1 Y et now hear, O Jacob, My servant and Israel, whom I have chosen.

«وَالآنَ اسْمَعْ يا يَعقُوبَ خادِمِي، وَيا إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِي اختَرتُهُ.

2 T hus says the Lord, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

هَكَذا يَقُولُ اللهُ الَّذِي صَنَعَكَ، وَالَّذِي شَكَّلَكَ فِي البَطنِ، وَالَّذِي سَيُعِينُكَ: لا تَخَفْ يا يَعقُوبُ خادِمِي، وَيا يَشُورُونُ الَّذِي اختَرتُهُ.

3 F or I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing upon your descendants.

لأنِّي سَأسكُبُ ماءً عَلَى الأرْضِ العَطشَى، وَسُيُولاً عَلَى الأرْضِ الجافَّةِ. سَأسكُبُ رُوحِي عَلَى نَسلِكَ، وَبَرَكَتِي عَلَى أولادِكَ.

4 A nd they shall spring up among the grass like willows or poplars by the watercourses.

سَيَنبُتُونَ مِثلَ شَجَرِ الحُورِ، كَالحُورِ الَّذِي عَلَى جانِبِ جَداوِلِ المِياهِ.

5 O ne will say, I am the Lord’s; and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write upon his hand, I am the Lord’s, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

هَذا سَيَقُولُ: ‹أنا للهِ ،› وَذَلِكَ سَيَدعُو نَفسَهُ بِاسْمِ يَعقُوبَ، وَآخَرُ سَيَكتُبُ عَلَى يَدِهِ: ‹مُلْكٌ للهِ ،› وَسَيَنْسِبُ نَفسَهُ إلَى إسْرائِيلَ.»

6 T hus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ وَفادِيهِ، اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «أنا الأوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ، وَلا إلَهَ سِوايَ.

7 W ho is like Me? Let him proclaim it, declare it, and set in order before Me, since I made and established the people of antiquity. the things that are coming? Then let them declare yet future things.

مَنْ هُوَ مِثلِي؟ فَليَتَكَلَّمْ وَيُعلِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَيُقنِعنِي. مَنْ أعلَنَ مُنذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ عَنِ الأحداثِ الآتِيَةِ؟ فَليُخبِرْنا بِما فِي المُستَقبَلِ.

8 F ear not, nor be afraid; have I not told it to you from of old and declared it? And you are My witnesses! Is there a God besides Me? There is no Rock; I know not any.

لا تَخافُوا وَلا تَرهَبُوا. ألَمْ أُخبِرْكُمْ وَأُعلِنْ لَكُمْ مُنذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ؟ أنتُمْ شُهُودِي. فَهَلْ مِنْ إلَهٍ غَيرِي، أوْ مِنْ صَخرَةٍ سِوايَ؟» عَدَمُ مَنفَعَةِ الآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَة

9 A ll who make graven idols are confusion, chaos, and worthlessness. Their objects (idols) in which they delight do not profit them, and their own witnesses (worshipers) do not see or know, so that they are put to shame.

كُلُّ الَّذِينَ يَصنَعُونَ أوثاناً هُمْ لا شَيءٌ، وَالأوثانُ الَّتِي يُحِبُّونَها لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنها. عَبَدَةُ الأوثانِ هُمْ شُهُودٌ لأوثانِهِمْ. إنَّهُمْ لا يَرَوْنَ وَلا يَفهَمُونَ، لِذَلِكَ هُمْ لا يَخجَلُونَ.

10 W ho is to fashion a god or cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

لِماذا يَصنَعُ أحَدُهُمْ إلَهاً أوْ وَثَناً لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنهُ؟

11 B ehold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen, they are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand forth; they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together.

كُلُّ عابِدِيها يُخزَوْنَ. كُلُّ صانِعِيها لَيسُوا سِوَى بَشَرٍ. فَلْيَجتَمِعُوا كُلُّهُمْ وَيَقِفُوا أمامِي، لِكَي يَرتَعِبُوا وَيَخجَلُوا.

