1 T he vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The Wickedness of Judah

هَذِهِ هِيَ الرُّؤيا الَّتِي رَآها النَّبِيُّ إشَعْياءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ عَنْ يَهُوذا وَمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، فِي زَمَنِ عُزِّيّا وَيُوثامَ وَآحازَ وَحِزْقِيّا، مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. دَعوَى اللهِ ضِدَّ يَهُوذا

2 H ear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;

اسمَعِي أيَّتُها السَّماواتُ، وَأنصِتِي أيَّتُها الأرْضُ، لأَنَّ اللهَ تَكَلَّمَ: «رَبَّيتُ أولادِيَ وَكَبَّرْتُهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ!

3 T he ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.”

الثَّورُ يَعرِفُ صاحِبَهُ، وَالحِمارُ يَعرِفُ حَوضَ عَلَفِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَكِنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لا يَعرِفُونَ الَّذِي يُطعِمُهُمْ، شَعبِي لا يَفهَمُ.»

4 A las, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.

آهٍ عَلَى أُمَّةِ إسْرائِيلَ الخاطِئَةِ. الشَّعبِ كَثِيرِ الآثامِ، وَالأولادِ فاعِلِي الشَّرِّ الفاسِدِينَ! فَقَدْ تَخَلَّوْا عَنِ اللهِ ، وَاستَهانُوا بِقُدُّوسِ إسْرائِيلَ. تَرَكُوهُ وَعامَلُوهُ كَغَرِيبٍ!

5 W hy should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

ما نَفْعُ أنْ تُضرَبُوا أكثَرَ؟ فَإنَّكُمْ تَستَمِرُّونَ فِي عِصيانِكُمْ! رَأسُكُمْ مَرِيضٌ بِالكامِلِ، وَقَلْبُكُمْ كُلُّهُ سَقِيمٌ.

6 F rom the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

مِنْ أسفَلِ القَدَمِ إلَى قِمَّةِ الرَّأسِ لا يُوجَدُ شَيءٌ سَلِيمٌ. جِسمِكُمْ كُلُّهُ جُرُوحٌ وَقُرُوحٌ وَضَرباتٌ غَيرُ مَشفِيَّةٍ لَمْ تُعصَرْ وَلَمْ تُضَمَّدْ وَلَمْ تُدَلَّكْ بِالزَّيتِ.

7 Y our country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

بَلَدُكُمْ خَرِبٌ، وَمُدُنُكُمْ مَحرُوقَةٌ بِالنّارِ. الأجانِبُ يَأكُلُونَ أرْضَكُمْ أمامَكُمْ، وَالغُرَباءُ خَرَّبُوها.

8 S o the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

وَالعَزِيزَةُ صِهْيَوْنُ هِيَ الوَحِيدَةُ الباقِيَةُ، كَكُوخِ الحارِسِ فِي كَرْمٍ، وَكَخَيمَةٍ وَسَطَ حَقلِ خَضْراواتٍ، وَكَمَدِينَةٍ يُحاصِرُها الأعداءُ.

9 U nless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

لَوْ لَمْ يُبقِ لَنا اللهُ القَدِيْرُ نَسلاً، لَكُنّا مِثلَ سَدُومَ، وَلأصبَحنا مِثلَ عَمُورَةَ.

10 H ear the word of the Lord, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:

اسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ يا حُكّامَ سَدُومَ، وَأصْغُوا إلَى تَعلِيمِ إلَهِنا يا شَعبَ عَمُورَةَ.

11 “ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «لِماذا ذَبائِحُكُمْ الكَثِيرَةُ هَذِهِ؟ أنا مُتخَمٌ بِذَبائِحِ الكِباشِ وَشَحْمِ الحَيواناتِ المُسَمَّنَةِ. وَلا يَسُرُّنِي دَمُ الثِّيرانِ وَالخِرافِ وَالتُّيُوسِ.

12 “ When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?

عِندَما تَأتُونَ إلَى مَحْضَرِي لِتُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ، مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنكُمْ أنْ تَدُوسُوا ساحاتِ هَيكَلِي؟

13 B ring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

تَوَقَّفوا عَنْ إحْضارِ تَقدِماتٍ باطِلَةً. أنا أكرَهُ البَخُورَ وَاوائِلَ الشُّهُورِ وَالسُّبُوتَ وَالأعْيادَ. لا أطيقُ الاجْتِماعاتِ الدِّينِيَّةَ مَعَ الاثْمِ.

14 Y our New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

تُبْغُضُ نَفسِي أوائِلَ شُهُورِكُمْ وَأعيادَكُمْ. وَقَدْ صارَتْ ثَقِيلَةً عَلَيَّ.

15 W hen you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

حِينَ تَمُدُّونَ أيدِيَكُمْ لِلدُّعاءِ لا أنظُرَ إلَيكُمْ، وَإنْ صَلَّيتُمْ كَثِيراً لَنْ أسْمَعَ، لأنَّ أيدِيَكُمْ مُغَطّاةٌ بِالدِّماءِ.

16 “ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

اغْتَسِلُوا وَتَطَهَّرُوا، وَأزِيلُوا أعمالَكُمِ الشِّرِّيرَةَ الَّتِي تَرتَكِبُونَها أمامِيَ. تَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ.

17 L earn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

تَعَلَّمُوا فِعلَ الخَيرِ، وَابتَغُوا العَدلَ. أنقِذُوا المَظلُومِينَ، وَدافِعُوا عَنِ اليَتامَى، وَحامُوا عَنِ الأرامِلِ.»

18 “ Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «تَعالَوا نَتَحاجَجَ. إنْ كانَتْ خَطاياكُمْ حَمراءَ كَالقِرمِزِ، أنا أجعَلُها بَيضاءَ كَالثَّلجِ. وَإنْ كانَتْ كَالأُرجُوانِ، أجعَلُها كَالصُّوفِ الأبيَضِ.

19 I f you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

إنْ أطَعْتُمْ فَسَتَأكُلُونَ مِنْ خَيراتِ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.

20 B ut if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. The Degenerate City

وَلَكِنْ إنْ رَفَضْتُمْ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ فَسَتَأكُلُكُمْ سُيُوفُ العَدُوِّ.» لأنَّ فَمَ اللهِ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ. القُدْسُ غَيرُ الأمِينَة

21 H ow the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.

كَيفَ صارَتِ المَدِينَةُ الأمِينَةُ كَزانِيَةٍ؟ كانَتْ مَملُوءَةً بِالعَدلِ، وَكانَ الصَّلاحُ يَسكُنُ فِيها، أمّا الآنَ فَيَسكُنُها القاتِلُونَ.

22 Y our silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

صارَتْ فِضَّتُكِ كَنِفايَةِ المَعادِنِ، وَاختَلَطَ نَبيذُكِ بِالماءِ.

23 Y our princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

حُكّامُكِ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ وَرِفاقٌ لِلُّصُوصِ. كُلُّهُمْ يُحِبُّونَ الرِّشوَةَ وَيَسعُونَ وَراءَ الهَدايا. لا يُعطُونَ اليَتِيمَ حَقَّهُ، وَلا يُصغُونَ لِشَكوَى الأرمَلَةِ.

24 T herefore the Lord says, The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.

لِهَذا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَديرُ، جَبّارُ إسْرائِيلَ: «لَنْ يُزعِجَنِي أعدائِي فِيما بَعْدُ، وَسَأنتَقِمُ مِنْ أعدائِيَ.

25 I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.

سَأضَعُ يَدِي عَلَيكِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ. سَأُنَظِّفُ نِفايَتَكِ كَما بِالصّابُونِ، وَأُزِيلُ جَمِيعَ شَوائِبِكِ.

26 I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

سَأُعِيدُ قُضاتَكِ وَمُشِيرِيكِ كَما كانُوا فِي البِدايَةِ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَوفَ تُدعَينَ ‹مَدِينَةَ البِرِّ› وَ‹المَدِينَةَ الأمِينَةَ.›»

27 Z ion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.

سَتُفدَى صِهْيَوْنُ بِالعَدلِ، وَالعائِدُونَ إلَيها سَيُحَرَّرُونَ بِالبِرِّ.

28 T he destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

أمّا العُصاةُ وَالخُطاةُ فَسَيُحَطَّمُونَ مَعاً، وَالَّذِينَ يَترُكُونَ اللهَ سَيَفنَوْنَ.

29 F or they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.

سَتَخجَلُونَ مِنْ أشجارِ البَلُّوطِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُسَرُّونَ بِها، وَتَخزَونَ مِنَ البَساتِينِ الَّتِي اختَرْتُمُوها لِلعِبادَةِ.

30 F or you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

هَذا لأنَّكُمْ سَتَكُونُونَ كَأوراقِ شَجَرِ البَلُّوطِ الَّتِي تَذبُلُ وَتَسقُطُ، وَكالبَساتِينِ الجافَّةِ.

31 T he strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.

وَيَصِيرُ القَوِيُّ كَخَيطِ كِتّانٍ مَنسُولٍ، وَعَمَلُهُ كَشَرارَةٍ. فَيَحتَرِقانِ مَعاً، وَلا أحَدَ يَقدِرُ أنْ يُطفِئَ النّارَ.