Isaiah 3
1 The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea everything that you depend on— all your food and water.
| هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا الطَّعَامَ وَالْمَاءَ. | ١ |
2 He will take away your heroes and your [other] soldiers, your judges and your prophets, people who do rituals to find out what will happen in the future and the elders,
| وَيَقْضِيَ فِيهَا عَلَى كُلِّ بَطَلٍ وَمُحَارِبٍ وَقَاضٍ وَنَبِيٍّ وَعَرَّافٍ وَشَيْخٍ | ٢ |
3 army officers and [other] officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future.
| وَعَلَى كُلِّ قَائِدٍ وَعَظِيمٍ وَمُشِيرٍ وَصَانِعٍ مَاهِرٍ وَسَاحِرٍ بَارِعٍ. | ٣ |
4 He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.
| وَأَجْعَلُ الصِّبْيَانَ رُؤَسَاءَ لَهُمْ، وَالأَطْفَالَ حُكَّاماً عَلَيْهِمْ، | ٤ |
5 People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored.
| فَيَجُورُ الشَّعْبُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَالرَّجُلُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَالْجَارُ عَلَى جَارِهِ، وَيَتَمَرَّدُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْحَقِيرُ عَلَى النَّبِيلِ. | ٥ |
6 At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, [which shows that you are respected]. [So] you be our leader! You rule this [city, which is now] a pile of ruins!”
| عِنْدَئِذٍ يَقْبِضُ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ قَائِلاً لَهُ: «إِنَّ عِنْدَكَ ثَوْباً، فَامْلُكْ عَلَيْنَا لِتُنْقِذَنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْفَوْضَى». | ٦ |
7 [But] his brother will reply, “[No], I cannot help you, [because] I do not have [any extra] food or clothes in this house. [So] do not appoint me to be your leader!”
| فَيُجِيبُهُمْ قَائِلاً: «لَسْتُ طَبِيباً، وَلا أَمْلِكُ طَعَاماً أَوْ ثِيَاباً فِي بَيْتِي، فَلا تَجْعَلُونِي رَئِيساً لِلشَّعْبِ». | ٧ |
8 Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah will be destroyed, because [everything] that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him.
| قَدْ سَقَطَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ؛ انهَارَتْ يَهُوذَا لأَنَّهُمَا أَسَاءَتَا بِالْقَوْلِ وَالْفِعْلِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَتَمَرَّدَتَا عَلَى سُلْطَانِهِ. | ٨ |
9 They even show on their faces that [they oppose Yahweh]. They are proud of their sins, like [the people of] Sodom were [long ago]; they do not try to hide their sins. [Because of their sins], terrible things will happen to them, [but] they will bring those disasters on themselves.
| مَلامِحُ وُجُوهِهِمْ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ، إِذْ يُجَاهِرُونَ بِخَطِيئَتِهِمْ كَسَدُومَ وَلا يَسْتُرُونَهَا، فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ جَلَبُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ شَرّاً. | ٩ |
10 [Yahweh told me to] tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds.
| وَلَكِنْ بَشِّرُوا الصِّدِّيقِينَ بِالْخَيْرِ لأَنَّهُمْ سَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِثَوَابِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ | ١٠ |
11 [But] terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be (paid back/punished) for [the evil things that] [MTY] they have done.
| أَمَّا الشِّرِّيرُ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرَ لأَنَّهُ يُجَازَى عَلَى مَا جَنَتْهُ يَدَاهُ | ١١ |
12 [Now], youths [who have become leaders] treat my people cruelly, and women rule over my people. My people, your leaders are misleading you; they are causing you to go down the wrong road [MET].
| ظَالِمُو شَعْبِي أَوْلادٌ وَالْحَاكِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ نِسَاءٌ. آهِ يَا شَعْبِي! إِنَّ قَادَتَكُمْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَيَقْتَادُونَكُمْ فِي مَسَالِكَ مُنْحَرِفَةٍ. | ١٢ |
13 [It is as though] Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people.
