إِشَعْيَاءَ 58

١ 1 «نَادِ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ. لَا تُمْسِكْ. اِرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ كَبُوقٍ وَأَخْبِرْ شَعْبِي بِتَعَدِّيهِمْ، وَبَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ.

Give a roar from the throat! Don't hold back! Shout out like a trumpet! Announce to my people how rebellious they are; denounce to the descendants of Jacob their sins.

٢ 2 وَإِيَّايَ يَطْلُبُونَ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا، وَيُسَرُّونَ بِمَعْرِفَةِ طُرُقِي كَأُمَّةٍ عَمِلَتْ بِرًّا، وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْ قَضَاءَ إِلَهِهَا. يَسْأَلُونَنِي عَنْ أَحْكَامِ ٱلْبِرِّ. يُسَرُّونَ بِٱلتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَى ٱللهِ.

Every day they come to me, pleased to know my ways as if they were a nation that does what is right and follow the laws of their God! They ask me to treat them right; they like to be close to their God.

٣ 3 يَقُولُونَ: لِمَاذَا صُمْنَا وَلَمْ تَنْظُرْ، ذَلَّلْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَلَمْ تُلَاحِظْ؟ هَا إِنَّكُمْ فِي يَوْمِ صَوْمِكُمْ تُوجِدُونَ مَسَرَّةً، وَبِكُلِّ أَشْغَالِكُمْ تُسَخِّرُونَ.

“Didn't you see that we fasted?” they ask. “Didn't you notice how we denied ourselves?” That's because whenever you fast you still do whatever you want, and you treat your workers badly.

٤ 4 هَا إِنَّكُمْ لِلْخُصُومَةِ وَٱلنِّزَاعِ تَصُومُونَ، وَلِتَضْرِبُوا بِلَكْمَةِ ٱلشَّرِّ. لَسْتُمْ تَصُومُونَ كَمَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لِتَسْمِيعِ صَوْتِكُمْ فِي ٱلْعَلَاءِ.

Can't you see that when you're fasting you quarrel and argue, and end up having a vicious fist-fight? When you fast like this you can't expect your prayers to be heard on high!

٥ 5 أَمِثْلُ هَذَا يَكُونُ صَوْمٌ أَخْتَارُهُ؟ يَوْمًا يُذَلِّلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ فِيهِ نَفْسَهُ، يُحْنِي كَٱلْأَسَلَةِ رَأْسَهُ، وَيْفْرُشُ تَحْتَهُ مِسْحًا وَرَمَادًا. هَلْ تُسَمِّي هَذَا صَوْمًا وَيَوْمًا مَقْبُولًا لِلرَّبِّ؟

Is this the kind of fast I want when people act out their humility by bowing their heads down like a reed and by lying around in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day the Lord appreciates?

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا صَوْمًا أَخْتَارُهُ: حَلَّ قُيُودِ ٱلشَّرِّ. فَكَّ عُقَدِ ٱلنِّيرِ، وَإِطْلَاقَ ٱلْمَسْحُوقِينَ أَحْرَارًا، وَقَطْعَ كُلِّ نِيرٍ.

No, this is the fast I want: set free those who have been unjustly imprisoned, untie the cords of the yoke used to burden people, set free those who are oppressed, and get rid of every form of abuse.

٧ 7 أَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَكْسِرَ لِلْجَائِعِ خُبْزَكَ، وَأَنْ تُدْخِلَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ ٱلتَّائِهِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ؟ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ عُرْيَانًا أَنْ تَكْسُوهُ، وَأَنْ لَا تَتَغَاضَى عَنْ لَحْمِكَ.

Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people naked, give them clothes, and don't reject your own relatives.

٨ 8 «حِينَئِذٍ يَنْفَجِرُ مِثْلَ ٱلصُّبْحِ نُورُكَ، وَتَنْبُتُ صِحَّتُكَ سَرِيعًا، وَيَسِيرُ بِرُّكَ أَمَامَكَ، وَمَجْدُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَجْمَعُ سَاقَتَكَ.

Then your light will shine out like the dawn, and you will be healed quickly; your salvation will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will go behind you.

٩ 9 حِينَئِذٍ تَدْعُو فَيُجِيبُ ٱلرَّبُّ. تَسْتَغِيثُ فَيَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. إِنْ نَزَعْتَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ ٱلنِّيرَ وَٱلْإِيمَاءَ بِٱلْأصْبُعِ وَكَلَامَ ٱلْإِثْمِ

Then when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out for help, the Lord will say, “I'm here.” If you get rid of oppression among you, if you stop pointing the finger and slandering others,

١٠ 10 وَأَنْفَقْتَ نَفْسَكَ لِلْجَائِعِ، وَأَشْبَعْتَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلذَّلِيلَةَ، يُشْرِقُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ نُورُكَ، وَيَكُونُ ظَلَامُكَ ٱلدَّامِسُ مِثْلَ ٱلظُّهْرِ.

if you dedicate yourselves to helping the hungry and give the poor what they need, then your light will shine out in the darkness, and your night will be like the sun at noon.

١١ 11 وَيَقُودُكَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى ٱلدَّوَامِ، وَيُشْبِعُ فِي ٱلْجَدُوبِ نَفْسَكَ، وَيُنَشِّطُ عِظَامَكَ فَتَصِيرُ كَجَنَّةٍ رَيَّا وَكَنَبْعِ مِيَاهٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ مِيَاهُهُ.

The Lord will always lead you; he will give you all you need in you in a desolate land; he will make you strong again. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that never runs dry.

١٢ 12 وَمِنْكَ تُبْنَى ٱلْخِرَبُ ٱلْقَدِيمَةُ. تُقِيمُ أَسَاسَاتِ دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ، فَيُسَمُّونَكَ: مُرَمِّمَ ٱلثُّغْرَةِ، مُرْجِعَ ٱلْمَسَالِكِ لِلسُّكْنَى.

Some among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore generations-old foundations. You will be called the Repairer of the Break in the Wall, the Restorer of Life's Pathways.

١٣ 13 «إِنْ رَدَدْتَ عَنِ ٱلسَّبْتِ رِجْلَكَ، عَنْ عَمَلِ مَسَرَّتِكَ يَوْمَ قُدْسِي، وَدَعَوْتَ ٱلسَّبْتَ لَذَّةً، وَمُقَدَّسَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُكَرَّمًا، وَأَكْرَمْتَهُ عَنْ عَمَلِ طُرُقِكَ وَعَنْ إِيجَادِ مَسَرَّتِكَ وَٱلتَّكَلُّمِ بِكَلَامِكَ،

If you make sure you don't break the Sabbath by doing whatever you please on my holy day, if you say the Sabbath brings you pleasure and the Lord's day is to be honored, and if you honor it by leaving aside your own ways, by not doing whatever you please, and by avoiding everyday chatting,

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلرَّبِّ، وَأُرَكِّبُكَ عَلَى مُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأُطْعِمُكَ مِيرَاثَ يَعْقُوبَ أَبِيكَ، لِأَنَّ فَمَ ٱلرَّبِّ تَكَلَّمَ».

then you'll find the Lord is the one who truly makes you happy, and I will give you high positions on the earth and give you what I promised to Jacob, your forefather. I, the Lord, have spoken.