1 ت َنَبَّهْ أيُّها المُخَرِّبُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُهاجِمْهُ أحَدٌ، وَأيُّها الغادِرُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَغدُرْ فِيهِ أحَدٌ. عِندَما تَنتَهِي مِنَ التَّخرِيبِ سَتُخَرَّبُ، وَعِندَما تَنتَهِي مِنَ الغَدرِ سَتُغدَرُ.

It is bad for you, O destroyer, you who were not destroyed yourself! You cannot be trusted, but others have trusted you. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. As soon as you stop lying, others will lie to you.

2 و َسَيُقالُ: «تَحَنَّنْ عَلَينا يا اللهُ. إيّاكَ انتَظَرنا. أعطِنا قُوَّةً فِي كُلِّ صَباحٍ، وَخَلِّصْنا فِي وَقتِ الضِّيقِ.»

O Lord, be kind to us. We have waited for You. Be our strength every morning. Save us in the time of trouble.

3 ه َرَبَ الشَّعبُ مِنْ صَوتِكَ الهادِرِ. تَشَتَّتَتِ الأُمَمُ بِسَبَبِ عَظَمَتِكَ.

At the loud noise of battle, the people run. When You lift Yourself up, nations divide and run.

4 س َتُجمَعُ غَنائِمَكُمْ كَما يَجمَعُ الجَرادُ الطَّعامَ. سَيَقفِزُ كَثِيرُونَ عَلَيها كَالجَنادِبِ.

The things taken in war will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men rush upon it like locusts.

5 ا للهُ مُرتَفِعٌ جِدّاً، وَيَسكُنُ فِي الأعالِي. هُوَ يَملأُ صِهْيَوْنَ بِالعَدلِ وَالصَّلاحِ.

The Lord is honored, for He lives on high. He has filled Zion with what is right and fair and good.

6 ه ُوَ مَصْدَرُ ثَباتِكِ يا صِهْيَوْنَ. سَتَنعَمِينَ بِالخَلاصِ وَالحِكْمَةِ وَالمَعرِفَةِ، وَتَكُونُ مَخافَةُ اللهِ كَنْزَكِ.

He will be for you what is sure and faithful for your times, with much saving power, wisdom and learning. The fear of the Lord is worth much.

7 ه ا الأبْطالُ يَصرُخُونَ فِي الشَّوارِعِ، وَرُسُلَ السَّلامِ يَبكُونَ بِمَرارَةٍ.

See, their men with strength of heart cry in the streets. The men sent to bring peace cry many tears.

8 ا لطُّرُقُ الكَبِيرَةُ مَهجُورَةٌ، وَلا أحَدَ يُسافِرُ عَلَى الطُّرُقِ الصَّغِيرَةِ. العَهُودُ مَكسُورَةٌ وَالشُّهُودُ مَرفُوضُونَ، وَلا يَحتَرِمُونَ أحَداً.

The roads are empty. The traveler does not travel. He has broken the agreement. He has hated the cities. He does not care for man.

9 ا لأرْضُ تَنُوحُ وَتَذبُلُ. لُبنانُ خَجِلَ وَذَبُلَ. سَهلُ شارُونَ يُشبِهُ الصَّحراءَ. وَباشانُ وَالكَرمَلُ يَنفُضانِ أوراقَهُما الذّابِلَةَ وَيَمُوتانِ.

The land is filled with sorrow and wastes away. Lebanon is put to shame and wastes away. Sharon is like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «الآنَ أقُومُ، الآنَ أنتَصِبُ، الآنَ أُظهِرُ عَظَمَتِي.

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will be honored. Now I will be lifted up.

11 ت َحبَلُونَ بِالعُشبِ، وَتَلِدُونَ قَشّاً، وَرُوحُكُمْ نارٌ تَلتَهِمُكُمْ.

You bring life to what is of no worth. You give birth to what is of no use. My breath will destroy you like a fire.

12 س َيَحتَرِقُ النّاسُ لِيُصبِحُوا رَماداً. سَيَحتَرِقُونَ بِالنّارِ كَالشَّوكِ اليابِسِ.

The people will be burned to white dust, like thorns cut down and burned in the fire.

13 « اسْمَعُوا ما عَمِلْتُ أيُّها البَعِيدُونَ، وَاعرِفُوا قُوَّتِي أيُّها القَرِيبُونَ.»

“You who are far away, hear what I have done. And you who are near, speak of My power.”

14 ا لخُطاةُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ خائِفُونَ، وَالأشرارُ يُمسِكُهُمُ الرُّعبُ وَيَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ مِنّا يَقْدِرُ أنْ يَعِيشَ مَعَ هَذِهِ النّارِ المُلتَهِمَةِ؟ مَنْ مِنّا يَقْدِرُ أنْ يَعِيشَ مَعَ هَذِهِ النّارِ الأبَدِيَّةِ؟»

Sinners in Zion are filled with fear. The sinful shake with fear. They cry, “Who among us can live with the fire that destroys? Who among us can live with the fire that burns forever?”

