1 C omfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

يَقُولُ إلَهُكُمْ: «عَزُّوا عَزُّوا شَعبِي.

2 S peak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

تَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلامٍ لَطِيفِ إلَى شَعبِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، أخبِرُوهُمْ بِأنَّ زَمَنَ خِدمَتِهِمْ القاسِيَةِ قَدِ اكتَمَلَ، وَبِأنَّ أُجْرَةَ خَطاياهُمْ قَدْ دُفِعَتْ، وَأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ جازاهُمْ بِيَدِهِ جَزاءً مُضاعَفاً عَلَى كُلِّ خَطاياهُمْ.»

3 T he voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

هُناكَ صَوتٌ يُنادِي: «أعِدُّوا الطَّرِيقَ للهِ ، مَهِّدُوا فِي البّرِّيَّةِ طَريقاً لإلِهَنِا.

4 E very valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَرتَفِعَ كُلُّ وَادٍ، وَيُسَوَّى كُلُّ جَبَلٍ وَتَلَّةٍ بِالأرْضِ. تَستَوِي الأرْضُ كَثِيرَةُ التَّعَرُّجاتِ، وَالأرْضُ الوَعِرَةُ تَصِيرُ مُمَهَّدَةً.

5 a nd the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

حِينَئِذٍ، يُعلَنُ مَجدُ اللهِ ، وَسَيَراهُ كُلُّ النّاسِ، لأنَّ فَمَ اللهِ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.»

6 T he voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.

قالَ لِي صَوتٌ: «نادِ.» فَقُلْتُ: «بِماذا أُنادِي؟» فَقالَ: «البَشَرُ جَمِيعاً كَالعُشْبِ، وَثَباتُهُمْ كَثَباتِ الزُّهُورِ البَرِّيَّةِ.

7 T he grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

العُشْبُ يَجِفُّ، وَالزَّهْرُ يَسقُطُ، عِندَما تَهُبُّ رِيحُ اللهِ عَلَيها. إنَّما النّاسُ كَالعُشبِ.

8 T he grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.

العُشبُ يَجِفُّ، وَالزُّهُورُ تَذبُلُ وَتَسقُطُ، وَأمّا كَلِمَةُ إلَهِنا فَتَبقَى إلَى الأبَدِ.» بِشارَةُ الخَلاص

9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

اصعَدِي عَلَى جَبَلٍ عالٍ، يا صِهْيَوْنَ، يا مُعلِنَةَ البِشارَةَ. ارفَعِي صَوتَكِ وَتَكَلَّمِي. يا قُدسُ، يا مُعلِنَةَ البِشارَةَ، لا تَخافِي، ارفَعِي صَوتَكِ وَاصرُخِي! قُولِي لِمُدُنِ يَهُوذا: «ها هُوَ إلَهُكِ.»

10 B ehold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

هُوَذا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ سَيَأتِي بِقُوَّةٍ، وَسَيَحكُمُ بِقُوَّتِهِ. وَها هُوَ يأتِي بِمُكافَآتِهِ وَبِأعْمالِهِ العَظِيمَةِ إلَينا!

11 H e will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.

سَيَعتَنِي بِشَعبِهِ كَما يَعتَنِي الرّاعِي بِقَطِيعِهِ، سَيَجمَعُ الحِملانَ بِذِراعَيهِ، وَسَيَحمِلُها فِي حِضنِهِ، وَسَيَقُودُ مُرضِعاتِ القَطِيعِ إلَى جانِبِهِ. اللهُ خَلَقَ العالَمَ، وَهُوَ يَحكُمُه

12 W ho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

مَنْ قاسَ مِياهَ البَحرِ بِراحَةِ يَدِهِ؟ مَنْ قاسَ السَّماواتِ بِشِبرِهِ؟ مَنْ كالَ كُلَّ تُرابِ الأرْضِ بِالكَيلِ؟ مَنْ وَزَنَ الجِبالَ بِالقَبّانِ، وَالتِّلالَ بِالمِيزانِ؟

13 W ho hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

مَنْ وَجَّهَ رُوحَ اللهِ ، أوْ مَنْ عَلَّمَهُ وَصارَ مُشِيراً لَهُ؟

14 W ith whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

مَنْ أعطاهُ نَصِيحَةً لِيَتَعَلَّمَ ماذا يَفْعَلُ؟ وَمَنْ عَلَّمَهُ كَيفَ يَكُونُ عادِلاً؟ مَنْ عَلَّمَهُ المَعرِفَةَ، وَدَلَّهُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الفَهمِ؟

15 B ehold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

ها إنَّ الأُمَمَ كَنُقطَةٍ مِنْ دَلوٍ، وَيُحسَبُونَ كَذَرّاتِ الغُبارِ عَلَى المِيزانِ. ها إنَّهُ يَرفَعُ الجُزُرَ عَلَى المِياهِ كَالغُبارِ النّاعِمِ.

