إِشَعْيَاءَ 29

١ 1 وَيْلٌ لِأَرِيئِيلَ، لِأَرِيئِيلَ قَرْيَةٍ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ. زِيدُوا سَنَةً عَلَى سَنَةٍ. لِتَدُرِ ٱلْأَعْيَادُ.

Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.

٢ 2 وَأَنَا أُضَايِقُ أَرِيئِيلَ فَيَكُونُ نَوْحٌ وَحَزَنٌ، وَتَكُونُ لِي كَأَرِيئِيلَ.

And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it has been lamentation and mourning, And it has been to me as Ariel.

٣ 3 وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ كَٱلدَّائِرَةِ، وَأُضَايِقُ عَلَيْكِ بِحِصْنٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ مَتَارِسَ.

And I encamped, O babbler, against you, And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks against you.

٤ 4 فَتَتَّضِعِينَ وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيَنْخَفِضُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَخَيَالٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُشَقْشَقُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ.

And you have been low, You speak from the earth, And make your saying low from the dust, And your voice has been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And your saying whispers from the dust,

٥ 5 وَيَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَٱلْغُبَارِ ٱلدَّقِيقِ، وَجُمْهُورُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ كَٱلْعُصَافَةِ ٱلْمَارَّةِ. وَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي لَحْظَةٍ بَغْتَةً،

And as small dust has been The multitude of those scattering you, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it has been in an instant—suddenly.

٦ 6 مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ تُفْتَقَدُ بِرَعْدٍ وَزَلْزَلَةٍ وَصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، بِزَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ.

You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.

٧ 7 وَيَكُونُ كَحُلْمٍ، كَرُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى أَرِيئِيلَ، كُلُّ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى قِلَاعِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ يُضَايِقُونَهَا.

And as a dream, a vision of night, Has been the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.

٨ 8 وَيَكُونُ كَمَا يَحْلُمُ ٱلْجَائِعُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا نَفْسُهُ فَارِغَةٌ. وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ ٱلْعَطْشَانُ أَنَّهُ يَشْرَبُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا هُوَ رَازِحٌ وَنَفْسُهُ مُشْتَهِيَةٌ. هَكَذَا يَكُونُ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

And it has been, as when the hungry dreams, And behold, he is eating, And he has awoken, And his soul [is] empty, And as when the thirsty dreams, And behold, he is drinking, And he has awoken, And behold, he is weary, And his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Mount Zion.

٩ 9 تَوَانَوْا وَٱبْهَتُوا. تَلَذَّذُوا وَٱعْمَوْا. قَدْ سَكِرُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْكِرِ.

Linger and wonder, look, indeed, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ وَأَغْمَضَ عُيُونَكُمُ. ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمُ ٱلنَّاظِرُونَ غَطَّاهُمْ.

For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, And He closes your eyes—the prophets, And your heads—the seers—He covered.

١١ 11 وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ رُؤْيَا ٱلْكُلِّ مِثْلَ كَلَامِ ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلْمَخْتُومِ ٱلَّذِي يَدْفَعُونَهُ لِعَارِفِ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لِأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ».

And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed scroll, That they give to one knowing scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I am not able, for it [is] sealed”;

١٢ 12 أَوْ يُدْفَعُ ٱلْكِتَابُ لِمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ».

And the scroll is given to him who has not known scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I have not known scrolls.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ: «لِأَنَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ بِفَمِهِ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ عَنِّي، وَصَارَتْ مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي وَصِيَّةَ ٱلنَّاسِ مُعَلَّمَةً.

And the Lord says: “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, And they have honored Me with its lips, And it has put its heart far off from Me, And their fear of Me is a precept taught by men!

١٤ 14 لِذَلِكَ هَأَنَذَا أَعُودُ أَصْنَعُ بِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ عَجَبًا وَعَجِيبًا، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ، وَيَخْتَفِي فَهْمُ فُهَمَائِهِ».

Therefore, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And the wisdom of its wise ones has perished, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hides itself.”

١٥ 15 وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَعَمَّقُونَ لِيَكْتُمُوا رَأْيَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَصِيرُ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ يُبْصِرُنَا وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟».

Woe [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?”

١٦ 16 يَالَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! هَلْ يُحْسَبُ ٱلْجَابِلُ كَٱلطِّينِ، حَتَّى يَقُولُ ٱلْمَصْنُوعُ عَنْ صَانِعِهِ: «لَمْ يَصْنَعْنِي». أَوْ تَقُولُ ٱلْجُبْلَةُ عَنْ جَابِلِهَا: «لَمْ يَفْهَمْ»؟

Your perversion! Is the potter esteemed as clay, That the work says of its maker, “He has not made me?” And the framed thing said of its framer, “He did not understand?”

١٧ 17 أَلَيْسَ فِي مُدَّةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ جِدًّا يَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ بُسْتَانًا، وَٱلْبُسْتَانُ يُحْسَبُ وَعْرًا؟

Is it not yet a very little [while], And Lebanon has turned into a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest?

١٨ 18 وَيَسْمَعُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلصُّمُّ أَقْوَالَ ٱلسِّفْرِ، وَتَنْظُرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتَامِ وَٱلظُّلْمَةِ عُيُونُ ٱلْعُمْيِ،

And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind see.

١٩ 19 وَيَزْدَادُ ٱلْبَائِسُونَ فَرَحًا بِٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَهْتِفُ مَسَاكِينُ ٱلنَّاسِ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And the humble have added joy in YHWH, And the poor among men Rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَاتِيَ قَدْ بَادَ، وَفَنِيَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَٱنْقَطَعَ كُلُّ ٱلسَّاهِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ

For the terrible one has ceased, And the scorner has been consumed, And all watching for iniquity have been cut off,

٢١ 21 ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخًّا لِلْمُنْصِفِ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، وَصَدُّوا ٱلْبَارَّ بِٱلْبُطْلِ.

Who cause men to sin in word, And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.

٢٢ 22 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَخْجَلُ يَعْقُوبُ، وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَصْفَارُّ وَجْهُهُ.

Therefore, thus said YHWH, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob is not ashamed now, Nor does his face now become pale,

٢٣ 23 بَلْ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ أَوْلَادِهِ عَمَلِ يَدَيَّ فِي وَسَطِهِ يُقَدِّسُونَ ٱسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My Name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And they declare the God of Israel fearful.

٢٤ 24 وَيَعْرِفُ ٱلضَّالُّو ٱلْأَرْوَاحِ فَهْمًا، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ تَعْلِيمًا.

And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!”