Isaiah 48

1 “Sh'ma ·Hear obey· this, house of Jacob [Supplanter], you who are called by the name of Israel [God prevails], and have come out of the waters of Judah [Praised]. You swear by Adonai’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel [God prevails], but not in truth, nor in righteousness

١ اسْمَعُوا هَذَا يَا بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ بِاسْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِ يَهُوذَا، الْحَالِفِينَ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، الْمُسْتَشْهِدِينَ بِإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَاطِلاً وَكَذِباً

2 (for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel [God prevails]; Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] is his name):

٢ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ، وَيَعْتَمِدُونَ عَلَى إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ:

3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went out of my mouth, and I sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.

٣ قَدْ أَنْبَأْتُ بِالأُمُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ، نَطَقْتُ بِها وَأَذَعْتُهَا، ثُمَّ فَجْأَةً صَنَعْتُهَا وَأَتْمَمْتُهَا

4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

٤ لأَنِّي عَالِمٌ بِعِنَادِكَ، وَأَنَّ رَقَبَتَكَ ذَاتُ عَضَلٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَجَبْهَتَكَ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ.

5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has enjoined them.’

٥ لِهَذَا أَنْبَأْتُ بِها مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ وَأَعْلَنْتُهَا لَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ، لِئَلَّا تَقُولَ: إِنَّ وَثَنِي قَدْ صَنَعَهَا، وَتِمْثَالِي الْمَنْحُوتَ وَإِلَهِي الْمَسْبُوكَ قَدَ قَضَى بِها.

6 You have sh'ma ·hear obey· it; see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have sh'ma ·hear obey, declared· you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

٦ قَدْ سَمِعْتَ، فَتَأَمَّلْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، أَلا تُقِرُّ بِها؟ مُنْذُ الآنَ وَصَاعِداً سَأُطْلِعُكَ عَلَى أُمُورٍ جَدِيدَةٍ، عَلَى أَسْرَارٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ.

7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before today you didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey· them; lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’

٧ قَدْ خُلِقَتِ الآنَ وَلَيْسَ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ، لَمْ تَسْمَعْ بِها قَطُّ قَبْلَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لِئَلَّا تَقُولَ: كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُهَا.

8 Yes, you didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey·; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called rebellious who break away from authority thus breaking relationshipfrom the womb.

٨ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ قَطُّ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْ أَبَداً، فَمُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ لَمْ تَنْفَتِحْ أُذُنَاكَ، لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكَ تَتَصَرَّفُ بِغَدْرٍ، وَمُنْذُ مَوْلِدِكَ دُعِيتَ مُتَمَرِّداً

9 For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my tehilah ·praise song· I hold it back for you, so that I don’t cut you off.

٩ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِي أُبَطِّئُ غَضَبِي، وَأَكْبَحُهُ عَنْكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ حَمْدِي حَتَّى لَا أَسْتَأْصِلَكَ.

10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

١٠ نَقَّيْتُكَ وَلَيْسَ كَالْفِضَّةِ وَامْتَحَنْتُكَ فِي كُورِ الأَلَمِ.

11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my kavod ·weighty glory· to another.

١١ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَاتِي، نَعَمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَاتِي إِذْ كَيْفَ يُدَنَّسُ اسْمِي؟ أَنَا لَا أُعْطِي مَجْدِي لِآخَرَ.

12 “Sh'ma ·Hear obey· me, O Jacob [Supplanter], and Israel [God prevails] my called: I am he; I am the first א (Aleph) Α (Alpha), I am also the last ת (Tav) Ω (Omega).

١٢ اسْمَعْ لِي يَا يَعْقُوبُ، وَيَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّذِي دَعَوْتُهُ. أَنَا هُوَ الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ.

13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand up together.

١٣ قَدْ أَرْسَتْ يَدِي قَوَاعِدَ الأَرْضِ، وَبَسَطَتْ يَمِينِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَدْعُوهُنَّ فَيَمْثُلْنَ مَعاً.

14 “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and sh'ma ·hear obey·; who among them has declared these things? He whom Adonai 'ahav ·affectionately loves· will do what he likes to Babylon [Confusion], and his arm will be against the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness].

١٤ اجْتَمِعُوا كُلُّكُمْ وَأَنْصِتُوا: مَنْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَصْنَامِ أَنْبَأَ بِهَذِهِ؟ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ أَحَبَّ كُورَشَ، وَهُوَ يُنَفِّذُ قَضَاءَهُ عَلَى بَابِلَ وَيَكُونُ ذِرَاعُهُ عَلَى الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

١٥ لَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ أَنَا بِذَاتِي كُورُشَ وَعَهِدْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِمَا أُرِيدُ، وَسَأُكَلِّلُ أَعْمَالَهُ بِالْنَّجَاحِ

16 “Come near to me and sh'ma ·hear obey· this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now 'Adonay Yahweh [Lord He sustains breathing] has sent me, with his Ruach ·Spirit, Breath·.

١٦ اقْتَرِبُوا مِنِّي وَاسْمَعُوا: مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ خُفْيَةً، وَلَدَى حُدُوثِهَا كُنْتُ حَاضِراً هُنَاكَ. وَالآنَ، قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ وَرُوحُهُ بِهَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةِ:

17 Adonai, your Redeemer, haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails] says: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

١٧ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي يُعَلِّمُكَ مَا فِيهِ نَفْعٌ لَكَ، وَيَهْدِيكَ فِي النَّهْجِ الَّذِي عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَسْلُكَهُ.

18 Oh that you had listened to my mitzvot ·instructions·! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

١٨ لَيْتَكَ أَطَعْتَ وَصَايَايَ لَكَانَ سَلامُكَ كَالنَّهْرِ، وَبِرُّكَ كَأَمْوَاجِ الْبَحْرِ،

19 Your offspring also would have been as the sand, and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”

١٩ وَلَكَانَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ كَالرَّمْلِ، وَنَسْلُ أَحْشَائِكَ كَعَدَدِ حَبَّاتِهِ، فَلا يُسْتَأْصَلُ أَوْ يَنْقَرِضُ اسْمُهُ مِنْ أَمَامِي.

20 Leave Babylon [Confusion]! Flee from the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]! With a voice of singing sh'ma ·hear obey, declare· this, tell it even to the end of the earth: say, “Adonai has redeemed his servant Jacob [Supplanter]!”

٢٠ اكْسِرُوا أَغْلالَ الأَسْرِ. ارْحَلُوا عَنْ بَابِلَ. ارْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ بِالْغِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَذِيعَ فِي أَرْجَاءِ الدُّنْيَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ فَدَى عَبْدَهُ يَعْقُوبَ.

21 They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

٢١ لَمْ يَعْطَشُوا عِنْدَمَا اجْتَازَ بِهِمْ عَبْرَ الصَّحْرَاءِ. فَجَّرَ لَهُمُ الْمِيَاهَ مِنَ الصَّخْرِ. شَقَّهُ فَتَدَفَّقَتْ مِنْهُ الْمِيَاهُ.

22 “There is no peace,” says Adonai, “for the wicked.”

٢٢ أَمَّا الأَشْرَارُ فَلا سَلامَ لَهُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.