1 B ehold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

ها إنَّ اللهَ سَيُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ وَيَترُكُها فارِغَةً. سَيَقلِبُ سَطحَها وَيُشَتِّتُ سُكّانَها.

2 A nd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، أنَّهُ كَما يَحدُثُ لِلشَّعبِ يَحدُثُ لِلكاهِنِ، وَكَما يَحدُثُ لِلعَبِيدِ يَحدُثُ لِلسّادَةِ، وَكَما يَحدُثُ لِلجَوارِي يَحدُثُ لِلسَّيِّداتِ، وَكَما يَحدُثُ لِلشّارِي يَحدُثُ لِلبائِعِ، وَكَما يَحدُثُ لِلمُقرِضِ يَحدُثُ لِلمُستَقرِضِ، وَكَما يَحدُثُ لِلمُدايِنِ يَحدُثُ لِلمُستَدِينِ.

3 T he earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

فَسَتُدَمَّرُ كُلُّ الأرْضِ وَتُنهَبُ بِالكامِلِ، لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.

4 T he earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

سَتَنُوحُ الأرْضُ وَتَذبُلُ، سَتَضعُفُ المَسكُونَةُ وَتَذبُلُ، وَسَيَضعُفُ قادَةُ شَعبِ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.

5 T he earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

تَنَجَّسَتِ الأرْضُ بِسَبَبِ سُكّانِها، لأنَّهُمْ عَصَوا الشَّريعَةَ، وَتَعَدُّوا عَلَى الأحكامِ، وَنَقَضُوا العَهْدَ الأبَدِيَّ.

6 T herefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

لِذَلِكَ سَتَلتَهِمُ اللَّعنَةُ الأرْضَ، وَسَيُعاقَبُ السّاكِنُونَ فِيها بِسَبَبِ إثمِهِمْ. لِذَلِكَ سَيَختَفِي سُكّانُ الأرْضِ، وَلَنْ يَبقَى سِوَى قَلِيلِينَ.

7 T he new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

النَّبِيذُ يَفسُدُ، وَالكَرمَةُ تَذبُلُ. كُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا فَرِحِينَ، يَنُوحُونَ الآنَ.

8 T he mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

فَرَحُ الدُّفُوفِ تَوَقَّفَ، وَضَجِيجُ المَسرُورِينَ انتَهَى، العَزفُ بِالقِيثارَةِ تَوَقَّفَ.

9 T hey shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

لَنْ يَشرَبُوا الخَمرَ مَعَ الغِناءِ فِيما بَعْدُ، وَطَعمُ المُسكِرِ مُرٌّ لِشارِبِيهِ.

10 T he waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

مَدِينَةُ التَّشوِيشِ مُحَطَّمَةٌ، وَكُلُّ بَيتٍ مُغلَقٌ وَلا يُمكِنُ دُخُولُهُ.

11 T here is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

سَيَبكِي النّاسُ فِي الشَّوارِعِ طَلَباً لِلخَمرِ! سَيَتَحَوَّلُ كُلُّ فَرَحٍ إلَى ظَلامٍ، وَسَيَزُولُ فَرَحُ الأرْضِ.

12 I n the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

تُرِكَتِ المَدِينَةُ خَرِبَةً، وَبَوّابَتُها مُحَطَّمَةً.

13 F or thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

هَكَذا سَيَحدُثُ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ وَبَينَ الأُمَمِ: سَيَكُونُ النّاسُ كَبَقايا زِيتُونَةٍ ضُرِبَتْ أغصانُها، أو كَحَبّاتِ عِنَبٍ تُرِكَتْ بَعدَ قِطافِ الكُرُومِ.

14 T hese shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.

يَرفَعُونَ أصواتَهُمْ، يَتَرَنَّمُونَ بِعَظَمَةِ اللهِ: «اهتِفُوا مِنَ الغَربِ،

15 W herefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

افرَحُوا فِي الشَّرقِ، مَجِّدُوا اللهَ فِي سَواحِلِ البَحرِ مَجِّدُوا اسْمَ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.»

16 F rom the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ سَمِعْنا تَرنِيمَةً تَقُولُ: «مَجداً لِلبارِّ.» وَلَكِنِّي قُلْتُ: «يا وَيلِي، يا وَيلِي، المُخادِعُونَ يَغدُرُونَ، يَغدُرُونَ غَدراً مُؤلِماً.»

17 F ear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

رُعْبٌ وَحُفرَةٌ وَفَخٌّ بانْتِظارِكَ يا ساكِنَ الأرْضِ.

18 A nd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

الَّذِينَ يَهرُبُونَ مِنْ صَوتِ الرُّعبِ سَيَقَعُونَ فِي الحُفرَةِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَخرُجُونَ مِنَ الحُفرَةِ سَيُمسَكُونَ بِالفَخِّ. لأنَّ نَوافِذَ السَّماءِ سَتَنفَتِحُ، وَأساساتُ الأرْضِ سَتَهتَزُّ.

19 T he earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.

سَتَتَشَقَّقُ الأرْضُ تَشَقُّقاً. وَسَتَتَمَزَّقُ تَمَزُّقاً، وَسَتَهتَزُّ اهتِزازاً.

20 T he earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

سَتَتَرَنَّحُ الأرْضُ كَالسَّكرانِ، وَسَتَتَمايَلُ كَكُوخٍ غَيرِ مَتِينٍ، بِسَبَبِ ثِقَلِ خَطاياها. سَتَسقُطُ، وَلَنْ تَقُومَ ثانِيَةً.

21 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيُعاقِبُ اللهُ قُوّاتِ السَّماءِ فِي الأعلَى، وَمُلُوكَ الأرْضِ فِي الأسفَلِ.

22 A nd they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

وَسَيُجمَعُونَ كَالأسرَى فِي السِّجنِ، وَيُغلَقُ عَلَيهِمْ طَرِيقُ الخُرُوجِ. وَبَعدَ أيّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ سَيُعاقَبُونَ.

23 T hen the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

وَسَيَخجَلُ القَمَرُ، وَالشَّمسُ سَتُخزَى، لأنَّ اللهَ القَدِيرُ سَيَملُكُ فِي جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ، فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَسَيَظْهَرُ فِي مَجدٍ أمامَ شُيُوخِها.