1 ا قتَرِبِي أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ لِتَسمَعِي، وَأصغِي أيَّتُها الشُّعُوبُ. لِتَسمَعِ الأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيها، العالَمُ وَما فِيهِ.

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

2 ل أنَّ اللهَ غاضِبٌ عَلَى الأُمَمِ وَعَلَى جُيُوشِهِمْ. وَقَدْ سَلَّمَهُمْ لِلهَلاكِ الكامِلِ وَالذَّبحِ.

For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

3 ق َتلاهُمْ سَيُرمَوْنَ. سَتَنْبَعِثُ رائِحَةُ جُثَثِهِمْ، وَتَفيضُ دِماؤُهُمْ عَلَى الجِبالُ.

Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

4 س َتَذُوبُ جُندُ السَّماءِ، وَتَلتَفُّ السَّماواتُ كَوَرَقَةٍ. جُندُها سَيَذبُلُونَ، مِثلَ أوراقِ الكَرمَةِ، وَمِثلَ حَبّاتِ التِّينِ.

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «عِندَما يَرْتَوِي سَيفِي بِما يَعمَلُهُ فِي السَّماءِ، سَيَنزِلُ لِيُعاقِبَ أدُومَ، الشَّعبَ الَّذِي كَرَّسْتُهُ لِلدَّينُونَةِ.»

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

6 ل لهِ سَيفٌ مُغَطَّىً بِالدِّماءِ وَالشَّحمِ، بِدَمِ حِملانٍ وَتُيُوسٍ، وَبِشَحمِ كِلَى كِباشٍ. لأنَّ اللهَ سَيَعمَلُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي بُصْرَةَ، وَمَذبَحَةً عَظِيمَةً فِي أرْضِ أدُومَ.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

7 و َسَيُذبَحُ مَعَهُمْ بَقَرٌ وَحشِيٌّ وَعُجُولٌ وَثِيرانٌ. وَسَتَرتَوِي أرْضُهُمْ بِالدَّمِ، وَتُرابُهُمْ سَيَتَغَطَّى بِالشَّحمِ.

And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8 ع َيَّنَ اللهُ وَقتَ عِقابٍ وَسَنَةَ جَزاءٍ مِنْ أجلِ قَضِيَّةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

For it is the day of the Lord 's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9 س َتُصبِحُ أنهارُ أدُومَ كَالزِّفتِ، وَتُرابُها كَالكِبرِيتِ، وَأرْضُها كَالزِّفتِ المُشتَعِلِ.

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10 و َلَنْ تَنطَفِئَ النّارُ لَيلاً أوْ نَهاراً، وَسَيَصْعَدُ دُخانُها إلَى الأبَدِ. وَسَتَكُونُ خَرِبَةً عَبرَ الأجيالِ، وَلَنْ يَجتازَ فِيها أحَدٌ إلَى الأبَدِ.

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11 س َتَمتَلِكُها الصُّقُورُ وَالقنافِذُ، وَتعِيشُ فِيها البُومُ وَالغِربانُ. سَيَجعَلُها اللهُ قاحِلَةً فارِغَةً.

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

12 ف َلا يَبقَى لَهُمْ ما يَدعُونَهُ مَملَكَةً هُناكَ. وَكُلُّ رُؤَسائِها يُصبِحُونَ لا شَيءَ.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

13 س َيَنمُو الشَّوكُ فِي قُصُورِها، وَالشُّجَيراتُ فِي حُصُونِها. سَتُصبِحُ مَسكِناً لِلكِلابِ البَرِّيَّةِ، وَمَكانَ سَكَنٍ لِلبُومِ.

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

14 و َسَتَلتَقِي هُناكَ الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ مَعَ الضِّباعِ، وَسَيُنادِي الماعِزُ البَرِّيُّ بَقِيَّةَ القَطِيعِ. سَتَعِيشُ حَيواناتُ اللَّيلِ هُناكَ وَتَستَرِيحُ.

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15 س َتَصنَعُ البُومُ أعشاشَها هُناكَ، وَتَرقُدُ عَلَى بَيضِها، وَتُرَبِّي صِغارَها تَحتَ ظَلِّ جَناحَيها. وَسَتَجتَمِعُ هُناكَ الصُّقُورُ مَعاً.

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16 ف َتِّشُوا فِي كِتابِ اللهِ وَاقرَأُوا، لأنَّهُ لَنْ يُفَقَدَ أيٌّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. جَميعُ الحَيواناتِ المَذكُورَةِ سَتَكُونُ مَعاً. لأنَّ فَمَ اللهِ أمَرَ، وَرُوحُهُ جَمَعَها.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

17 أ لقَى اللهُ قُرعَةً لِتَحدِيدِ بُقعَةِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي لَهُمْ. وَقَسَّمَ الأرْضَ بِخَيطِ القِياسِ، كَي يَمتَلِكُوها إلَى الأبَدِ، وَيَعِيشُوا هُناكَ جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ.

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.