< اشعیا 21 >
این پیام برای بابِل است: مهاجمی از سرزمین دهشت، مانند گردباد بیابانی، به سوی بابِل میآید. | 1 |
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
رؤیای ترسناکی میبینم، رویای خیانت و نابودی! ای لشکر عیلام حمله کن! ای لشکر ماد محاصره کن! خدا به نالهٔ قومهایی که زیر دست بابِل هستند پایان میدهد. | 2 |
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
با دیدن و شنیدن این چیزها مدهوش شدم و دردی چون درد زایمان همهٔ وجودم را فرا گرفت. | 3 |
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
میترسیدم و قلبم به شدت میتپید. آرزو میکردم هر چه زودتر شب فرا رسد، ولی آرامش شب نیز جای خود را به وحشت داده بود. | 4 |
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
در رؤیا دیدم فرشها پهن شده و سفره چیده شده است و عدهای مشغول خوردن و نوشیدنند. ناگهان فرمانی صادر میشود: «ای سرداران برخیزید و سپرهای خود را برای جنگ آماده سازید!» | 5 |
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
در این هنگام خداوند به من فرمود: «یک دیدبان تعیین کن تا هر چه را میبیند، خبر دهد. | 6 |
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
هنگامی که ببیند سواران جفتجفت بر الاغ و شتر میآیند باید دقت کند.» | 7 |
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
پس دیدبان را بالای حصار گذاشتم. یک روز او فریاد زد: «ای سرورم، روزها و شبها بر دیدبانگاه خود ایستاده دیدبانی کردهام. اینک فوج سواران را میبینم که جفتجفت میآیند!» در این هنگام، صدایی شنیدم که میگفت: «بابِل سقوط کرد! بابِل سقوط کرد! همهٔ بتهای بابِل خرد شدند و روی زمین افتادند!» | 8 |
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
ای قوم من اسرائیل، ای قومی که مانند گندم کوبیده و غربال شدهاید، به این خبر خوشی که از جانب خداوند لشکرهای آسمان، خدای اسرائیل، به شما اعلام کردم، گوش دهید. | 10 |
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
این پیام برای دومَه است: یک نفر از ادوم مرا صدا میزند: «ای دیدبان، از شب چه خبر؟ چقدر مانده شب تمام شود؟» | 11 |
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
من جواب میدهم: «بهزودی روز داوری شما فرا میرسد. به سوی خدا بازگشت کنید تا من خبر خوشی به شما دهم. او را بطلبید و دوباره بیایید و بپرسید.» | 12 |
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
این پیام برای عربستان است: ای مردم ددان که در بیابانهای عربستان اردو میزنید، | 13 |
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
به تشنگانی که نزد شما میآیند آب دهید؛ ای مردم تیما به فراریان خوراک دهید. | 14 |
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
اینها از شمشیر برهنه و کمان کشیده و از جنگِ سخت گریختهاند. | 15 |
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
خداوند به من گفت: «درست پس از یک سال قدرت و شوکت قبیلهٔ قیدار از بین خواهد رفت | 16 |
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
و از تیراندازان و جنگاوران این قبیله بیش از چند نفر باقی نخواهند ماند. من که یهوه خدای اسرائیل هستم این را میگویم.» | 17 |
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”