Isaiah 22

1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?

١ نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: مَاذَا حَدَثَ حَتَّى إِنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً صَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى سُطُوحِ الْمَنَازِلِ؟

2 Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].

٢ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُمْتَلِئَةُ جَلَبَةً، الْعَجَّاجَةُ الْمَرِحَةُ، إِنَّ قَتْلاكِ لَيْسُوا قَتْلَى سَيْفٍ أَوْ صَرْعَى حَرْبٍ.

3 All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.

٣ قَدْ فَرَّ رُؤَسَاؤُكِ جَمِيعاً. أُسِرُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ مُقَاوَمَةٍ. وَسُبِيَ كُلُّ مَنْ عُثِرَ عَلَيْهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ هَرَبُوا بَعِيداً.

4 That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”

٤ لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ: «ابْتَعِدُوا عَنِّي لأَبْكِيَ بِمَرَارَةٍ، لَا تَتَكَبَّدُوا جَهْداً فِي تَعْزِيَتِي مِنْ أَجْلِ دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي».

5 The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.

٥ لأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَوْماً يَبُثُّ فِيهِ الرُّعْبَ، وَالذِّلَّةَ، وَالْفَوْضَى. فِيهِ يَنْقُبُ أَهْلُهَا الأَسْوَارَ وَيَسْتَجِيروُنَ بِالْجِبَالِ.

6 The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.

٦ إِذْ أَنَّ عِيلامَ قَدْ حَمَلَتِ السِّهَامَ وَاجْتَمَعَتْ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ، وَقِيرَ جَرَّدَتِ الدُّرُوعَ،

7 Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.

٧ فَاكْتَظَّتْ خَيْرُ أَوْدِيَتِكِ بِالْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاصْطَفَّ الْفُرْسَانُ عِنْدَ الْبَوَّابَاتِ،

8 The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.

٨ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هَتَكَ سِتْرَ يَهُوذَا. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ سِلاحِ بَيْتِ الْغَابَةِ،

9 You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].

٩ وَتَجِدُونَ أَنَّ صُدُوعَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ، وَتَجْمَعُونَ الْمِيَاهَ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ السُّفْلَى،

10 You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.

١٠ ثُمَّ تَعُدُّونَ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَهْدِمُونَ بَعْضاً مِنْهَا لِتُحَصِّنُوا السُّورَ.

11 Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.

١١ وَتَبْنُونَ خَزَّاناً بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ لِتَخْزِينِ مَاءِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَأَبَهُوا لِبَانِيهَا، أَوْ تَكْتَرِثُوا لِمَنْ صَمَّمَهَا مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ.

12 The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.

١٢ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَدْعُوكُمُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ لِلْبُكَاءِ وَالنَّوْحِ وَحَلْقِ الشَّعْرِ وَالتَّنَطُّقِ بِالْمُسُوحِ.

13 But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”

١٣ وَلَكِنَّكُمُ انْهَمَكْتُمْ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالسُّرُورِ وَذَبْحِ الثِّيَرانِ وَتَضْحِيَةِ الْغَنَمِ وَأَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَأْكُلْ وَنَشْرَبْ لأَنَّنَا غَداً نَمُوتُ».

14 [So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”

١٤ فَقَالَ لِي الْقَدِيرُ: «لَنْ تُغْفَرَ لَكُمْ آثَامُكُمْ حَتَّى تَمُوتُوا».

15 The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:

١٥ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «تَوَجَّهْ إِلَى شَبْنَا رَئِيسِ دِيوَانِ الْقَصْرِ وَقُلْ لَهُ:

16 '[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?

١٦ مَالَكَ هُنَا، وَمَنْ لَكَ حَتَّى نَقَرْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ضَرِيحاً، أَيُّهَا النَّاقِرُ لَهُ قَبْراً فِي الأَعَالِي، وَالنَّاحِتُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَسْكَناً فِي الصَّخْرِ؟

17 You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,

١٧ هَا الرَّبُّ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَطْرَحَكَ بِعُنْفٍ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَّارُ وَيُمْسِكَكَ بِقُوَّةٍ،

18 and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.

١٨ وَيُلَوِّحَ بِكَ تَلْوِيحاً، وَيَقْذِفَكَ كَكُرَةٍ فِي أَرْضٍ وَاسِعَةٍ، فَتَمُوتُ هُنَاكَ، وَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً تُطْرَحُ مَرْكَبَاتُ مَجْدِكَ يَا عَارَ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ.

19 Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.

١٩ وَأَطْرُدُكَ مِنْ مَنْصِبِكَ فَتُعْزَلُ مِنْ مَقَامِكَ.

20 Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.

٢٠ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَدْعُو عَبْدِي أَلْيَاقِيمَ بنَ حِلْقِيَّا،

21 I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.

٢١ وَأَخْلَعُ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَكَ، وَأَشُدُّهُ بِمِنْطَقَتِكَ، وَأَعْهَدُ بِسُلْطَانِكَ إِلَى يَدِهِ، فَيُصْبِحُ أَباً لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا،

22 I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.

٢٢ وَأُعْطِيهِ السُّلْطَةَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ شَعْبِي، فَمَا يَأْمُرْ بِهِ يُطَعْ.

23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.

٢٣ وَأُرَسِّخُهُ كَوَتَدٍ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَمِينٍ، فَيُصْبِحُ عَرْشَ مَجْدٍ لِبَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

24 Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”

٢٤ وَيَضَعُونَ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَجْدِ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِفُرُوعِهِ وَأُصُولِهِ، كُلَّ آنِيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ الطُّسُوسِ إِلَى آنِيَةِ القَنَانِيِّ.

25 [But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”

٢٥ وَلَكَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ، فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَومِ يُقْتَلَعُ الْوَتَدُ الْمُتَرَسِّخُ بِإِحْكَامٍ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ الأَمِينِ وَيُسْتأْصَلُ وَيُطْرَحُ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَيَبِيدُ مَعَهُ كُلُّ الَّذِينَ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ».