< إِشَعْيَاءَ 41 >

«اُنْصُتِي إِلَيَّ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْجَزَائِرُ وَلْتُجَدِّدِ ٱلْقَبَائِلُ قُوَّةً. لِيَقْتَرِبُوا ثُمَّ يَتَكَلَّمُوا. لِنَتَقَدَّمْ مَعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. ١ 1
[Yahweh says], “You [people who live on] [APO] islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me [while I ask you some questions]! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide [which one of us is right].
مَنْ أَنْهَضَ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ ٱلَّذِي يُلَاقِيهِ ٱلنَّصْرُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ؟ دَفَعَ أَمَامَهُ أُمَمًا وَعَلَى مُلُوكٍ سَلَّطَهُ. جَعَلَهُمْ كَٱلتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْقَشِّ ٱلْمُنْذَرِي بِقَوْسِهِ. ٢ 2
Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his [army] to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut [their enemies] into tiny pieces [HYP]; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like [SIM] the wind scatters chaff.
طَرَدَهُمْ. مَرَّ سَالِمًا فِي طَرِيقٍ لَمْ يَسْلُكْهُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ. ٣ 3
Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue [their enemies] and continue to march, and nothing stops them.
مَنْ فَعَلَ وَصَنَعَ دَاعِيًا ٱلْأَجْيَالَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْأَوَّلُ، وَمَعَ ٱلْآخِرِينَ أَنَا هُوَ». ٤ 4
Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first [one to do things like that], and I will be the last one [to do them].”
نَظَرَتِ ٱلْجَزَائِرُ فَخَافَتْ. أَطْرَافُ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱرْتَعَدَتِ. ٱقْتَرَبَتْ وَجَاءَتْ. ٥ 5
[People who live on] [PRS] islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together.
كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُسَاعِدُ صَاحِبَهُ وَيَقُولُ لِأَخِيهِ: «تَشَدَّدْ». ٦ 6
They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!'
فَشَدَّدَ ٱلنَّجَّارُ ٱلصَّائِغَ. ٱلصَّاقِلُ بِٱلْمِطْرَقَةِ ٱلضَّارِبَ عَلَى ٱلسَّنْدَانِ، قَائِلًا عَنِ ٱلْإِلْحَامِ: «هُوَ جَيِّدٌ». فَمَكَّنَهُ بِمَسَامِيرَ حَتَّى لَا يَتَقَلْقَلَ. ٧ 7
The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal (on an anvil/into shape). They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!
«وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي، يَا يَعْقُوبُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتُهُ، نَسْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي، ٨ 8
[Yahweh says], “[You people of] Israel [are like] my servants; you are [descendants of] Jacob, whom I chose; [you are] descendants of Abraham, who [I said is] my friend.
ٱلَّذِي أَمْسَكْتُهُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا دَعَوْتُهُ، وَقُلْتُ لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِيَ. ٱخْتَرْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَرْفُضْكَ. ٩ 9
I summoned you from very distant places [DOU] on the earth, and I said ‘I [want you to] serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’
لَا تَخَفْ لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لَا تَتَلَفَّتْ لِأَنِّي إِلَهُكَ. قَدْ أَيَّدْتُكَ وَأَعَنْتُكَ وَعَضَدْتُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي. ١٠ 10
Do not be afraid, because I will (be with/help) you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
إِنَّهُ سَيَخْزَى وَيَخْجَلُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمُغْتَاظِينَ عَلَيْكَ. يَكُونُ كَلَا شَيْءٍ مُخَاصِمُوكَ وَيَبِيدُونَ. ١١ 11
It is certain that all those who are angry with you [Israeli people] will be disgraced [DOU]. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die.
تُفَتِّشُ عَلَى مُنَازِعِيكَ وَلَا تَجِدُهُمْ. يَكُونُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلَا شَيْءٍ وَكَالْعَدَمِ. ١٢ 12
If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, [because they will all have disappeared]. Those who attacked you will not exist [any more].
لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلْمُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ، ٱلْقَائِلُ لَكَ: لَا تَخَفْ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ. ١٣ 13
[It will be as though] I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, [because] I will help you.’
«لَا تَخَفْ يَا دُودَةَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَا شِرْذِمَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَفَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ١٤ 14
Although you people of Israel [DOU] [think that you are as insignificant as] worms, do not be afraid [of your enemies], because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
هَأَنَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ نَوْرَجًا مُحَدَّدًا جَدِيدًا ذَا أَسْنَانٍ. تَدْرُسُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَسْحَقُهَا، وَتَجْعَلُ ٱلْآكَامَ كَٱلْعُصَافَةِ. ١٥ 15
[I will cause] you to be like [MET] a (threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff). You will tear [your enemies to bits], causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
تُذَرِّيهَا فَٱلرِّيحُ تَحْمِلُهَا وَٱلْعَاصِفُ تُبَدِّدُهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَبْتَهِجُ بِٱلرَّبِّ. بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفْتَخِرُ. ١٦ 16
You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away [DOU]. [When that happens], you will rejoice about what I [have done for you]; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel.
