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

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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.

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 land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.

فَسَتُدَمَّرُ كُلُّ الأرْضِ وَتُنهَبُ بِالكامِلِ، لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.

4 T he land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

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

5 A nd the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.

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

6 T herefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are 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 that were merry-hearted do sigh;

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

8 t he mirth of tambours 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 do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.

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

10 T he city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.

مَدِينَةُ التَّشوِيشِ مُحَطَّمَةٌ، وَكُلُّ بَيتٍ مُغلَقٌ وَلا يُمكِنُ دُخُولُهُ.

11 T here is a crying for wine in the streets; 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 d esolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten,—a ruin.

تُرِكَتِ المَدِينَةُ خَرِبَةً، وَبَوّابَتُها مُحَطَّمَةً.

13 F or so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-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 shall cry aloud from the sea.

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

15 T herefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.

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

16 F rom the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto 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, inhabitant of the land.

رُعْبٌ وَحُفرَةٌ وَفَخٌّ بانْتِظارِكَ يا ساكِنَ الأرْضِ.

18 A nd it shall come to pass, he who fleeth from the sound 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 open, and the foundations of the earth shake.

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 down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.

سَتَتَشَقَّقُ الأرْضُ تَشَقُّقاً. وَسَتَتَمَزَّقُ تَمَزُّقاً، وَسَتَهتَزُّ اهتِزازاً.

20 T he earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall 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, 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 brought together, an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

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

23 A nd the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.

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