1 W oe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَسُنُّونَ قَوانِينَ ظالِمَةً، وَيَكتُبُونَ أحكاماً مُستَبِدَّةً،

2 t o turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

مِنْ أجلِ إبعادِ العَدلِ عَنِ الضُّعَفاءِ، وَحِرمانِ مَساكِينِ شَعبِي مِنَ الإنصافِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَي يَسرِقُوا وَيَنهَبُوا الأرامِلَ وَالأيتامَ.

3 A nd what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

ماذا سَتَفعَلُونَ فِي يَومِ العِقابِ، وَفِي الضِّيقِ الَّذِي سَيَأتِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ؟ إلَى مَنْ سَتَهرُبُونَ لِلعَونِ؟ وَأينَ سَتَترُكُونَ ثَروَتَكُمْ؟

4 W ithout me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

لَنْ يَبقَى شَيءٌ سِوَى الرُّكُوعِ كَالأسرَى وَالسُّقُوطِ فِي مَكانِ القَتلَى. وَمَعَ هَذا كُلِّهِ، لَمْ يَتَراجَعْ غَضَبُ اللهِ، وَما زالَتْ يَدُهُ مَرفُوعَةً لِلعِقابِ. عقابُ اللهِ لِكبرِياءِ أشُّور

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

ها إنَّ شَعبَ أشُّورَ هُمُ عَصا غَضَبِي، وَفِي يَدِهِمْ هَراوَةُ سَخَطِي.

6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

سَأُرسِلُهُمْ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَسَآمُرُهُمْ بِمُحارَبَةِ شَعبٍ أغضَبَنِي، لِيَنهَبُوهُمْ وَيَدُوسُوهُمْ كَطِينِ الشَّوارِعِ.

7 H owbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

لَكِنَّ شَعبَ أشُّورَ لا يَفهَمُ أنَّهُ أداةٌ فِي يَدِي، وَلا يُفَكِرُّ بِذَلِكَ. إنَّما يُفَكِّرُ بِالتَّدمِيرِ، وَبِإفناءِ أُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

8 F or he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

لأنَّ مَلَكَ أشُورَ يَقُولُ: «كُلُّ قادَتِي مُلُوكٌ.

9 I s not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

ألَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ كَلْنُو مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ كَرْكَمِيشَ؟ ألَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ حَماةَ مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ أرْفادَ؟ ألَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ السّامِرَةِ مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ دِمَشقَ؟

10 A s my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

فَكَما سَيطَرْتُ عَلَى مَمالِكَ فِيها أوثانٌ وَأصنامٌ أكثَرَ مِنْ تِلكَ الَّتِي فِي القُدْسِ وَالسّامِرَةِ،

11 s hall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

فَإنِّي سَأفعَلُ بِالقُدْسِ وَأوثانِها كَما فَعَلْتُ بِالسّامِرَةِ وَأصنامِها.»

12 W herefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

وَعِندَما يُنهِي الرَّبُّ عَمَلَهُ ضِدَّ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، سَيُعاقِبُ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ المُتَعَجرِفَ عَلَى كِبرِيائِهِ وَغَطرَسَتِهِ.

13 F or he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

لأنَّ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ يَقُولُ: «عَمِلْتُ هَذا بِقُوَّتِي وَحِكمَتِي لأنِّي فَهِيمٌ. هَزَمتُ الشُّعُوبَ وَأخَذْتُ ثَروَتَهُمْ، وَنَطَحْتُ ساكِنِيها كَثَورٍ قَوِيٍّ.

14 a nd my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

وَجَدْتُ ثَروَةَ الشُّعُوبِ كَعُشٍّ، فَجَمَعْتُ بِيَدِي كُلَّ الأرْضِ كَما يُجمَعُ البَيضُ المَترُوكُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ مَنْ يُرَفرِفُ بِجَناحَيهِ، أوْ يَفتَحُ فَمَهُ، لِيَحمِيَ العُشَّ مِنِّي.» سَيطَرَةُ اللهِ عَلَى أشُّور

15 S hall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

هَلْ تَتَكّبَّرُ الفَأسُ عَلَى مَنْ يَرفَعُهُا؟ أمْ هَلْ يَتَعَظَّمُ المِنشارُ عَلَى مَنْ يَستَخدِمُهُ؟ كَما لَو أنَّ قَصَبَةً تَرفَعُ حامِلَها! أوْ أنَّ عَصاً تُمسِكُ بِإنسانٍ! هَكَذا تَدَّعِي أشُّورُ أنَّها أقوَى مِنَ اللهِ!

16 T herefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

لِذَلِكَ سَيَجعَلُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ جُنُودَ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ السِّمانَ هَزِيلِينَ. وَسَيَحرِقُ مَجدَ أشُّورَ كَما تُحرِقُ النّارُ الحَطَبَ.

