إشَعْياء 7

١ 1 وَفِي أَيَّامِ آحَازَ بْنِ يُوثَامَ بْنِ عُزِّيَّا مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا، صَعِدَ رَصِينُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ مَعَ فَقَحَ بْنِ رَمَلْيَا مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهَا، فَعَجَزَا عَنْ قَهْرِهَا.

In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

٢ 2 وَلَمَّا قِيلَ لِمَلِكِ يَهُوذَا إِنَّ الأَرَامِيِّينَ تَحَالَفُوا مَعَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، اعْتَرَى قَلْبَهُ وَقُلُوبَ شَعْبِهِ الاضْطِرَابُ، كَأَشْجَارِ الْغَابَةِ تَهُزُّهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ.

David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِشَعْيَاءَ: «امْضِ لِمُلاَقَاةِ آحَازَ أَنْتَ وَشَآرَيَاشُوبَ ابْنُكَ عِنْدَ طَرَفِ قَنَاةِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي طَرِيقِ حَقْلِ الْقَصَّارِ،

Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.

٤ 4 وَقُلْ لَهُ: احْتَرِسْ، وَتَمَالَكْ نَفْسَكَ؛ لاَ تَخَفْ وَلاَ يَهِنْ قَلْبُكَ مِنْ غَضَبِ رَصِينَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ وَابنِ رَمَلْيَا الْمُحْتَدِمِ فَإِنَّهُمَا كَحَطَبَتَيْنِ مُضْطَرِمَتَيْنِ مُدَخِّنَتَيْنِ.

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

٥ 5 فَإِنَّ أَرَامَ وَابْنَ رَمَلْيَا مَعَ أَفْرَايِمَ قَدْ تَآمَرُوا ضِدَّكَ لِيُنْزِلُوا بِكَ شَرّاً قَائِلِينَ:

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,

٦ 6 لِنُهَاجِمْ يَهُوذَا وَنُمَزِّقْهَا وَنَتَقَاسَمْهَا بَيْنَنَا، وَنُمَلِّكْ عَلَيْهَا ابْنَ طَبْئِيلَ.

“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it amongst ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ لَنْ يَتِمَّ وَلَنْ يَكُونَ،

This is what the Lord GOD says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”

٨ 8 لأَنَّ رَأْسَ أَرَامَ هِيَ دِمَشْقُ، وَرَأْسَ دِمَشْقَ هُوَ رَصِينُ، وَفِي غُضُونِ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً تَتَمَزَّقُ مَمْلَكَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلاَ تَكُونُ أُمَّةً بَعْدُ.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.

٩ 9 إِنَّ رَأْسَ أَفْرَايِمَ هِيَ السَّامِرَةُ، وَرَأْسَ السَّامِرَةِ هُوَ ابْنُ رَمَلْيَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا فَلَنْ تَأْمَنُوا».

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّبُّ يُخَاطِبُ آحَازَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلاً:

The LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

١١ 11 «اطْلُبْ عَلاَمَةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، سَوَاءٌ فِي عُمْقِ الْهَاوِيَةِ أَوْ فِي ارْتِفَاعِ أَعْلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ». (Sheol h7585)

“Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” (Sheol h7585)

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَ آحَازُ: «لَنْ أَطْلُبَ وَلَنْ أُجَرِّبَ الرَّبَّ».

But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the LORD.”

١٣ 13 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ: «اسْمَعُوا يَابَيْتَ دَاوُدَ: أَمَا كَفَاكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَضْجَرْتُمُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى تُضْجِرُوا إِلَهِي أَيْضاً؟

He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

١٤ 14 وَلَكِنَّ السَّيِّدَ نَفْسَهُ يُعْطِيكُمْ آيَةً: هَا الْعَذْرَاءُ تَحْبَلُ وَتَلِدُ ابْناً، وَتَدْعُو اسْمَهُ عِمَّانُوئِيلَ.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

١٥ 15 وَحِينَ يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ يَأْكُلُ زُبْداً وَعَسَلاً،

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

١٦ 16 لأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ الصَّبِيُّ كَيْفَ يَرْفُضُ الشَّرَّ وَيَخْتَارُ الْخَيْرَ، فَإِنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَرَامَ اللَّتَيْنِ تَخْشَيَانِ مَلِكَيْهِمَا تُصْبِحَانِ مَهْجُورَتَيْنِ.

For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

١٧ 17 وَسَيَجْلِبُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ أَيَّاماً لَمْ تَمُرَّ بِكُمْ مُنْذُ انْفِصَالِ أَفْرَايِمَ عَنْ يَهُوذَا، وَذَلِكَ عَلَى يَدِ مَلِكِ أَشُورَ.

The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.

١٨ 18 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَصْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَجِيئُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَنْهَارِ مِصْرَ، وَلِلأَشُورِيِّينَ فَيَجِيئُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَأَسْرَابِ النَّحْلِ،

It will happen in that day that the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

١٩ 19 فَتُقْبِلُ كُلُّهَا وَتَنْتَشِرُ فِي الأَوْدِيَةِ الْمُقْفِرَةِ، وَفِي شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ وَشُجَيْرَاتِ الشَّوْكِ الْمُتَكَاثِفَةِ، وَفِي الْمَرَاعِي قَاطِبَةً.

They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.

٢٠ 20 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَسْتَأْجِرُ الرَّبُّ مَلِكَ أَشُورَ مِنْ عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، فَيَكُونُ الْمُوسَى الَّتِي يَحْلِقُ بِهَا الرَّبُّ شَعْرَ رُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَحَتَّى لِحَاكُمْ أَيْضاً.

In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

٢١ 21 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُرَبِّي وَاحِدٌ عِجْلَةَ بَقَرٍ وَشَاتَيْنِ.

It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep.

٢٢ 22 وَلِوَفْرَةِ مَا تُدِرُّ مِنْ حَلِيبٍ يَأْكُلُ الزُّبْدَ، لأَنَّ الزُّبْدَ وَالْعَسَلَ يَأْكُلُهُمَا كُلُّ مَنْ يُسْتَبْقَى فِي الأَرْضِ.

It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.

٢٣ 23 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَصِيرُ كُلُّ مَوْضِعٍ كَانَ فِيهِ أَلْفُ كَرْمَةٍ بِأَلْفِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ كِيلُو جْرَاماً) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، مَنْبَتاً لِلشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ.

It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns.

٢٤ 24 وَلاَ يَقْتَحِمُ الأَرْضَ إِلاَّ كُلُّ مَنْ يَحْمِلُ سِهَاماً وَأَقْوَاساً، لأَنَّهَا أَرْضٌ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ.

People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا الْجِبَالُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُنْقَبُ بِالْفَأْسِ، فَلاَ يَصْعَدُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ خَوْفاً مِنَ الشَّوْكِ وَالْحَسَكِ، فَتُصْبِحُ مَسْرَحاً لِلثِّيرَانِ وَمَوْطِئاً لِلْغَنَمِ».

All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on.”