1 K eep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «اسكُتِي وَاستَمِعِي إلَيَّ يا بِلادَ السَّواحِلِ، وَاستَرجِعِي قُوَّتَكِ أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ. لِيَقتَرِبُوا ثُمَّ لِيَتَكَلَّمُوا. لِنَجتَمِعْ مَعاً لأجلِ المُحاكَمَةِ.

2 W ho raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

مَنْ أيقَظَ الرَّجُلَ القادِمَ مِنَ الشَّرقِ، الَّذِي يُرافِقُهُ النَّصرُ أينَما ذَهَبَ. سَيُسَلِّمُ اللهُ لَهُ أُمَماً، وَسَيُخضِعُ لَهُ مُلُوكاً. سَيَجعلُهُمْ بِسَيفِهِ كَالتُّرابِ، وَبِقَوسِهِ سَيُبَدِّدُهُمْ كَالقَشِّ الَّذِي طَيَّرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ.

3 H e pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

يَطارِدُهُمْ وَلا يُصابُ بِأذَىً، وَرِجلاهُ لا تَلمِسانِ الأرْضَ.

4 W ho hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

مَنْ عَمِلَ هَذا؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ المُسَيطِرُ عَلَى التّارِيخِ مُنذُ البَدءِ؟ أنا اللهَ ، كُنتُ مِنَ البَدءِ، وَسَأكُونُ عِنْدَ نِهايَةِ كُلِّ شِيءٍ.

5 T he isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

الجُزُرُ وَالشَّواطِئُ رَأتْ ما عَمِلْتُهُ وَخافَتْ. الأجزاءُ البَعِيدَةُ مِنَ الأرْضِ ارتَعَدَتْ. اقتَرَبَتْ وَوَصَلَتْ.

6 T hey helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

«يُساعِدُ أحَدُهُمُ الآخَرَ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: ‹تَشَدَّدْ.›

7 S o the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

النَّحّاتُ يُشَجِّعُ الصّائِغَ. وَالَّذِي يَصقِلُ المَعادِنَ بالمِطرَقَةِ، يُشَجِّعُ الضّارِبَ عَلَى السِّندانِ، وَيَقُولُ عَنِ الإلحامِ: ‹عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ.› ثُمَّ يُثَبِّتُ الوَثَنَ بِمَسامِيرَ حَتَّى لا يَتَفَكَّكَ.» اللهُ المُخَلِّص

8 B ut thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

«أمّا أنتَ يا عَبدِيَ إسْرائِيلَ، يا يَعقُوبَ الَّذِي اختَرْتُهُ، يا نَسلَ إبراهِيمَ حَبِيبِي،

9 T hou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

الَّذِي أخَذْتُهُ مِنْ أبعَدِ مَناطِقِ الأرْضِ، الَّذِي دَعَوتُهُ مِنْ أبعَدِ أرْكانِ الأرْضِ، الَّذِي قُلْتُ لَهُ: ‹أنتَ عَبدِي، أنا اختَرْتُكَ وَلَمْ أرفُضْكَ.

10 F ear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

«لا تَخَفْ لأنِّي مَعَكَ، لا تَخَفْ لأنِّي إلَهُكَ. سَأُقَوِّيكَ وَأُساعِدُكَ، وَسَأدعَمُكَ بِيَمِينِيَ المُنْتَصِرَةِ.

11 B ehold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

ها كُلُّ الغاضِبِينَ عَلَيكَ سَيَخجَلُونَ وَيَخزُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ يُقاوِمُونَكَ سَيَتَلاشَوْنَ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

12 T hou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

سَتَبحَثُ عَنِ مُعارِضِيكَ، وَلَنْ تَجِدَهُمْ. الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَكَ سَيَصِيرُونَ كَالعَدَمِ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

13 F or I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

لأنِّي أنا إلَهُكَ ، أُمسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ. أقُولُ لَكَ: ‹لا تَخَفْ. فَأنا أُعِينُكَ.›

14 F ear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

«لا تَخَفْ يا يَعقُوبُ، أيُّها الدُّودَةُ الصَّغِيرَةُ، يا إسْرائِيلَ، أيُّها الشَّرنَقَةُ الضَّعِيفَةُ. ‹أنا أعَنْتُكَ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَفادِيكَ هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إسْرائِيلَ.

15 B ehold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

سَأجعَلُكَ كَلَوحٍ حادٍّ لِسَحقِ الحُبُوبِ، لَوحاً جَدِيداً ذا أسنانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَتَدُوسَ الجِبالَ وَتَسحَقُها، وَتَصيرَ التِّلالُ كَالتِّبنِ.

