Isaiah 47

1 "Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

١ انْزِلِي وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى التُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ بَابِلَ. اجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ مِنْ بَعْدُ النَّاعِمَةَ الْمُتَرَفِّهَةَ.

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

٢ خُذِي حَجَرَيِ الرَّحَى وَاطْحَنِي الدَّقِيقَ. اكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ، وَشَمِّرِي عَنِ الذَّيْلِ، وَاكْشِفِي عَنِ السَّاقِ، وَاعْبُرِي الأَنْهَارَ،

3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man,"

٣ فَيَظَلَّ عُرْيُكِ مَكْشُوفاً وَعَارُكِ ظَاهِراً، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ وَلا أَعْفُو عَنْ أَحَدٍ.

4 says our Redeemer; the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

٤ إِنَّ فَادِينَا، الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ اسْمُهُ، هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

٥ اجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَأَوْغِلِي فِي الظَّلامِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ بَعْدُ سَيِّدَةَ الْمَمَالِكِ.

6 I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.

٦ قَدْ سَخِطْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَنَجَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي. أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدَيْكِ، فَلَمْ تُبْدِي نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً بَلْ أَرْهَقْتِ الشَّيْخَ بِنِيرِكِ الثَّقِيلِ جِدّاً.

7 You said, 'I shall be a mistress forever;' so that you did not lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the latter end of it.

٧ وَقُلْتِ: سَأَظَلُّ السَّيِّدَةَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تُفَكِّرِي بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي نَفْسِكِ وَلا تَأَمَّلْتِ بِمَا تَؤُولُ إِلَيْهِ.

8 "Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no other besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:'

٨ فَالآنَ اسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَرَفِّهَةُ الْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَحْدِي وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي، لَنْ أَعْرِفَ التَّرَمُّلَ وَلَنْ أُثْكَلَ

9 but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

٩ لِذَلِكَ سَتُبْتَلِينَ بِكِلا الأَمْرَيْنِ مَعاً فِي لَحْظَةٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِذْ تُثْكَلِينَ وَتَتَرَمَّلِينَ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ وَقُوَّةِ رُقَاكِ.

10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no other besides me.'

١٠ قَدْ تَوَلَّتْكِ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ فِي شَرِّكِ، وَقُلْتِ: لَا يَرَانِي أَحَدٌ وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَكِ وَمَعْرِفَتَكِ أَضَلَّتَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي.

11 Therefore disaster will come on you; you won't know when it dawns: and calamity will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly and unexpectedly.

١١ سَيَدْهَمُكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَدْرِينَ كَيْفَ تَدْفَعِينَهُ عَنْكِ، وَتُبَاغِتُكِ دَاهِيَةٌ تَعْجَزِينَ عَنِ التَّكْفِيرِ عَنْهَا، وَيُفَاجِئُكِ خَرَابٌ لَا تَتَوَقَّعِينَهُ.

12 "Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.

١٢ تَشَبَّثِي بِرُقَاكِ وَكَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ الَّتِي تَعِبْتِ فِيهَا مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، فَقَدْ يُحَالِفُكِ النَّجَاحُ أَوْ تُثِيرِينَ الرُّعْبَ.

13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; those who conjure the heavens, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.

١٣ لَقَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ طَلَبِ الْمَشُورَةِ، فَادْعِي الْمُنَجِّمِينَ وَالْفَلَكِيِّينَ لِيَكْشِفُوا لَكِ طَوَالِعَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ وَيُنْقِذُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.

14 Look, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

١٤ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَصْبَحُوا كَالهَشِيمِ الَّذِي تَلْتَهِمُهُ النَّارُ عَاجِزِينَ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنْقَاذِكِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الَّلَهَبِ المُحْرِقِ، فَلا هُوَ جَمْرٌ لِلاسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلا هِيَ نَارٌ لِلْجُلُوسِ حَوْلَهَا.

15 Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.

١٥ هَكَذَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ وَتَاجَرُوا مَعَكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، قَدْ شَرَدَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُكِ.