Isaiah 5

1 Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

١ سَأَشْدُو لِحَبِيبِي أُغْنِيَةً عَنْ كَرْمِهِ: كَانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى تَلٍّ خَصِيبٍ،

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein: and he expected that it would bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

٢ حَرَثَ أَرْضَهُ وَنَقَّاهُ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ، وَغَرَسَ فِيهِ أَفْضَلَ كَرْمَةٍ، وَشَيَّدَ فِي وَسَطِهِ بُرْجاً، وَنَقَرَ فِي الْصَّخْرِ مِعْصَرَةً. ثُمَّ انْتَظَرَ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لَهُ عِنَباً فَأَنْتَجَ لَهُ حِصْرِماً!

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

٣ وَالآنَ يَا أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا، احْكُمُوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ كَرْمِي.

4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that it would bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

٤ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ لِكَرْمِي لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ؟ وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرْتُ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُثْمِرَ لِي عِنَباً، لِمَاذَا أَنْتَجَ حِصْرِماً؟

5 And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down:

٥ وَالآنَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِكَرْمِي: سَأُزِيلُ سِيَاجَهُ فَيُصْبِحُ مَرْعَى مَاشِيَةٍ، وَأَهْدِمُ سُورَهُ فَيَضْحَى مَدَاسَ أَقْدَامٍ،

6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

٦ وَأَجْعَلُهُ خَرَاباً فَلا يُقَلَّمُ وَلا يُنْقَبُ، فَيَنْبُتُ فِيهِ شَوْكٌ وَحَسَكٌ. وَأُوْصِي السَّحَابَ أَنْ لَا يَمْطُرَ عَلَيْهِ أَبَداً.

7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

٧ لأَنَّ كَرْمَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ هُوَ بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَرِجَالَ يَهُوذَا هُمْ غَرْسُ بَهْجَتِهِ. وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا انْتَظَرَ حَقّاً وَجَدَ سَفْكَ دِمَاءٍ، وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَمَسَ عَدْلاً رَأَى صُرَاخاً.

8 Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

٨ اشْتَرَيْتُمُ الْبُيُوتَ وَالْحُقُولَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ لأَحَدٍ غَيْرِكُمْ مَكَانٌ يَسْكُنُ فِيهِ! صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ لَكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ!

9 In my ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.

٩ سَمِعْتُ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ: «الْبُيُوتُ الْعَظِيمَةُ لابُدَّ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ خَرَاباً، وَالْمَنَازِلُ الْفَخْمَةُ تَغْدُو مَهْجُورَةً.

10 Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

١٠ فَعَشَرَةُ فَدَادِينِ كُرُومٍ لَا تُغِلُّ سِوَى بَثٍّ وَاحِدٍ (مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ لِتْراً) مِنَ النَّبِيذِ، وَحُومَرٌ (عَشْرَ كَيْلاتٍ) مِنَ الْبُذُورِ يُنْتِجُ كَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً».

11 Woe to them that rise early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflameth them!

١١ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَنْهَضُونَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ مُبَكِّرِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ وَرَاءَ الْمُسْكِرِ حَتَّى سَاعَةٍ مُتَأَخِّرَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى أَنْ تُلْهِبَهُمُ الْخَمْرُ.

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

١٢ يَتَلَهَّوْنَ فِي مَآدِبِهِمْ بِالْعُودِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالدُّفِّ وَالنَّايِ وَالْخَمْرِ، غَيْرَ مُكْتَرِثِينَ لأَعْمَالِ الرَّبِّ وَلا نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى صُنْعِ يَدَيْهِ،

13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honorable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

١٣ لِذَلِكَ يُسْبَى شَعْبِي لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ، وَيَمُوتُ عُظَمَاؤُهُمْ جُوعاً، وَيَهْلِكُ الْعَامَّةُ ظَمَأً.

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. (Sheol h7585)

١٤ لِهَذَا وَسَّعَتِ الْهَاوِيَةُ أَحْشَاءَهَا وَفَغَرَتْ شَدْقَهَا إِلَى مَا لَا نِهَايَةَ، لِيَنْحَدِرَ فِيهَا شُرَفَاءُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَجَمَاهِيرُهَا وَعَجِيجُهَا وَكُلُّ طَرَبٍ فِيهَا (Sheol h7585)

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased.

١٥ وَيُذَلُّ الإِنْسَانُ وَيُخْفَضُ النَّاسُ، وَيُحَطُّ كُلُّ مُتَشَامِخٍ فِيهَا.

16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

١٦ وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يُمَجَّدُ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَيُبْدِي الرَّبُّ الْقُدُّوسُ قَدَاسَتَهُ بِالْبِرِّ.

