1 ه َذِهِ وَحيٌ حَولَ وادِي الرُّؤيا: ماذا جَرَى لَكِ يا قُدْسُ، حَتَّى صَعِدَ الجَمِيعُ إلَى سُطُوحِ المَنازِلِ؟

The special word about the Valley of Visions: What is wrong, that you have all gone up to the house tops,

2 ك ُنتِ مَدِينَةً مَلِيئَةً بِالضَّجَّةِ، وَكُنتِ سَعِيدَةً وَمَلِيئَةً بِالهُتافِ. كُلُّ شَعبِكِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ، لَمْ يُقتَلْ بِالسُّيُوفِ، وَلا ماتَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ.

you who were full of noise, you loud town, you joy-filled city? Your dead were not killed with the sword. They did not die in battle.

3 ك ُلُّ قادَةِ الجَيشِ هَرَبُوا مَعاً، لَكِنَّهُمْ أُسِرُوا مِنْ دُونِ أقواسٍ. كُلُّ الَّذِينَ أُمسِكُوا، سُجِنُوا مَعاً، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ هَرَبُوا بَعِيداً.

All your rulers have run away together, and were taken without using the bow. All of you who were found were taken away together, even though you had run far away.

4 ل ِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: «لا تُحَدِّقُوا بِي، اترُكُونِي وَأنا أبْكِي بِمَرارَةٍ، لا تُسرِعُوا إلَى تَعزِيَتِي عَلَى دَمارِ شَعبِي العَزِيزِ.»

So I said, “Turn your eyes away from me. Let me cry with much sorrow. Do not try to comfort me about my people being destroyed.”

5 ل أنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ قَدْ عَيَّنَ يَومَ ضَجَّةٍ وَدَوسٍ وَتَشوِيشٍ فِي وادِي الرُّؤيا. حَدَّدَ يَومَ هَدمِ أسوارٍ، وَيَومَ صُراخٍ إلَى الجِبالِ لِطَلَبِ العَونِ.

For the Lord God of All has a day of fear, crushing down, and trouble in the Valley of Vision. There is a breaking down of walls and a crying out to the mountain.

6 س َيَحمِلُ جُنُودُ عِيلامَ جُعَبَ أقواسِهِمْ مَعَ المَركَباتِ وَالفُرسانِ. وَسَيُجَهِّزُ جُنُودُ قِيرَ تُرُوسَهُمْ.

Elam took up the arrows with the war-wagons, soldiers and horsemen. And Kir let the battle-covering be seen.

7 و َسَتَمتَلِئُ أفضَلُ أودِيَتِكِ بِالمَركَباتِ، وَسَيَقِفُ الفُرسانُ فِي مَواقِعِهِمْ عَلَى البَوّابَةِ.

Your best valleys were full of war-wagons, and the horsemen took their places at the gate.

8 و َسَيَهدِمُ عَدُوُّ يَهُوذا أسوارَها الَّتِي تَحمِيها. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَتَرغَبُونَ فِي الحُصُولِ عَلَى الأسلِحَةِ المَخزُونَةِ فِي قَصرِ الغابِ.

Then God took away the safe-covering of Judah. In that day you trusted in the objects you had to fight with that were stored in the house among the trees.

9 س َتَرَونَ أنَّهُ تُوجَدُ شُقُوقٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي أسوارِ مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ، وَسَتَجمَعُونَ مِياهَ البِرْكَةِ السُّفلَى المَخزُونَةِ.

You saw that there were many broken places in the wall of the city of David. You stored water in the lower pool.

10 س َتُحصُونَ بُيُوتَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَتَهدِمُونَها مِنْ أجلِ تَرمِيمِ السُّورِ وَتَقوِيَتِهِ بِحِجارَتِها.

Then you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and tore down houses to make the wall stronger.

11 س َتَحفِرُونَ خَندَقاً لِخَزنِ الماءِ بَينَ السُّورَينِ مِنْ أجلِ تَجَمِيعِ المِياهِ المُتَدَفِّقَةِ مِنَ البِركَةِ القَدِيمَةِ. لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَنظُرُوا إلَى الَّذِي فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ. وَلَنْ تَرُوا مَنْ خَطَّطَ لَهُ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ.

You made a place to store water between the two walls for the waters of the old pool. But you did not trust in God Who made it. You did not think about Him Who planned it long ago.

12 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، دَعا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ إلَى البُكاءِ وَالنُّواحِ، وَحَلقِ الرَّأسِ وَلِبسِ الخَيشِ.

So in that day the Lord God of All called you to cry in sorrow, to cut off the hair from your head, and to wear cloth made from hair.

