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 لَأُنْشِدَنَّ عَنْ حَبِيبِي نَشِيدَ مُحِبِّي لِكَرْمِهِ: كَانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى أَكَمَةٍ خَصِبَةٍ،

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 فَنَقَبَهُ وَنَقَّى حِجَارَتَهُ وَغَرَسَهُ كَرْمَ سَوْرَقَ، وَبَنَى بُرْجًا فِي وَسَطِهِ، وَنَقَرَ فِيهِ أَيْضًا مِعْصَرَةً، فَٱنْتَظَرَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ عِنَبًا فَصَنَعَ عِنَبًا رَدِيئًا.

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

٣ «وَٱلْآنَ يَا سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، ٱحْكُمُوا 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 مَاذَا يُصْنَعُ أَيْضًا لِكَرْمِي وَأَنَا لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ لَهُ؟ لِمَاذَا إِذِ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ عِنَبًا، صَنَعَ عِنَبًا رَدِيئًا؟

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 فَٱلْآنَ أُعَرِّفُكُمْ مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَرْمِي: أَنْزِعُ سِيَاجَهُ فَيَصِيرُ لِلرَّعْيِ. أَهْدِمُ جُدْرَانَهُ فَيَصِيرُ لِلدَّوْسِ.

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 خَرَابًا لَا يُقْضَبُ وَلَا يُنْقَبُ، فَيَطْلَعُ شَوْكٌ وَحَسَكٌ. وَأُوصِي ٱلْغَيْمَ أَنْ لَا يُمْطِرَ عَلَيْهِ مَطَرًا».

7 For the vineyard of YHWH 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 إِنَّ كَرْمَ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ هُوَ بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَغَرْسَ لَذَّتِهِ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا. فَٱنْتَظَرَ حَقًّا فَإِذَا سَفْكُ دَمٍ، وَعَدْلًا فَإِذَا صُرَاخٌ.

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 وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ بَيْتًا بِبَيْتٍ، وَيَقْرِنُونَ حَقْلًا بِحَقْلٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مَوْضِعٌ. فَصِرْتُمْ تَسْكُنُونَ وَحْدَكُمْ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

٩ فِي أُذُنَيَّ قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ: «أَلَا إِنَّ بُيُوتًا كَثِيرَةً تَصِيرُ خَرَابًا. بُيُوتًا كَبِيرَةً وَحَسَنَةً بِلَا سَاكِنٍ.

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

١٠ لِأَنَّ عَشْرَةَ فَدَادِينِ كَرْمٍ تَصْنَعُ بَثًّا وَاحِدًا، وَحُومَرَ بِذَارٍ يَصْنَعُ إِيفَةً».

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 لِلْمُبَكِّرِينَ صَبَاحًا يَتْبَعُونَ ٱلْمُسْكِرَ، لِلْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ فِي ٱلْعَتَمَةِ تُلْهِبُهُمُ ٱلْخَمْرُ.

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

١٢ وَصَارَ ٱلْعُودُ وَٱلرَّبَابُ وَٱلدُّفُّ وَٱلنَّايُ وَٱلْخَمْرُ وَلَائِمَهُمْ، وَإِلَى فَعْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ لَا يَنْظُرُونَ، وَعَمَلَ يَدَيْهِ لَا يَرَوْنَ.

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 سُبِيَ شَعْبِي لِعَدَمِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ، وَتَصِيرُ شُرَفَاؤُهُ رِجَالَ جُوعٍ، وَعَامَّتُهُ يَابِسِينَ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ.

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 لِذَلِكَ وَسَّعَتِ ٱلْهَاوِيَةُ نَفْسَهَا، وَفَغَرَتْ فَاهَا بِلَا حَدٍّ، فَيَنْزِلُ بَهَاؤُهَا وَجُمْهُورُهَا وَضَجِيجُهَا وَٱلْمُبْتَهِجُ فِيهَا! (Sheol h7585)

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

١٥ وَيُذَلُّ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيُحَطُّ ٱلرَّجُلُ، وَعُيُونُ ٱلْمُسْتَعْلِينَ تُوضَعُ.

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

١٦ وَيَتَعَالَى رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ بِٱلْعَدْلِ، وَيَتَقَدَّسُ ٱلإِلَهُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ بِٱلْبِرِّ.

