Isaiah 1

رُؤْيَا إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ، الَّتِي رَآهَا عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، فِي أَيَّامِ عُزِّيَّا وَيُوثَامَ وَآحَازَ وَحِزْقِيَّا مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا:

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

اِسْمَعِي أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَأَصْغِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَتَكَلَّمُ: «رَبَّيْتُ بَنِينَ وَنَشَّأْتُهُمْ، أَمَّا هُمْ فَعَصَوْا عَلَيَّ.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

اَلثَّوْرُ يَعْرِفُ قَانِيَهُ وَالْحِمَارُ مِعْلَفَ صَاحِبِهِ، أَمَّا إِسْرَائِيلُ فَلاَ يَعْرِفُ. شَعْبِي لاَ يَفْهَمُ».

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

وَيْلٌ لِلأُمَّةِ الْخَاطِئَةِ، الشَّعْبِ الثَّقِيلِ الإِثْمِ، نَسْلِ فَاعِلِي الشَّرِّ، أَوْلاَدِ مُفْسِدِينَ! تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ، اسْتَهَانُوا بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ارْتَدُّوا إِلَى وَرَاءٍ.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

عَلَى مَ تُضْرَبُونَ بَعْدُ؟ تَزْدَادُونَ زَيَغَانًا! كُلُّ الرَّأْسِ مَرِيضٌ، وَكُلُّ الْقَلْبِ سَقِيمٌ.

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

مِنْ أَسْفَلِ الْقَدَمِ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ صِحَّةٌ، بَلْ جُرْحٌ وَأَحْبَاطٌ وَضَرْبَةٌ طَرِيَّةٌ لَمْ تُعْصَرْ وَلَمْ تُعْصَبْ وَلَمْ تُلَيَّنْ بِالزَّيْتِ.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

بِلاَدُكُمْ خَرِبَةٌ. مُدُنُكُمْ مُحْرَقَةٌ بِالنَّارِ. أَرْضُكُمْ تَأْكُلُهَا غُرَبَاءُ قُدَّامَكُمْ، وَهِيَ خَرِبَةٌ كَانْقِلاَبِ الْغُرَبَاءِ.

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

فَبَقِيَتِ ابْنَةُ صِهْيَوْنَ كَمِظَلَّةٍ فِي كَرْمٍ، كَخَيْمَةٍ فِي مَقْثَأَةٍ، كَمَدِينَةٍ مُحَاصَرَةٍ.

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَبَّ الْجُنُودِ أَبْقَى لَنَا بَقِيَّةً صَغِيرَةً، لَصِرْنَا مِثْلَ سَدُومَ وَشَابَهْنَا عَمُورَةَ.

Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

اِسْمَعُوا كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ يَا قُضَاةَ سَدُومَ! أَصْغُوا إِلَى شَرِيعَةِ إِلهِنَا يَا شَعْبَ عَمُورَةَ:

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

«لِمَاذَا لِي كَثْرَةُ ذَبَائِحِكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. اتَّخَمْتُ مِنْ مُحْرَقَاتِ كِبَاشٍ وَشَحْمِ مُسَمَّنَاتٍ، وَبِدَمِ عُجُول وَخِرْفَانٍ وَتُيُوسٍ مَا أُسَرُّ.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

حِينَمَا تَأْتُونَ لِتَظْهَرُوا أَمَامِي، مَنْ طَلَبَ هذَا مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْ تَدُوسُوا دُورِي؟

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

لاَ تَعُودُوا تَأْتُونَ بِتَقْدِمَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ. الْبَخُورُ هُوَ مَكْرَهَةٌ لِي. رَأْسُ الشَّهْرِ وَالسَّبْتُ وَنِدَاءُ الْمَحْفَلِ. لَسْتُ أُطِيقُ الإِثْمَ وَالاعْتِكَافَ.

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

رُؤُوسُ شُهُورِكُمْ وَأَعْيَادُكُمْ بَغَضَتْهَا نَفْسِي. صَارَتْ عَلَيَّ ثِقْلاً. مَلِلْتُ حَمْلَهَا.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

فَحِينَ تَبْسُطُونَ أَيْدِيَكُمْ أَسْتُرُ عَيْنَيَّ عَنْكُمْ، وَإِنْ كَثَّرْتُمُ الصَّلاَةَ لاَ أَسْمَعُ. أَيْدِيكُمْ مَلآنَةٌ دَمًا.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

اِغْتَسِلُوا. تَنَقَّوْا. اعْزِلُوا شَرَّ أَفْعَالِكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِ عَيْنَيَّ. كُفُّوا عَنْ فِعْلِ الشَّرِّ.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

تَعَلَّمُوا فَعْلَ الْخَيْرِ. اطْلُبُوا الْحَقَّ. انْصِفُوا الْمَظْلُومَ. اقْضُوا لِلْيَتِيمِ. حَامُوا عَنِ الأَرْمَلَةِ.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

هَلُمَّ نَتَحَاجَجْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. إِنْ كَانَتْ خَطَايَاكُمْ كَالْقِرْمِزِ تَبْيَضُّ كَالثَّلْجِ. إِنْ كَانَتْ حَمْرَاءَ كَالدُّودِيِّ تَصِيرُ كَالصُّوفِ.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

إِنْ شِئْتُمْ وَسَمِعْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ خَيْرَ الأَرْضِ.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

وَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ تُؤْكَلُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ». لأَنَّ فَمَ الرَّبِّ تَكَلَّمَ.

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

كَيْفَ صَارَتِ الْقَرْيَةُ الأَمِينَةُ زَانِيَةً! مَلآنَةً حَقًّا. كَانَ الْعَدْلُ يَبِيتُ فِيهَا، وَأَمَّا الآنَ فَالْقَاتِلُونَ.

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

صَارَتْ فِضَّتُكِ زَغَلاً وَخَمْرُكِ مَغْشُوشَةً بِمَاءٍ.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

رُؤَسَاؤُكِ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ وَلُغَفَاءُ اللُّصُوصِ. كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يُحِبُّ الرَّشْوَةَ وَيَتْبَعُ الْعَطَايَا. لاَ يَقْضُونَ لِلْيَتِيمِ، وَدَعْوَى الأَرْمَلَةِ لاَ تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

لِذلِكَ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ عَزِيزُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «آهِ! إِنِّي أَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ خُصَمَائِي وَأَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي،

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

وَأَرُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْكِ، وَأُنَقِّي زَغَلَكِ كَأَنَّهُ بِالْبَوْرَقِ، وَأَنْزِعُ كُلَّ قَصْدِيرِكِ،

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

وَأُعِيدُ قُضَاتَكِ كَمَا فِي الأَوَّلِ، وَمُشِيرِيكِ كَمَا فِي الْبَدَاءَةِ. بَعْدَ ذلِكَ تُدْعَيْنَ مَدِينَةَ الْعَدْلِ، الْقَرْيَةَ الأَمِينَةَ».

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

صِهْيَوْنُ تُفْدَى بِالْحَقِّ، وَتَائِبُوهَا بِالْبِرِّ.

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

وَهَلاَكُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَالْخُطَاةِ يَكُونُ سَوَاءً، وَتَارِكُو الرَّبِّ يَفْنَوْنَ.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

لأَنَّهُمْ يَخْجَلُونَ مِنْ أَشْجَارِ الْبُطْمِ الَّتِي اشْتَهَيْتُمُوهَا، وَتُخْزَوْنَ مِنَ الْجَنَّاتِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُمُوهَا.

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

لأَنَّكُمْ تَصِيرُونَ كَبُطْمَةٍ قَدْ ذَبُلَ وَرَقُهَا، وَكَجَنَّةٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا مَاءٌ.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

وَيَصِيرُ الْقَوِيُّ مَشَاقَةً وَعَمَلُهُ شَرَارًا، فَيَحْتَرِقَانِ كِلاَهُمَا مَعًا وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ.

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.