13 ل َكِنَّ النّاسَ أخَذُوا فِي اللّهوِ وَالاحتِفالِ! ذَبَحُوا عُجُولاً وَغَنَماً لِياكُلُوا لَحماً وَيَشرَبُوا خَمراً! وَغَنُّوا فَقالُوا: «فَلْنَأْكُلْ وَنَشرَبْ، لِأنَّنا غَداً سَنَمُوتُ.»

But instead, there is joy and happiness, killing of cattle and sheep, eating of meat, and drinking of wine. You say, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

14 أ علَنَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ فِي أُذُنَيَّ فَقالَ: «لا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُغفَرَ هَذا الإثمُ لَكُمْ، بَلْ سَتَمُوتُونَ كُلُّكُمْ.» قالَ هَذا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ إلَى شَبْنا

But the Lord of All has made Himself known to me. The Lord God of All says, “For sure you will not be forgiven for this sin until you die.” Word about Shebna

15 ه َذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ: «اذْهَبْ إلَى شَبْنا، خادِمِ المَلِكِ المَسؤُولِ عَنِ القَصرِ.

The Lord God of All says, “Come, go to this person in Shebna who is taking care of the king’s house. Say to him,

16 و َقُلْ لَهُ: ‹ماذا وَمَنْ لَكَ هُنا حَتَّى إنَّكَ حَفَرْتَ قَبراً لَكَ هُنا؟› فَقَدْ حَفَرَ قَبرَهُ فِي مَكانٍ مُرتَفِعٍ وَنَحَتَ مَسكَناً لَهُ فِي الصَّخرِ.

‘What right do you have here? Who told you that you could cut out a grave for yourself here? You cut out a grave on a high place! You cut a resting place for yourself in the rock!

17 « ها إنَّ اللهَ سَيَخلَعُكَ وَيَقذِفُ بِكَ بَعيداً أيُّها المُتَجَبِّرُ، وَسَيُمسِكُ بِكَ بِقُوَّةٍ.

See, the Lord will throw you away without pity, O you strong man. He will take a strong hold of you

18 س َيَلُفُّكَ كَالكُرَةِ وَيَرمِيكَ إلَى أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. سَتَمُوتُ هُناكَ، وَسَتَكُونُ مَركَباتُكَ الفاخِرَةُ مُخزِيَةً وَسَطَ مَركَباتِ سَيِّدِكَ الجَدِيدِ.

and roll you up like a ball to be thrown into a wide land. There you will die, and there your great war-wagons will be. You are a shame to your king’s house.’

19 س َأطرُدُكَ مِنْ مَنصِبِكَ، وَسَتُطرَحُ مِنْ مَركِزِكَ.

I will throw you out of your place of power. I will take you down from your place.

20 « فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأدعُو عَبدِيَ ألِياقِيمَ بْنَ حِلْقِيّا،

In that day I will call My servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.

21 و َسَأُلبِسُهُ ثَوبَكَ، وَسَأضَعُ عَلَيهِ حِزامَكَ الرَّسمِيَّ، وَسَأُعطِيهِ مَركِزَكَ. وَسَيَكُونُ كَأبٍ لِساكِنِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَلِبَنِي يَهُوذا.

I will clothe him with your coat, and tie your belt around him. I will give him the power you had. He will become a father to the people of Jerusalem and to the family of Judah.

22 و َسَأضَعُ مِفتاحَ قَصرِ داوُدَ كَقِلادَةٍ حَولَ رَقَبَتِهِ. ما يَفتَحُهُ لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يُغلِقَهُ، وَما يُغلِقُهُ لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَفَتحَهُ.

Then I will put on his shoulder the rule of the family of David. What he opens, no one will shut. What he shuts, no one will open.

23 « سَأُثَبِّتُهُ كَالوَتَدِ فِي حائِطٍ ثابِتٍ، فَيَكُونَ عَرشاً مَجِيداً لِبَيتِ أبِيهِ.

I will drive him like a nail in a hard place. He will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.

24 و َسَتُعَلَّقُ عَلَيهِ كُلُّ الأشياءِ القَيِّمَةِ بِالنِّسبَةِ إلَى بَيتِ أبِيهِ وَنَسلِهِ وَنَسلِ أقارِبِهِ: كُلُّ الآنِيَةِ الصَّغِيرَةِ، مِنَ الكُؤُوسِ وَحَتَّى الأبارِيقِ.»

So they will put on him all the honor of his father’s house, and of his children, and every little dish, from the cups to all the jars.

25 و َيَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، يُخلَعُ الوَتَدُ الَّذِي ثُبِّتَ فِي حائِطٍ ثابِتٍ، وَيَسقُطُ كُلُّ ما عُلِّقَ عَلَيهِ إلَى الأرْضِ وَيَتَحَطَّمُ. لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.»

“In that day,” says the Lord of All, “the nail driven in a hard place will give way. It will break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off. For the Lord has spoken.”