16 T hou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

سَتُذَرِّيهِمْ فَتَحمِلَهُمُ الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُشَتِّتُهُمُ العاصِفَةُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَفرَحُ باللهِ ، وَسَتَفتَخِرُ بِقُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

17 W hen the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

«عِندَما يَبحَثُ الفُقَراءُ وَالمَساكِينُ عَنِ الماءِ وَلا يَجِدُونَهُ، وَألسِنَتُهُمْ تَجِفُّ مِنَ العَطَشِ. أنا اللهَ سَأستَجِيبُ لَهُمْ، أنا إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ لَنْ أترُكَهُمْ.

18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

سَأفتَحُ أنهاراً عَلَى الهِضابِ الجافَّةِ، وَيَنابِيعَ فِي وَسَطِ الوِديانِ. سَأجعَلُ الصَّحراءَ بِركَةَ ماءٍ، وَالأرْضَ الجافَّةَ يَنابِيعَ ماءٍ.

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

سَأزرَعُ أشجارَ الأرْزِ فِي الصَّحراءِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أشجارَ السَّنطِ وَالآسِ وَالزَّيتُونِ. سَأزرَعُ فِي البادِيَةِ السَّروَ وَالسِّندِيانَ وَالصُّنَوبَرَ مَعاً،

20 t hat they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

حَتَّى يَرَى الجَمِيعُ وَيَعرِفُوا، وَيُفَكِّرُوا بِهَذا وَيَفهَمُوا أنَّ يَدَ اللهِ هِيَ الَّتِي عَمِلَتْ هَذا، وَأنَّ قُدُّوسَ إسْرائِيلَ خَلَقَهُ.» تَحَدِّي اللهُ لِلآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَة

21 P roduce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

يَقُولُ اللهُ لِلآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ: «قَدِّمُوا قَضِيَّتَكُمْ.» وَيَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعقُوبَ لَهُمْ: «هاتُوا حُجَجَكُمْ.»

22 L et them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

لِيَقتَرِبُوا وَيُخبِرُونا بِما سَيَحدُثُ. لِيُخبِرُونا عَنِ الأحداثِ الماضِيَةِ وَأسرارِها، فَنَتَعَلَّمَ مِنها. أخبِرُونا عَنْ أحداثِ المُستَقَبَلِ.

23 S hew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

أخبِرُونا بِما سَيَحدُثُ، حَتَّى نَعرِفَ أنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ. اعمَلُوا خَيراً أوْ شَرّاً، لِنَخافَ وَنُكرِمَكُمْ.

24 B ehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

ها إنَّكُمْ أقَلُّ مِنَ العَدَمِ، وَعَمَلُكُمْ باطِلٌ. وَمَنْ يَختارُ عِبادَتَكُمْ فَهُوَ كَريهٌ مِثلُكُمْ!» اللهُ هُوَ الإلَهُ الوَحِيد

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

«أيقَظْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّمالِ فَأتَى، وَمِنَ الشَّرقِ دَعَوتُهُ بِاسْمِهِ. يَدُوسُ الوُلاةَ كَالرَّملِ، كَفَخّارِيِّ يَعجِنُ الطِينَ.

26 W ho hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

«مَنْ أخبَرَ بِهَذا مِنَ البِدايَةِ حَتَّى نَعرِفَهُ، وَمَنْ عَرَفَهُ قَبلَ حُدُوثِهِ كَي نَقُولَ: ‹إنَّهُ عَلَى حَقٍّ.› لَمْ يُخبِرْ بِهِ أحَدٌ، وَلَمْ يُعلِنْهُ أحَدٌ، وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ أحَدٌ لِكَلامِكَ.

27 T he first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

أنا أعلَنْتُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِصِهْيَوْنَ قَبلَ حُدُوثِها، وَأرسَلْتُ مُبَشِّراً بِها لِلقُدسِ.

28 F or I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

«وَلَكِنِّي أنظُرُ فَلا أجِدُ أحَداً. وَمِنْ بَينِ هَذِهِ الآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ ناصِحٍ، أسألُهُ فَيُجِيبَ.

29 B ehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

إنَّما هُمْ لا شَيءٌ، وَلا يَستَطِيعُونَ عَمَلَ شَيءٍ. تَماثِيلُهُمْ لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنها.