1 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «اسكُتِي وَاستَمِعِي إلَيَّ يا بِلادَ السَّواحِلِ، وَاستَرجِعِي قُوَّتَكِ أيَّتُها الأُمَمُ. لِيَقتَرِبُوا ثُمَّ لِيَتَكَلَّمُوا. لِنَجتَمِعْ مَعاً لأجلِ المُحاكَمَةِ.

“ Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment.

2 م َنْ أيقَظَ الرَّجُلَ القادِمَ مِنَ الشَّرقِ، الَّذِي يُرافِقُهُ النَّصرُ أينَما ذَهَبَ. سَيُسَلِّمُ اللهُ لَهُ أُمَماً، وَسَيُخضِعُ لَهُ مُلُوكاً. سَيَجعلُهُمْ بِسَيفِهِ كَالتُّرابِ، وَبِقَوسِهِ سَيُبَدِّدُهُمْ كَالقَشِّ الَّذِي طَيَّرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ.

“ Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.

3 ي َطارِدُهُمْ وَلا يُصابُ بِأذَىً، وَرِجلاهُ لا تَلمِسانِ الأرْضَ.

“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet.

4 م َنْ عَمِلَ هَذا؟ وَمَنْ هُوَ المُسَيطِرُ عَلَى التّارِيخِ مُنذُ البَدءِ؟ أنا اللهَ ، كُنتُ مِنَ البَدءِ، وَسَأكُونُ عِنْدَ نِهايَةِ كُلِّ شِيءٍ.

“ Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘ I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”

5 ا لجُزُرُ وَالشَّواطِئُ رَأتْ ما عَمِلْتُهُ وَخافَتْ. الأجزاءُ البَعِيدَةُ مِنَ الأرْضِ ارتَعَدَتْ. اقتَرَبَتْ وَوَصَلَتْ.

The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come.

6 « يُساعِدُ أحَدُهُمُ الآخَرَ، وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: ‹تَشَدَّدْ.›

Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, “Be strong!”

7 ا لنَّحّاتُ يُشَجِّعُ الصّائِغَ. وَالَّذِي يَصقِلُ المَعادِنَ بالمِطرَقَةِ، يُشَجِّعُ الضّارِبَ عَلَى السِّندانِ، وَيَقُولُ عَنِ الإلحامِ: ‹عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ.› ثُمَّ يُثَبِّتُ الوَثَنَ بِمَسامِيرَ حَتَّى لا يَتَفَكَّكَ.» اللهُ المُخَلِّص

So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter.

8 « أمّا أنتَ يا عَبدِيَ إسْرائِيلَ، يا يَعقُوبَ الَّذِي اختَرْتُهُ، يا نَسلَ إبراهِيمَ حَبِيبِي،

“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,

9 ا لَّذِي أخَذْتُهُ مِنْ أبعَدِ مَناطِقِ الأرْضِ، الَّذِي دَعَوتُهُ مِنْ أبعَدِ أرْكانِ الأرْضِ، الَّذِي قُلْتُ لَهُ: ‹أنتَ عَبدِي، أنا اختَرْتُكَ وَلَمْ أرفُضْكَ.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.

10 « لا تَخَفْ لأنِّي مَعَكَ، لا تَخَفْ لأنِّي إلَهُكَ. سَأُقَوِّيكَ وَأُساعِدُكَ، وَسَأدعَمُكَ بِيَمِينِيَ المُنْتَصِرَةِ.

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

11 ه ا كُلُّ الغاضِبِينَ عَلَيكَ سَيَخجَلُونَ وَيَخزُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ يُقاوِمُونَكَ سَيَتَلاشَوْنَ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

12 س َتَبحَثُ عَنِ مُعارِضِيكَ، وَلَنْ تَجِدَهُمْ. الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَكَ سَيَصِيرُونَ كَالعَدَمِ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

“ You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

13 ل أنِّي أنا إلَهُكَ ، أُمسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ. أقُولُ لَكَ: ‹لا تَخَفْ. فَأنا أُعِينُكَ.›

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘ Do not fear, I will help you.’

14 « لا تَخَفْ يا يَعقُوبُ، أيُّها الدُّودَةُ الصَّغِيرَةُ، يا إسْرائِيلَ، أيُّها الشَّرنَقَةُ الضَّعِيفَةُ. ‹أنا أعَنْتُكَ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَفادِيكَ هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إسْرائِيلَ.

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares the Lord, “ and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 س َأجعَلُكَ كَلَوحٍ حادٍّ لِسَحقِ الحُبُوبِ، لَوحاً جَدِيداً ذا أسنانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَتَدُوسَ الجِبالَ وَتَسحَقُها، وَتَصيرَ التِّلالُ كَالتِّبنِ.

