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

“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet 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 raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

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

He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone 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 worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, 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 islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.

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

Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “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 carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and he fastens it with nails, that it might 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, the offspring 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 hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’

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

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.

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

You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

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

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. 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.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “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 into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, 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 whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. 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 poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, 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 middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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

I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

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, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand 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.»

Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.

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

“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

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

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

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

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of 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 raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and 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 it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

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

I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

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

When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

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

Behold, all of them, their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.