1 L et me sing of and for my greatly Beloved a tender song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard. My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

سَأُغَنِّي لِحَبِيبِي أُغنِيَةَ حُبٍّ عَنْ كَرْمِهِ: كانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى تَلَّةٍ خَصِبَةٍ جِدّاً.

2 A nd He dug and trenched the ground and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and hewed out a winepress in it. And He looked for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

حَرَثَهُ وَأزالَ مِنهُ الحِجارَةَ. وَبَنَى بُرجاً فِي وَسَطِهِ، كَما عَمِلَ مِعصَرَةً فِيهِ. وَتَوَقَّعَ أنْ يُنتِجَ هَذا الكَرمُ عِنَباً جَيِّداَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أنتَجَ عِنَباً رَدِيئاً.

3 A nd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between Me and My vineyard.

فَقالَ: «وَالآنَ يا سُكّانَ القُدْسِ وَيا بَنِي يَهُوذا، احكُمُوا بَينِي وَبَينَ كَرمِيَ.

4 W hat more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to bring forth grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?

ماذا كانَ عَلَيَّ أنْ أعمَلَ لِكَرمِيَ وَلَمْ أعمَلْهُ؟ لِماذا تَوَقَّعْتُ أنْ يُنتِجَ عِنَباً جَيِّداً، فَأنتَجَ عِنَباً رَدِيئاً؟

5 A nd now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten and burned up; and I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down.

«وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُكُمْ ماذا سَأفعَلُ بِكَرمِي: سَأنزِعُ سِياجَهُ فَيَكُونَ لِلخَرابِ، وَسَأهدِمُ سُورَهُ فَيَصِيرَ لِلدَّوسِ.

6 A nd I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned or cultivated, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

سَأُخَرِّبُهُ، وَلَنْ يُقَلِّمَهُ أوْ يُنَقِّبَ أرْضَهُ أحَدٌ، وَسَتَنمُو الأشواكُ فِيهِ. وَسَآمُرُ الغُيُومَ أنْ لا تُمطِرَ عَلَيهِ.»

7 F or the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant planting. And He looked for justice, but behold, oppression and bloodshed; for righteousness (for uprightness and right standing with God), but behold, a cry!

كَرمُ اللهِ القَدِيرِ هُوَ بَيتُ إسْرائِيلَ، وَبَنُو يَهُوذا هُمْ زَرْعُهُ الَّذِي يُحِبُّهُ. تَوَقَّعَ إنصافاً، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ سِوَى القَتلِ. تَوَقَّعَ صَلاحاً، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَى صُراخِ المُتَضايِقِينَ.

8 W oe to those who join house to house and join field to field until there is no place for others and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

وَيلٌ لِمَنْ يَزِيدُونَ عَدَدَ بُيُوتِهِمْ وَحُقُولِهِمْ، حَتَّى لا يَبقَى مَكانٌ لِغَيرِهِمْ! سَتَسكُنُونَ وَحِيدينَ فِي الأرْضِ.

9 I n my ears the Lord of hosts said, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful ones shall be without inhabitant.

أقسَمَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ وَقالَ: «البُيُوتُ الضَّخمَةُ سَتُخرَبُ، وَالبُيُوتُ الجَمِيلَةُ سَتُصبِحُ فارِغَةً بِلا سُكّانٍ.

10 F or ten acres of vineyard shall yield only about eight gallons, and ten bushels of seed will produce but one bushel.

عَشْرَةُ فَدادِينَ مِنَ الكُرُومِ، لَنْ تُنْتِجَ سِوَى صَفِيحَةٍ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ. وَكِيساً مِنَ البُذُورِ، لَنْ يُنْتِجَ سِوَى قُفَّةٍ واحِدةٍ.»

11 W oe unto those who rise early in the morning, that they may pursue strong drink, who tarry late into the night till wine inflames them!

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَستَيقِظُونَ باكِراً لِيَسْعَوْا وَراءَ المُسكِراتِ! وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَأخَّرُونَ فِي اللَّيلِ لِيَشرَبُوا الخَمرَ!

12 T hey have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, neither do they consider the operation of His hands.

فِي حَفلاتِهِمُ العُودُ وَالقِيثارَةُ وَالدُّفُّ وَالمِزمارُ وَالخَمرُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لا يَهتَمُّونَ بِما يَعمَلُهُ اللهُ ، وَلا يُلاحِظُونَ ما صَنَعَتْهُ يَداهُ.

13 T herefore My people go into captivity without knowing it and because they have no knowledge. And their honorable men are famished, and their common people are parched with thirst.

لِذَلِكَ سَيُسبَى شَعبِي فَجأةً لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفهَمُوا أنِّي أنا الَّذِي كُنتُ أعمَلُ هَذا. شُرَفاءُ الشَّعبِ سَيَجُوعُونَ، وَعامَّةُ النّاسِ سَيَعطَشُونَ.

14 T herefore Sheol (the unseen state, the realm of the dead) has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth without measure; and nobility and her multitude and her pomp and tumult and who exults in her descend into it.

وَلِهَذا تَفتَحُ الهاوِيَةُ شَهِيَتَها، وَتُوَسِّعُ فَمَها كَثِيراً لِمَزِيدٍ مِنَ النّاسِ. شُرَفاءُ القُدْسِ وَعامَّةُ النّاسِ، حُشُودُ السُّكانِ وَجَميعُ المُبتَهِجِينَ، سَيَنزِلُونَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ.

15 A nd the common man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.

سَيُذَلُّ الشَّعبُ، وَسَيُقَلَّلُ مِنْ قَدرِ كُلِّ إنسانٍ. سَيُحَطُّ قَدْرُ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ.

