Isaiah 17

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

١ نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ دِمَشْقَ: «انْظُرُوا هَا دِمَشْقُ تَنْقَرِضُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْمُدُنِ وَتُصْبِحُ كَوْمَةَ أَنْقَاضٍ.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

٢ تُهْجَرُ مُدُنُ عَرُوعِيرَ، وَتُصْبِحُ مَرَاعِيَ لِلْقُطْعَانِ، تَرْبِضُ فِيهَا وَلا أَحَدَ يُخِيفُهَا

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

٣ تَزُولُ الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُحَصَّنَةُ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَالْمُلْكُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَتُصْبِحُ بَقِيَّةُ أَرَامَ مُمَاثِلَةً لِمَجْدِ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الزَّائِلِ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

٤ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَخْبُو مَجْدُ يَعْقُوبَ وَتَذُوبُ سَمَانَةُ بَدَنِهِ،

5 And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

٥ فَتُصْبِحُ جَرْدَاءَ كَحَقْلٍ جَمَعَ الْحَصَّادُونَ زَرْعَهُ، أَوْ حَصَدَتْ ذِرَاعُهُ السَّنَابِلَ، أَوْ كَرَجُلٍ يَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ فِي وَادِي رَفَايِمَ.

6 And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

٦ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَبْقَى فِيهِ خُصَاصَةٌ، كَزَيْتُونَةٍ نُفِضَتْ حَبَّاتُهَا، فَتَسَاقَطَتْ إِلّا حَبَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثاً ظَلَّتْ فِي رَأْسِ أَعْلَى غُصْنٍ، أَوْ أَرْبَعَ أَوْ خَمْسَ حَبَّاتٍ فِي الأَفْنَانِ الْمُثْمِرَةِ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

7 In that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.

٧ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَرْنُو النَّاسُ إِلَى صَانِعِهِمْ وَيَلْتَفِتُونَ بِعُيُونِهِمْ إِلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images.

٨ وَلا يَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى الْمَذَابِحِ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْهَا أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَلا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى تَمَاثِيلِ السَّوَارِي وَالشُّمُوسِ، وَلا إِلَى مَذَابِحِ الْبَخُورِ صَنْعَةِ أَصَابِعِهِمْ.

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

٩ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تُصْبِحُ مُدُنُهُمُ الْمَنِيعَةُ مُقْفِرَةً كَمُدُنِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّتيِ هَجَرُوهَا هَرَباً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَصْبَحَتْ خَرَاباً.

10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plantations, and shalt set them with foreign slips:

١٠ لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ نَسِيتُمْ إِلَهَ خَلاصِكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَذْكُرُوا صَخْرَةَ عِزِّكُمْ. لِذَلِكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَ غَرْساً مُبْهِجاً وَتَغْرِسُونَ زَرْعاً غَرِيباً،

11 in the day of thy planting wilt thou make [them] to grow, and on the morrow wilt thou make thy seed to flourish; [but] the harvest will flee in the day of taking possession, and the sorrow will be incurable.

١١ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَ تَغْرِسُونَهُ تُنَمُّونَهُ، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ عِنْدَمَا تَزْرَعُونَهُ تَجْعَلُونَهُ يُزْهِرُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَصِيدَ لَا يَكُونُ مُنْتِجاً فِي يَوْمِ الضَّرْبَةِ الْمُهْلِكَةِ الَّتِي لَا بُرْءَ مِنْهَا.

12 Ha! a tumult of many peoples! they make a noise as the noise of the seas; — and the rushing of nations! they rush as the rushing of mighty waters.

١٢ يَالَجَلَبَةِ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ يَضِجُّونَ كَبَحْرٍ عَجَّاجٍ! يَالَصَخَبِ الأُمَمِ! فَإِنَّهُمْ يَصْخَبُونَ كَعَجِيجِ لُجَجٍ غَامِرَةٍ.

13 The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling [of dust] before the whirlwind:

١٣ أُمَمٌ تَهْدِرُ كَهَدِيرِ الْمِيَاهِ، وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يَزْجُرُهَا الرَّبُّ تَهْرُبُ بَعِيداً، وَتَتَطَايَرُ كَمَا تَتَطَايَرُ عُصَافَةُ الْجِبَالِ أَمَامَ الرِّيحِ، أَوْ كَالْهَبَاءِ أَمَامَ الْعَاصِفَةِ.

14 behold, at eventide, trouble; before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

١٤ فِي الْمَسَاءِ يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِمْ رُعْبٌ، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ يَتَلاشَوْنَ. هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ نَاهِبِينَا وَحَظُّ سَالِبِينَا.