1 T he burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

هَذِهِ وَحيٌ حَولَ وادِي الرُّؤيا: ماذا جَرَى لَكِ يا قُدْسُ، حَتَّى صَعِدَ الجَمِيعُ إلَى سُطُوحِ المَنازِلِ؟

2 Y ou that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

كُنتِ مَدِينَةً مَلِيئَةً بِالضَّجَّةِ، وَكُنتِ سَعِيدَةً وَمَلِيئَةً بِالهُتافِ. كُلُّ شَعبِكِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ، لَمْ يُقتَلْ بِالسُّيُوفِ، وَلا ماتَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ.

3 A ll your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

كُلُّ قادَةِ الجَيشِ هَرَبُوا مَعاً، لَكِنَّهُمْ أُسِرُوا مِنْ دُونِ أقواسٍ. كُلُّ الَّذِينَ أُمسِكُوا، سُجِنُوا مَعاً، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ هَرَبُوا بَعِيداً.

4 T herefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: «لا تُحَدِّقُوا بِي، اترُكُونِي وَأنا أبْكِي بِمَرارَةٍ، لا تُسرِعُوا إلَى تَعزِيَتِي عَلَى دَمارِ شَعبِي العَزِيزِ.»

5 F or it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

لأنَّ الرَّبَّ الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ قَدْ عَيَّنَ يَومَ ضَجَّةٍ وَدَوسٍ وَتَشوِيشٍ فِي وادِي الرُّؤيا. حَدَّدَ يَومَ هَدمِ أسوارٍ، وَيَومَ صُراخٍ إلَى الجِبالِ لِطَلَبِ العَونِ.

6 E lam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

سَيَحمِلُ جُنُودُ عِيلامَ جُعَبَ أقواسِهِمْ مَعَ المَركَباتِ وَالفُرسانِ. وَسَيُجَهِّزُ جُنُودُ قِيرَ تُرُوسَهُمْ.

7 Y our choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

وَسَتَمتَلِئُ أفضَلُ أودِيَتِكِ بِالمَركَباتِ، وَسَيَقِفُ الفُرسانُ فِي مَواقِعِهِمْ عَلَى البَوّابَةِ.

8 H e took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.

وَسَيَهدِمُ عَدُوُّ يَهُوذا أسوارَها الَّتِي تَحمِيها. فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَتَرغَبُونَ فِي الحُصُولِ عَلَى الأسلِحَةِ المَخزُونَةِ فِي قَصرِ الغابِ.

9 Y ou saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

سَتَرَونَ أنَّهُ تُوجَدُ شُقُوقٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي أسوارِ مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ، وَسَتَجمَعُونَ مِياهَ البِرْكَةِ السُّفلَى المَخزُونَةِ.

10 Y ou numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

سَتُحصُونَ بُيُوتَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَتَهدِمُونَها مِنْ أجلِ تَرمِيمِ السُّورِ وَتَقوِيَتِهِ بِحِجارَتِها.

11 Y ou also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.

سَتَحفِرُونَ خَندَقاً لِخَزنِ الماءِ بَينَ السُّورَينِ مِنْ أجلِ تَجَمِيعِ المِياهِ المُتَدَفِّقَةِ مِنَ البِركَةِ القَدِيمَةِ. لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَنظُرُوا إلَى الَّذِي فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ. وَلَنْ تَرُوا مَنْ خَطَّطَ لَهُ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ.

12 I n that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، دَعا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ إلَى البُكاءِ وَالنُّواحِ، وَحَلقِ الرَّأسِ وَلِبسِ الخَيشِ.

13 a nd behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

لَكِنَّ النّاسَ أخَذُوا فِي اللّهوِ وَالاحتِفالِ! ذَبَحُوا عُجُولاً وَغَنَماً لِياكُلُوا لَحماً وَيَشرَبُوا خَمراً! وَغَنُّوا فَقالُوا: «فَلْنَأْكُلْ وَنَشرَبْ، لِأنَّنا غَداً سَنَمُوتُ.»

14 Y ahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

أعلَنَ اللهُ القَدِيرُ فِي أُذُنَيَّ فَقالَ: «لا يُمكِنُ أنْ يُغفَرَ هَذا الإثمُ لَكُمْ، بَلْ سَتَمُوتُونَ كُلُّكُمْ.» قالَ هَذا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ. رِسالَةُ اللهِ إلَى شَبْنا

15 T hus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ: «اذْهَبْ إلَى شَبْنا، خادِمِ المَلِكِ المَسؤُولِ عَنِ القَصرِ.

16 ‘ What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”

وَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹ماذا وَمَنْ لَكَ هُنا حَتَّى إنَّكَ حَفَرْتَ قَبراً لَكَ هُنا؟› فَقَدْ حَفَرَ قَبرَهُ فِي مَكانٍ مُرتَفِعٍ وَنَحَتَ مَسكَناً لَهُ فِي الصَّخرِ.

17 B ehold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

«ها إنَّ اللهَ سَيَخلَعُكَ وَيَقذِفُ بِكَ بَعيداً أيُّها المُتَجَبِّرُ، وَسَيُمسِكُ بِكَ بِقُوَّةٍ.

18 H e will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you shame of your lord’s house.

سَيَلُفُّكَ كَالكُرَةِ وَيَرمِيكَ إلَى أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. سَتَمُوتُ هُناكَ، وَسَتَكُونُ مَركَباتُكَ الفاخِرَةُ مُخزِيَةً وَسَطَ مَركَباتِ سَيِّدِكَ الجَدِيدِ.

19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

سَأطرُدُكَ مِنْ مَنصِبِكَ، وَسَتُطرَحُ مِنْ مَركِزِكَ.

20 I t will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

«فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَأدعُو عَبدِيَ ألِياقِيمَ بْنَ حِلْقِيّا،

21 a nd I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

وَسَأُلبِسُهُ ثَوبَكَ، وَسَأضَعُ عَلَيهِ حِزامَكَ الرَّسمِيَّ، وَسَأُعطِيهِ مَركِزَكَ. وَسَيَكُونُ كَأبٍ لِساكِنِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَلِبَنِي يَهُوذا.

22 I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

وَسَأضَعُ مِفتاحَ قَصرِ داوُدَ كَقِلادَةٍ حَولَ رَقَبَتِهِ. ما يَفتَحُهُ لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يُغلِقَهُ، وَما يُغلِقُهُ لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَفَتحَهُ.

23 I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

«سَأُثَبِّتُهُ كَالوَتَدِ فِي حائِطٍ ثابِتٍ، فَيَكُونَ عَرشاً مَجِيداً لِبَيتِ أبِيهِ.

24 T hey will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.

وَسَتُعَلَّقُ عَلَيهِ كُلُّ الأشياءِ القَيِّمَةِ بِالنِّسبَةِ إلَى بَيتِ أبِيهِ وَنَسلِهِ وَنَسلِ أقارِبِهِ: كُلُّ الآنِيَةِ الصَّغِيرَةِ، مِنَ الكُؤُوسِ وَحَتَّى الأبارِيقِ.»

25 “ In that day,” says Yahweh of Armies, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down, and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it.”

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، يُخلَعُ الوَتَدُ الَّذِي ثُبِّتَ فِي حائِطٍ ثابِتٍ، وَيَسقُطُ كُلُّ ما عُلِّقَ عَلَيهِ إلَى الأرْضِ وَيَتَحَطَّمُ. لأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ.»