1 I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.

سَأُغَنِّي لِحَبِيبِي أُغنِيَةَ حُبٍّ عَنْ كَرْمِهِ: كانَ لِحَبِيبِي كَرْمٌ عَلَى تَلَّةٍ خَصِبَةٍ جِدّاً.

2 A nd he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.

حَرَثَهُ وَأزالَ مِنهُ الحِجارَةَ. وَبَنَى بُرجاً فِي وَسَطِهِ، كَما عَمِلَ مِعصَرَةً فِيهِ. وَتَوَقَّعَ أنْ يُنتِجَ هَذا الكَرمُ عِنَباً جَيِّداَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أنتَجَ عِنَباً رَدِيئاً.

3 A nd now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

فَقالَ: «وَالآنَ يا سُكّانَ القُدْسِ وَيا بَنِي يَهُوذا، احكُمُوا بَينِي وَبَينَ كَرمِيَ.

4 W hat was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?—

ماذا كانَ عَلَيَّ أنْ أعمَلَ لِكَرمِيَ وَلَمْ أعمَلْهُ؟ لِماذا تَوَقَّعْتُ أنْ يُنتِجَ عِنَباً جَيِّداً، فَأنتَجَ عِنَباً رَدِيئاً؟

5 A nd now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;

«وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُكُمْ ماذا سَأفعَلُ بِكَرمِي: سَأنزِعُ سِياجَهُ فَيَكُونَ لِلخَرابِ، وَسَأهدِمُ سُورَهُ فَيَصِيرَ لِلدَّوسِ.

6 a nd I will make it a waste—it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

سَأُخَرِّبُهُ، وَلَنْ يُقَلِّمَهُ أوْ يُنَقِّبَ أرْضَهُ أحَدٌ، وَسَتَنمُو الأشواكُ فِيهِ. وَسَآمُرُ الغُيُومَ أنْ لا تُمطِرَ عَلَيهِ.»

7 F or the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

كَرمُ اللهِ القَدِيرِ هُوَ بَيتُ إسْرائِيلَ، وَبَنُو يَهُوذا هُمْ زَرْعُهُ الَّذِي يُحِبُّهُ. تَوَقَّعَ إنصافاً، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ سِوَى القَتلِ. تَوَقَّعَ صَلاحاً، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَى صُراخِ المُتَضايِقِينَ.

8 W oe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

وَيلٌ لِمَنْ يَزِيدُونَ عَدَدَ بُيُوتِهِمْ وَحُقُولِهِمْ، حَتَّى لا يَبقَى مَكانٌ لِغَيرِهِمْ! سَتَسكُنُونَ وَحِيدينَ فِي الأرْضِ.

9 I n mine ears Jehovah of hosts, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

أقسَمَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ وَقالَ: «البُيُوتُ الضَّخمَةُ سَتُخرَبُ، وَالبُيُوتُ الجَمِيلَةُ سَتُصبِحُ فارِغَةً بِلا سُكّانٍ.

10 Y ea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

عَشْرَةُ فَدادِينَ مِنَ الكُرُومِ، لَنْ تُنْتِجَ سِوَى صَفِيحَةٍ مِنَ النَّبِيذِ. وَكِيساً مِنَ البُذُورِ، لَنْ يُنْتِجَ سِوَى قُفَّةٍ واحِدةٍ.»

11 W oe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, wine inflameth them!

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَستَيقِظُونَ باكِراً لِيَسْعَوْا وَراءَ المُسكِراتِ! وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَأخَّرُونَ فِي اللَّيلِ لِيَشرَبُوا الخَمرَ!

12 A nd harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.

فِي حَفلاتِهِمُ العُودُ وَالقِيثارَةُ وَالدُّفُّ وَالمِزمارُ وَالخَمرُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لا يَهتَمُّونَ بِما يَعمَلُهُ اللهُ ، وَلا يُلاحِظُونَ ما صَنَعَتْهُ يَداهُ.

13 T herefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

لِذَلِكَ سَيُسبَى شَعبِي فَجأةً لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفهَمُوا أنِّي أنا الَّذِي كُنتُ أعمَلُ هَذا. شُرَفاءُ الشَّعبِ سَيَجُوعُونَ، وَعامَّةُ النّاسِ سَيَعطَشُونَ.

14 T herefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend, and her multitude, and her tumult, and that is joyful within her.

وَلِهَذا تَفتَحُ الهاوِيَةُ شَهِيَتَها، وَتُوَسِّعُ فَمَها كَثِيراً لِمَزِيدٍ مِنَ النّاسِ. شُرَفاءُ القُدْسِ وَعامَّةُ النّاسِ، حُشُودُ السُّكانِ وَجَميعُ المُبتَهِجِينَ، سَيَنزِلُونَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ.

