إِشَعْيَاءَ 65

١ 1 «أَصْغَيْتُ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْأَلُوا. وُجِدْتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَطْلُبُونِي. قُلْتُ: هَأَنَذَا، هَأَنَذَا. لِأُمَّةٍ لَمْ تُسَمَّ بِٱسْمِي.

I let myself be consulted by people who weren't even asking me questions; I let myself be found by people who weren't even looking for me. To a nation that wasn't even calling for me, I said, “I'm here, I'm here!”

٢ 2 بَسَطْتُ يَدَيَّ طُولَ ٱلنَّهَارِ إِلَى شَعْبٍ مُتَمَرِّدٍ سَائِرٍ فِي طَرِيقٍ غَيْرِ صَالِحٍ وَرَاءَ أَفْكَارِهِ.

I spread out my hands all day long, pleading with a stubborn people who follow bad ways, doing whatever they choose.

٣ 3 شَعْبٍ يُغِيظُنِي بِوَجْهِي. دَائِمًا يَذْبَحُ فِي ٱلْجَنَّاتِ، وَيُبَخِّرُ عَلَى ٱلْآجُرِّ.

These people are always making me angry, because they present sacrifices to idols in their sacred gardens, and offer incense on pagan altars made of brick.

٤ 4 يَجْلِسُ فِي ٱلْقُبُورِ، وَيَبِيتُ فِي ٱلْمَدَافِنِ. يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ ٱلْخِنْزِيرِ، وَفِي آنِيَتِهِ مَرَقُ لُحُومٍ نَجِسَةٍ.

They spend the night among the graves and in caves, eating pork and cooking other unclean meats.

٥ 5 يَقُولُ: قِفْ عِنْدَكَ. لَا تَدْنُ مِنِّي لِأَنِّي أَقْدَسُ مِنْكَ. هَؤُلَاءِ دُخَانٌ فِي أَنْفِي، نَارٌ مُتَّقِدَةٌ كُلَّ ٱلنَّهَارِ.

They tell others, “Keep your distance! Don't come close to me as I'm too holy to be touched by you!” These people are like smoke in my nostrils, a stink burning all day long!

٦ 6 هَا قَدْ كُتِبَ أَمَامِي. لَا أَسْكُتُ بَلْ أُجَازِي. أُجَازِي فِي حِضْنِهِمْ،

Look—it's all written down right in front of me! I'm not going to keep quiet. I'm going to pay them back by throwing their punishment into their laps.

٧ 7 آثَامَكُمْ وَآثَامَ آبَائِكُمْ مَعًا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ، ٱلَّذِينَ بَخَّرُوا عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ، وَعَيَّرُونِي عَلَى ٱلْآكَامِ، فَأَكِيلُ عَمَلَهُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلَ فِي حِضْنِهِمْ».

I'm going to pay you back for both your own sins and the sins of your forefathers, says the Lord, because they burned incense on the mountains and ridiculed me on the hills. I'm going to measure into their laps full payment for what they've done.

٨ 8 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلسُّلَافَ يُوجَدُ فِي ٱلْعُنْقُودِ، فَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ: لَا تُهْلِكْهُ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ بَرَكَةً. هَكَذَا أَعْمَلُ لِأَجْلِ عَبِيدِي حَتَّى لَا أُهْلِكَ ٱلْكُلَّ.

This is what the Lord says: It's like when there's a bit of juice left in a bunch of grapes and people say, “Don't get rid of it all; there's still some good in it,” I'll do the same for my servants—I won't destroy them all.

٩ 9 بَلْ أُخْرِجُ مِنْ يَعْقُوبَ نَسْلًا وَمِنْ يَهُوذَا وَارِثًا لِجِبَالِي، فَيَرِثُهَا مُخْتَارِيَّ، وَتَسْكُنُ عَبِيدِي هُنَاكَ.

I will make sure Jacob has descendants, and people from Judah who can take ownership of my mountain. My chosen ones, my servants, will own the land and live there.

١٠ 10 فَيَكُونُ شَارُونُ مَرْعَى غَنَمٍ، وَوَادِي عَخُورَ مَرْبِضَ بَقَرٍ، لِشَعْبِي ٱلَّذِينَ طَلَبُونِي.

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to rest, for my people who follow me.

١١ 11 «أَمَّا أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَرَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَنَسُوا جَبَلَ قُدْسِي، وَرَتَّبُوا لِلسَّعْدِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ مَائِدَةً، وَمَلَأُوا لِلسَّعْدِ ٱلْأَصْغَرِ خَمْرًا مَمْزُوجَةً،

But those of you who desert the Lord and forget about my holy mountain, who prepare feasts for the god of good luck, who fill jugs of mixed wine for the god of destiny,

١٢ 12 فَإِنِّي أُعَيِّنُكُمْ لِلسَّيْفِ، وَتَجْثُونَ كُلُّكُمْ لِلذَّبْحِ، لِأَنِّي دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ تُجِيبُوا، تَكَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ عَمِلْتُمُ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَٱخْتَرْتُمْ مَا لَمْ أُسَرَّ بِهِ.

I will make sure your destiny is to be killed by the sword. All of you will bow down to be slaughtered, because I called out to you but you didn't answer; I spoke to you, but you didn't listen. Instead you did what's evil in my sight, choosing to do what I hate.