«اَلْبَائِسُونَ وَٱلْمَسَاكِينُ طَالِبُونَ مَاءً وَلَا يُوجَدُ. لِسَانُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ قَدْ يَبِسَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. أَنَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا أَتْرُكُهُمْ. ١٧ 17
When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them.
أَفْتَحُ عَلَى ٱلْهِضَابِ أَنْهَارًا، وَفِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبِقَاعِ يَنَابِيعَ. أَجْعَلُ ٱلْقَفْرَ أَجَمَةَ مَاءٍ، وَٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ مَفَاجِرَ مِيَاهٍ. ١٨ 18
I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
أَجْعَلُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ ٱلْأَرْزَ وَٱلسَّنْطَ وَٱلْآسَ وَشَجَرَةَ ٱلزَّيْتِ. أَضَعُ فِي ٱلْبَادِيَةِ ٱلسَّرْوَ وَٱلسِّنْدِيَانَ وَٱلشَّرْبِينَ مَعًا. ١٩ 19
I will plant [trees] in the desert— cedar [trees], acacia [trees], myrtle [trees], olive [trees], cypress [trees], fir [trees], and pine [trees].
لِكَيْ يَنْظُرُوا وَيَعْرِفُوا وَيَتَنَبَّهُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا مَعًا أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ فَعَلَتْ هَذَا وَقُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْدَعَهُ. ٢٠ 20
[I will do that] in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand [DOU] that it is [I], Yahweh, who have done it; it is what [I], the Holy One of Israel, have done.
«قَدِّمُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ. أَحْضِرُوا حُجَجَكُمْ، يَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعْقُوبَ. ٢١ 21
[I], Yahweh, the true king of Israel say [to you nations], “Tell what your idols can do for you!
لِيُقَدِّمُوهَا وَيُخْبِرُونَا بِمَا سَيَعْرِضُ. مَا هِيَ ٱلْأَوَّلِيَّاتُ؟ أَخْبِرُوا فَنَجْعَلَ عَلَيْهَا قُلُوبَنَا وَنَعْرِفَ آخِرَتَهَا، أَوْ أَعْلِمُونَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْبِلَاتِ. ٢٢ 22
Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen.
أَخْبِرُوا بِٱلْآتِيَاتِ فِيمَا بَعْدُ فَنَعْرِفَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ، وَٱفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ شَرًّا فَنَلْتَفِتَ وَنَنْظُرَ مَعًا. ٢٣ 23
[Yes], those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid!
هَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْ لَا شَيْءٍ، وَعَمَلُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْعَدَمِ. رِجْسٌ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُكُمْ. ٢٤ 24
But [that is impossible, because] idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide [to worship] idols.”
«قَدْ أَنْهَضْتُهُ مِنَ ٱلشَّمَالِ فَأَتَى. مِنْ مَشْرِقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِٱسْمِي. يَأْتِي عَلَى ٱلْوُلَاةِ كَمَا عَلَى ٱلْمِلَاطِ، وَكَخَزَّافٍ يَدُوسُ ٱلطِّينَ. ٢٥ 25
“[But] I have incited/urged a ruler who will come [with his army] from the north. I have summoned him to come from [his country, which is] east [of Israel], and I have given him my authority [MTY]. I will [enable his army to conquer other rulers]; they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
مَنْ أَخْبَرَ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ، وَمِنْ قَبْلُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ؟ لَا مُخْبِرٌ وَلَا مُسْمِعٌ وَلَا سَامِعٌ أَقْوَالَكُمْ. ٢٦ 26
(Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!) [RHQ] (Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’) [RHQ] No one else said that it would happen.
أَنَا أَوَّلًا قُلْتُ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: هَا! هَا هُمْ. وَلِأُورُشَلِيمَ جَعَلْتُ مُبَشِّرًا. ٢٧ 27
I was the first one to tell [the people of] Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’
وَنَظَرْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ فَلَيْسَ مُشِيرٌ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَهُمْ فَيَرُدُّونَ كَلِمَةً. ٢٨ 28
None of your idols told you that [DOU]. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.
هَا كُلُّهُمْ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالُهُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَمَسْبُوكَاتُهُمْ رِيحٌ وَخَلَاءٌ. ٢٩ 29
Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things. They are [as meaningless as] [MET] the wind.”

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