1 T he burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

هَذَا هُوَ الوَحيُ الَّذِي تَلَقّاهُ إشَعْياءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ عَنْ بابِلَ.

2 S et ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

«ارفَعُوا رايَةً عَلَى جَبَلٍ قاحِلٍ! ارفَعُوا صَوتَكُمْ لَهُمْ. حَرِّكُوا أيدِيكُمْ كَعَلامَةٍ لِيَدخُلُوا بَوّابَةَ النُّبَلاءِ.

3 I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

«قَدْ أصدَرْتُ أمراً لِجَيشِيَ المُقَدَّسِ، نادَيتُ مُحارِبِيَّ لأنِّي كُنتُ غاضِباً، أُولَئِكَ الفَرِحِينَ الَّذِينَ أفتَخِرُ بِهِمْ.

4 T he noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.

«ها صَوتُ ضَجَّةٍ فِي الجِبالِ كَصَوتِ شَعبٍ كَبِيرٍ. ها صَوتُ ضَجَّةٍ مِنْ مَمالِكِ الشُّعُوبِ المُجتَمِعَةِ. الأُمَمُ تَحتَشِدُ. فَاللهُ القَدِيرُ يُجَهِّزُ جَيشاً لِلمَعرَكَةِ.

5 T hey come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

يَأتُونَ مِنْ أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أقصَى الأرْضِ. اللهُ وَأسلِحَةُ غَضَبِهِ آتِيَةٌ لِتُدَمِّرَ كُلَّ الأرْضِ.»

6 W ail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

نُوحُوا، لأنَّ يَومَ اللهِ قَرِيبٌ. سَيَأتِي كَدَمارٍ مِنَ القَدِيرِ.

7 T herefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

وَلِهَذا سَتَضعُفُ الأيدِي، وَسَتَذُوبُ القُلُوبُ خَوفاً.

8 a nd they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

سَيَرتَعِبُونَ، وَسَيُمسِكُهُمُ الألَمُ كامرَأةٍ يُمسِكُها ألَمُ الوِلادَةِ. سَيَنظُرُ بَعضُهُمْ إلَى بَعضٍ بِرُعبٍ. وَسَتُصِيرُ وُجُوهُهُمْ حَمراءَ كَالنّارِ. دَينُونَةُ اللهِ عَلَى بابِل

9 B ehold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

ها يَومُ اللهِ قادِمٌ. وَهُوَ يَومٌ قاسٍ مَعَ سَخَطٍ وَغَضَبٍ يَشتَعِلُ لِخَرَابِ الأرْضِ وَلإبادَةِ الخُطاةِ مِنها.

10 F or the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

لأنَّ نُجُومَ السَّماواتِ وَكَواكِبَها لَنْ تُعطِيَ نُورَها، وَسَتَكُونُ الشَّمسُ مُظلِمَةً عِندَ طُلُوعِها، وَالقَمَرُ لَنْ يُعطِيَ نُورَهُ.

11 A nd I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «سَآتِي بِمَصائِبَ عَلَى العالَمِ، وَسَأُعاقِبُ الأشرارَ عَلَى شَرِّهِمْ. سَأضَعُ نِهايَةً لِكِبرِياءِ المُستَكبِرِينَ، وَأحُطُّ كِبرِياءَ المُتَجَبِّرِينَ.

12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

وَسَأجعَلُ البَشَرَ أندَرَ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ النَقِيِّ، وَالنّاسَ مِنْ ذَهَبِ مَدِينَةِ أُوفِيرَ.

13 T herefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

وَلِهَذا سَأُزَلزِلُ السَّماواتِ، وَأهُزُّ الأرْضَ مِنْ مَكانِها.» سَيَقَعُ هَذا فِي يَومِ اشتِعالِ غَضَبِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ.

14 A nd it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.

سَيَكُونُ النّاسُ كَغَزالٍ قَدْ صِيدَ، وَكَغَنَمٍ بِلا راعٍ يَجْمَعُها. وَسَيَلجأُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ إلَى شَعبِهِ، وَيَهرُبُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ إلَى بَلَدِهِ.

15 E very one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

وَكُلُّ مَنْ وُجِدَ مِنهُمْ سَيُطعَنُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ أُمسِكَ سَيُقتَلُ بِالسَّيفِ.

16 T heir infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

سَيُمَزَّقُ أطفالُهُمْ أمامَ عُيُونِهِمْ، وَسَتُنهَبُ بُيُوتُهُمْ، وَتُغتَصَبُ نِساؤُهُمْ.

17 B ehold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «ها أنا أُهَيِّجُ المادِيِّينَ ضِدَّهُمْ. فَهُمْ لا يَرتَشُونَ بِالفِضَّةِ وَلا بِالذَّهَبِ.

18 A nd their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

سَيُمَزِّقُونَ الفِتيانَ بِأقواسُهُمُ، وَلَنْ يَرحَمُوا الرُّضَّعَ، وَلَنْ يُشفِقُوا عَلَى الأطفالِ.

19 A nd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

وَبابِلُ – الَّتِي هِيَ أجمَلُ مَمالِكِ الأرْضِ وَمَجدُ الكِلدانِيِّينَ وَفَخرُهُمْ – سَتَكُونُ مِثلَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ حِينَ دَمَّرَهُما اللهُ.

20 I t shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.

فَلَنْ يَسْكُنَها أحَدٌ إلَى الأبَدِ. لَنْ يَنْصِبَ بَدَوِيٌّ خَيمَتَهُ فِيها، وَلَنْ يَرعَى الرُّعاةُ غَنَمَهُمْ.

21 B ut wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

بَلْ سَتَعِيشُ فِيها الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَةُ، وَسَتَسكُنُ بُيُوتَهُمُ البُومُ. سَيَسكُنُ النَّعامُ هُناكَ، وَسَيَلعَبُ الماعِزُ الوَحشِيُّ فِيها.

22 A nd wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

سَتَصيحُ الضِّباعُ فِي أبراجِها، وَالذِّئابُ فِي قُصُورِها المُترَفَةِ. نِهايَتُها قَرِيبَةٌ، وَلَنْ تَطُولَ أيّامُها.»