إِشَعْيَاءَ 17

١ 1 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ دِمَشْقَ: هُوَذَا دِمَشْقُ تُزَالُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ٱلْمُدُنِ وَتَكُونُ رُجْمَةَ رَدْمٍ.

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

٢ 2 مُدُنُ عَرُوعِيرَ مَتْرُوكَةٌ. تَكُونُ لِلْقُطْعَانِ، فَتَرْبِضُ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخِيفُ.

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

٣ 3 وَيَزُولُ ٱلْحِصْنُ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَٱلْمُلْكُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ وَبَقِيَّةِ أَرَامَ. فَتَصِيرُ كَمَجْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَقُولُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ.

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,”

٤ 4 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ مَجْدَ يَعْقُوبَ يُذَلُّ، وَسَمَانَةَ لَحْمِهِ تَهْزُلُ،

“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

٥ 5 وَيَكُونُ كَجَمْعِ ٱلْحَصَّادِينَ ٱلزَّرْعَ، وَذِرَاعُهُ تَحْصِدُ ٱلسَّنَابِلَ، وَيَكُونُ كَمَنْ يَلْقُطُ سَنَابِلَ فِي وَادِي رَفَايِمَ.

as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

٦ 6 وَتَبْقَى فِيهِ خُصَاصَةٌ كَنَفْضِ زَيْتُونَةٍ، حَبَّتَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ فِي رَأْسِ ٱلْفَرْعِ، وَأَرْبَعٌ أَوْ خَمْسٌ فِي أَفْنَانِ ٱلْمُثْمِرَةِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,”

٧ 7 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَلْتَفِتُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى صَانِعِهِ وَتَنْظُرُ عَيْنَاهُ إِلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

٨ 8 وَلَا يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى ٱلْمَذَابِحِ صَنْعَةِ يَدَيْهِ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَا صَنَعَتْهُ أَصَابِعُهُ: ٱلسَّوَارِيَ وَٱلشَّمْسَاتِ.

They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

٩ 9 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ تَصِيرُ مُدُنُهُ ٱلْحَصِينَةُ كَٱلرَّدْمِ فِي ٱلْغَابِ، وَٱلشَّوَامِخُ ٱلَّتِي تَرَكُوهَا مِنْ وَجْهِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَصَارَتْ خَرَابًا.

In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

١٠ 10 لِأَنَّكِ نَسِيتِ إِلَهَ خَلَاصِكِ وَلَمْ تَذْكُرِي صَخْرَةَ حِصْنِكِ، لِذَلِكَ تَغْرِسِينَ أَغْرَاسًا نَزِهَةً وَتَنْصِبِينَ نُصْبَةً غَرِيبَةً.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

١١ 11 يَوْمَ غَرْسِكِ تُسَيِّجِينَهَا، وَفِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ تَجْعَلِينَ زَرْعَكِ يُزْهِرُ. وَلَكِنْ يَهْرُبُ ٱلْحَصِيدُ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلضَّرْبَةِ ٱلْمُهْلِكَةِ وَٱلْكَآبَةِ ٱلْعَدِيمَةِ ٱلرَّجَاءِ.

though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

١٢ 12 آهِ! ضَجِيجُ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ تَضِجُّ كَضَجِيجِ ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَهَدِيرِ قَبَائِلَ تَهْدِرُ كَهَدِيرِ مِيَاهٍ غَزِيرَةٍ.

Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

١٣ 13 قَبَائِلُ تَهْدِرُ كَهَدِيرِ مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَلَكِنَّهُ يَنْتَهِرُهَا فَتَهْرُبُ بَعِيدًا، وَتُطْرَدُ كَعُصَافَةِ ٱلْجِبَالِ أَمَامَ ٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَالْجُلِّ أَمَامَ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةِ.

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

١٤ 14 فِي وَقْتِ ٱلْمَسَاءِ إِذَا رُعْبٌ. قَبْلَ ٱلصُّبْحِ لَيْسُوا هُمْ. هَذَا نَصِيبُ نَاهِبِينَا وَحَظُّ سَالِبِينَا.

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.