١٣ 13 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَأْكُلُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجُوعُونَ. هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَشْرَبُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْطَشُونَ. هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَفْرَحُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَخْزَوْنَ.

So this is what the Lord says, My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will celebrate, but you will feel ashamed.

١٤ 14 هُوَذَا عَبِيدِي يَتَرَنَّمُونَ مِنْ طِيبَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَصْرُخُونَ مِنْ كآبَةِ ٱلْقَلْبِ، وَمِنِ ٱنْكِسَارِ ٱلرُّوحِ تُوَلْوِلُونَ.

Listen! My servants will shout because they're so happy inside, but you will cry out in deepest pain, howling because your spirit is broken.

١٥ 15 وَتُخْلِفُونَ ٱسْمَكُمْ لَعْنَةً لِمُخْتَارِيَّ، فَيُمِيتُكَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَيُسَمِّي عَبِيدَهُ ٱسْمًا آخَرَ.

Your name will only be used as a curse by my chosen ones, for the Lord God will kill you and give his servants another name.

١٦ 16 فَٱلَّذِي يَتَبَرَّكُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَبَرَّكُ بِإِلَهِ ٱلْحَقِّ، وَٱلَّذِي يَحْلِفُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْلِفُ بِإِلَهِ ٱلْحَقِّ، لِأَنَّ ٱلضِّيقَاتِ ٱلْأُولَى قَدْ نُسِيَتْ، وَلِأَنَّهَا ٱسْتَتَرَتْ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

Whoever asks a blessing or takes an oath in the land will do so by the one true God, for I have forgotten the troubles of the past—I don't look on them anymore.

١٧ 17 «لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا خَالِقٌ سَمَاوَاتٍ جَدِيدَةً وَأَرْضًا جَدِيدَةً، فَلَا تُذْكَرُ ٱلْأُولَى وَلَا تَخْطُرُ عَلَى بَالٍ.

Look! I'm going to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things won't be remembered—they won't cross anyone's mind!

١٨ 18 بَلِ ٱفْرَحُوا وَٱبْتَهِجُوا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فِي مَا أَنَا خَالِقٌ، لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا خَالِقٌ أُورُشَلِيمَ بَهْجَةً وَشَعْبَهَا فَرَحًا.

Be glad, and be happy forever and ever in what I'm going to create, for I will make Jerusalem a delightful place, and its people a real joy.

١٩ 19 فَأَبْتَهِجُ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَفْرَحُ بِشَعْبِي، وَلَا يُسْمَعُ بَعْدُ فِيهَا صَوْتُ بُكَاءٍ وَلَا صَوْتُ صُرَاخٍ.

I will be so happy over Jerusalem; I will celebrate among my people. The sound of weeping and cries for help won't ever be heard there again.

٢٠ 20 لَا يَكُونُ بَعْدُ هُنَاكَ طِفْلُ أَيَّامٍ، وَلَا شَيْخٌ لَمْ يُكْمِلْ أَيَّامَهُ. لِأَنَّ ٱلصَّبِيَّ يَمُوتُ ٱبْنَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَٱلْخَاطِئُ يُلْعَنُ ٱبْنَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ.

No babies will die after just a few days, and no adults will die without having lived a long life. Those who reach a hundred will be thought of as just a child, and anyone who doesn't reach a hundred will be seen as being under a curse.

٢١ 21 وَيَبْنُونَ بُيُوتًا وَيَسْكُنُونَ فِيهَا، وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُومًا وَيَأْكُلُونَ أَثْمَارَهَا.

They will build houses and live in them; they will eat the fruit of the vineyards they themselves planted.

٢٢ 22 لَا يَبْنُونَ وَآخَرُ يَسْكُنُ، وَلَا يَغْرِسُونَ وَآخَرُ يَأْكُلُ. لِأَنَّهُ كَأَيَّامِ شَجَرَةٍ أَيَّامُ شَعْبِي، وَيَسْتَعْمِلُ مُخْتَارِيَّ عَمَلَ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

No longer will they build houses for others to live in; no longer will they plant for others to eat. For my people will live as long as trees do; my chosen ones will live long enough to enjoy all they've worked for.

٢٣ 23 لَا يَتْعَبُونَ بَاطِلًا وَلَا يَلِدُونَ لِلرُّعْبِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ نَسْلُ مُبَارَكِي ٱلرَّبِّ، وَذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ.

They won't work for nothing, and they won't have children destined for disaster. For they are people living under the blessing of the Lord, and their children will be too.

٢٤ 24 وَيَكُونُ أَنِّي قَبْلَمَا يَدْعُونَ أَنَا أُجِيبُ، وَفِيمَا هُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بَعْدُ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ.

I will reply even before they ask me. While they are still speaking, I will answer them!

٢٥ 25 ٱلذِّئْبُ وَٱلْحَمَلُ يَرْعَيَانِ مَعًا، وَٱلْأَسَدُ يَأْكُلُ ٱلتِّبْنَ كَٱلْبَقَرِ. أَمَّا ٱلْحَيَّةُ فَٱلتُّرَابُ طَعَامُهَا. لَا يُؤْذُونَ وَلَا يُهْلِكُونَ فِي كُلِّ جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ».

The wolf and the lamb will eat together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. The snakes will eat dust. Nothing will cause any harm or damage anywhere on my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord in the same way that water fills the sea.