَةً فَكَلِمَةً وَوَصِيَّةً فَوَصِيَّةً؛ شَيْئاً مِنْ هُنَا وَشَيْئاً مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ (لِحُمْقِهِمْ) يَتعَثَّرُونَ وَيَسْقُطُونَ فَيَتَحَطَّمُونَ وَيُؤْسَرُونَ وَيُسْتَعْبَدُونَ. | ١٣ |
14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
| لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ أَيُّهَا الْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ الْمُتَحَكِّمُونَ فِي شَعْبِ أَورُشَلِيمَ: | ١٤ |
15 "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'" (Sheol h7585)
| لأَنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ: «قَدْ أَبْرَمْنَا عَهْداً مَعَ الْمَوْتِ، وَعَقَدْنَا مِيثَاقاً مَعَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، فَإِنَّ الأَشُورِيِّينَ الْمُقْتَحِمِينَ أَرْضَنَا لَنْ يَسْلُخُونَا، لأَنَّ السُّوطَ الْجَارِفَ إِذَا عَبَرَ لَا يُصِيبُنَا لأَنَّنَا اعْتَصَمْنَا بِالْمُرَاوَغَةِ وَلَجَأْنَا إِلَى النِّفَاقِ». (Sheol h7585) | ١٥ |
16 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Look, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.
| لِهَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ حَجَرَ أَسَاسٍ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ ثَمِيناً لِيَكُونَ أَسَاساً رَاسِخاً وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يَهْرُبُ. | ١٦ |
17 I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
| وَسَأَجْعَلُ الْعَدْلَ خَيْطَ قِيَاسٍ وَالْحَقَّ مِطْمَاراً (لأَكْشِفَ عَنْ زَيْفِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ) فَيَجْرِفُ البَرَدُ مُعْتَصَمَ الْكَذِبِ وَتَطْفُو الْمِيَاهُ عَلَى الْمَخَابِئِ | ١٧ |
18 Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it. (Sheol h7585)
| عِنْدَئِدٍ يُبْطَلُ عَهْدُكُمْ مَعَ الْمَوْتِ، وَيُلْغَى مِيثَاقُكُمْ مَعَ الْهَاويَةِ وَيَدُوسُكُمْ أَعْدَاؤُكُمْ عِنْدَ اقْتِحَامِهِمْ بِلادَكُمْ. (Sheol h7585) | ١٨ |
19 As often as it passes through, it will seize you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message."
| وَيَجْتَاحُونَكُمْ مَرَّةً تِلْوَ مَرَّةٍ، فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا إِنْ تُدْرِكُوا مَغْزَى هَذَا الْعِقَابِ حَتَّى يَطْغَى عَلَيْكُمُ الرُّعْبُ. | ١٩ |
20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
| لأَنَّ السَّرِيرَ أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تَتَمَدَّدُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَالغِطَاءَ أَضْيَقُ مِنْ أَنْ تَلْتَفُّوا بِهِ». | ٢٠ |
21 For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
| وَسَيُقْبِلُ الرَّبُّ بِسَخَطٍ، كَمَا أَقْبَلَ فِي جَبَلِ فَرَاصِيمَ وَفِي وَادِي جِبْعُونَ لِيُجرِيَ أَفْعَالَهُ الغَرِيبَةَ وَيُعَاقِبَ أَشَدَّ عِقَابٍ. | ٢١ |
22 And as for you, do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the LORD of hosts, on the whole earth.
| لِذَلِكَ لَا تَتَهَكَّمُوا لِئَلَّا يَتَفَاقَمَ عِقَابُكُمْ لأَنَّ رَبَّ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ الْقَدِيرَ قَدْ أَبْلَغَنِي قَضَاءَهُ بِهَلاكِكُمْ. | ٢٢ |
23 Give ear, and hear my voice. Listen, and hear my speech.
| فَاسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى صَوْتِي وَأَصْغُوا إِلَى قَوْلِي وَأَطِيعُوا: | ٢٣ |
24 Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
| أَيُواظِبُ الحَارِثُ عَلَى حَرْثِ أَرْضِهِ وَتَتْلِيمِهَا وَتَمْهِيدِهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ؟ | ٢٤ |
25 When he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and emmer as its borders?
| أَلَيْسَ إِذَا سَوَّى أَرْضَهَا يَبْذُرُ الشُّونِيزَ وَيُذَرِّي الكَمُّونَ وَيَنْثُرُ الْحِنْطَةَ فِي أَتْلامِهَا وَالشَّعِيرَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهِ، وَالقَطَانِيَّ فِي أَطْرَافِهَا الْمَحْرُوثَةِ؟ | ٢٥ |
26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
| لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَلَقَّى الْمَعْرِفَةَ الصَّحِيحَةَ مِنْ إِلَهِهِ. | ٢٦ |
27 For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
| فَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الشُّونِيزَ لَا يُدْرَسُ بِالنَّوْرَجِ، وَلا يُطْحَنُ الكَمُّونُ، بَلْ يُخْبَطُ كِلاهُمَا بِالْقَضِيبِ. | ٢٧ |
28 Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.
| وَيَدُقُّ الحِنْطَةَ لأَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَظَلَّ يَدْرُسُهَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَإِنْ جَرَّ عَلَيْهَا بَكَرَةَ عَرَبَتِهِ فَإِنَّ خَيْلَهُ لَا تَطْحَنُهَا. | ٢٨ |
29 This also comes forth from the LORD of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
| إِنَّ مَصْدَرَ هَذِهِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ العَجِيبُ فِي مَشُورَتِهِ وَالعَظِيمُ فِي حِكْمَتِهِ. | ٢٩ |
