< Isaiah 64 >

1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—
لَيْتَكَ تَشُقُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَنْزِلُ فَتَتَزَلْزَلَ الْجِبَالُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ!١
2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
فَتَكُونُ كَالنَّارِ الَّتِي تُضْرِمُ الْهَشِيمَ، وَتَجْعَلُ الْمِيَاهَ تَغْلِي لِكَيْ تُعَرِّفَ أَعْدَاءَكَ اسْمَكَ، فَتَرْتَعِبُ الأُمَمُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ.٢
3 When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
عِنْدَمَا أَجْرَيْتَ أَعْمَالاً مُخِيفَةً لَمْ نَتَوَقَّعْهَا، نَزَلْتَ فَتَزَلْزَلَتِ الْجِبَالُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ.٣
4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
مُنْذُ الأَزَلِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَحَدٌ وَلَمْ تُصْغِ أُذُنٌ وَلَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ إِلَهاً سِوَاكَ يُجْرِي مَا تَصْنَعُهُ لِلَّذِينَ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ.٤
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?
أَنْتَ تُلاقِي مَنْ يَفْرَحُ بِعَمَلِ الْبِرِّ وَمَنْ يَسْلُكُ دَائِماً فِي طُرُقِكَ. لَكَمْ سُخْطْتَ عَلَيْنَا لأَنَّنَا وَاظَبْنَا عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ الآثَامِ زَمَاناً طَوِيلاً، فَكَيْفَ لِمِثْلِنَا أَنْ يَخْلُصَ؟٥
6 For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
كُلُّنَا أَصْبَحْنَا كَنَجِسٍ، وَأَضْحَتْ جَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِ بِرِّنَا كَثَوْبٍ قَذِرٍ، فَذَبُلْنَا كَأَوْرَاقِ الشَّجَرِ وَعَبَثَتْ بِنَا آثَامُنَا كَالرِّيحِ.٦
7 There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُنَادِي بِاسْمِكَ، وَيَحْرِصُ عَلَى التَّمَسُّكِ بِكَ لأَنَّكَ حَجَبْتَ وَجْهَكَ عَنَّا ولاشَيْتَنَا بِسَبَبِ مَعَاصِينَا.٧
8 But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ أَبُونَا، نَحْنُ الطِّينُ وَأَنْتَ الْخَزَّافُ، وَكُلُّنَا عَمَلُ يَدَيْكَ.٨
9 Don’t be furious, LORD. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.
لَا تُوْغِلْ فِي غَضَبِكَ عَلَيْنَا يَا رَبُّ، وَلا تَذْكُرِ الإِثْمَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. إِنَّمَا انْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا، فَكُلُّنَا شَعْبُكَ.٩
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
قَدِ اسْتَحَالَتْ مَدِينَتُكَ الْمُقَدَّسَةُ إِلَى قَفْرٍ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ صِهْيَوْنُ بَرِّيَّةً وَأُورُشَلِيمُ مُوحِشَةً،١٠
11 Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste.
وَاحْتَرَقَ بِالنَّارِ هَيْكَلُنَا الْمُقَدَّسُ الْبَهِيُّ، الَّذِي شَدَا آبَاؤُنَا فِيهِ بِتَسْبِيحِكَ، وَصَارَ كُلُّ مَا هُوَ أَثِيرٌ لَدَيْنَا خَرَاباً.١١
12 Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا كُلِّهِ تَسْكُتُ يَا رَبُّ، وَتَعْتَصِمُ بِالصَّمْتِ وَتُنْزِلُ بِنَا أَشَدَّ الْبَلاءِ؟١٢

< Isaiah 64 >