إشَعْياء 41

١ 1 اصْمُتِي وَاسْمَعِي لِي أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ. لِتُجَدِّدِ الأُمَمُ قُوَّتَهَا وَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا لِيَعْرِضُوا حُجَجَهُمْ. لِنَجْتَمِعْ مَعاً لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الْقَضَاءِ.

“Listen before me in silence, you coastlands; let the nations renew their strength; let them come near and speak; let us come near together to argue a dispute.

٢ 2 مَنْ أَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ قَائِداً مُظَفَّراً، يُوَاكِبُ النَّصْرُ كُلَّ خُطْوَةٍ مِنْ خَطَوَاتِهِ، وَأَسْلَمَ الأُمَمَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَخْضَعَ لَهُ الْمُلُوكَ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الْمُذَرَّاةِ بِقَوْسِهِ؟

Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and helps him subdue kings. He turns them to dust with his sword, like windblown stubble with his bow.

٣ 3 يَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ وَيَجُوزُ آمِناً فِي دُرُوبٍ لَمْ يَطَأْهَا بِقَدَمَيْهِ.

He pursues them and passes by safely, by a swift path that his feet scarcely touch.

٤ 4 مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا وَأَنْجَزَهُ دَاعِياً الأَجْيَالَ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا الرَّبُّ. أَنَا الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ.

Who has performed and accomplished these deeds? Who has summoned the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last ones, I am he.

٥ 5 شَاهَدَتِ الْجَزَائِرُ فِعْلِي وَخَافَتْ، وَارْتَجَفَتْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ فَتَجَمَّعُوا مَعاً.

The isles have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they approach and come.

٦ 6 شَرَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُشَجِّعُ جَارَهُ قَائِلاً لَهُ: تَشَدَّدْ.

Everyone helps his neighbor, and every one says to one another, 'Be encouraged.'

٧ 7 فَشَجَّعَ الصَّانِعُ الصَّائِغَ، وَالصَّاقِلُ بِالْمِطْرَقَةِ الضَّارِبَ عَلَى السَّنْدَانِ قَائِلاً عَنِ الإِلْحَامِ: هَذَا عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ. ثُمَّ يُثَبِّتُ الصَّنَمَ بِمَسَامِيرَ كَيْ لاَ يَتَقَلْقَلَ.

So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil, saying of the welding, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not topple over.

٨ 8 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَاإِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي. يَايَعْقُوبُ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ، يَاذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي،

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

٩ 9 يَامَنْ أَخَذْتُكَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، وَدَعَوْتُكَ مِنْ أَبْعَدِ أَطْرَافِهَا قَائِلاً لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِي. لَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَنْبِذْكَ.

you whom I am bringing back from the ends of the earth, and whom I called from the far away places, and to whom I said, 'You are my servant;' I have chosen you and not rejected you.

١٠ 10 لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لاَ تَتَلَفَّتْ حَوْلَكَ جَزَعاً، لأَنِّي إِلَهُكَ، أُشَدِّدُكَ وَأُعِينُكَ وَأَعْضُدُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي

Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, and I will help you, and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

١١ 11 يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَغْتَاظُ مِنْكَ، وَيَتَلاَشَى مُقَاوِمُوكَ كَالْعَدَمِ.

See, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all who have been angry with you; they will be as nothing and will perish, those who oppose you.

١٢ 12 تَبْحَثُ عَنْ خُصُومِكَ فَلاَ تَجِدُ أَحَداً مِنْهُمْ، وَيُصْبِحُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلاَ شَيْءٍ،

You will seek and will not find those who contended with you; those who warred against you will be like nothing, absolutely nothing.

١٣ 13 لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ قَائِلاً لَكَ: لاَ تَخَفْ. سَأُعِينُكَ.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Do not fear; I am helping you.'

١٤ 14 لاَ تَخَفْ يَايَعْقُوبُ الضَّعِيفُ كَالْحَشَرَةِ، وَيَاإِسْرَائِيلُ الْعَلِيلُ كَالشِّرْذِمَةِ، لأَنِّي سَأُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel; I will help you—this is Yahweh's declaration, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

١٥ 15 وَهَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ نَوْرَجاً مُحَدَّداً جَدِيداً مُسَنَّناً، فَتَدْرُسُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَجْعَلُ التِّلاَلَ كَالْعُصَافَةِ،

Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged; you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff.

