1 ه ا سُكارَى أفْرايِمَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِكِ جالِسَةً كَإكلِيلِ رَأسِ التَّلَّةِ المُطِلَّةِ عَلَى الوادي الخَصِيبِ. لَكِنَّ الخَمْرَ غَلَبَتْهُمْ، وَإكلِيلُكِ قَدْ ذَبُلَتْ زُهُورُهُ.

Wo the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.

2 ه ا إنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُرسِلُ رَجُلاً قَوِيّاً جَبّاراً، كَهُطُولِ البَرَدِ وَالمَطَرِ، كَعاصِفَةٍ تَسكُبُ فَيَضاناتٍ. هَكَذا سَيَطرَحُ بِيَدِهِ إكلِيلَ أفْرايِمَ إلَى الأرْضِ.

Lo, a mighty and strong one to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.

3 إ كلِيلُ سُكارَى أفْرايِمَ الجَمِيلِ سَيُداسُ تَحتَ الأقدَامِ.

By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

4 و َزَهرُ جَمالِهِ الذّابِلِ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الوادِي الخَصِيبِ، سَيَكُونُ مِثلَ التِّينِ الَّذِي يَنْضِجُ قَبلَ الصَّيفِ، فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَراهُ يَقطِفُهُ وَيَأكُلُهُ.

And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it yet in his hand he swalloweth it.

5 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَكُونُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ كَإكلِيلِ جَمالٍ وَكَتاجٍ مَجدُولٍ مِنَ الزُّهُورِ لِلباقِينَ مِنْ شَعبِهِ.

In that day is Jehovah of Hosts For a crown of beauty, and for a diadem of glory, To the remnant of His people.

6 و َسَيُعطِي رُوحَ عَدلٍ لِلقُضاةِ، وَشَجاعَةً لِلمُدافِعِينَ عَنْ بَوّاباتِ المَدِينَةِ فِي الحَربِ.

And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might those turning back the battle to the gate.

7 أ مّا أُولَئِكَ فَيَتَرَنَّحُونَ الآنَ مِنَ الخَمرِ، وَيَتَأرجَحُونَ مِنَ المُسكِرِ. الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ يَتَرَنَّحُونَ بِالمُسكِرِ، وَهُمْ مُشَوَّشُونَ مِنَ الخَمرِ. لِذا يُخطِئُ الأنبِياءُ عِندَما يَرَونَ رُؤَىً، وَالكَهَنَةُ عِندَما يُقَرِّرُونَ أحكاماً.

And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.

8 ك ُلُّ المَوائِدِ مُغَطّاةٌ بِالقَيءِ، وَما مِنْ مَكانٍ نَظِيفٍ. رَغبَةُ اللهِ فِي مُساعَدَةِ شَعبِه

For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth -- without place!

9 و َيُقالُ: «أيَظُنُّنا أطْفالاً لِكَي يُعَلِّمَنا وَيُفَهِّمُنا بِهَذِهِ الطَريقَةِ؟ كَانَّنا فُطِمْنا وَأُخِذْنا لِلتَّوِّ عَنْ صُدُورِ أُمَّهاتِنا!

By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,

10 ف َكَلامُهُ لَنا: «أمْرٌ بَعْدَ أمْرٍ، أمْرٌ بَعْدَ أمْرٍ حُكمٌ بَعْدَ حُكمٍ، حُكمٌ بَعْدَ حُكمٍ قَليلٌ هُنا، قَليلٌ هُناكَ!»

For rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,

11 ل أَنَّهُ بِشِفاهٍ مُتَلَعثِمَةٍ وَبِلُغَاتٍ أجنَبِيَّةٍ سَأُكَلِّمُ هَذا الشَّعبَ.

For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.

12 ت َكَلَّمَ فِي المَاضِي فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَكَانُ الرَّاحَةِ وَالسُّكُونِ. فَلْيَسْتَرِحِ المُتْعَبُونَ.» لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا.

Unto whom He hath said, `This the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,

13 ل ِذَلِكَ سَيَكُونُ كَلامُ اللهِ لَهُمْ: «أمْرٌ بَعْدَ أمْرٍ، أمْرٌ بَعْدَ أمْرٍ حُكمٌ بَعْدَ حُكمٍ، حُكمٌ بَعْدَ حُكمٍ قَليلٌ هُنا، قَليلٌ هُناكَ!» لَكَي يَسَقُطُوا إِلَى الخَلْفِ وَيُكسَرُوا حِينَ يَمشُونَ. وَلِكَي يُمْسَكُوا بِالفَخِّ وَيُؤسَرُوا. تَحذِيرُ اللهِ لِيَهُوذا

And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

14 ا سمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ أيُّها المُتَعَجرِفُونَ الَّذِينَ تَحْكُمُونَ هَذا الشَّعبَ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that in Jerusalem.