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

١٧ وَتَرْعَى ٱلْخِرْفَانُ حَيْثُمَا تُسَاقُ، وَخِرَبُ ٱلسِّمَانِ تَأْكُلُهَا ٱلْغُرَبَاءُ.

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

١٨ وَيْلٌ لِلْجَاذِبِينَ ٱلْإِثْمَ بِحِبَالِ ٱلْبُطْلِ، وَٱلْخَطِيَّةَ كَأَنَّهُ بِرُبُطِ ٱلْعَجَلَةِ،

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 ٱلْقَائِلِينَ: «لِيُسْرِعْ، لِيُعَجِّلْ عَمَلَهُ لِكَيْ نَرَى، وَلْيَقْرُبْ وَيَأْتِ مَقْصَدُ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِنَعْلَمَ».

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 لِلْقَائِلِينَ لِلشَّرِّ خَيْرًا وَلِلْخَيْرِ شَرًّا، ٱلْجَاعِلِينَ ٱلظَّلَامَ نُورًا وَٱلنُّورَ ظَلَامًا، ٱلْجَاعِلِينَ ٱلْمُرَّ حُلْوًا وَٱلْحُلْوَ مُرًّا.

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

٢١ وَيْلٌ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَٱلْفُهَمَاءِ عِنْدَ ذَوَاتِهِمْ.

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

٢٢ وَيْلٌ لِلْأَبْطَالِ عَلَى شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَلِذَوِي ٱلْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى مَزْجِ ٱلْمُسْكِرِ.

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

٢٣ ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَرِّرُونَ ٱلشِّرِّيرَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلرُّشْوَةِ، وَأَمَّا حَقُّ ٱلصِّدِّيقِينَ فَيَنْزِعُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ.

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 YHWH of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

٢٤ لِذَلِكَ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ لَهِيبُ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْقَشَّ، وَيَهْبِطُ ٱلْحَشِيشُ ٱلْمُلْتَهِبُ، يَكُونُ أَصْلُهُمْ كَٱلْعُفُونَةِ، وَيَصْعَدُ زَهْرُهُمْ كَٱلْغُبَارِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ رَذَلُوا شَرِيعَةَ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، وَٱسْتَهَانُوا بِكَلَامِ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

25 Therefore YHWH'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 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَمِيَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى شَعْبِهِ، وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَهُ، حَتَّى ٱرْتَعَدَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ وَصَارَتْ جُثَثُهُمْ كَٱلزِّبْلِ فِي ٱلْأَزِقَّةِ. مَعَ كُلِّ هَذَا لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ، بَلْ يَدُهُ مَمْدُودَةٌ بَعْدُ.

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 لِلْأُمَمِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَيَصْفِرُ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَإِذَا هُمْ بِٱلْعَجَلَةِ يَأْتُونَ سَرِيعًا.

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 لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ رَازِحٌ وَلَا عَاثِرٌ. لَا يَنْعَسُونَ وَلَا يَنَامُونَ، وَلَا تَنْحَلُّ حُزُمُ أَحْقَائِهِمْ، وَلَا تَنْقَطِعُ سُيُورُ أَحْذِيَتِهِمْ.

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

٢٨ ٱلَّذِينَ سِهَامُهُمْ مَسْنُونَةٌ، وَجَمِيعُ قِسِيِّهِمْ مَمْدُودَةٌ. حَوَافِرُ خَيْلِهِمْ تُحْسَبُ كَٱلصَّوَّانِ، وَبَكَرَاتُهُمْ كَٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ.

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 لَهُمْ زَمْجَرَةٌ كَٱللَّبْوَةِ، وَيُزَمْجِرُونَ كَٱلشِّبْلِ، وَيَهِرُّونَ وَيُمْسِكُونَ ٱلْفَرِيسَةَ وَيَسْتَخْلِصُونَهَا وَلَا مُنْقِذَ.

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 يَهِرُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ كَهَدِيرِ ٱلْبَحْرِ. فَإِنْ نُظِرَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهُوَذَا ظَلَامُ ٱلضِّيقِ، وَٱلنُّورُ قَدْ أَظْلَمَ بِسُحُبِهَا.