15 ا لَّذِينَ يَعِيشُونَ بِالاستِقامَةِ، وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالصِّدقِ، الَّذِينَ يَرفُضُونَ الرِّبحَ بِظُلمِ الآخَرِينَ، الَّذِينَ يَمتَنِعُونَ عَنْ أخذِ الرِّشوَةِ، الَّذِينَ يَسُدُّونَ آذانَهُمْ عَنْ سَماعِ خُطَطِ القَتلِ، وَيُغلِقُونَ عُيُونَهُمْ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إلَى الشَّرِّ،

He who walks with God, and whose words are good and honest, he who will not take money received from wrong-doing, and will not receive money given in secret for wrong-doing, he who stops his ears from hearing about killing, and shuts his eyes from looking at what is sinful,

16 ه َؤُلاءِ سَيَعِيشُونَ بِأمانٍ فِي الأعالِي، وَسَيَكُونُ مَكانُهُمُ الأمِينُ حُصُوناً فِي الجِبالِ، حَيثُ سَيُزَوَّدُونَ بِطَعامِهِمْ، وَماؤُهُمْ لَنْ يَنفَدَ.

he will have a place on high. His safe place will be a rock that cannot be taken over. He will be given food and will have water for sure.

17 س َتَرَى عُيُونُكَ المَلِكَ فِي جَمالِهِ. وَسَيَنظُرُونَ إلَى أرْضٍ كَبِيرَةٍ جِدّاً.

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty. They will see a land that is far away.

18 و َسَتُفَكِّرُ بِالرُّعبِ الَّذِي كانَ لَدَيكَ سابِقاً: «أينَ الكاتِبُ؟ أينَ الوازِنُ؟ أينَ الَّذِي يُحْصِي الحُصُونَ؟»

Your heart will think about fear, asking, “Where is he who numbers? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who numbers the towers?”

19 ل َنْ تَرَى فِيما بَعدُ الشَّعبَ المُتَعَجرِفَ الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِغَيرِ وُضُوحٍ، وَبِلُغَةٍ لا تَفهَمُها. حِمايَةُ اللهِ لإسْرائِيل

You will not see people who show no pity, people whose language no one knows, whose strange tongue you cannot understand.

20 ا نظُرُوا إلَى صِهْيَوْنَ، مَدِينَةِ أعيادِنا. سَتَرَى عُيُونُكُمُ القُدْسَ مَسكَناً آمِناً وَخَيمَةً ثابِتَةً لا تُخلَعُ أوتادُها، وَلا يَنقَطِعُ حَبلٌ مِنْ حِبالِها.

Look upon Zion, the city of our special suppers! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting place, a tent that will not be moved. Its tie-downs will never be pulled up, and none of its ropes will be broken.

21 ل أنَّ اللهَ سَيَتَعَظَّمُ هُناكَ، مِثلَ أرْضٍ مَلِيئَةٍ بِالأنهارِ وَالجَداوِلِ العَرِيضَةِ الَّتِي لا تَسِيرُ عَلَيها قَوُارِبُ التَّجدِيفِ، وَلا تَعبُرُها سُفُنُ العَدُوِّ الضَّخمَةُ.

But there the Lord in His great power will be for us. It will be a place of rivers and wide waterways, where no rowboats can go, and where no powerful ships can pass.

22 ل أنَّ اللهَ هُوَ قاضِينا، وَهُوَ يُعطِينا الشَّرِيعَةَ. هُوَ مَلِكُنا، وَهُوَ يُخَلِّصُنا.

For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our law-giver. The Lord is our king. He will save us.

23 ا نحَلَّتْ حِبالُ الأشرارِ، وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تُمسِكُ بِقاعِدَةِ السّارِيَةِ لِتُثَبِّتَها. لَمْ يَعُودُوا يَنْصِبُونَ الأشرِعَةَ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتُقَسَّمُ غَنِيمَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ، وَحَتَّى العُرجُ سَيَنالُونَ نَصِيباً مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ.

Your ropes are loose. They cannot hold the sail up in its place or spread it out. Then the many riches taken in battle will be divided. Even those who cannot walk will take the riches.

24 ل َنْ يَكُونَ بَينَ ساكِنِيها مَنْ يَقُولُ: «أنا مَرِيضٌ.» وَالشَّعْبُ السّاكِنُ هُناكَ، سَيَكُونُ مَغفُورَ الخَطايا.

And no one living there will say, “I am sick.” The people who live there will be forgiven of their sin.