Isaiah 11

1 [Like] [MET] a [new] shoot [often] grows from the stump [of a tree], there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.

١ وَيُفْرِخُ بُرْعُمٌ مِنْ جِذْعِ يَسَّى، وَيَنْبُتُ غُصْنٌ مِنْ جُذُورِهِ،

2 The Spirit of Yahweh will always be with him. The Spirit will enable him to be wise and to understand [much about many things]. The Spirit will enable him to decide what is good to do, and will enable him to be very powerful. The Spirit will enable him to know Yahweh and to revere him.

٢ وَيَسْتَقِرُّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ، رُوحُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْفِطْنَةِ، رُوحُ الْمَشُورَةِ وَالْقُوَّةِ، رُوحُ مَعْرِفَةِ الرَّبِّ وَمَخَافَتِهِ.

3 He will be glad to obey Yahweh. He will not decide [whether someone is righteous or not only] by seeing what that person looks like, or by listening to [what others say about that person].

٣ وَتَكُونُ مَسَرَّتُهُ فِي تَقْوى الرَّبِّ، وَلا يَقْضِي بِحَسَبِ مَا تَشْهَدُ عَيْنَاهُ، وَلا يَحْكُمُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا تَسْمَعُ أُذُنَاهُ،

4 He will judge [the cases of] needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides [MTY]; he will get rid of wicked people because of [MTY] [their behavior].

٤ إِنَّمَا يَقْضِي بِعَدْلٍ لِلْمَسَاكِينِ، وَيَحَكُمُ بِالإِنْصَافِ لِبَائِسِي الأَرْضِ، وَيُعَاقِبُ الأَرْضَ بِقَضِيبِ فَمِهِ، وَيُمِيتُ الْمُنَافِقَ بِنَفْخَةِ شَفَتَيْهِ،

5 He will always act righteously; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a belt [around his waist]. He will always speak what is true; his doing that will [accompany him like] [MET] a sash [around his waist].

٥ لأَنَّهُ سَيَرْتَدِي الْبِرَّ وَيَتَمَنْطَقُ بِالأَمَانَةِ.

6 [When he becomes king], wolves and lambs will live together [peacefully]; leopards, [instead of killing] baby goats, will lie down with them. [Similarly], calves and lions will eat food together; and a young child will take care of them.

٦ فَيَسْكُنُ الذِّئْبُ مَعَ الْحَمَلِ، وَيَرْبِضُ النِّمْرُ إِلَى جِوَارِ الْجَدْيِ، وَيَتَآلَفُ الْعِجْلُ وَالأَسَدُ وَكُلُّ حَيَوَانٍ مَعْلُوفٍ مَعاً، وَيَسُوقُهَا جَمِيعاً صَبِيٌّ صَغِيرٌ.

7 Cows and bears will eat [together]; bear cubs and calves will lie down together. Lions will [not eat other animals]; [instead], they will eat hay like cows do.

٧ تَرْعَى الْبَقَرَةُ وَالدُّبُّ مَعاً، وَيَرْبِضُ أَوْلادُهُمَا مُتجَاوِرِينَ، وَيَأْكُلُ الأَسَدُ التِّبْنَ كَالثَّوْرِ،

8 Babies will play [safely] near the holes where cobra snakes [live]; small children will [even] put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes, [and the snakes will not harm them].

٨ وَيَلْعَبُ الرَّضِيعُ فِي (أَمَانٍ) عِنْدَ جُحْرِ الصِّلِّ، وَيَمُدُّ الفَطِيمُ يَدَهُ إِلَى وَكْرِ الأَفْعَى (فَلا يُصِيبُهُ سُوءٌ).

9 No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on [Zion Hill], my holy hill; and the earth will [be filled with people who] know Yahweh like [SIM] the seas are full of water.

٩ لَا يُؤْذُونَ وَلا يُسِيئُونَ فِي كُلِّ جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا تَغْمُرُ الْمِيَاهُ الْبَحْرَ.

10 At that time, a descendant of King David will [hold up] a flag to signal to the people of all people-groups [that they should gather around him]; they will come to him to get his advice, and the place where he lives will be glorious.

١٠ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْتَصِبُ أَصْلُ يَسَّى رَايَةً لِلأُمَمِ، وَإِلَيْهِ تَسْعَى جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ، وَيَكُونُ مَسْكَنُهُ مَجِيداً.

11 At that time, Yahweh will (reach out his hand/use his power) as he did long ago; he will enable those who had been (exiled from/forced to leave) Israel to return home, from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea.

١١ فَيَعُودُ الرَّبُّ لِيَمُدَّ يَدَهُ ثَانِيَةً لِيَسْتَرِدَّ الْبَقِيَّةَ الْبَاقِيَةَ مِنْ شَعْبِهِ، مِنْ أَشُورَ وَمِصْرَ وَفَتْرُوسَ وَكُوشَ وَعِيلامَ وَشِنْعَارَ وَحَمَاةَ، وَمِنْ جَزَائِرِ الْبَحْرِ،

12 Yahweh will raise his flag among [all] the people-groups, and he will gather together the people of Israel who had been exiled [long ago]. He will gather from very distant places [IDM] on the earth the people of Judah who [(had been scattered to/are living in) those places].

١٢ وَيَنْصُبُ رَايَةً لِلأُمَمِ وَيَجْمَعُ مَنْفِيِّي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُشَتَّتِي يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ،

13 [Then], the people of Israel and the people of Judah will not be jealous of each other [any longer], and they will no [longer] be enemies of each other.

١٣ فَيَتَلاشَى حَسَدُ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَتَزُولُ عَدَاوَةُ يَهُوذَا، فَلا أَفْرَايِمَ يَحْسُدُ يَهُوذَا، وَلا يَهُوذَا يُعَادِي أَفْرَايِمَ،

14 Their [armies] will [join together to] attack the people of Philistia to the west. And together they will attack nations to the east; they will [defeat those nations and] take away all their valuable possessions. They will capture [the areas of] Edom and Moab, and the people of the Ammon people-group will be controlled/ruled by the people of Israel and Judah.

١٤ وَيَنْقَضَّانِ عَلَى أَكْتَافِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ غَرْباً وَيَغْزُوَانِ أَبْنَاءَ الْمَشْرِقِ مَعاً، وَيَسْتَوْلِيَانِ عَلَى بِلادِ أَدُومَ وَمُوآبَ، وَيَخْضَعُ لَهُمْ بَنُو عَمُّونَ.

15 Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt. And [it will be as though] he will wave his hand over the [Euphrates] River and send a strong wind to cause it to divide into seven streams, with the result that people will be able to walk across [those streams].

١٥ وَيُجَفِّفُ الرَّبُّ تَمَاماً لِسَانَ بَحْرِ مِصْرَ، وَيَهُزُّ يَدَهُ عَلَى النَّهْرِ فَتَهُبُّ رِيحٌ عَاِصفَةٌ تَقْسِمُ مَاءَهُ إِلَى سَبْعِ مَمَرَّاتٍ تَعْبُرُ فِيهَا الْجُيُوشُ.

16 And because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria, they will be able to return [to their own land], just like [long ago] he made a path for [the people of] Israel [so that they could go through the water] when they left Egypt.

١٦ وَيَمُدُّ الرَّبُّ طَرِيقاً مِنْ أَشُّورَ لِيَعُودَ مِنْهُ مَنْ بَقِيَ هُنَاكَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا أَعَادَ الرَّبُّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ.