إِشَعْيَاءَ 64

١ 1 لَيْتَكَ تَشُقُّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَتَنْزِلُ! مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ تَتَزَلْزَلُ ٱلْجِبَالُ.

Oh that thou mightest rend the heavens, come down: at thy presence would mountains [then] melt away.

٢ 2 كَمَا تُشْعِلُ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلْهَشِيمَ، وَتَجْعَلُ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلْمِيَاهَ تَغْلِي، لِتُعَرِّفَ أَعْدَاءَكَ ٱسْمَكَ، لِتَرْتَعِدَ ٱلْأُمَمُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ.

As fire is kindled on brushwood, as water is made to bubble up by fire—to make thy name known to thy adversaries, that at thy presence nations might tremble!

٣ 3 حِينَ صَنَعْتَ مَخَاوِفَ لَمْ نَنْتَظِرْهَا، نَزَلْتَ، تَزَلْزَلَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ.

[As] when thou didst fearful deeds which we had not looked for, thou camest down, [while] at thy presence mountains melted away;

٤ 4 وَمُنْذُ ٱلْأَزَلِ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَلَمْ يَصْغَوْا. لَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ إِلَهًا غَيْرَكَ يَصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يَنْتَظِرُهُ.

Yea! what from the beginning of the world men had not heard, not perceived by their hearing; no eye [also] had seen a god beside thee, who could do [the like] for the one that waiteth for him.

٥ 5 تُلَاقِي ٱلْفَرِحَ ٱلصَّانِعَ ٱلْبِرَّ. ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَكَ فِي طُرُقِكَ. هَا أَنْتَ سَخِطْتَ إِذْ أَخْطَأْنَا. هِيَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ فَنَخْلُصُ.

Thou acceptest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, for we had sinned on them continually; and can we thus be saved?

٦ 6 وَقَدْ صِرْنَا كُلُّنَا كَنَجِسٍ، وَكَثَوْبِ عِدَّةٍ كُلُّ أَعْمَالِ بِرِّنَا، وَقَدْ ذَبُلْنَا كَوَرَقَةٍ، وَآثَامُنَا كَرِيحٍ تَحْمِلُنَا.

And we are become like an unclean man all of us, and like a soiled garment, all our righteousness; and we wither like a leaf all of us; and our iniquities, like the wind, will bear us away.

٧ 7 وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَدْعُو بِٱسْمِكَ أَوْ يَنْتَبِهُ لِيَتَمَسَّكَ بِكَ، لِأَنَّكَ حَجَبْتَ وَجْهَكَ عَنَّا، وَأَذَبْتَنَا بِسَبَبِ آثَامِنَا.

And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth himself up to lay hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast let us melt away, through the force of our iniquities.

٨ 8 وَٱلْآنَ يَارَبُّ أَنْتَ أَبُونَا. نَحْنُ ٱلطِّينُ وَأَنْتَ جَابِلُنَا، وَكُلُّنَا عَمَلُ يَدَيْكَ.

But now, O Lord, our father art thou; we are the clay, and thou our fashioner; and the work of thy hand are we all.

٩ 9 لَا تَسْخَطْ كُلَّ ٱلسَّخْطِ يَارَبُّ، وَلَا تَذْكُرِ ٱلْإِثْمَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. هَا ٱنْظُرْ. شَعْبُكَ كُلُّنَا.

Be not wroth, O Lord, so very greatly, and do not for ever remember [our] iniquity: behold, look, we beseech thee, thy people are we all.

١٠ 10 مُدُنُ قُدْسِكَ صَارَتْ بَرِّيَّةً. صِهْيَوْنُ صَارَتْ بَرِّيَّةً، وَأُورُشَلِيمُ مُوحَشَةً.

Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem, a desolate place.

١١ 11 بَيْتُ قُدْسِنَا وَجَمَالِنَا حَيْثُ سَبَّحَكَ آبَاؤُنَا، قَدْ صَارَ حَرِيقَ نَارٍ، وَكُلُّ مُشْتَهَيَاتِنَا صَارَتْ خَرَابًا.

Our holy and beautiful house where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire; and all our costly things are become ruins.

١٢ 12 أَلِأَجْلِ هَذِهِ تَتَجَلَّدُ يَارَبُّ؟ أَتَسْكُتُ وَتُذِلُّنَا كُلَّ ٱلذِّلِّ؟

Wilt thou for these things refrain thyself, O Lord? wilt thou be silent, and afflict us so very greatly?