1 و َيلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَسُنُّونَ قَوانِينَ ظالِمَةً، وَيَكتُبُونَ أحكاماً مُستَبِدَّةً،

¶ Woe unto those that establish unrighteous laws and that wilfully prescribe tyranny

2 م ِنْ أجلِ إبعادِ العَدلِ عَنِ الضُّعَفاءِ، وَحِرمانِ مَساكِينِ شَعبِي مِنَ الإنصافِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَي يَسرِقُوا وَيَنهَبُوا الأرامِلَ وَالأيتامَ.

to turn aside the poor from right judgment and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the fatherless!

3 م اذا سَتَفعَلُونَ فِي يَومِ العِقابِ، وَفِي الضِّيقِ الَّذِي سَيَأتِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ؟ إلَى مَنْ سَتَهرُبُونَ لِلعَونِ؟ وَأينَ سَتَترُكُونَ ثَروَتَكُمْ؟

And what will ye do in the day of visitation and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help and where will ye leave your glory?

4 ل َنْ يَبقَى شَيءٌ سِوَى الرُّكُوعِ كَالأسرَى وَالسُّقُوطِ فِي مَكانِ القَتلَى. وَمَعَ هَذا كُلِّهِ، لَمْ يَتَراجَعْ غَضَبُ اللهِ، وَما زالَتْ يَدُهُ مَرفُوعَةً لِلعِقابِ. عقابُ اللهِ لِكبرِياءِ أشُّور

They shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

5 ه ا إنَّ شَعبَ أشُّورَ هُمُ عَصا غَضَبِي، وَفِي يَدِهِمْ هَراوَةُ سَخَطِي.

¶ O Assyrian, rod and staff of my anger, in thy hand have I placed my indignation.

6 س َأُرسِلُهُمْ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ شِرِّيرَةٍ، وَسَآمُرُهُمْ بِمُحارَبَةِ شَعبٍ أغضَبَنِي، لِيَنهَبُوهُمْ وَيَدُوسُوهُمْ كَطِينِ الشَّوارِعِ.

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and upon the people of my wrath will I send him to take spoil and to take prey and to ready them that they might be tread down like the mire of the streets.

7 ل َكِنَّ شَعبَ أشُّورَ لا يَفهَمُ أنَّهُ أداةٌ فِي يَدِي، وَلا يُفَكِرُّ بِذَلِكَ. إنَّما يُفَكِّرُ بِالتَّدمِيرِ، وَبِإفناءِ أُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

Howbeit he shall not think like this; not even in his heart shall he imagine this way of doing things, but his thought shall be to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

8 ل أنَّ مَلَكَ أشُورَ يَقُولُ: «كُلُّ قادَتِي مُلُوكٌ.

For he shall say, Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 أ لَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ كَلْنُو مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ كَرْكَمِيشَ؟ ألَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ حَماةَ مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ أرْفادَ؟ ألَيسَتْ مَدِينَةُ السّامِرَةِ مِثلَ مَدِينَةِ دِمَشقَ؟

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

10 ف َكَما سَيطَرْتُ عَلَى مَمالِكَ فِيها أوثانٌ وَأصنامٌ أكثَرَ مِنْ تِلكَ الَّتِي فِي القُدْسِ وَالسّامِرَةِ،

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

11 ف َإنِّي سَأفعَلُ بِالقُدْسِ وَأوثانِها كَما فَعَلْتُ بِالسّامِرَةِ وَأصنامِها.»

shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

12 و َعِندَما يُنهِي الرَّبُّ عَمَلَهُ ضِدَّ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، سَيُعاقِبُ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ المُتَعَجرِفَ عَلَى كِبرِيائِهِ وَغَطرَسَتِهِ.

Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will come upon the fruit of the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and upon the glory of his high looks.

13 ل أنَّ مَلِكَ أشُّورَ يَقُولُ: «عَمِلْتُ هَذا بِقُوَّتِي وَحِكمَتِي لأنِّي فَهِيمٌ. هَزَمتُ الشُّعُوبَ وَأخَذْتُ ثَروَتَهُمْ، وَنَطَحْتُ ساكِنِيها كَثَورٍ قَوِيٍّ.

For he said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have been prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and I have cast down as valiant ones those who were seated:

14 و َجَدْتُ ثَروَةَ الشُّعُوبِ كَعُشٍّ، فَجَمَعْتُ بِيَدِي كُلَّ الأرْضِ كَما يُجمَعُ البَيضُ المَترُوكُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ مَنْ يُرَفرِفُ بِجَناحَيهِ، أوْ يَفتَحُ فَمَهُ، لِيَحمِيَ العُشَّ مِنِّي.» سَيطَرَةُ اللهِ عَلَى أشُّور

And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have taken control over all the earth; and there was no one that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

15 ه َلْ تَتَكّبَّرُ الفَأسُ عَلَى مَنْ يَرفَعُهُا؟ أمْ هَلْ يَتَعَظَّمُ المِنشارُ عَلَى مَنْ يَستَخدِمُهُ؟ كَما لَو أنَّ قَصَبَةً تَرفَعُ حامِلَها! أوْ أنَّ عَصاً تُمسِكُ بِإنسانٍ! هَكَذا تَدَّعِي أشُّورُ أنَّها أقوَى مِنَ اللهِ!

Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that moves it? as if the rod should rise up against those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself up. Is it not wood?

16 ل ِذَلِكَ سَيَجعَلُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ جُنُودَ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ السِّمانَ هَزِيلِينَ. وَسَيَحرِقُ مَجدَ أشُّورَ كَما تُحرِقُ النّارُ الحَطَبَ.

Therefore shall the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

17 و َسَيُصبِحُ نُورُ إسْرائِيلَ ناراً، وَقُدُّوسُهُ لَهِيباً، وَسَيُحرِقُ وَيَلتَهِمُ أشواكَ أشُّورَ وَشُجَيراتِها فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ.

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

18 ث ُمَّ سَيُخَرِّبُ اللهُ بَهاءَ غاباتِها وَبَساتِينِها مِنْ أوَّلِها إلَى آخِرِها، فَتَكُونَ أشُّورُ كَالمَرِيضِ المُنهارِ.

and shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, from the soul unto the flesh; and they shall come to be as a standard-bearer in defeat.

19 و َبَقِيَّةُ الأشجارِ القائِمَةِ سَتَكُونُ قَلِيلَةً جِدّاً بِحَيثُ يَستَطِيعُ طِفلٌ أنْ يَعُدَّها.

And the trees that shall remain in his forest shall be in number such that a child may count them.

20 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، لا يَعُودُ الباقُونَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَالنّاجُونَ مِنْ بَيتِ يَعقُوبَ، يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى ضارِبِيهِمْ، بَلْ سَيَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ قُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that those who shall be left of Israel and those who shall be left of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 و َالبَقِيَّةُ النّاجِيَةُ مِنْ بَيتِ يَعقُوبَ سَيَعُودُونَ إلَى اللهِ الجَبّارِ.

The remnant shall become converted, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

22 ح َتَّى لَوْ كانَ بَنُو إسرائِيلَ بِعَدَدِ رِمالِ البَحرِ، فَلَنْ يَخلُصَ مِنهُمْ إلّا عَدَدٌ قَلِيلٌ. فَقَدْ صَدَرَ حُكْمُ الدَمارِ، ثُمَّ سَيَفِيضُ البِرُّ.

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet the remnant of them shall become converted; when the consumption comes to an end, righteousness shall overflow.

23 ل أنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ سَيَجلِبُ دَماراً كامِلاً عَلَى الأرْضِ كَما قَرَّرَ.

For the Lord GOD of the hosts shall make a consumption and an end in the midst of all the land.

24 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ: «يا شَعبِيَ السّاكِنَ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، لا تَخافُوا مِنْ أشُّورَ. فَقَدْ يَضرِبُكِ بِعَصاً، وَقَدْ يَرفَعُ عَلَيكِ سِلاحاً لِيُعاقِبَكِ كَما فَعَلَتْ مِصرُ.

¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of the hosts, O my people, dweller of Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod and shall lift up his stick against thee by the way of Egypt;

25 ل َكِنْ بَعدَ فَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ سَيَنتَهِي غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ، وَسَيَكتَفِي سَخَطِي بِالدَّمارِ الَّذِي جَلَبْتُهُ عِقاباً لَكُمْ.»

yet from now until a very little while the indignation and my anger shall cease, to make an end of them.

26 و َسَيَرفَعُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ سَوطاً ضَدَّ أشُّورَ كَما فَعَلَ عِندَما هَزَمَ مِديانَ عِندَ صَخرَةِ غُرابَ. سَتَرتَفِعُ عَصاهُ فَوقَ البَحرِ، لِيُعاقِبَ أشُّورَ كَما عَمِلَ فِي مِصرَ.

And the LORD of the hosts shall raise up a scourge against him as the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb and shall raise up his rod upon the sea, by the way of Egypt.

27 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَزُولُ حِملُ أشُّورَ عَنْ كَتِفِكَ وَنِيرُهُ عَنْ عُنقِكَ. وَسَيَنكَسِرُ النِّيرُ بِسَبَبِ سَمانَتِكَ. إجتِياحُ الأشُّورِيِّينَ لإسْرائِيل

And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be consumed in the presence of the anointing.

28 ه ا قَدْ أتَوْا إلَى عَيّاثَ. اجتازُوا بِمِجرُونَ. خَزَنُوا أسلِحَتَهُمْ فِي مِخماشَ.

He is come to Aiath; he is passed unto Migron; in Michmash he shall number his army:

29 ا جتازُوا مَعبَرَةَ وَقالُوا: «سَنَقضِي اللَّيلَ فِي جِبعَةَ.» فَخافَتْ مَدِينَةُ الرّامَةِ وَهَرَبَ سُكّانُ جِبعَةِ شاوُلَ.

They are gone over the fords; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

30 ا صرُخِي يا بِنتَ جَلِّيمَ، وَأصغِي يا لِيشَةُ، وَأجِيبِي يا عَناثُوثُ.

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; Laish cause poor Anathoth to hear thee.

31 ش َعبُ مَدمِينَةَ يَهرُبُونَ، وَسُكّانُ جِيبِيمَ يَحتَمُونَ.

Madmenah is in upheaval; the inhabitants of Gebim shall gather themselves together.

32 ا ليَومَ سَيَتَوَقَّفُونَ فِي نُوبَ، سَيُهاجِمُونَ جَبَلَ الابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ، الَّذِي هُوَ تَلَّةُ القُدْسِ.

Even yet shall come a day when he shall rest at Nob; he shall raise his hand unto the mountain of the daughter of Zion unto the hill of Jerusalem.

33 ه ُوَذا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ سَيَقطَعُ الأغْصانَ بِالرُّعبِ، وَالأشجارَ الطَّوِيلَةَ سَتُقطَعُ، وَالمُرتَفِعُونَ سَيَسقُطُونَ.

Behold, the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, shall lop the bough with force, and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 س َيَقطَعُ الغابَةَ بِفَأسٍ. وَأشجارُ لُبنانَ سَتَسقُطُ بِقُوَّتِهِ الجَليلَةِ.

And he shall cut down the thickness of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by force.