1 C ome near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.

اقتَرِبِي أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ لِتَسمَعِي، وَأصغِي أيَّتُها الشُّعُوبُ. لِتَسمَعِ الأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيها، العالَمُ وَما فِيهِ.

2 F or the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

لأنَّ اللهَ غاضِبٌ عَلَى الأُمَمِ وَعَلَى جُيُوشِهِمْ. وَقَدْ سَلَّمَهُمْ لِلهَلاكِ الكامِلِ وَالذَّبحِ.

3 A nd their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

قَتلاهُمْ سَيُرمَوْنَ. سَتَنْبَعِثُ رائِحَةُ جُثَثِهِمْ، وَتَفيضُ دِماؤُهُمْ عَلَى الجِبالُ.

4 A nd all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered from the fig-tree.

سَتَذُوبُ جُندُ السَّماءِ، وَتَلتَفُّ السَّماواتُ كَوَرَقَةٍ. جُندُها سَيَذبُلُونَ، مِثلَ أوراقِ الكَرمَةِ، وَمِثلَ حَبّاتِ التِّينِ.

5 F or my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «عِندَما يَرْتَوِي سَيفِي بِما يَعمَلُهُ فِي السَّماءِ، سَيَنزِلُ لِيُعاقِبَ أدُومَ، الشَّعبَ الَّذِي كَرَّسْتُهُ لِلدَّينُونَةِ.»

6 T he sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

للهِ سَيفٌ مُغَطَّىً بِالدِّماءِ وَالشَّحمِ، بِدَمِ حِملانٍ وَتُيُوسٍ، وَبِشَحمِ كِلَى كِباشٍ. لأنَّ اللهَ سَيَعمَلُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي بُصْرَةَ، وَمَذبَحَةً عَظِيمَةً فِي أرْضِ أدُومَ.

7 A nd the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

وَسَيُذبَحُ مَعَهُمْ بَقَرٌ وَحشِيٌّ وَعُجُولٌ وَثِيرانٌ. وَسَتَرتَوِي أرْضُهُمْ بِالدَّمِ، وَتُرابُهُمْ سَيَتَغَطَّى بِالشَّحمِ.

8 F or it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

عَيَّنَ اللهُ وَقتَ عِقابٍ وَسَنَةَ جَزاءٍ مِنْ أجلِ قَضِيَّةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

9 A nd the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

سَتُصبِحُ أنهارُ أدُومَ كَالزِّفتِ، وَتُرابُها كَالكِبرِيتِ، وَأرْضُها كَالزِّفتِ المُشتَعِلِ.

10 i t shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

وَلَنْ تَنطَفِئَ النّارُ لَيلاً أوْ نَهاراً، وَسَيَصْعَدُ دُخانُها إلَى الأبَدِ. وَسَتَكُونُ خَرِبَةً عَبرَ الأجيالِ، وَلَنْ يَجتازَ فِيها أحَدٌ إلَى الأبَدِ.

11 A nd the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.

سَتَمتَلِكُها الصُّقُورُ وَالقنافِذُ، وَتعِيشُ فِيها البُومُ وَالغِربانُ. سَيَجعَلُها اللهُ قاحِلَةً فارِغَةً.

12 O f her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.

فَلا يَبقَى لَهُمْ ما يَدعُونَهُ مَملَكَةً هُناكَ. وَكُلُّ رُؤَسائِها يُصبِحُونَ لا شَيءَ.

13 A nd thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.

سَيَنمُو الشَّوكُ فِي قُصُورِها، وَالشُّجَيراتُ فِي حُصُونِها. سَتُصبِحُ مَسكِناً لِلكِلابِ البَرِّيَّةِ، وَمَكانَ سَكَنٍ لِلبُومِ.

14 A nd there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.

وَسَتَلتَقِي هُناكَ الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ مَعَ الضِّباعِ، وَسَيُنادِي الماعِزُ البَرِّيُّ بَقِيَّةَ القَطِيعِ. سَتَعِيشُ حَيواناتُ اللَّيلِ هُناكَ وَتَستَرِيحُ.

15 T here shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.

سَتَصنَعُ البُومُ أعشاشَها هُناكَ، وَتَرقُدُ عَلَى بَيضِها، وَتُرَبِّي صِغارَها تَحتَ ظَلِّ جَناحَيها. وَسَتَجتَمِعُ هُناكَ الصُّقُورُ مَعاً.

16 S earch ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

فَتِّشُوا فِي كِتابِ اللهِ وَاقرَأُوا، لأنَّهُ لَنْ يُفَقَدَ أيٌّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. جَميعُ الحَيواناتِ المَذكُورَةِ سَتَكُونُ مَعاً. لأنَّ فَمَ اللهِ أمَرَ، وَرُوحُهُ جَمَعَها.

17 F or he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

ألقَى اللهُ قُرعَةً لِتَحدِيدِ بُقعَةِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي لَهُمْ. وَقَسَّمَ الأرْضَ بِخَيطِ القِياسِ، كَي يَمتَلِكُوها إلَى الأبَدِ، وَيَعِيشُوا هُناكَ جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ.