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

Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

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

So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.

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

Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?

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

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives Or fall among the slain. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

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

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

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

I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

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

Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.

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

For it says, “Are not my princes all kings?

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

“Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus?

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

“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

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

Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”

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

So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”

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

For he has said, “By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,

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 reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

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!

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

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

Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

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

And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.

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

And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

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

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down. A Remnant Will Return

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

Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

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

A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to 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 your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return; A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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

For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord God of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole 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 says the Lord God of hosts, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.

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

For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.”

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.

The Lord of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

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

So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.

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

He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.

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

They have gone through the pass, saying, “ Geba will be our lodging place.” Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.

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

Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth!

31 ش َعبُ مَدمِينَةَ يَهرُبُونَ، وَسُكّانُ جِيبِيمَ يَحتَمُونَ.

Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

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

Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

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

Behold, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.

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

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.