Isaiah 47

1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

١ انْزِلِي وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى التُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ بَابِلَ. اجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ مِنْ بَعْدُ النَّاعِمَةَ الْمُتَرَفِّهَةَ.

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

٢ خُذِي حَجَرَيِ الرَّحَى وَاطْحَنِي الدَّقِيقَ. اكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ، وَشَمِّرِي عَنِ الذَّيْلِ، وَاكْشِفِي عَنِ السَّاقِ، وَاعْبُرِي الأَنْهَارَ،

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.

٣ فَيَظَلَّ عُرْيُكِ مَكْشُوفاً وَعَارُكِ ظَاهِراً، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ وَلا أَعْفُو عَنْ أَحَدٍ.

4 [As for] our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel.

٤ إِنَّ فَادِينَا، الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ اسْمُهُ، هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

٥ اجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَأَوْغِلِي فِي الظَّلامِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ بَعْدُ سَيِّدَةَ الْمَمَالِكِ.

6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

٦ قَدْ سَخِطْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَنَجَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي. أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدَيْكِ، فَلَمْ تُبْدِي نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً بَلْ أَرْهَقْتِ الشَّيْخَ بِنِيرِكِ الثَّقِيلِ جِدّاً.

7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

٧ وَقُلْتِ: سَأَظَلُّ السَّيِّدَةَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تُفَكِّرِي بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي نَفْسِكِ وَلا تَأَمَّلْتِ بِمَا تَؤُولُ إِلَيْهِ.

8 Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

٨ فَالآنَ اسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَرَفِّهَةُ الْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَحْدِي وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي، لَنْ أَعْرِفَ التَّرَمُّلَ وَلَنْ أُثْكَلَ

9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thy enchantments.

٩ لِذَلِكَ سَتُبْتَلِينَ بِكِلا الأَمْرَيْنِ مَعاً فِي لَحْظَةٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِذْ تُثْكَلِينَ وَتَتَرَمَّلِينَ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ وَقُوَّةِ رُقَاكِ.

10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I [am], and none else besides me.

١٠ قَدْ تَوَلَّتْكِ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ فِي شَرِّكِ، وَقُلْتِ: لَا يَرَانِي أَحَدٌ وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَكِ وَمَعْرِفَتَكِ أَضَلَّتَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي.

11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.

١١ سَيَدْهَمُكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَدْرِينَ كَيْفَ تَدْفَعِينَهُ عَنْكِ، وَتُبَاغِتُكِ دَاهِيَةٌ تَعْجَزِينَ عَنِ التَّكْفِيرِ عَنْهَا، وَيُفَاجِئُكِ خَرَابٌ لَا تَتَوَقَّعِينَهُ.

12 Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast labored from thy youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest prevail.

١٢ تَشَبَّثِي بِرُقَاكِ وَكَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ الَّتِي تَعِبْتِ فِيهَا مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، فَقَدْ يُحَالِفُكِ النَّجَاحُ أَوْ تُثِيرِينَ الرُّعْبَ.

13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.

١٣ لَقَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ طَلَبِ الْمَشُورَةِ، فَادْعِي الْمُنَجِّمِينَ وَالْفَلَكِيِّينَ لِيَكْشِفُوا لَكِ طَوَالِعَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ وَيُنْقِذُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.

١٤ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَصْبَحُوا كَالهَشِيمِ الَّذِي تَلْتَهِمُهُ النَّارُ عَاجِزِينَ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنْقَاذِكِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الَّلَهَبِ المُحْرِقِ، فَلا هُوَ جَمْرٌ لِلاسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلا هِيَ نَارٌ لِلْجُلُوسِ حَوْلَهَا.

15 Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast labored, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

١٥ هَكَذَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ وَتَاجَرُوا مَعَكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، قَدْ شَرَدَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُكِ.