إِشَعْيَاءَ 15

١ 1 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ مُوآبَ: إِنَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ خَرِبَتْ عَارُ مُوآبَ وَهَلَكَتْ. إِنَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ خَرِبَتْ قِيرُ مُوآبَ وَهَلَكَتْ.

[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.

٢ 2 إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَدِيبُونَ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لِلْبُكَاءِ. تُوَلْوِلُ مُوآبُ عَلَى نَبُو وَعَلَى مَيْدَبَا. فِي كُلِّ رَأْسٍ مِنْهَا قَرْعَةٌ. كُلُّ لِحْيَةٍ مَجْزُوزَةٌ.

The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].

٣ 3 فِي أَزِقَّتِهَا يَأْتَزِرُونَ بِمِسْحٍ. عَلَى سُطُوحِهَا وَفِي سَاحَاتِهَا يُوَلْوِلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهَا سَيَّالًا بِٱلْبُكَاءِ.

In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.

٤ 4 وَتَصْرُخُ حَشْبُونُ وَأَلْعَالَةُ. يُسْمَعُ صَوْتُهُمَا إِلَى يَاهَصَ. لِذَلِكَ يَصْرُخُ مُتَسَلِّحُو مُوآبَ. نَفْسُهَا تَرْتَعِدُ فِيهَا.

[The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].

٥ 5 يَصْرُخُ قَلْبِي مِنْ أَجْلِ مُوآبَ. ٱلْهَارِبِينَ مِنْهَا إِلَى صُوغَرَ كَعِجْلَةٍ ثُلَاثِيَّةٍ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يَصْعَدُونَ فِي عَقَبَةِ ٱللُّوحِيثِ بِٱلْبُكَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ حُورُونَايِمَ يَرْفَعُونَ صُرَاخَ ٱلِٱنْكِسَارِ.

I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.

٦ 6 لِأَنَّ مِيَاهَ نِمْرِيمَ تَصِيرُ خَرِبَةً، لِأَنَّ ٱلْعُشْبَ يَبِسَ. ٱلْكَلَأُ فَنِيَ. ٱلْخُضْرَةُ لَا تُوجَدُ.

The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.

٧ 7 لِذَلِكَ ٱلثَّرْوَةُ ٱلَّتِي ٱكْتَسَبُوهَا وَذَخَائِرُهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَهَا إِلَى عَبْرِ وَادِي ٱلصَّفْصَافِ.

The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.

٨ 8 لِأَنَّ ٱلصُّرَاخَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِتُخُومِ مُوآبَ. إِلَى أَجْلَايِمَ وَلْوَلَتُهَا. وَإِلَى بِئْرِ إِيلِيمَ وَلْوَلَتُهَا،

Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.

٩ 9 لِأَنَّ مِيَاهَ دِيمُونَ تَمْتَلِئُ دَمًا، لِأَنِّي أَجْعَلُ عَلَى دِيمُونَ زَوَائِدَ. عَلَى ٱلنَّاجِينَ مِنْ مُوآبَ أَسَدًا وَعَلَى بَقِيَّةِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.