15 ق ُلْتُمْ: «قَطَعْنا عَهداً مَعَ المَوتِ، وَاتِّفاقاً مَعَ الهاوِيَةِ. عِندَما يَأتِي العِقابُ الرَّهِيبُ سَيَعبُرُ عَنّا وَلَنْ يُؤذِيَنا، لأنَّنا جَعَلْنا الكَذِبَ مَلجأً لَنا، وَاختَبَأْنا وَراءَ الخِداعِ.»

Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

16 ل ِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «ها إنِّي أضَعُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرَ أساسٍ، حَجَراً قَوِيّاً، حَجَرَ زاوِيَةٍ ثَمِيناً، وَأساساً مَتِيناً. وَالَّذِي يَثِقُ بِهِ لَنْ يَخزَى.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

17 س َأجعَلُ العَدلَ وَالبِرَّ مِقِياساً. وَسَيُحَطِمُ البَرَدُ مَلجَأهُمُ الَّذِي حَصَلُوا عَلَيهِ بِالكَذِبِ، وَسَتَغمُرُ المِياهُ مَخبأهُمْ.

And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

18 س َيُلغَى عَهدُكُمْ مَعَ المَوتِ، وَاتِّفاقُكُمْ مَعَ القَبرِ لَنْ يَستَمِرَّ. وَعِندَما تَأتِي العُقُوبَةُ الغامِرَةُ سَتُداسُونَ تَحتَها.

And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.

19 و َكُلَّما مَرَّتْ سَتَأخُذُكُمْ، لأنَّها سَتَمُرُّ كُلَّ صَباحٍ، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي النَّهارِ وَفِي اللَّيلِ. وَيَكُونُ فَهمُ هَذا المَثَلِ رُعباً لَكُمْ:

From the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report.

20 « قَصُرَ الفِراشُ عَنِ التَّمَدُّدِ، وَضاقَ الغَطاءُ عَنِ الالتِحافِ!»

For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one's self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one's self up in.

21 ل أنَّ اللهَ سَيَقُومُ وَيُحارِبُ كَما فَعَلَ فِي جَبَلِ فَراصِيمَ، وَسَيَثُورُ غَضَبُهُ كَما حَدَثَ فِي وادِي جِبعُونَ، لِكَي يَعمَلَ عَمَلَهُ المُغايِرَ، وَيُتَمِّمَ فِعلَهُ الغَرِيبَ.

For as mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work -- strange His work, And to do His deed -- strange His deed.'

22 و َالآنَ، لا تَستَهِينُوا بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، لِئَلّا تُصبِحَ الحِبالُ الَّتِي حَولَكُمْ أقوَى. لأنَّنِي سَمِعْتُ أنَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ حَكَمَ بِأنْ يُدَمِّرَ كُلَّ الأرْضِ. عِقابُ اللهِ العادِل

And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, for all the land.

23 أ نصِتُوا لِصَوتِي، وَانتَبِهُوا، وَاسْمَعُوا قَولِي.

Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

24 ه َلْ يَحرُثُ الحارِثُ أرْضَهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ؟ هَلْ يَشُقُّ أرْضَهُ وَيُسَوِّيها كُلَّ يَومٍ؟

The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

25 أ لا يُسَوِّي سَطحَها، ثُمَّ يَرُشُّ الشِّبِثَ، وَيَبذُرُ الكَمُّونَ، وَيَزرَعُ القَمحَ فِي أتلامٍ، وَالشَّعِيرَ فِي مَكانِهِ، وَالعَلَسَ عَلَى أطرافِ الأرْضِ؟

Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie its own border?

26 إ لَهُهُ يُعَلِّمُهُ وَيُرشِدُهُ إلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ الصَّحِيحَةِ.

And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.

27 ف َالمُزارِعُ لا يَدرُسُ الشِّبِثَ بِلُوحٍ كَبِيرٍ، وَلا يُدَحرِجُ مِدحَلَةً عَلَى حُبُوبِ الكَمُّونِ، بَلْ يَضرِبُ الشِّبِثَ وَالكَمُّونَ بِعَصاً صَغِيرَةٍ.

For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod.

28 ل ا بُدَّ مِنْ طَحْنِ القَمحِ لِعَمَلِ الخُبزِ. لَكِنَّهُ لا يُطحَنُ تَماماً بِأنْ يُدرَسَ بِاللّوحِ بِلا تَوَقٌّفٍ، وَلا بِمِدحَلَةٍ تَجُرُّها الخَيلُ.

Bread- is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small.

29 ه َذِهِ المَعرِفَةُ مِنَ اللهِ القَدِيرِ، العَجِيبِ فِي مَشُورَتِهِ، وَالعَظِيمِ فِي حِكمَتِهِ.

Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!