“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.

16 س َتُذَرِّيهِمْ فَتَحمِلَهُمُ الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُشَتِّتُهُمُ العاصِفَةُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَفرَحُ باللهِ ، وَسَتَفتَخِرُ بِقُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the Lord, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 « عِندَما يَبحَثُ الفُقَراءُ وَالمَساكِينُ عَنِ الماءِ وَلا يَجِدُونَهُ، وَألسِنَتُهُمْ تَجِفُّ مِنَ العَطَشِ. أنا اللهَ سَأستَجِيبُ لَهُمْ، أنا إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ لَنْ أترُكَهُمْ.

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the Lord, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

18 س َأفتَحُ أنهاراً عَلَى الهِضابِ الجافَّةِ، وَيَنابِيعَ فِي وَسَطِ الوِديانِ. سَأجعَلُ الصَّحراءَ بِركَةَ ماءٍ، وَالأرْضَ الجافَّةَ يَنابِيعَ ماءٍ.

“I will open rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.

19 س َأزرَعُ أشجارَ الأرْزِ فِي الصَّحراءِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أشجارَ السَّنطِ وَالآسِ وَالزَّيتُونِ. سَأزرَعُ فِي البادِيَةِ السَّروَ وَالسِّندِيانَ وَالصُّنَوبَرَ مَعاً،

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,

20 ح َتَّى يَرَى الجَمِيعُ وَيَعرِفُوا، وَيُفَكِّرُوا بِهَذا وَيَفهَمُوا أنَّ يَدَ اللهِ هِيَ الَّتِي عَمِلَتْ هَذا، وَأنَّ قُدُّوسَ إسْرائِيلَ خَلَقَهُ.» تَحَدِّي اللهُ لِلآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَة

That they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21 ي َقُولُ اللهُ لِلآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ: «قَدِّمُوا قَضِيَّتَكُمْ.» وَيَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعقُوبَ لَهُمْ: «هاتُوا حُجَجَكُمْ.»

“ Present your case,” the Lord says. “Bring forward your strong arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

22 ل ِيَقتَرِبُوا وَيُخبِرُونا بِما سَيَحدُثُ. لِيُخبِرُونا عَنِ الأحداثِ الماضِيَةِ وَأسرارِها، فَنَتَعَلَّمَ مِنها. أخبِرُونا عَنْ أحداثِ المُستَقَبَلِ.

Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming;

23 أ خبِرُونا بِما سَيَحدُثُ، حَتَّى نَعرِفَ أنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ. اعمَلُوا خَيراً أوْ شَرّاً، لِنَخافَ وَنُكرِمَكُمْ.

Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

24 ه ا إنَّكُمْ أقَلُّ مِنَ العَدَمِ، وَعَمَلُكُمْ باطِلٌ. وَمَنْ يَختارُ عِبادَتَكُمْ فَهُوَ كَريهٌ مِثلُكُمْ!» اللهُ هُوَ الإلَهُ الوَحِيد

Behold, you are of no account, And your work amounts to nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 « أيقَظْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّمالِ فَأتَى، وَمِنَ الشَّرقِ دَعَوتُهُ بِاسْمِهِ. يَدُوسُ الوُلاةَ كَالرَّملِ، كَفَخّارِيِّ يَعجِنُ الطِينَ.

“I have aroused one from the north, and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar, Even as the potter treads clay.”

26 « مَنْ أخبَرَ بِهَذا مِنَ البِدايَةِ حَتَّى نَعرِفَهُ، وَمَنْ عَرَفَهُ قَبلَ حُدُوثِهِ كَي نَقُولَ: ‹إنَّهُ عَلَى حَقٍّ.› لَمْ يُخبِرْ بِهِ أحَدٌ، وَلَمْ يُعلِنْهُ أحَدٌ، وَلَمْ يَستَمِعْ أحَدٌ لِكَلامِكَ.

Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, “ He is right!”? Surely there was no one who declared, Surely there was no one who proclaimed, Surely there was no one who heard your words.

27 أ نا أعلَنْتُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِصِهْيَوْنَ قَبلَ حُدُوثِها، وَأرسَلْتُ مُبَشِّراً بِها لِلقُدسِ.

“ Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’ And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’

28 « وَلَكِنِّي أنظُرُ فَلا أجِدُ أحَداً. وَمِنْ بَينِ هَذِهِ الآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ ناصِحٍ، أسألُهُ فَيُجِيبَ.

“But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

29 إ نَّما هُمْ لا شَيءٌ، وَلا يَستَطِيعُونَ عَمَلَ شَيءٍ. تَماثِيلُهُمْ لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنها.

“Behold, all of them are false; Their works are worthless, Their molten images are wind and emptiness.