1 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «أينَ شَهادَةُ طَلاقِ أُمِّكُمُ الَّتِي طَلَّقْتُها بِها؟ أوْ لِمَنْ كُنتُ مَدْيُوناً فِبِعْتُكُمْ لَهُ؟ بَلْ بِسَبَبِ خَطاياكُمْ بِعْتُكُمْ، وَبِسَبَبِ ذُنُوبِكُمْ طَلَّقْتُ أُمَّكُمْ.

Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 ل ِماذا لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ أحَدٌ عِندَما جِئتُ؟ وَلِماذا لَمْ يُجِبْ أحَدٌ عِندَما دَعَوتُ؟ هَلْ يَدِي قاصِرَةٌ عَنْ أنْ تُخَلِّصَ؟ أمْ لَيسَ فِيَّ قُوَّةٌ لإنقاذِكُمْ؟ أنا أُنَشِّفُ البَحرَ بِأمرٍ مِنِّي. وَأُحَوِّلُ الأنهارَ إلَى صَحراءَ. يُنتِنُ سَمَكُها بِسَبَبِ الجَفافِ، يَمُوتُ عَلَى الأرْضِ العَطشَى.

Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

3 أ نا ألبِسُ السَّماواتِ بِالظَّلامِ، وَأُغَطِّيها بِثِيابِ الحِدادِ.» الاتّكالُ عَلى الله

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

4 ع َلَّمَنِي الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ كَيفَ أتَكَلَّمُ، لأعرِفَ كَيفَ أُعِينُ المُنهَكَ بِكَلِمَةٍ. يُوقِظُ فِي كُلِّ صَباحٍ أُذُنِي لأُصغِيَ كَالتَّلامِيذِ.

The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.

5 ف َتَحَ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ أُذُنَيَّ، وَأنا لَمْ أتَمَرَّدْ وَلَمْ أتَراجَعْ.

The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.

6 أ عطَيتُ ظَهرِي لِلَّذِينَ يَضرِبُونَنِي، وَخَدِّي لِلَّذِينَ يَنتِفُونَ لِحيَتِي. لَمْ أستُرْ وَجهِي عَنِ الشَّتمِ وَالبُصاقِ.

I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

7 ا لرَّبُّ الإلَهُ يُعِينُنِي، فَلَنْ أُخزَى. لِذَلِكَ ثَبَّتُّ وَجهِي كَالصَّوّانِ، لأنِّي عَرَفتُ أنِّي لَنْ أُخزَى.

But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

8 ق َرِيبٌ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيُظهِرُ حَقِّي. فَمَنْ سَيَرفَعُ قَضِيَّةً ضِدِّي؟ فَلنَتَواجَه! وَمَنْ هُوَ المُشتَكِي عَلَيَّ؟ فَلْيَأتِ إلَيَّ.

He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.

9 ه ا إنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ يُعِينُنِي. أمّا خُصُومِي فَهُمْ زائِلُونَ مِثلَ ثَوبٍ بالٍ أكَلَهُ السُّوسُ.

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

10 ف َمَنْ مِنكُمْ يَخافُ اللهَ ، لِيُطِعْ صَوتَ خادِمِهِ. ذاكَ الَّذِي وَإنْ سَلَكَ فِي الظُّلمَةِ وَلَمْ يَرَ نُوراً، يَثِقُ بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَيَتَّكِلُ عَلَى إلَهِهِ.

Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light,—let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.

11 ي ا مَنْ تُشعِلُونَ نارَكُمْ وَتُوقِدُونَ مَشاعِلَكُمْ، سِيرُوا بِنُورِكُمْ هَذا. وَهَذا ما سَتَنالُونَهُ مِنْ يَدِي: سَتَسقُطُونَ وَتَتَعَذَّبُونَ وَسَطَ جَمَراتِ نارِكُمُ الَّتِي أشعَلتُمُوها.

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.