Isaiah 40

عَزُّوا، عَزُّوا شَعْبِي، يَقُولُ إِلهُكُمْ.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

طَيِّبُوا قَلْبَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَنَادُوهَا بِأَنَّ جِهَادَهَا قَدْ كَمُلَ، أَنَّ إِثْمَهَا قَدْ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهَا قَدْ قَبِلَتْ مِنْ يَدِ الرَّبِّ ضِعْفَيْنِ عَنْ كُلِّ خَطَايَاهَا.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.

صَوْتُ صَارِخٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ: «أَعِدُّوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ. قَوِّمُوا فِي الْقَفْرِ سَبِيلاً لإِلَهِنَا.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

كُلُّ وَطَاءٍ يَرْتَفِعُ، وَكُلُّ جَبَل وَأَكَمَةٍ يَنْخَفِضُ، وَيَصِيرُ الْمُعْوَجُّ مُسْتَقِيمًا، وَالْعَرَاقِيبُ سَهْلاً.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

فَيُعْلَنُ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ وَيَرَاهُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ جَمِيعًا، لأَنَّ فَمَ الرَّبِّ تَكَلَّمَ».

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

صَوْتُ قَائِل: «نَادِ». فَقَالَ: «بِمَاذَا أُنَادِي؟» «كُلُّ جَسَدٍ عُشْبٌ، وَكُلُّ جَمَالِهِ كَزَهْرِ الْحَقْلِ.

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

يَبِسَ الْعُشْبُ، ذَبُلَ الزَّهْرُ، لأَنَّ نَفْخَةَ الرَّبِّ هَبَّتْ عَلَيْهِ. حَقًّا الشَّعْبُ عُشْبٌ!

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

يَبِسَ الْعُشْبُ، ذَبُلَ الزَّهْرُ. وَأَمَّا كَلِمَةُ إِلهِنَا فَتَثْبُتُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

عَلَى جَبَل عَال اصْعَدِي، يَا مُبَشِّرَةَ صِهْيَوْنَ. ارْفَعِي صَوْتَكِ بِقُوَّةٍ، يَا مُبَشِّرَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. ارْفَعِي لاَ تَخَافِي. قُولِي لِمُدُنِ يَهُوذَا: «هُوَذَا إِلهُكِ.

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

هُوَذَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِقُوَّةٍ يَأْتِي وَذِرَاعُهُ تَحْكُمُ لَهُ. هُوَذَا أُجْرَتُهُ مَعَهُ وَعُمْلَتُهُ قُدَّامَهُ.

Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

كَرَاعٍ يَرْعَى قَطِيعَهُ. بِذِرَاعِهِ يَجْمَعُ الْحُمْلاَنَ، وَفِي حِضْنِهِ يَحْمِلُهَا، وَيَقُودُ الْمُرْضِعَاتِ».

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

مَنْ كَالَ بِكَفِّهِ الْمِيَاهَ، وَقَاسَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِالشِّبْرِ، وَكَالَ بِالْكَيْلِ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ، وَوَزَنَ الْجِبَالَ بِالْقَبَّانِ، وَالآكَامَ بِالْمِيزَانِ؟

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

مَنْ قَاسَ رُوحَ الرَّبِّ، وَمَنْ مُشِيرُهُ يُعَلِّمُهُ؟

Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

مَنِ اسْتَشَارَهُ فَأَفْهَمَهُ وَعَلَّمَهُ فِي طَرِيقِ الْحَقِّ، وَعَلَّمَهُ مَعْرِفَةً وَعَرَّفَهُ سَبِيلَ الْفَهْمِ.؟

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

هُوَذَا الأُمَمُ كَنُقْطَةٍ مِنْ دَلْوٍ، وَكَغُبَارِ الْمِيزَانِ تُحْسَبُ. هُوَذَا الْجَزَائِرُ يَرْفَعُهَا كَدُقَّةٍ!

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

وَلُبْنَانُ لَيْسَ كَافِيًا لِلإِيقَادِ، وَحَيَوَانُهُ لَيْسَ كَافِيًا لِمُحْرَقَةٍ.

