إِشَعْيَاءَ 29
| وَيْلٌ لِأَرِيئِيلَ، لِأَرِيئِيلَ قَرْيَةٍ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ. زِيدُوا سَنَةً عَلَى سَنَةٍ. لِتَدُرِ ٱلْأَعْيَادُ. | ١ 1 |
[This is a message from Yahweh: ] Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where [King] David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year.
| وَأَنَا أُضَايِقُ أَرِيئِيلَ فَيَكُونُ نَوْحٌ وَحَزَنٌ، وَتَكُونُ لِي كَأَرِيئِيلَ. | ٢ 2 |
But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, [and when that happens], people will weep and lament [very much]. Your city will become like [MET] an altar [to me] [where people are burned as sacrifices].
| وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ كَٱلدَّائِرَةِ، وَأُضَايِقُ عَلَيْكِ بِحِصْنٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ مَتَارِسَ. | ٣ 3 |
I will cause your enemies [to come to your city]; they will surround it by [building] towers and putting in place other things with which to attack you.
| فَتَتَّضِعِينَ وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيَنْخَفِضُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، وَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَخَيَالٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُشَقْشَقُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ. | ٤ 4 |
Then you will talk [as though you were] buried deep in the ground [DOU]; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like [SIM] a ghost speaking from a grave.
| وَيَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَٱلْغُبَارِ ٱلدَّقِيقِ، وَجُمْهُورُ ٱلْعُتَاةِ كَٱلْعُصَافَةِ ٱلْمَارَّةِ. وَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي لَحْظَةٍ بَغْتَةً، | ٥ 5 |
But, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away [by the wind]. [It will happen] very suddenly.
| مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ تُفْتَقَدُ بِرَعْدٍ وَزَلْزَلَةٍ وَصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، بِزَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ. | ٦ 6 |
The Commander of the armies of angels will come [to help you] with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything.
| وَيَكُونُ كَحُلْمٍ، كَرُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى أَرِيئِيلَ، كُلُّ ٱلْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى قِلَاعِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ يُضَايِقُونَهَا. | ٧ 7 |
[Then] the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night [DOU]. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear.
| 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. | ٨ 8 |
People who are asleep dream about eating food, [but] when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, [but] when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; [they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, ] [they will realize that they have not succeeded].
| تَوَانَوْا وَٱبْهَتُوا. تَلَذَّذُوا وَٱعْمَوْا. قَدْ سَكِرُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْخَمْرِ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْكِرِ. | ٩ 9 |
You [people of Jerusalem], be amazed and surprised [about this] [IRO]! Do not believe [what I have said] [SAR]! And continue to be blind [IRO] [about what Yahweh is doing]. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ وَأَغْمَضَ عُيُونَكُمُ. ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمُ ٱلنَّاظِرُونَ غَطَّاهُمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets [DOU] from understanding [and telling you his messages], [it is as though] he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep.
| وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ رُؤْيَا ٱلْكُلِّ مِثْلَ كَلَامِ ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلْمَخْتُومِ ٱلَّذِي يَدْفَعُونَهُ لِعَارِفِ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لِأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ». | ١١ 11 |
[Yahweh gave me] this vision; [but] for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read [and request that they read it], they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.”
| أَوْ يُدْفَعُ ٱلْكِتَابُ لِمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: «ٱقْرَأْ هَذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ». | ١٢ 12 |
When you give it to [others] who cannot read, they will say, “[We cannot read it because] we do not know how to read.”
| فَقَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ: «لِأَنَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ بِفَمِهِ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ عَنِّي، وَصَارَتْ مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي وَصِيَّةَ ٱلنَّاسِ مُعَلَّمَةً. | ١٣ 13 |
[So] the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I [desire]. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.
| لِذَلِكَ هَأَنَذَا أَعُودُ أَصْنَعُ بِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ عَجَبًا وَعَجِيبًا، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ، وَيَخْتَفِي فَهْمُ فُهَمَائِهِ». | ١٤ 14 |
Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are wise are not really wise, and [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are intelligent are not really intelligent.
| وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَعَمَّقُونَ لِيَكْتُمُوا رَأْيَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَتَصِيرُ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ يُبْصِرُنَا وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟». | ١٥ 15 |
Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the [evil] things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us; he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’
| يَالَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! هَلْ يُحْسَبُ ٱلْجَابِلُ كَٱلطِّينِ، حَتَّى يَقُولُ ٱلْمَصْنُوعُ عَنْ صَانِعِهِ: «لَمْ يَصْنَعْنِي». أَوْ تَقُولُ ٱلْجُبْلَةُ عَنْ جَابِلِهَا: «لَمْ يَفْهَمْ»؟ | ١٦ 16 |
They are extremely foolish! [They act as though] they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never [RHQ] say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’”
| أَلَيْسَ فِي مُدَّةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ جِدًّا يَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ بُسْتَانًا، وَٱلْبُسْتَانُ يُحْسَبُ وَعْرًا؟ | ١٧ 17 |
Soon [the forests in] Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.
| وَيَسْمَعُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلصُّمُّ أَقْوَالَ ٱلسِّفْرِ، وَتَنْظُرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتَامِ وَٱلظُّلْمَةِ عُيُونُ ٱلْعُمْيِ، | ١٨ 18 |
At that time, deaf people will [be able to hear]; [they will be able to] hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will [be able to see]; [they will be able to] see things when it is gloomy and [even] when it is dark.
| وَيَزْدَادُ ٱلْبَائِسُونَ فَرَحًا بِٱلرَّبِّ، وَيَهْتِفُ مَسَاكِينُ ٱلنَّاسِ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٩ 19 |
Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel [has done].
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْعَاتِيَ قَدْ بَادَ، وَفَنِيَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَٱنْقَطَعَ كُلُّ ٱلسَّاهِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ | ٢٠ 20 |
There will be no more people who ridicule [others] and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
| ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخًّا لِلْمُنْصِفِ فِي ٱلْبَابِ، وَصَدُّوا ٱلْبَارَّ بِٱلْبُطْلِ. | ٢١ 21 |
Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court [persuade judges to] make unjust decisions.
| لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَخْجَلُ يَعْقُوبُ، وَلَيْسَ ٱلْآنَ يَصْفَارُّ وَجْهُهُ. | ٢٢ 22 |
That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed.
| بَلْ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ أَوْلَادِهِ عَمَلِ يَدَيَّ فِي وَسَطِهِ يُقَدِّسُونَ ٱسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.
| وَيَعْرِفُ ٱلضَّالُّو ٱلْأَرْوَاحِ فَهْمًا، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ تَعْلِيمًا. | ٢٤ 24 |
When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain [about what I am doing] will accept what I am teaching them.”