16 A nd Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

أشجارُ لُبنانَ غَيرُ كافِيَةٍ لإشعالِ نارِ المَذابِحِ، وَحَيواناتُهُ لا تَكفِي لِلتَّقدِماتِ.

17 A ll the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

كُلُّ الأُمَمِ كَأنَّها لا شَيءَ أمامَهُ، وَهُوَ يَحسِبُهُمْ كَعَدَمٍ وَهَباءٍ. اللهُ الَّذِي لا يُقارَن بِشَيء

18 T o whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

بِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونَ اللهُ؟ وَبِمَن تُقارِنُونَهُ؟

19 T he image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.

أبِصَنَمٍ يَسبُكُهُ الصّانِعُ، وَيُغَشِّيهِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَيَصنَعُ لَهُ أوتاداً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ؟

20 H e that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.

يَختارُ أفضَلَ الخَشَبِ لِقاعِدَةِ الوَثَنِ، يَختارُ خَشَباً لا يَتَعَفَّنُ. ثُمَّ يَبحَثُ عَنْ صانِعٍ ماهِرٍ لِيَصنَعَ لَهُ وَثَناً لا يَتَفَكَّكُ.

21 H ave ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

ألَمْ تَعرِفُوا؟ ألَمْ تَسمَعُوا؟ ألَمْ تُخبَرُوا مِنَ البِدايَةِ؟ ألَمْ تَفهَمُوا مُنذُ تَأسِيسِ العالَمِ؟

22 I t is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

هُوَ الجالِسُ عَلَى عَرشِهِ فَوقَ دائِرَةِ الأرْضِ، الَّتِي فِيها النّاسُ كَالجَنادِبِ. هُوَ مَنْ نَشَرَ السَّماواتِ كَحِجابٍ، وَهُوَ مَنْ بَسَطَها كَخَيمَةٍ لِلعَيشِ فِيها.

23 t hat bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجعَلُ حُكّامَ الأرْضِ وَأُمَراءَها كَالعَدَمِ.

24 Y ea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

كَنَبْتاتٍ زُرِعَتْ قَبلَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ، لَيسَ لها جُذُورٌ بَعدُ. فَعِندَما يَهُبُّ بِرِيحِهِ، يَجِفُّونَ، وَتَحمِلُهُمُ الرِّياحُ العاصِفَةُ كَالقَشِّ.

25 T o whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.

يَقُولُ القُدُّوسُ: «بِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونِي، وَبِمَنْ تُعادِلُونَنِي؟»

26 L ift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

ارفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ إلَى الأعلَى وَانظُرُوا. مَنْ خَلَقَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ؟ إنَّهُ هُوَ مَنْ يَقُودُ جَيشَ النُّجُومِ واحِداً فَواحِداً، وَيَدعُوها جَمِيعَها بِأسماءٍ. وَبِسَبَبِ قُوَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ وَقُدرَتِهِ الشَّدِيدَةِ لا يُفقَدُ أحَدٌ مِنها.

27 W hy sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?

يا يَعقُوبُ، لِماذا تَتَذَمَّرُ، وَيا إسْرائِيلُ، لِماذا تَقُولُ: «طَرِيقِي مَخفِيٌّ عَنِ اللهِ ، وَ اللهُ لا يَهتَمُّ بِحَقِّي؟»

28 H ast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

ألَمْ تَعلَمْ؟ ألَمْ تَسمَعْ؟ اللهُ هُوَ الإلَهُ الأبَدِيُّ، خالِقُ كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَلا يُصابُ بِالتَّعَبِ أوِ الإنهاكِ. لا يَستَطِيعُ أحَدٌ فَهمَ حِكمَتِهِ تَماماً.

29 H e giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

يُعطِي قُوَّةً لِلمُتعَبِ، وَلِعَدِيمِ القُوَّةِ يَمنَحُ قُدرَةً.

30 E ven the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

الأولادُ يَتعَبُونَ وَيُنهَكُونَ، وَالفِتيانُ يَعيَونَ وَيَسقُطُونَ،

31 b ut they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

أمّا الَّذِينَ يَضَعُونَ رَجاءَهُمْ فِي اللهِ فَسَيُجَدِّدُونَ قُوَّتَهُمْ، سَيُحَلِّقُونَ بِأجنِحَةٍ كَالنُّسُورِ. سَيَركُضُونَ وَلا يُنهَكُونَ، وَسَيَمشُونَ وَلا يَتعَبُونَ.