1 ¶ Listen unto me, O islands; and let the peoples strengthen themselves; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

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

2 W ho raised up righteousness from the east, called him that he might follow him, gave the Gentiles before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.

مَنْ 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.

3 H e pursued them and passed in peace by the way that his feet had never entered.

يَطارِدُهُمْ وَلا يُصابُ بِأذَىً، وَرِجلاهُ لا تَلمِسانِ الأرْضَ.

4 W ho has wrought and done it? Who calls the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and I, myself am with those who are last.

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

5 T he isles saw it and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid; they congregated and came.

الجُزُرُ وَالشَّواطِئُ رَأتْ ما عَمِلْتُهُ وَخافَتْ. الأجزاءُ البَعِيدَةُ مِنَ الأرْضِ ارتَعَدَتْ. اقتَرَبَتْ وَوَصَلَتْ.

6 E ach one helped his neighbour; and each one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

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

7 S o the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is well joined and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

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

8 B ut thou, Israel, my slave, Jacob whom I have chosen, art the seed of Abraham my friend.

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

9 F or I have taken thee from the ends of the earth and called thee from the boundaries thereof and said unto thee Thou shalt be my slave; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

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

10 ¶ Do not fear for I am with thee; do not be dismayed, for I am thy God, who strengthens thee; I will help thee always; I will always uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

11 B ehold, all those that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and those that strive with thee shall perish.

ها كُلُّ الغاضِبِينَ عَلَيكَ سَيَخجَلُونَ وَيَخزُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ يُقاوِمُونَكَ سَيَتَلاشَوْنَ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

12 T hou shalt seek them and shalt not find them, even those that contended with thee; those that war against thee shall be as nothing and as a thing of nought.

سَتَبحَثُ عَنِ مُعارِضِيكَ، وَلَنْ تَجِدَهُمْ. الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَكَ سَيَصِيرُونَ كَالعَدَمِ وَيَهلِكُونَ.

13 F or I am the LORD thy God that holds thy right hand saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

لأنِّي أنا إلَهُكَ ، أُمسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ. أقُولُ لَكَ: ‹لا تَخَفْ. فَأنا أُعِينُكَ.›

14 F ear not, thou worm Jacob, ye dead of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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

15 B ehold, I have placed thee as a threshing instrument, as a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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

16 T hou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; but thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

سَتُذَرِّيهِمْ فَتَحمِلَهُمُ الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُشَتِّتُهُمُ العاصِفَةُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَفرَحُ باللهِ ، وَسَتَفتَخِرُ بِقُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ.

17 T he poor and needy seek the waters that are not; their tongue fails for thirst; I the LORD will hear them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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

18 I will open rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of the plains; I will turn the wilderness into pools of water and the dry land into springs of water.

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

19 I will bring forth in the wilderness cedars, thorns, myrtles, and olive trees; I will set in the desert the fir tree and the pine and the box tree together:

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

20 T hat they may see and know and take warning and understand together that the hand of the LORD does this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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

21 ¶ Explain your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your foundations, saith the King of Jacob.

يَقُولُ اللهُ لِلآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ: «قَدِّمُوا قَضِيَّتَكُمْ.» وَيَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعقُوبَ لَهُمْ: «هاتُوا حُجَجَكُمْ.»

22 L et them bring forth and declare unto us what shall happen; tell us what has happened from the beginning, and we shall consider it in our hearts; and we shall know what his end shall be, and cause us to understand that which is to come.

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

23 G ive us news of that which is to come hereafter that we may know that ye are gods; or at least do good or do evil that we may have something to tell, and together we shall marvel.

أخبِرُونا بِما سَيَحدُثُ، حَتَّى نَعرِفَ أنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ. اعمَلُوا خَيراً أوْ شَرّاً، لِنَخافَ وَنُكرِمَكُمْ.

24 B ehold, ye are of nothing and your works of vanity; an abomination is he that chooses you.

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

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he came from the rising of the sun; he called in my name and came unto princes as upon clay and as the potter treads clay.

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

26 W ho has declared from the beginning, that we shall know? and beforetime that we shall say, He is righteous? yea, there is no one that declares this, yea, there is no one that teaches, yea, there is no one that hears your words.

«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.

27 I am the first that has taught these things unto Zion, and unto Jerusalem I brought the news.

أنا أعلَنْتُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِصِهْيَوْنَ قَبلَ حُدُوثِها، وَأرسَلْتُ مُبَشِّراً بِها لِلقُدسِ.

28 F or I beheld, and there was no one; and I asked regarding these things, and there was no counsellor; I asked them, and they did not answer a word.

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

29 B ehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

إنَّما هُمْ لا شَيءٌ، وَلا يَستَطِيعُونَ عَمَلَ شَيءٍ. تَماثِيلُهُمْ لا مَنفَعَةَ مِنها.