1 W oe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَسُنُّونَ قَوانِينَ ظالِمَةً، وَيَكتُبُونَ أحكاماً مُستَبِدَّةً،

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

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 T hey shall only bow down under the prisoners, and 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 H o Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

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

6 I will send him against a profane 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 to 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 all of them 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, 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 hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:

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 peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.

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? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not 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 will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of 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 will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will 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 he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

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

19 A nd the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so 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 they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, 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 A 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, only a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is determined, overflowing 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 a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

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

24 T herefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and 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 against thee shall be accomplished, and mine anger shall be directed to his destruction.

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

26 A nd Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will 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 depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.

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 through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;

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

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

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

30 C ry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!

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

31 M admenah is a fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

شَعبُ مَدمِينَةَ يَهرُبُونَ، وَسُكّانُ جِيبِيمَ يَحتَمُونَ.

32 T his very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at 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, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

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

34 A nd he will 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.