إِشَعْيَاءَ 48

١ 1 «اِسْمَعُوا هَذَا يَا بَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ، ٱلْمَدْعُوِّينَ بِٱسْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ مِيَاهِ يَهُوذَا، ٱلْحَالِفِينَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيْسَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ وَلَا بِٱلْحَقِّ!

Hear these [words], ye house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention [of it, but] not with truth, nor with righteousness;

٢ 2 فَإِنَّهُمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَيُسْنَدُونَ إِلَى إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ.

maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

٣ 3 بِٱلْأَوَّلِيَّاتِ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ أَخْبَرْتُ، وَمِنْ فَمِي خَرَجَتْ وَأَنْبَأْتُ بِهَا. بَغْتَةً صَنَعْتُهَا فَأَتَتْ.

and they that have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and [the events] came to pass.

٤ 4 لِمَعْرِفَتِي أَنَّكَ قَاسٍ، وَعَضَلٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ عُنُقُكَ، وَجَبْهَتُكَ نُحَاسٌ،

I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.

٥ 5 أَخْبَرْتُكَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ. قَبْلَمَا أَتَتْ أَنْبَأْتُكَ، لِئَلَّا تَقُولَ: صَنَمِي قَدْ صَنَعَهَا، وَمَنْحُوتِي وَمَسْبُوكِي أَمَرَ بِهَا.

And I told thee of old what [should be] before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, [My] idols have done [it] for me; and shouldest say, [My] graven and molten images have commanded me.

٦ 6 قَدْ سَمِعْتَ فَٱنْظُرْ كُلَّهَا. وَأَنْتُمْ أَلَا تُخْبِرُونَ؟ قَدْ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِحَدِيثَاتٍ مُنْذُ ٱلْآنَ، وَبِمَخْفِيَّاتٍ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهَا.

Ye have heard all this, but ye have not known: yet I have made known to thee the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and thou saidst not,

٧ 7 ٱلْآنَ خُلِقَتْ وَلَيْسَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ، وَقَبْلَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ بِهَا، لِئَلَّا تَقُولَ: هَأَنَذَا قَدْ عَرَفْتُهَا.

Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and thou heardest not of them in former days: say not thou, Yea, I know them.

٨ 8 لَمْ تَسْمَعْ وَلَمْ تَعْرِفْ، وَمُنْذُ زَمَانٍ لَمْ تَنْفَتِحْ أُذُنُكَ، فَإِنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ تَغْدُرُ غَدْرًا، وَمِنَ ٱلْبَطْنِ سُمِّيتَ عَاصِيًا.

Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.

٩ 9 مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِي أُبَطِّئُ غَضَبِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ فَخْرِي أُمْسِكُ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا أَقْطَعَكَ.

For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.

١٠ 10 هَأَنَذَا قَدْ نَقَّيْتُكَ وَلَيْسَ بِفِضَّةٍ. ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فِي كُورِ ٱلْمَشَقَّةِ.

Behold, I have sold thee, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.

١١ 11 مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي، مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِي أَفْعَلُ. لِأَنَّهُ كَيْفَ يُدَنَّسُ ٱسْمِي؟ وَكَرَامَتِي لَا أُعْطِيهَا لِآخَرَ.

For mine own sake I will do [this] for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

١٢ 12 «اِسْمَعْ لِي يَا يَعْقُوبُ، وَإِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلَّذِي دَعَوْتُهُ: أَنَا هُوَ. أَنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَأَنَا ٱلْآخِرُ،

Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever.

١٣ 13 وَيَدِي أَسَّسَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَيَمِينِي نَشَرَتِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. أَنَا أَدْعُوهُنَّ فَيَقِفْنَ مَعًا.

My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.

١٤ 14 اِجْتَمِعُوا كُلُّكُمْ وَٱسْمَعُوا. مَنْ مِنْهُمْ أَخْبَرَ بِهَذِهِ؟ قَدْ أَحَبَّهُ ٱلرَّبُّ. يَصْنَعُ مَسَرَّتَهُ بِبَابِلَ، وَيَكُونُ ذِرَاعُهُ عَلَى ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.

١٥ 15 أَنَا أَنَا تَكَلَّمْتُ وَدَعَوْتُهُ. أَتَيْتُ بِهِ فَيَنْجَحُ طَرِيقُهُ.

I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.

١٦ 16 تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ. ٱسْمَعُوا هَذَا: لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ. مُنْذُ وُجُودِهِ أَنَا هُنَاكَ» وَٱلْآنَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَرْسَلَنِي وَرُوحُهُ.

Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

١٧ 17 هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مُعَلِّمُكَ لِتَنْتَفِعَ، وَأُمَشِّيكَ فِي طَرِيقٍ تَسْلُكُ فِيهِ.

Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk.

١٨ 18 لَيْتَكَ أَصْغَيْتَ لِوَصَايَايَ، فَكَانَ كَنَهْرٍ سَلَامُكَ وَبِرُّكَ كَلُجَجِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, [then] would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea.

١٩ 19 وَكَانَ كَٱلرَّمْلِ نَسْلُكَ، وَذُرِّيَّةُ أَحْشَائِكَ كَأَحْشَائِهِ. لَا يَنْقَطِعُ وَلَا يُبَادُ ٱسْمُهُ مِنْ أَمَامِي.

Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.

٢٠ 20 «اُخْرُجُوا مِنْ بَابِلَ، ٱهْرُبُوا مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. بِصَوْتِ ٱلتَّرَنُّمِ أَخْبِرُوا. نَادُوا بِهَذَا. شَيِّعُوهُ إِلَى أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. قُولُوا: قَدْ فَدَى ٱلرَّبُّ عَبْدَهُ يَعْقُوبَ.

Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob.

٢١ 21 وَلَمْ يَعْطَشُوا فِي ٱلْقِفَارِ ٱلَّتِي سَيَّرَهُمْ فِيهَا. أَجْرَى لَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلصَّخْرِ مَاءً، وَشَقَّ ٱلصَّخْرَ فَفَاضَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ.

And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.

٢٢ 22 لَا سَلَامَ، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِلْأَشْرَارِ».

There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly.