Isaiah 5

1 Let me sing, I pray you, for a well-beloved of mine, The song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: —A vineyard, had my well-beloved on a very fruitful hill;

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

2 And he thoroughly digged it, And gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with a precious vine, And built a tower in the midst thereof, Moreover also a wine-press, hewed he therein, —Then waited he that it should bring forth grapes. And it brought forth 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, therefore, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, And men of Judah, —Judge, I pray you, betwixt me, and my vineyard: —

٣ «وَٱلْآنَ يَا سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، ٱحْكُمُوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ كَرْمِي.

4 What could have been done further to my vineyard, That I had not done in it? Why then—When I had waited that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth, wild grapes?

٤ مَاذَا يُصْنَعُ أَيْضًا لِكَرْمِي وَأَنَا لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ لَهُ؟ لِمَاذَا إِذِ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ عِنَبًا، صَنَعَ عِنَبًا رَدِيئًا؟

5 Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I am about to do to my vineyard, —To take away the fence thereof And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof And it shall be trodden down;

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

6 And I will make it a waste; —It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns, —And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

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

7 Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, —And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.

٧ إِنَّ كَرْمَ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ هُوَ بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَغَرْسَ لَذَّتِهِ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا. فَٱنْتَظَرَ حَقًّا فَإِذَا سَفْكُ دَمٍ، وَعَدْلًا فَإِذَا صُرَاخٌ.

8 Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near, —Until there is no room, But ye are left 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 mine ears, [said] Yahweh of hosts, —Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant;

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

10 For, ten yokes of vineyard, shall yield one bath, —And the seed of a homer, shall yield an ephah,

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

11 Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue, —Who follow on in the evening cool [until] with wine, they are heated;

١١ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُبَكِّرِينَ صَبَاحًا يَتْبَعُونَ ٱلْمُسْكِرَ، لِلْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ فِي ٱلْعَتَمَةِ تُلْهِبُهُمُ ٱلْخَمْرُ.

12 And it cometh to pass—that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine are in their banquets, —But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And the work of his hands, have they not seen.

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

13 Therefore, are my people taken away captive before they know it, —And their honourable men are famished with hunger, And, their multitude, do gape for thirst.

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

14 Therefore, hath hades enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest, —And their glory, and their multitude and their pomp. and he that is uproarious shall descend thereinto. (Sheol h7585)

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

15 And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled, —Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.

١٥ وَيُذَلُّ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَيُحَطُّ ٱلرَّجُلُ، وَعُيُونُ ٱلْمُسْتَعْلِينَ تُوضَعُ.

16 But Yahweh of hosts, hath been exalted, in justice, —And the GOD that is holy hath been hallowed in righteousness;

١٦ وَيَتَعَالَى رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ بِٱلْعَدْلِ، وَيَتَقَدَّسُ ٱلإِلَهُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ بِٱلْبِرِّ.

17 Then shall the young rams feed where they please, —And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.

١٧ وَتَرْعَى ٱلْخِرْفَانُ حَيْثُمَا تُسَاقُ، وَخِرَبُ ٱلسِّمَانِ تَأْكُلُهَا ٱلْغُرَبَاءُ.

18 Alas! for them Who draw on themselves punishment with cords of falsehood, —And as with waggon-bands, penalty:

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

19 Who say—Let his work quicken—let it hasten, That we may see, —And let the purpose of Israel’s Holy One, draw near and come. That we may know!

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

20 Alas! for them 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 Alas for them Who are wise in their own eyes, —And in their own sight, are prudent.

٢١ وَيْلٌ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَٱلْفُهَمَاءِ عِنْدَ ذَوَاتِهِمْ.

22 Alas for them Who are heroes to drink wine, —And men of valour to mingle strong drink,

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

23 Who justify the lawless, for a bribe, —Whereas the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him.

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

24 Therefore, As a tongue of fire, eateth up straw, And a flame reduceth, dry grass, to powder, Their root, like rottenness, shall become, And their blossom, like dust shall ascend, —Because they refused the law of Yahweh of hosts, And the utterance of the Holy One of Israel, they despised.

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 For this cause, did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon his own people, And he stretched out his hand against them and smote them—So that the mountains, trembled, And, their dead bodies, served, for fuel in the midst of the streets. For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched,

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 Therefore will he lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, And signal for him from the end of the earth, —And lo! with hot haste, will he come:

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

27 None shall be weary, and none shall stumble in his midst, He shall neither slumber nor sleep, —Nor shall be loosened, the girdle of his loins, Nor snapped, the thong of his sandals:

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

28 Whose arrows, are sharpened, and all his bows, bent, —The hoofs of his horses, like flint, are accounted, And, his wheels, [are] like a storm-wind:

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

29 A roar, hath he, like a lioness, —He will roar like wild lions—And will growl, and lay hold on prey, and carry into safety, and there be none to deliver.

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

30 Yea he will growl at him in that day, like the growling of the sea, —Though he look hard for the land, lo! the darkness of distress, Yea the light, hath grown dark in its clouds!

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