17 A nd the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

وَسَيُصبِحُ نُورُ إسْرائِيلَ ناراً، وَقُدُّوسُهُ لَهِيباً، وَسَيُحرِقُ وَيَلتَهِمُ أشواكَ أشُّورَ وَشُجَيراتِها فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ.

18 a nd shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

ثُمَّ سَيُخَرِّبُ اللهُ بَهاءَ غاباتِها وَبَساتِينِها مِنْ أوَّلِها إلَى آخِرِها، فَتَكُونَ أشُّورُ كَالمَرِيضِ المُنهارِ.

19 A nd the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

وَبَقِيَّةُ الأشجارِ القائِمَةِ سَتَكُونُ قَلِيلَةً جِدّاً بِحَيثُ يَستَطِيعُ طِفلٌ أنْ يَعُدَّها.

20 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، لا يَعُودُ الباقُونَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَالنّاجُونَ مِنْ بَيتِ يَعقُوبَ، يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى ضارِبِيهِمْ، بَلْ سَيَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

21 T he remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

وَالبَقِيَّةُ النّاجِيَةُ مِنْ بَيتِ يَعقُوبَ سَيَعُودُونَ إلَى اللهِ الجَبّارِ.

22 F or though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

حَتَّى لَوْ كانَ بَنُو إسرائِيلَ بِعَدَدِ رِمالِ البَحرِ، فَلَنْ يَخلُصَ مِنهُمْ إلّا عَدَدٌ قَلِيلٌ. فَقَدْ صَدَرَ حُكْمُ الدَمارِ، ثُمَّ سَيَفِيضُ البِرُّ.

23 F or the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

لأنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ سَيَجلِبُ دَماراً كامِلاً عَلَى الأرْضِ كَما قَرَّرَ.

24 T herefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

لِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ: «يا شَعبِيَ السّاكِنَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، لا تَخافُوا مِنْ أشُّورَ. فَقَدْ يَضرِبُكِ بِعَصاً، وَقَدْ يَرفَعُ عَلَيكِ سِلاحاً لِيُعاقِبَكِ كَما فَعَلَتْ مِصرُ.

25 F or yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

لَكِنْ بَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ سَيَنتَهِي غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ، وَسَيَكتَفِي سَخَطِي بِالدَّمارِ الَّذِي جَلَبْتُهُ عِقاباً لَكُمْ.»

26 A nd the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

وَسَيَرفَعُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ سَوطاً ضَدَّ أشُّورَ كَما فَعَلَ عِندَما هَزَمَ مِديانَ عِندَ صَخرَةِ غُرابَ. سَتَرتَفِعُ عَصاهُ فَوقَ البَحرِ، لِيُعاقِبَ أشُّورَ كَما عَمِلَ فِي مِصرَ.

27 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَزُولُ حِملُ أشُّورَ عَنْ كَتِفِكَ وَنِيرُهُ عَنْ عُنقِكَ. وَسَيَنكَسِرُ النِّيرُ بِسَبَبِ سَمانَتِكَ. إجتِياحُ الأشُّورِيِّينَ لإسْرائِيل

28 H e is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

ها قَدْ أتَوْا إلَى عَيّاثَ. اجتازُوا بِمِجرُونَ. خَزَنُوا أسلِحَتَهُمْ فِي مِخماشَ.

29 t hey are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

اجتازُوا مَعبَرَةَ وَقالُوا: «سَنَقضِي اللَّيلَ فِي جِبعَةَ.» فَخافَتْ مَدِينَةُ الرّامَةِ وَهَرَبَ سُكّانُ جِبعَةِ شاوُلَ.

30 L ift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

اصرُخِي يا بِنتَ جَلِّيمَ، وَأصغِي يا لِيشَةُ، وَأجِيبِي يا عَناثُوثُ.

31 M admenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

شَعبُ مَدمِينَةَ يَهرُبُونَ، وَسُكّانُ جِيبِيمَ يَحتَمُونَ.

32 A s yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

اليَومَ سَيَتَوَقَّفُونَ فِي نُوبَ، سَيُهاجِمُونَ جَبَلَ الابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، الَّذِي هُوَ تَلَّةُ القُدْسِ.

33 B ehold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

هُوَذا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ سَيَقطَعُ الأغْصانَ بِالرُّعبِ، وَالأشجارَ الطَّوِيلَةَ سَتُقطَعُ، وَالمُرتَفِعُونَ سَيَسقُطُونَ.

34 A nd he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

سَيَقطَعُ الغابَةَ بِفَأسٍ. وَأشجارُ لُبنانَ سَتَسقُطُ بِقُوَّتِهِ الجَليلَةِ.