17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

١٧ عِنْدَئِذٍ تَرْعَى الْحُمْلانُ فِي مَرَاعِيهِمْ، وَالْخِرْفَانُ وَالْمَاعِزُ تَأْكُلُ بَيْنَ خِرَبِهِمْ.

18 Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:

١٨ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَجُرُّونَ الإِثْمَ بِحِبَالِ الْبَاطِلِ، وَالْخَطِيئَةَ بِمِثْلِ أَمْرَاسِ الْعَرَبَةِ

19 That say, Let him make speed, [and] hasten his work, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it]!

١٩ وَيَقُولُونَ: لِيُسْرِعْ وَلْيُعَجِّلْ بِعِقَابِهِ حَتَّى نَرَاهُ. لِيُنَفِّذْ مُقَدِّسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَأْرَبَهُ فِينَا فَنُدْرِكَ حَقِيقَةَ مَا يَفْعَلُهُ بِنَا.

20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

٢٠ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدْعُونَ الشَّرَّ خَيْراً، وَالْخَيْرَ شَرّاً، الْجَاعِلِينَ الظُّلْمَةَ نُوراً وَالنُّورَ ظُلْمَةً وَالْمَرَارَةَ حَلاوَةً وَالْحَلاوَةَ مَرَارَةً!

21 Woe to [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

٢١ وَيْلٌ لِلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَالأَذْكِيَاءِ فِي نَظَرِ ذَوَاتِهِمْ.

22 Woe to [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

٢٢ وَيْلٌ لِلْعُتَاةِ فِي شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمُتَفَوِّقِينَ فِي مَزْجِ الْمُسْكِرِ،

23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

٢٣ الَّذِينَ يُبَرِّئُونَ الْمُذْنِبَ بِفَضْلِ الرِّشْوَةِ، وَيُنْكِرُونَ عَلَى الْبَرِيءِ حَقَّهُ.

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

٢٤ لِهَذَا كَمَا تَلْتَهِمُ النَّارُ الْقَشَّ، وَكَمَا يَفْنَى الْحَشِيشُ الْجَافُّ فِي اللَّهَبِ، كَذَلِكَ يُصِيبُ أُصُولَهُمُ الْعَفَنُ، وَيَتَنَاثَرُ زَهْرُهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ، لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُوا شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ وَاسْتَهَانُوا بِكَلِمَةِ قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses [were] torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.

٢٥ لِذَلِكَ احْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ ضِدَّ شَعْبِهِ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَضَرَبَهُمْ، فَارْتَعَشَتِ الْجِبَالُ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ جُثَثُ مَوْتَاهُمْ كَالْقَاذُورَاتِ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ. وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَلَمْ تَبْرَحْ يَدُهُ مَمْدُودَةً بِالْعِقَابِ.

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

٢٦ فَيَرْفَعُ رَايَةً لأُمَمٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، وَيَصْفِرُ لِمَنْ فِي أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُقْبِلُونَ مُسْرِعِينَ (إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ)،

27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

٢٧ دُونَ أَنْ يَكِلُّوا أَوْ يَتَعَثَّرُوا أَوْ يَعْتَرِيَهُمْ نُعَاسٌ أَوْ نَوْمٌ، أَوْ يَحِلَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ حِزَاماً عَنْ حَقَوَيْهِ، وَلا يَنْقَطِعَ لأَحَدٍ سُيُورُ حِذَاءٍ.

28 Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

٢٨ سِهَامُهُمْ مُسَنَّنَةٌ، وَقِسِيُّهُمْ مَشْدُودَةٌ. حَوَافِرُ خَيْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا صَوَّانٌ. عَجَلاتُ مَرْكَبَاتِهِمْ مُنْدَفِعَةٌ كَالإِعْصَارِ.

29 Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].

٢٩ زَئِيرُهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ زَئِيرُ أَسَدٍ يُزَمْجِرُ وَيَنْقَضُّ عَلَى فَرِيسَتِهِ وَيَحْمِلُهَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ.

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] looketh to the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens.

٣٠ يُزَمْجِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ كَهَدِيرِ الْبَحْرِ. وَإِنْ جَاسَ أَحَدٌ فِي الْبِلادِ مُتَفَرِّساً لَا يَرَى سِوَى الظُّلْمَةِ وَالضِّيقِ، حَتَّى (انْفِرَاجَاتِ) الضَّوْءِ (أَيْ وَمَضَاتِ الرَّجَاءِ) قَدِ احْتَجَبَتْ وَرَاءَ سُحُبِهِ.