12 T he ironsmith sharpens and uses a chisel and works it over the coals; he shapes with hammers and forges it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

الحَدّادُ يَقطَعُ قِطعَةَ حَدِيدٍ. يُحَمِّيها عَلَى الفَحمِ، وَيُشَكِّلُها بِالمِطرَقَةِ، وَيَشتَغِلُ بِها بِذِراعَيهِ القَوِيَّتَينِ. ثُمَّ يَجُوعُ وَيَفقِدُ قُوَّتَهُ، لا يَشرَبُ ماءً فَيَتعَبَ.

13 T he carpenter stretches out a line, he marks it out with a pencil or red ocher; he fashions with planes and marks it out with the compasses; and he shapes it to have the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, that it may dwell in a house.

يَمُدُّ النَّجّارُ خَيطاً، وَيَرسُمَ خَطّاً بِالقَلَمِ. يَنَحِتُهُ بِأدَواتِ النَّحْتِ، وَيُعَلِّمُهُ بِالبِركارِ. يَصنَعُهُ بِشَكلِ إنسانٍ، وَبِجَمالٍ بَشَرِيٍّ يَصلُحُ للسَّكَنِ فِي بَيتٍ!

14 H e hews for himself cedars, and takes the holm tree and the oak and lets them grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he plants a fir tree or an ash, and the rain nourishes it.

يَقطَعُ النَّحّاتُ أرْزاً، أوْ يَختارُ أشجارَ سِندِيانٍ أوْ بَلُّوطٍ وَيترُكُها تَنمُو بَينَ أشجارِ الغابَةِ. هُوَ يَغرِسُ شَجَرَةَ صَنَوبَرَ لَكِنَّ المَطَرَ يُنَمِّيها.

15 T hen it becomes fuel for a man to burn; a part of it he takes and warms himself, yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. he also makes a god and worships it! He makes it into a graven image and falls down and worships it!

يَأخُذُ جُزءاً مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَيُشعِلُ بِهِ النّارَ لِيَتَدَفَّأ. وَيَسْتَخْدِمُ جُزءاً لِيَطبُخَ طَعامَهُ. ثُمَّ يَصنَعُ بِما تَبَقَّى وَثَناً مَنحُوتاً وَيَسجُدُ لَهُ وَيعبُدُهُ!

16 H e burns part of the wood in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire!

يَستَخدِمُ جُزءاً مِنهُ كَوُقُودٍ لِلنّارِ، فَيَطبُخُ عَلَيهِ لَحمَهُ، وَيَأكُلُ حَتَّى يَشبَعَ. كَما يَستَدفِئُ بِالنّارِ وَيَقُولُ: «آه، أشعُرُ بِالدِّفءِ، وَالنّارُ تُبعَثُ ضَوْءاً مِنْ حَولِي.»

17 A nd from what is left he makes a god, his graven idol. He falls down to it, he worships it and prays to it and says, Deliver me, for you are my god!

وَبِبَقِيَّةِ الخَشَبِ يَصنَعُ إلَهاً، فَيَركَعُ لِذَلِكَ التِّمثالِ وَيُصَلِّي إلَيهِ وَيَقُولُ: «خَلِّصْنِي لأنَّكَ إلَهِي!»

18 T hey do not know or understand, for their eyes God has let become besmeared so that they cannot see, and their minds as well so that they cannot understand.

لا يَعرِفُونَ وَلا يَفهَمُونَ، وَكَأنَّ عُيُونَهُمْ مُغمَضَةٌ فَلا يَرَوْنَ، وَكَأنَّ أذهانَهُمْ مُغلَقَةٌ فَلا يَفهَمُونَ.

19 A nd no one considers in his mind, nor has he knowledge and understanding to say, I have burned part of this log in the fire, and also I have baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. And shall I make the remainder of it into an abomination ? Shall I fall down and worship the stock of a tree ?