16 B ut the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God, the Holy One, shows Himself holy in righteousness and through righteous judgments.

أمّا اللهُ القَدِيرُ فَسَيُظهِرُ مَجدَهُ بِعَدلِهِ، وَسَيُظهَرُ اللهُ القُدُّوسُ ذاتَهُ بِبِرِّهِ.

17 T hen shall the lambs feed as in their own pasture, and the desolate places of the rich shall sojourners and aliens eat.

حِينَئِذٍ، تَرعَى الخِرافُ فِي مَراعِي الأغنِياءِ، وَتَأكُلُ الحِملانُ بَينَ خَرائِبِهِمْ.

18 W oe to those who draw with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness,

وَيلٌ لِمَنْ يَسحَبُ الإثمَ خَلفَهُ بِحِبالِ الكَذِبِ، وَيَجُرُّ الخَطِيَّةَ كَما يَجُرُّ عَرَبَةً.

19 W ho say, Let make haste and speed His vengeance, that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!

يَقُولُونَ: «لِيُسرِعْ! لِيَعمَلْ عَمَلَهُ بِسُرعَةٍ حَتَّى نَراهُ. وَلْتَتَحَقَّقْ خُطَّةُ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ قَرِيباً حَتَّى نَعرِفَها.»

20 W oe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يُسَمُّونَ الشَّرَّ خَيراً وَالخَيرَ شَرّاً! الَّذِينَ يُحَوِّلُونَ الظُّلمَةَ إلَى نُورٍ وَالنُّورَ إلَى ظُلمَةٍ! الَّذِينَ يُحَوِّلُونَ المُرَّ إلَى حُلوٍ وَالحُلوَ إلَى مُرٍّ!

21 W oe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent and shrewd in their own sight!

وَيلٌ لأولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أنَّهُمْ حُكَماءُ، وَيَعتَقِدُونَ أنَّهُمْ أذكِياءُ.

22 W oe to those who are mighty heroes at drinking wine and men of strength in mixing alcoholic drinks!—

وَيلٌ لِلأقوِياءِ فِي شُربِ الخَمرِ، وَالمُحتَرِفِينَ فِي مَزْجِ المُسكِراتِ!

23 W ho justify and acquit the guilty for a bribe, but take away the rights of the innocent and righteous from them!

الَّذِينَ يُطلِقُونَ سَراحَ المُذنِبِ بِالرِّشوَةِ، وَلا يُنصِفُونَ البَرِيءَ.

24 T herefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be like rottenness and their blossom shall go up like fine dust—because they have rejected and cast away the law and the teaching of the Lord of hosts and have not believed but have treated scornfully and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

لِهَذا كَما أنَّ لَهِيبَ النّارِ يَلتَهِمُ القَشَّ، وَالعُشبَ الجافَّ يَزُولُ فِي اللَّهَبِ، هَكَذا سَتَتَعَفَّنُ جُذُورُهُمْ، وَزَهرُهُمْ كَالغُبارِ يَطِيرُ. لأنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا الخُضُوعَ لِتَعلِيمِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ، وَاحتَقَرُوا كَلامَ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

25 T herefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His people, and He has stretched forth His hand against them and has smitten them. And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies were like dung and sweepings in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out.

لِذَلِكَ اشتعَلَ غَضِبُ اللهِ عَلَى شَعبِهِ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ ضِدَّهُمْ، وَضَرَبَهُمْ. الجِبالُ اهتَزَّتْ، وَجُثَثُهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّوارِعِ كَالنُّفايَةِ. وَبِالرُّغمِ مِنْ هَذا، ما يَزالَ غاضِباً، وَيَدُهُ مَرفُوعَةٌ لِمُعاقَبَتِهِمْ. مُعاقَبَةُ اللهِ لإسْرائِيل بِأُمَمٍ بَعيدة

26 A nd He will lift up a signal to call together a hostile people from afar, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth, and behold, they shall come with speed, swiftly!

سَيَدعُو اللهُ أُمَماً بَعِيدَةً، وَيَصفُرُ لَهُمْ لِيأتُوا مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. وَها هُمْ يَأتُونَ سَرِيعاً.

27 N one is weary or stumbles among them, none slumbers or sleeps; nor is the girdle of their loins loosed or the latchet (thong) of their shoes broken;

لا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَتعَبُ أوْ يَتَعَثَّرُ، وَلا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَنعَسُ أوْ يَنامُ. لا يَنحَلُّ حِزامٌ عَنْ وَسطِهِمْ، وَلا يَنقَطِعُ رِباطُ حِذاءٍ.

28 T heir arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

سِهامُهُمْ حادَّةٌ، وَأقواسُهُمْ جاهِزَةٌ لِلإطلاقِ. حَوافِرُ خَيلِهِمْ قاسِيَةٌ كَالصَّوّانِ، وَعَجَلاتُ مَركَباتِهِمْ تُثِيرُ الغُبارَ كَرِيحٍ عاصِفَةٍ.

29 T heir roaring is like that of a lioness, they roar like young lions; they growl and seize their prey and carry it safely away, and there is none to deliver it.

زَمجَرَتُهُمْ كَاللَّبُؤَةِ، وَزَئِيرُهُمْ كَالأشبالِ. يُزَمجِرُونَ وَيُمسِكُونَ فَرائِسَهُمْ، وَيَبتَعِدُونَ بِها وَلا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُنقِذُها.

30 A nd in that day they shall roar against like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; and the light will be darkened by the clouds of it.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَهْدِرُونَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ كَهَدِيرِ أمواجِ البَحرِ. وَسَيَنظُرُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الأرْضِ فَإذا ظَلامٌ وَضِيقٌ، وَالنُّورُ يَتَلاشَى وَراءَ الغُيُومِ.