| لَقَدْ تَرَبَّعَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْقَضَاءِ، قَامَ لِيَدِينَ النَّاسَ. | ١٣ |
14 He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished: [he says], “The people of Israel are [like] [MET] a vineyard that I planted, but you have ruined it! Your houses are full of things that you have stolen from poor people.
| الرَّبُّ يَدْخُلُ فِي الْمُحَاكَمَةِ ضِدَّ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِهِ وَقَادَتِهِمْ. وَيَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ أَتْلَفْتُمْ كَرْمِي، وَصَارَ سَلَبُ الْبَائِسِ فِي مَنَازِلِكُمْ. | ١٤ |
15 You should stop [RHQ] crushing my people! [It is as though] you are pushing the faces of poor people into the dirt!” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
| فَمَاذَا تَقْصِدُونَ مِنْ سَحْقِ شَعْبِي وَطَحْنِ وُجُوهِ الْبَائِسِينَ؟» | ١٥ |
16 Yahweh says this: “The women of Jerusalem are haughty/proud; they walk around sticking their chins out, and flirting [with men] with their eyes. They walk with tiny steps with bracelets on their ankles that jingle.
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّ بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ مُتَغَطْرِسَاتٌ، يَمْشِينَ بِأَعْنَاقٍ مَمْدُودَةٍ غَامِزَاتٍ بِعُيُونِهِنَّ، مُتَخَطِّرَاتٍ فِي سَيْرِهِنَّ، مُجَلْجِلاتٍ بِخَلاخِيلِ أَقْدَامِهِنَّ. | ١٦ |
17 So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.”
| سَيُصِيبُهُنَّ الرَّبُّ بِالصَّلَعِ، وَيُعَرِّي عَوْرَاتِهِنَّ». | ١٧ |
18 At the time [that Yahweh does that], he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces,
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْزِعُ الرَّبُّ زِينَةَ الْخَلاخِيلِ، وَعِصَابَاتِ رُؤُوسِهِنَّ وَالأَهِلَّةَ، | ١٨ |
19 their earrings and bracelets and veils,
| وَالأَقْرَاطَ وَالأَسَاوِرَ وَالْبَرَاقِعَ، | ١٩ |
20 their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and (charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil),
| وَالْعَصَائِبَ وَالسَّلاسِلَ وَالأَحْزِمَةَ، وَآنِيَةَ الطِّيبِ وَالتَّعَاوِيذَ | ٢٠ |
21 their signet rings and nose rings,
| وَالْخَوَاتِمَ وَخَزَائِمَ الأَنْفِ، | ٢١ |
22 their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,
| وَالثِّيَابَ الْمُزَخْرَفَةَ وَالْعِبَاءَاتِ وَالْمَعَاطِفَ وَالأَكْيَاسَ | ٢٢ |
23 their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.
| وَالْمَرَايَا وَالأَرْدِيَةَ الكَتَّانِيَّةَ، وَالْعَصَائِبَ الْمُزَيَّنَةَ وَأَغْطِيَةَ الرُّؤُوسِ | ٢٣ |
24 Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink; instead of nice sashes, they will have ropes [around their waists because they will be captives]. Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald. Instead of fancy/beautiful robes, they will wear rough sackcloth, and instead of being beautiful, they will be branded.
| فَتَحِلُّ الْعُفُونَةُ مَحَلَّ الطِّيبِ، وَالْحَبْلُ عِوَضَ الْحِزَامِ، وَالصَّلَعُ بَدَلَ الشَّعْرِ الْمُنَسَّقِ، وَحِزَامُ الْمِسْحِ فِي مَوْضِعِ الثَّوْبِ الْفَاخِرِ، وَالْعَارُ عِوَضَ الْجَمَالِ، | ٢٤ |
25 Their husbands will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and their soldiers [will also die] in battles.
| فَيَسْقُطُ رِجَالُكِ فِي الحَرْبِ، وَيَلْقَى أَبْطَالُكِ حَتْفَهُمْ فِي سَاحَةِ الْحَرْبِ | ٢٥ |
26 People [PRS] will mourn and cry at the gates [of the city]. The city will [be like] [MET] a woman who sits on the ground because everything that she owned is gone.
| فَتَنُوحُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَنْطَرِحُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مَهْجُورَةً. | ٢٦ |
