1 T he burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

هَذا وَحيٌ حَولَ دِمَشقَ: «هُوَذا دِمَشقُ لَنْ تَبقَى مَدِينَةً كَباقِي المُدُنِ، بَلْ سَتُصبِحُ كَومَةَ حُطامٍ.

2 T he cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

مُدُنُ عَرُوعِيرَ سَتُهجَرُ، وَسَتُصبِحُ مَراعيَ لِلقُطعانِ، الَّتِي سَتَربِضُ هُناكَ وَلا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُخِيفُها.

3 T he fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

لَنْ تَبقَى حُصُونٌ فِي أفْرايِمَ، وَلا مَملَكَةٌ فِي دِمَشقَ. أمّا النّاجُونَ مِنْ أرامَ، فَسَيُخزَونَ كَبَني إسْرائِيلَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

4 A nd in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيُحَطُّ مَجدُ بَنِي يَعقُوبَ، وَسَتَهزَلُ سُمنَتُهُمْ.

5 A nd it shall be as when the reaper gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

«سَيَكُونُ الحالُ فِي وادِي رَفايِمَ، كَما يَجمَعُ الحَصّادُونَ الحُبُوبَ النّاضِجَةَ: يَلتَقِطُونَ سنابِلَ القَمحِ بِأيدِيهِمْ، ثُمَّ يَقطَعُونَ رُؤوسَها.

6 A nd a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

«وَسَيَكُونُ النّاجُونَ مِثلَ شَجَرَةِ زَيتُونٍ تُضرَبُ، فَلا تبقَى سِوَى حَبَّتَينِ أوْ ثَلاثٍ عَلَى أغصانِها العالِيَةِ، وَأربَعٍ أوْ خَمسِ حَبّاتٍ عَلَى أغصانِها المُثمِرَةِ،» يَقُولُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ.

7 I n that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَنظُرُ النّاسُ إلَى اللهِ خالِقِهِمْ، وَسَتَرَى عُيُونُهُمْ قُدُّوسَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَيَثِقُونَ بِهِ.

8 A nd he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images.

لَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَى المَذابِحِ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْها أيدِيهِمْ، وَلا عَلَى أعمِدَةِ عِبادَةِ الأوثانِ أوْ مَذابِحِ البَخُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلَتْها أصابِعُهُمْ.

9 I n that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَتُصبِحُ مُدُنُهُمُ الحَصِينَةُ مِثلَ مُدُنِ الحُوِّيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ الَّتِي هَجَرُوها هَرَباً مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَأصبَحَتْ خَراباً.

10 F or thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plantations, and shalt set them with foreign slips:

لأنَّكِ نَسِيتِ الإلَهَ الَّذِي خَلَّصَكِ، وَلَمْ تَتَذَكَّرِي الصَّخرَ الَّذِي تَحتَمينَ بِهِ. سَتَغرِسِينَ غَرْساتٍ جَمِيلَةً، وَأشتالاً أحضَرْتِها مِنْ بِلادٍ غَرِيبَةٍ.

11 i n the day of thy planting wilt thou make to grow, and on the morrow wilt thou make thy seed to flourish; the harvest will flee in the day of taking possession, and the sorrow will be incurable.

تَغرُسِينَها، وَتَضَعِينَ حَولَها سُوراً. وَفِي الصَّباحِ، يُزهِرُ زَرْعُكِ، لَكِنَّ ثَمَرَهُ سَيَضِيعُ فِي يَومِ الضَّعفِ وَالمَرَضِ.

12 H a! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas;—and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

يا لَصَوتِ ضَجيجِ الشُّعُوبِ! ضَجِيجُهُمْ كَهَدِيرِ أمْواجِ البَحْرِ. يا لَهَديرِ الشُّعُوبِ! هَدِيرُهُمْ كَهَدِيرِ جَبّارَةٍ.

13 T he nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling before the whirlwind:

تَهدِرُ الأُمَمُ كَهَدِيرِ شَلّالاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَنتَهِرُها. وَحَتَّى النّاسُ السّاكِنُونَ فِي بِلادٍ بَعِيدَةٍ سَيَهرُبُونَ. سَيُطارَدُونَ كَقُشُورٍ تَحمِلُها الرِّيحُ، وَكَشُجَيرَةٍ ناشِفَةٍ تَتَدَحرَجُ بِسَبَبِ دَفعِ العاصِفَةِ لَها.

14 b ehold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

فِي وَقتِ المَساءِ سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ رُعبٌ، وَلَكِنْ قَبلَ الصَّباحِ سَيَكُونُونَ قَدْ زالُوا. هَذا نَصِيبُ سالِبِينا، وَحَظُّ ناهِبِي ثَروَتِنا.