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

كُلُّ الأُمَمِ كَلاَ شَيْءٍ قُدَّامَهُ. مِنَ الْعَدَمِ وَالْبَاطِلِ تُحْسَبُ عِنْدَهُ.

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

فَبِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونَ اللهَ، وَأَيَّ شَبَهٍ تُعَادِلُونَ بِهِ؟

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

اَلصَّنَمُ يَسْبِكُهُ الصَّانِعُ، وَالصَّائِغُ يُغَشِّيهِ بِذَهَبٍ وَيَصُوغُ سَلاَسِلَ فِضَّةٍ.

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

الْفَقِيرُ عَنِ التَّقْدِمَةِ يَنْتَخِبُ خَشَبًا لاَ يُسَوِّسُ، يَطْلُبُ لَهُ صَانِعًا مَاهِرًا لِيَنْصُبَ صَنَمًا لاَ يَتَزَعْزَعُ!

He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

أَلاَ تَعْلَمُونَ؟ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُونَ؟ أَلَمْ تُخْبَرُوا مِنَ الْبَدَاءَةِ؟ أَلَمْ تَفْهَمُوا مِنْ أَسَاسَاتِ الأَرْضِ؟

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

الْجَالِسُ عَلَى كُرَةِ الأَرْضِ وَسُكَّانُهَا كَالْجُنْدُبِ. الَّذِي يَنْشُرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ كَسَرَادِقَ، وَيَبْسُطُهَا كَخَيْمَةٍ لِلسَّكَنِ.

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ الْعُظَمَاءَ لاَ شَيْئًا، وَيُصَيِّرُ قُضَاةَ الأَرْضِ كَالْبَاطِلِ.

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

لَمْ يُغْرَسُوا بَلْ لَمْ يُزْرَعُوا وَلَمْ يَتَأَصَّلْ فِي الأَرْضِ سَاقُهُمْ. فَنَفَخَ أَيْضًا عَلَيْهِمْ فَجَفُّوا، وَالْعَاصِفُ كَالْعَصْفِ يَحْمِلُهُمْ.

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

«فَبِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونَنِي فَأُسَاوِيهِ؟» يَقُولُ الْقُدُّوسُ.

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

ارْفَعُوا إِلَى الْعَلاَءِ عُيُونَكُمْ وَانْظُرُوا، مَنْ خَلَقَ هذِهِ؟ مَنِ الَّذِي يُخْرِجُ بِعَدَدٍ جُنْدَهَا، يَدْعُو كُلَّهَا بِأَسْمَاءٍ؟ لِكَثْرَةِ الْقُوَّةِ وَكَوْنِهِ شَدِيدَ الْقُدْرَةِ لاَ يُفْقَدُ أَحَدٌ.

Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

لِمَاذَا تَقُولُ يَا يَعْقُوبُ وَتَتَكَلَّمُ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: «قَدِ اخْتَفَتْ طَرِيقِي عَنِ الرَّبِّ وَفَاتَ حَقِّي إِلهِي»؟

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

أَمَا عَرَفْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ؟ إِلهُ الدَّهْرِ الرَّبُّ خَالِقُ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ لاَ يَكِلُّ وَلاَ يَعْيَا. لَيْسَ عَنْ فَهْمِهِ فَحْصٌ.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

يُعْطِي الْمُعْيِيَ قُدْرَةً، وَلِعَدِيمِ الْقُوَّةِ يُكَثِّرُ شِدَّةً.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

اَلْغِلْمَانُ يُعْيُونَ وَيَتْعَبُونَ، وَالْفِتْيَانُ يَتَعَثَّرُونَ تَعَثُّرًا.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

وَأَمَّا مُنْتَظِرُو الرَّبِّ فَيُجَدِّدُونَ قُوَّةً. يَرْفَعُونَ أَجْنِحَةً كَالنُّسُورِ. يَرْكُضُونَ وَلاَ يَتْعَبُونَ. يَمْشُونَ وَلاَ يُعْيُونَ.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.