Isaiah 29

وَيْلٌ لأَرِيئِيلَ، لأَرِيئِيلَ قَرْيَةٍ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهَا دَاوُدُ. زِيدُوا سَنَةً عَلَى سَنَةٍ. لِتَدُرِ الأَعْيَادُ.

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

وَأَنَا أُضَايِقُ أَرِيئِيلَ فَيَكُونُ نَوْحٌ وَحَزَنٌ، وَتَكُونُ لِي كَأَرِيئِيلَ.

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

وَأُحِيطُ بِكِ كَالدَّائِرَةِ، وَأُضَايِقُ عَلَيْكِ بِحِصْنٍ، وَأُقِيمُ عَلَيْكِ مَتَارِسَ.

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

فَتَتَّضِعِينَ وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَيَنْخَفِضُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، وَيَكُونُ صَوْتُكِ كَخَيَال مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَيُشَقْشَقُ قَوْلُكِ مِنَ التُّرَابِ.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

وَيَصِيرُ جُمْهُورُ أَعْدَائِكِ كَالْغُبَارِ الدَّقِيقِ، وَجُمْهُورُ الْعُتَاةِ كَالْعُصَافَةِ الْمَارَّةِ. وَيَكُونُ ذلِكَ فِي لَحْظَةٍ بَغْتَةً،

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ تُفْتَقَدُ بِرَعْدٍ وَزَلْزَلَةٍ وَصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، بِزَوْبَعَةٍ وَعَاصِفٍ وَلَهِيبِ نَارٍ آكِلَةٍ.

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

وَيَكُونُ كَحُلْمٍ، كَرُؤْيَا اللَّيْلِ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى أَرِيئِيلَ، كُلُّ الْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى قِلاَعِهَا وَالَّذِينَ يُضَايِقُونَهَا.

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

وَيَكُونُ كَمَا يَحْلُمُ الْجَائِعُ أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا نَفْسُهُ فَارِغَةٌ. وَكَمَا يَحْلُمُ الْعَطْشَانُ أَنَّهُ يَشْرَبُ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ وَإِذَا هُوَ رَازِحٌ وَنَفْسُهُ مُشْتَهِيَةٌ. هكَذَا يَكُونُ جُمْهُورُ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الْمُتَجَنِّدِينَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

تَوَانَوْا وَابْهَتُوا. تَلَذَّذُوا وَاعْمَوْا. قَدْ سَكِرُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُسْكِرِ.

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَكَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ رُوحَ سُبَاتٍ وَأَغْمَضَ عُيُونَكُمُ. الأَنْبِيَاءُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُكُمُ النَّاظِرُونَ غَطَّاهُمْ.

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

وَصَارَتْ لَكُمْ رُؤْيَا الْكُلِّ مِثْلَ كَلاَمِ السِّفْرِ الْمَخْتُومِ الَّذِي يَدْفَعُونَهُ لِعَارِفِ الْكِتَابَةِ قَائِلِينَ: «اقْرَأْ هذَا». فَيَقُولُ: «لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ لأَنَّهُ مَخْتُومٌ».

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

أَوْ يُدْفَعُ الْكِتَابُ لِمَنْ لاَ يَعْرِفُ الْكِتَابَةَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: «اقْرَأْ هذَا». فَيَقُولُ: « لاَ أَعْرِفُ الْكِتَابَةَ».

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

فَقَالَ السَّيِّدُ: «لأَنَّ هذَا الشَّعْبَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ بِفَمِهِ وَأَكْرَمَنِي بِشَفَتَيْهِ، وَأَمَّا قَلْبُهُ فَأَبْعَدَهُ عَنِّي، وَصَارَتْ مَخَافَتُهُمْ مِنِّي وَصِيَّةَ النَّاسِ مُعَلَّمَةً.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

لِذلِكَ هأَنَذَا أَعُودُ أَصْنَعُ بِهذَا الشَّعْبِ عَجَبًا وَعَجِيبًا، فَتَبِيدُ حِكْمَةُ حُكَمَائِهِ، وَيَخْتَفِي فَهْمُ فُهَمَائِهِ».

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَعَمَّقُونَ لِيَكْتُمُوا رَأْيَهُمْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ، فَتَصِيرُ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: «مَنْ يُبْصِرُنَا وَمَنْ يَعْرِفُنَا؟».

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

يَا لَتَحْرِيفِكُمْ! هَلْ يُحْسَبُ الْجَابِلُ كَالطِّينِ، حَتَّى يَقُولُ الْمَصْنُوعُ عَنْ صَانِعِهِ: «لَمْ يَصْنَعْنِي». أَوْ تَقُولُ الْجُبْلَةُ عَنْ جَابِلِهَا: «لَمْ يَفْهَمْ»؟

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

أَلَيْسَ فِي مُدَّةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ جِدًّا يَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ بُسْتَانًا، وَالْبُسْتَانُ يُحْسَبُ وَعْرًا؟

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

وَيَسْمَعُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الصُّمُّ أَقْوَالَ السِّفْرِ، وَتَنْظُرُ مِنَ الْقَتَامِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ عُيُونُ الْعُمْيِ،

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

وَيَزْدَادُ الْبَائِسُونَ فَرَحًا بِالرَّبِّ، وَيَهْتِفُ مَسَاكِينُ النَّاسِ بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

لأَنَّ الْعَاتِيَ قَدْ بَادَ، وَفَنِيَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ، وَانْقَطَعَ كُلُّ السَّاهِرِينَ عَلَى الإِثْمِ

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الإِنْسَانَ يُخْطِئُ بِكَلِمَةٍ، وَنَصَبُوا فَخًّا لِلْمُنْصِفِ فِي الْبَابِ، وَصَدُّوا الْبَارَّ بِالْبُطْلِ.

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا يَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي فَدَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لَيْسَ الآنَ يَخْجَلُ يَعْقُوبُ، وَلَيْسَ الآنَ يَصْفَارُّ وَجْهُهُ.

Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

بَلْ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ أَوْلاَدِهِ عَمَلِ يَدَيَّ فِي وَسَطِهِ يُقَدِّسُونَ اسْمِي، وَيُقَدِّسُونَ قُدُّوسَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَرْهَبُونَ إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

وَيَعْرِفُ الضَّالُّو الأَرْوَاحِ فَهْمًا، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ الْمُتَمَرِّدُونَ تَعْلِيمًا.

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.