١٦ 16 فَتُذَرِّيهَا، وَتَحْمِلُهَا الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُبَدِّدُهَا الزَّوْبَعَةُ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَبْتَهِجُ بِالرَّبِّ وَتُمَجِّدُ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh, you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

١٧ 17 وَعِنْدَمَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَائِسُونَ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ مَاءً وَلاَ يَجِدُونَهُ، وَتَتَشَقَّقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، أَنَا الرَّبُّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ، أَنَا إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُمْ.

The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

١٨ 18 فَأُفَجِّرُ أَنْهَاراً عَلَى الْهِضَابِ وَيَنَابِيعَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَوْدِيَةِ، وَأُحَوِّلُ الْبَرِّيَّةَ إِلَى وَاحَةِ مَاءٍ وَالأَرْضَ الْقَاحِلَةَ إِلَى جَدَاوِلَ.

I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys; I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.

١٩ 19 وَأُنْبِتُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الأَرْز وَالسَّنْطَ وَالآسَ وَشَجَرَ الزَّيْتُونِ، وَأُنَمِّي فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ أَشْجَارَ السَّرْوِ وَالسِّنْدِيَانَ وَالشَّرْبِينَ جَمِيعاً،

In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees.

٢٠ 20 حَتَّى يَرَى النَّاسُ وَيُدْرِكُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا وَيَفْهَمُوا مَعاً أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْ هَذَا، وَأَنَّ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَبْدَعَهُ.

I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

٢١ 21 اعْرِضُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَقَدِّمُوا حُجَجَكُمْ يَقُولُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

“Present your case,” says Yahweh, “present your best arguments for your idols,” says the King of Jacob.

٢٢ 22 أَحْضِرُوا أَصْنَامَكُمْ لِيُنْبِئُونَا عَمَّا يَأْتِي بِهِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ، وَعَنِ الأُمُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ.

Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, so we may know these things well. Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.

٢٣ 23 أَطْلِعُونَا عَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْغَيْبِ فَنَعْلَمَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ حَقّاً. إِيتُوا بِمُعْجِزَةٍ خَيْراً كَانَتْ أَمْ شَرّاً، تُثِيرُ دَهْشَتَنَا أَوْ رُعْبَنَا.

Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods; do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ أَنْتُمْ لاَ شَيْءَ، وَفِعْلُكُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَلاَ يَصْطَفِيكُمْ سِوَى الرِّجْسِ.

See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable.

٢٥ 25 قَدْ آثَرْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّمَالِ، هَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي، يَطَأُ الْوُلاَةَ كَمَا يَطَأُ فَوْقَ الْوَحْلِ، وَيَدُوسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يَدُوسُ الْخَزَّافُ فَوْقَ الطِّينِ.

I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name, and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.

٢٦ 26 مَنْ أَنْبَأَ بِهَذَا الْحَدَثِ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ بِهِ؟ وَقَبْلَ أَوَانِ حُدُوثِهِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ. لَمْ يُوْجَدْ مُنْبِئٌ أَوْ مُعْلِنٌ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مِنْكُمْ.

Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, “He is right”? Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything.

٢٧ 27 أَنَا أَوَّلُ قَائِلٍ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: انْظُرُوا هَاهُمْ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ أَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بَشِيراً،

I first said to Zion, “Look here they are;” I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

٢٨ 28 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَطَلَّعْتُ إِلَى الأَصْنَامِ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ بَيْنَهُمْ مُشِيرٌ أَسْأَلُهُ فَيُجِيبُ.

When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice, who, when I ask, can answer a word.

٢٩ 29 انْظُرُوا، إِنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَهْمٌ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالَهُمْ وَأَصْنَامَهُمُ الْمَسْبُوكَةَ رِيحٌ وَخَوَاءٌ.

Look, all of them are nothing, and their deeds are nothing; their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness.