1 T he righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
الأبرارُ يَمُوتُونَ، وَلا أحَدَ يَهْتَمُّ. لِذَلِكَ سَيُجْمَعُ الأُمَناءُ وَلا أحَدَ يَفْهَمُ لِماذا. إنَّهُمْ يُجْمَعُونَ لأنَّ الكارِثَةَ آتِيَةٌ.
2 H e enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
أمّا السّالِكُونَ بِالاستِقامَةِ، فَيَسكُنُونَ السَّلامَ، وَيَستَرِيحُونَ عَلَى فِراشِهِمْ.
3 “ But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
يَقُولُ اللهُ: «يا أولادَ السّاحِراتِ، قِفُوا أمامِي! يا نَسلَ الفاسِقَةِ وَالزّانِيَةِ،
4 W hom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience, and offspring of falsehood,
بِمَنْ تَسْخَرُونَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ تَفتَحُونَ أفْواهَكَمْ وَتُخرِجُونَ ألسِنَتَكُمْ؟ ألَستُمْ أولاداً عُصاةً وَنَسلاً كاذِباً؟
5 y ou who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
أنتُمْ تَتَحَرَّقُونَ تَوْقاً إلَى أوْثانِكُمْ تَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ. تَذبَحُونَ أطفالاً فِي الأودِيَةِ وَبَينَ شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ.
6 A mong the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
نَصِيبُكِ هُوَ بَينَ حِجارَةِ الوادِي المَلساءِ، هِيَ حِصَّتُكِ مِنَ الأرْضِ. سَكَبْتِ لَها خَمْراً، وَأحضَرتِ لَها تَقدِمَةً مِنَ الحُبُوبِ. فَهَلْ أُسَرُّ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ؟
7 O n a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
وَضَعتِ سَرِيرَكِ عَلَى جَبَلٍ مُرتَفِعٍ شامِخٍ. وَصَعِدْتِ إلَى هُناكَ لِتُقَدِّمِي ذَبائِحِ.
8 Y ou have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts; for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them. You loved what you saw on their bed.
وَراءَ البابِ وَعَلَى قَوائِمِهِ خَبَّأتِ تَذْكارَكِ، لأنَّكِ تَعَرَّيتِ لِغَيرِي، وَوَسَّعتِ سَرِيرَكِ. قَطَعتِ مَعَهُمْ عَهداً. أحبَبتِ أسِرَّتَهُمْ، وَنَظَرتِ إلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ عُراةٌ.
9 Y ou went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol.
سافَرتِ إلَى مُولِكَ بِزَيتٍ كَثِيرٍ، وَكَثَّرْتِ عُطُورَكِ. أرسَلْتِ رُسُلَكِ إلَى أماكِنَ بَعِيدَةٍ لِتَجِدِي مُحِبِّينَ، وَنَزَلتِ حَتَّى إلَى الهاوِيَةِ.» سَعيُ إسْرائِيلَ وَراءَ الأوثان
10 Y ou were wearied with the length of your ways; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint.
أنهَكَكِ تُجوالُكِ الكَثِيرُ. لَكِنَّكِ لَمْ تَقُولِي: «هَذا عَبَثٌ!» وَتَجَدَّدَتْ قُوَّتُكِ وَلَمْ تَضعُفِي.
11 “ Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
مِمَّنْ خِفتِ وَارتَعَبْتِ حَتَّى كَذَبْتِ؟ قَدْ تَجاهَلْتِنِي وَنَسِيتِنِي، وَأنا صَمَتُّ وَأغلَقْتُ عَينَيَّ. فَأنتِ لا تَخافِينَ مِنِّي.
12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
أنا لا أُنكِرُ بِرَّكِ وَأعمالَكِ، لَكِنَّها لَنْ تَنفَعَكِ!
13 W hen you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you; but the wind will take them. a breath will carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”
عِندَما تَصرُخِينَ، فَلتُخَلِّصْكِ أوثانُكِ الَّتِي جَمَعتِها. سَتَحمِلُها الرِّيحُ كُلَّها، وَنَفخَةُ هَواءٍ سَتُطَيِّرُها. أمّا مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيَّ فَسَيَمتَلِكُ الأرْضَ، وَيُعطَى جَبَلِيَ المُقَدَّسَ. خَلاصُ اللهِ لِشَعبِه
14 H e will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
أعِدُّوا، جَهِّزُوا الطَّرِيقَ. أزِيلُوا العَثَراتِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ شَعبِيَ.
15 F or thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ العَلِيُّ العَظِيمُ، الحَيُّ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَاسمُهُ هُوَ القُدُّوسُ: «نَعَمْ أنا أسكُنُ فِي أعلَى وَأقدَسِ مَكانٍ، وَمَعَ المُنسَحِقِينَ وَالمُتَواضِعِينَ فِي أرواحِهِمْ أيضاً، لأُعطِيَ حَياةً جَدِيدَةً لِرُوحِ المُتَواضِعِينَ وَلِقَلبِ المُنسَحِقِينَ.
16 F or I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
لأنِّي لَنْ أُخاصِمَكُمْ دائِماً، وَلَنْ أغضَبَ إلَى الأبَدِ. لأنَّ رُوحَ الإنسانِ، وَالنُّفُوسَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتُها، تَخُورُ أمامِي.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
رَأيتُ طَمَعَهُمْ وَإثمَهُمْ فَغَضِبْتُ، ضَرَبْتُهُمْ وَابتَعَدْتُ عَنهُمْ فِي غَضَبِي. لَكِنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَرجِعُونَ إلَى خَطاياهُمْ.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
رَأيْتُ طُرُقَهُمْ، وَسَأشفِيهُمْ، سَأقُودُهُمْ وَأُعَزِّيهُمْ، وَسَأضَعُ تَسبِيحِي عَلَى شِفاهِهِمْ.
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
سَلامٌ، سَلامٌ لِلبَعِيدِ وَلِلقَرِيبِ، وَسَأشفِيهِمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.
20 B ut the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
أمّا الأشرارُ فَكالبَحرِ الهائِجِ الَّذِي لا يَهْدَأُ، فَمِياهُهُ تُحَرِّكُ الطِّينَ فِيهِ.
21 “ There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
قالَ إلَهِي: «لا سَلامَ لِلأشرارِ.»