Isaiah 5

1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

١ سَأَشْدُو لِحَبِيبِي أُغْنِيَةً عَنْ كَرْمِهِ: كَانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى تَلٍّ خَصِيبٍ،

2 He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

٢ حَرَثَ أَرْضَهُ وَنَقَّاهُ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَغَرَسَ فِيهِ أَفْضَلَ كَرْمَةٍ، وَشَيَّدَ فِي وَسَطِهِ بُرْجاً، وَنَقَرَ فِي الْصَّخْرِ مِعْصَرَةً. ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لَهُ عِنَباً فَأَنْتَجَ لَهُ حِصْرِماً!

3 "Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

٣ وَالآنَ يَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، احْكُمُوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ كَرْمِي.

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

٤ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ لِكَرْمِي لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ؟ وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرْتُ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لِي عِنَباً، لِمَاذَا أَنْتَجَ حِصْرِماً؟

5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.

٥ وَالآنَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَرْمِي: سَأُزِيلُ سِيَاجَهُ فَيُصْبِحُ مَرْعَى مَاشِيَةٍ، وَأَهْدِمُ سُورَهُ فَيَضْحَى مَدَاسَ أَقْدَامٍ،

6 I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."

٦ وَأَجْعَلُهُ خَرَاباً فَلا يُقَلَّمُ وَلا يُنْقَبُ، فَيَنْبُتُ فِيهِ شَوْكٌ وَحَسَكٌ. وَأُوْصِي السَّحَابَ أَنْ لَا يَمْطُرَ عَلَيْهِ أَبَداً.

7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, look, oppression; for righteousness, but, look, a cry of distress.

٧ لأَنَّ كَرْمَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ هُوَ بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا هُمْ غَرْسُ بَهْجَتِهِ. وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرَ حَقّاً وَجَدَ سَفْكَ دِمَاءٍ، وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَمَسَ عَدْلاً رَأَى صُرَاخاً.

8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

٨ اشْتَرَيْتُمُ الْبُيُوتَ وَالْحُقُولَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرِكُمْ مَكَانٌ يَسْكُنُ فِيهِ! صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ لَكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ!

9 In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

٩ سَمِعْتُ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ: «الْبُيُوتُ الْعَظِيمَةُ لابُدَّ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ خَرَاباً، وَالْمَنَازِلُ الْفَخْمَةُ تَغْدُو مَهْجُورَةً.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

١٠ فَعَشَرَةُ فَدَادِينِ كُرُومٍ لَا تُغِلُّ سِوَى بَثٍّ وَاحِدٍ (مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْراً) مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، وَحُومَرٌ (عَشْرَ كَيْلاتٍ) مِنَ الْبُذُورِ يُنْتِجُ كَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً».

11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.

١١ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَنْهَضُونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ مُبَكِّرِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ الْمُسْكِرِ حَتَّى سَاعَةٍ مُتَأَخِّرَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى أَنْ تُلْهِبَهُمُ الْخَمْرُ.

12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

١٢ يَتَلَهَّوْنَ فِي مَآدِبِهِمْ بِالْعُودِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالدُّفِّ وَالنَّايِ وَالْخَمْرِ، غَيْرَ مُكْتَرِثِينَ لأَعْمَالِ الرَّبِّ وَلا نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى صُنْعِ يَدَيْهِ،

13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

١٣ لِذَلِكَ يُسْبَى شَعْبِي لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ، وَيَمُوتُ عُظَمَاؤُهُمْ جُوعاً، وَيَهْلِكُ الْعَامَّةُ ظَمَأً.

14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it. (Sheol h7585)

١٤ لِهَذَا وَسَّعَتِ الْهَاوِيَةُ أَحْشَاءَهَا وَفَغَرَتْ شَدْقَهَا إِلَى مَا لَا نِهَايَةَ، لِيَنْحَدِرَ فِيهَا شُرَفَاءُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَجَمَاهِيرُهَا وَعَجِيجُهَا وَكُلُّ طَرَبٍ فِيهَا (Sheol h7585)

15 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

١٥ وَيُذَلُّ الإِنْسَانُ وَيُخْفَضُ النَّاسُ، وَيُحَطُّ كُلُّ مُتَشَامِخٍ فِيهَا.