15 A nd the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

سَيُذَلُّ الشَّعبُ، وَسَيُقَلَّلُ مِنْ قَدرِ كُلِّ إنسانٍ. سَيُحَطُّ قَدْرُ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ.

16 a nd Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.

أمّا اللهُ القَدِيرُ فَسَيُظهِرُ مَجدَهُ بِعَدلِهِ، وَسَيُظهَرُ اللهُ القُدُّوسُ ذاتَهُ بِبِرِّهِ.

17 A nd the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

حِينَئِذٍ، تَرعَى الخِرافُ فِي مَراعِي الأغنِياءِ، وَتَأكُلُ الحِملانُ بَينَ خَرائِبِهِمْ.

18 W oe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

وَيلٌ لِمَنْ يَسحَبُ الإثمَ خَلفَهُ بِحِبالِ الكَذِبِ، وَيَجُرُّ الخَطِيَّةَ كَما يَجُرُّ عَرَبَةً.

19 w ho say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

يَقُولُونَ: «لِيُسرِعْ! لِيَعمَلْ عَمَلَهُ بِسُرعَةٍ حَتَّى نَراهُ. وَلْتَتَحَقَّقْ خُطَّةُ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ قَرِيباً حَتَّى نَعرِفَها.»

20 W oe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

وَيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يُسَمُّونَ الشَّرَّ خَيراً وَالخَيرَ شَرّاً! الَّذِينَ يُحَوِّلُونَ الظُّلمَةَ إلَى نُورٍ وَالنُّورَ إلَى ظُلمَةٍ! الَّذِينَ يُحَوِّلُونَ المُرَّ إلَى حُلوٍ وَالحُلوَ إلَى مُرٍّ!

21 W oe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

وَيلٌ لأولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أنَّهُمْ حُكَماءُ، وَيَعتَقِدُونَ أنَّهُمْ أذكِياءُ.

22 W oe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

وَيلٌ لِلأقوِياءِ فِي شُربِ الخَمرِ، وَالمُحتَرِفِينَ فِي مَزْجِ المُسكِراتِ!

23 w ho justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

الَّذِينَ يُطلِقُونَ سَراحَ المُذنِبِ بِالرِّشوَةِ، وَلا يُنصِفُونَ البَرِيءَ.

24 T herefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

لِهَذا كَما أنَّ لَهِيبَ النّارِ يَلتَهِمُ القَشَّ، وَالعُشبَ الجافَّ يَزُولُ فِي اللَّهَبِ، هَكَذا سَتَتَعَفَّنُ جُذُورُهُمْ، وَزَهرُهُمْ كَالغُبارِ يَطِيرُ. لأنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا الخُضُوعَ لِتَعلِيمِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ، وَاحتَقَرُوا كَلامَ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

25 T herefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

لِذَلِكَ اشتعَلَ غَضِبُ اللهِ عَلَى شَعبِهِ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ ضِدَّهُمْ، وَضَرَبَهُمْ. الجِبالُ اهتَزَّتْ، وَجُثَثُهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّوارِعِ كَالنُّفايَةِ. وَبِالرُّغمِ مِنْ هَذا، ما يَزالَ غاضِباً، وَيَدُهُ مَرفُوعَةٌ لِمُعاقَبَتِهِمْ. مُعاقَبَةُ اللهِ لإسْرائِيل بِأُمَمٍ بَعيدة

26 A nd he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly lightly.

سَيَدعُو اللهُ أُمَماً بَعِيدَةً، وَيَصفُرُ لَهُمْ لِيأتُوا مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ. وَها هُمْ يَأتُونَ سَرِيعاً.

27 N one among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;

لا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَتعَبُ أوْ يَتَعَثَّرُ، وَلا أحَدَ مِنهُمْ يَنعَسُ أوْ يَنامُ. لا يَنحَلُّ حِزامٌ عَنْ وَسطِهِمْ، وَلا يَنقَطِعُ رِباطُ حِذاءٍ.

28 t heir arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.

سِهامُهُمْ حادَّةٌ، وَأقواسُهُمْ جاهِزَةٌ لِلإطلاقِ. حَوافِرُ خَيلِهِمْ قاسِيَةٌ كَالصَّوّانِ، وَعَجَلاتُ مَركَباتِهِمْ تُثِيرُ الغُبارَ كَرِيحٍ عاصِفَةٍ.

29 T heir roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;

زَمجَرَتُهُمْ كَاللَّبُؤَةِ، وَزَئِيرُهُمْ كَالأشبالِ. يُزَمجِرُونَ وَيُمسِكُونَ فَرائِسَهُمْ، وَيَبتَعِدُونَ بِها وَلا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُنقِذُها.

30 a nd they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَهْدِرُونَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ كَهَدِيرِ أمواجِ البَحرِ. وَسَيَنظُرُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الأرْضِ فَإذا ظَلامٌ وَضِيقٌ، وَالنُّورُ يَتَلاشَى وَراءَ الغُيُومِ.