لا يَتَمَهَّلُ أحَدٌ مِنهُمْ لِيُفَكِّرَ أوْ يَفهَمَ أوْ يُمِيِّزَ وَيَقُولُ: «أحرَقتُ نِصفَ الخَشَبِ بِالنّارِ، وَخَبَزتُ عَلَيهِ خُبزاً وَشَوَيتُ لَحماً وَأكَلتُهُ. فَهَلْ أصنَعُ الآنَ بِالباقِي شَيئاً بَغيضاً؟ أأسْجُدُ لِقِطعَةِ خَشَبٍ؟»

20 T hat kind of man feeds on ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray, so that he cannot release and save himself, or ask, Is not in my right hand a lie?

فَكَمَنْ يَأكُلُ الرَّمادَ، أضَلَّهُ ذِهنُهُ المَخدُوعُ إلَى طَرِيقٍ خاطِئَةٍ. لا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفسَهُ أوْ أنْ يَقُولَ: «ألَيسَ هَذا الَّذِي فِي يَدِي اليُمنَى إلَهاً زائِفاً؟» مَعُونَةُ اللهِ لأسْرائِيل

21 R emember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are My servant! I formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by Me.

«تَذَكَّرْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ يا يَعقُوبُ، وَيا إسْرائِيلُ لأنَّكَ خادِمِي. قَدْ جَبَلْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ لِي خادِماً، لَنْ أنساكَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.

22 I have blotted out like a thick cloud your transgressions, and like a cloud your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

قَدْ مَحَوتُ ذُنُوبَكَ كَغَيمَةٍ، وَخَطاياكَ كَسَحابَةٍ. ارجِعْ إلَيَّ لأنِّي فَدَيتُكَ.»

23 S ing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, you depths of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and He glorifies Himself in Israel.

رَنِّمِي أيَّتُها السَّماواتُ، لأنَّ اللهَ عَمِلَ هَذا. اهتِفِي يا أعماقَ الأرْضِ، رَنِّمِي بِقُوَّةٍ أيَّتُها الجِبالُ، أيَّتُها الغابَةُ وَكُلُّ شَجَرَةٍ فِيها، لأنَّ اللهَ فَدَى يَعقُوبَ، وَسَيُظهِرُ مَجدَهُ مِنْ خِلالِ إسْرائِيلَ.

24 T hus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He Who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord, Who made all things, Who alone stretched out the heavens, Who spread out the earth by Myself ?—

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ فادِيكَ الَّذِي جَبَلَكَ فِي الرَّحِمِ: «أنا اللهُ صانِعُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، أنا الَّذِي نَشَرْتُ السَّماواتَ وَحدِي، وَبَسَطتُ الأرْضَ وَلا أحَدَ مَعِي.»

25 W ho frustrates the signs and confounds the omens of the liars and makes fools of diviners, Who turns the wise backward and makes their knowledge foolishness,

أنا أُظهِرُ كَذِبَ الأنبِياءِ الكَذَبَةِ، وَأكشِفُ حَماقَةَ العَرّافِينَ. أنا أُربِكُ الحُكَماءَ وَأجعَلُ مَعرِفَتَهُمْ حَماقَةً.

26 W ho confirms the word of His servant and performs the counsel of His messengers, Who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins,

أنا المُؤَيِّدُ لِكَلِمَةِ خادِمِي، وَالمُتَمِّمُ لِخُطَّةِ مُرسِلِيهِ. أنا القائِلُ عَنِ القُدْسِ: ‹سَيَسكُنُ النّاسُ فِيها مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.› وَعَنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا: ‹سَتُبنَى.› وَعَنْ خَرائِبِها: ‹سَأُقِيمُها.›

27 W ho says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers,

أنا القائِلُ لِلمُحِيطِ: ‹جِفَّ، وَسَأُجَفِّفُ أنهارَكَ.›

28 W ho says of Cyrus, He is My shepherd (ruler), and he shall perform all My pleasure and fulfill all My purpose—even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built, and of the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.

أنا القائِلُ عَنْ كُورُشَ: «هُوَ الرّاعِي، وَهُوَ سَيَعمَلُ كُلَّ ما أُرِيدُهُ. سَيَقُولُ عَنِ القُدْسِ: ‹سَتُبنَى ثانِيَةً،› وَسَيَقُولُ عَنِ الهَيكَلِ: ‹سَيُعادُ وَضعُ أساساتِهِ.›»