16 but the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

١٦ وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يُمَجَّدُ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَيُبْدِي الرَّبُّ الْقُدُّوسُ قَدَاسَتَهُ بِالْبِرِّ.

17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and kids will eat the ruins of the rich.

١٧ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَرْعَى الْحُمْلانُ فِي مَرَاعِيهِمْ، وَالْخِرْفَانُ وَالْمَاعِزُ تَأْكُلُ بَيْنَ خِرَبِهِمْ.

18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;

١٨ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَجُرُّونَ الإِثْمَ بِحِبَالِ الْبَاطِلِ، وَالْخَطِيئَةَ بِمِثْلِ أَمْرَاسِ الْعَرَبَةِ

19 Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it."

١٩ وَيَقُولُونَ: لِيُسْرِعْ وَلْيُعَجِّلْ بِعِقَابِهِ حَتَّى نَرَاهُ. لِيُنَفِّذْ مُقَدِّسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَأْرَبَهُ فِينَا فَنُدْرِكَ حَقِيقَةَ مَا يَفْعَلُهُ بِنَا.

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

٢٠ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدْعُونَ الشَّرَّ خَيْراً، وَالْخَيْرَ شَرّاً، الْجَاعِلِينَ الظُّلْمَةَ نُوراً وَالنُّورَ ظُلْمَةً وَالْمَرَارَةَ حَلاوَةً وَالْحَلاوَةَ مَرَارَةً!

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.

٢١ وَيْلٌ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَالأَذْكِيَاءِ فِي نَظَرِ ذَوَاتِهِمْ.

22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

٢٢ وَيْلٌ لِلْعُتَاةِ فِي شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ فِي مَزْجِ الْمُسْكِرِ،

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent.

٢٣ الَّذِينَ يُبَرِّئُونَ الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ الرِّشْوَةِ، وَيُنْكِرُونَ عَلَى الْبَرِيءِ حَقَّهُ.

24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

٢٤ لِهَذَا كَمَا تَلْتَهِمُ النَّارُ الْقَشَّ، وَكَمَا يَفْنَى الْحَشِيشُ الْجَافُّ فِي اللَّهَبِ، كَذَلِكَ يُصِيبُ أُصُولَهُمُ الْعَفَنُ، وَيَتَنَاثَرُ زَهْرُهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ، لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِكَلِمَةِ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

25 Therefore the LORD's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

٢٥ لِذَلِكَ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ ضِدَّ شَعْبِهِ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَضَرَبَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَشَتِ الْجِبَالُ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ جُثَثُ مَوْتَاهُمْ كَالْقَاذُورَاتِ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَلَمْ تَبْرَحْ يَدُهُ مَمْدُودَةً بِالْعِقَابِ.

26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the far regions of the earth. Look, they will come speedily and swiftly.

٢٦ فَيَرْفَعُ رَايَةً لأُمَمٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَنْ فِي أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُقْبِلُونَ مُسْرِعِينَ (إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ)،

27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

٢٧ دُونَ أَنْ يَكِلُّوا أَوْ يَتَعَثَّرُوا أَوْ يَعْتَرِيَهُمْ نُعَاسٌ أَوْ نَوْمٌ، أَوْ يَحِلَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ حِزَاماً عَنْ حَقَوَيْهِ، وَلا يَنْقَطِعَ لأَحَدٍ سُيُورُ حِذَاءٍ.

28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

٢٨ سِهَامُهُمْ مُسَنَّنَةٌ، وَقِسِيُّهُمْ مَشْدُودَةٌ. حَوَافِرُ خَيْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا صَوَّانٌ. عَجَلاتُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ مُنْدَفِعَةٌ كَالإِعْصَارِ.

29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

٢٩ زَئِيرُهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ زَئِيرُ أَسَدٍ يُزَمْجِرُ وَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَى فَرِيسَتِهِ وَيَحْمِلُهَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ.

30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land look, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

٣٠ يُزَمْجِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ. وَإِنْ جَاسَ أَحَدٌ فِي الْبِلادِ مُتَفَرِّساً لَا يَرَى سِوَى الظُّلْمَةِ وَالضِّيقِ، حَتَّى (انْفِرَاجَاتِ) الضَّوْءِ (أَيْ وَمَضَاتِ الرَّجَاءِ) قَدِ احْتَجَبَتْ وَرَاءَ سُحُبِهِ.