Isaiah 41

«اُنْصُتِي إِلَيَّ أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ وَلْتُجَدِّدِ الْقَبَائِلُ قُوَّةً. لِيَقْتَرِبُوا ثُمَّ يَتَكَلَّمُوا. لِنَتَقَدَّمْ مَعًا إِلَى الْمُحَاكَمَةِ.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

مَنْ أَنْهَضَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ الَّذِي يُلاَقِيهِ النَّصْرُ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ؟ دَفَعَ أَمَامَهُ أُمَمًا وَعَلَى مُلُوكٍ سَلَّطَهُ. جَعَلَهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْقَشِّ الْمُنْذَرِي بِقَوْسِهِ.

Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

طَرَدَهُمْ. مَرَّ سَالِمًا فِي طَرِيق لَمْ يَسْلُكْهُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ.

He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

مَنْ فَعَلَ وَصَنَعَ دَاعِيًا الأَجْيَالَ مِنَ الْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا الرَّبُّ الأَوَّلُ، وَمَعَ الآخِرِينَ أَنَا هُوَ».

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

نَظَرَتِ الْجَزَائِرُ فَخَافَتْ. أَطْرَافُ الأَرْضِ ارْتَعَدَتِ. اقْتَرَبَتْ وَجَاءَتْ.

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُسَاعِدُ صَاحِبَهُ وَيَقُولُ لأَخِيهِ: «تَشَدَّدْ».

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

فَشَدَّدَ النَّجَّارُ الصَّائِغَ. الصَّاقِلُ بِالْمِطْرَقَةِ الضَّارِبَ عَلَى السَّنْدَانِ، قَائِلاً عَنِ الإِلْحَامِ: «هُوَ جَيِّدٌ». فَمَكَّنَهُ بِمَسَامِيرَ حَتَّى لاَ يَتَقَلْقَلَ.

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

«وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي، يَا يَعْقُوبُ الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُهُ، نَسْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي،

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

الَّذِي أَمْسَكْتُهُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا دَعَوْتُهُ، وَقُلْتُ لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِيَ. اخْتَرْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَرْفُضْكَ.

Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لاَ تَتَلَفَّتْ لأَنِّي إِلهُكَ. قَدْ أَيَّدْتُكَ وَأَعَنْتُكَ وَعَضَدْتُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

إِنَّهُ سَيَخْزَى وَيَخْجَلُ جَمِيعُ الْمُغْتَاظِينَ عَلَيْكَ. يَكُونُ كَلاَ شَيْءٍ مُخَاصِمُوكَ وَيَبِيدُونَ.

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

تُفَتِّشُ عَلَى مُنَازِعِيكَ وَلاَ تَجِدُهُمْ. يَكُونُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلاَ شَيْءٍ وَكَالْعَدَمِ.

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ الْمُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ، الْقَائِلُ لَكَ: لاَ تَخَفْ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ.

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

«لاَ تَخَفْ يَا دُودَةَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَا شِرْذِمَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا أُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَفَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

هأَنَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ نَوْرَجًا مُحَدَّدًا جَدِيدًا ذَا أَسْنَانٍ. تَدْرُسُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَسْحَقُهَا، وَتَجْعَلُ الآكَامَ كَالْعُصَافَةِ.

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

تُذَرِّيهَا فَالرِّيحُ تَحْمِلُهَا وَالْعَاصِفُ تُبَدِّدُهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَبْتَهِجُ بِالرَّبِّ. بِقُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَفْتَخِرُ.

Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

«اَلْبَائِسُونَ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ طَالِبُونَ مَاءً وَلاَ يُوجَدُ. لِسَانُهُمْ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ قَدْ يَبِسَ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. أَنَا إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ أَتْرُكُهُمْ.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

أَفْتَحُ عَلَى الْهِضَابِ أَنْهَارًا، وَفِي وَسَطِ الْبِقَاعِ يَنَابِيعَ. أَجْعَلُ الْقَفْرَ أَجَمَةَ مَاءٍ، وَالأَرْضَ الْيَابِسَةَ مَفَاجِرَ مِيَاهٍ.

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

أَجْعَلُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ الأَرْزَ وَالسَّنْطَ وَالآسَ وَشَجَرَةَ الزَّيْتِ. أَضَعُ فِي الْبَادِيَةِ السَّرْوَ وَالسِّنْدِيَانَ وَالشَّرْبِينَ مَعًا.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

لِكَيْ يَنْظُرُوا وَيَعْرِفُوا وَيَتَنَبَّهُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا مَعًا أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ فَعَلَتْ هذَا وَقُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْدَعَهُ.

That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

«قَدِّمُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ. أَحْضِرُوا حُجَجَكُمْ، يَقُولُ مَلِكُ يَعْقُوبَ.

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

لِيُقَدِّمُوهَا وَيُخْبِرُونَا بِمَا سَيَعْرِضُ. مَا هِيَ الأَوَّلِيَّاتُ؟ أَخْبِرُوا فَنَجْعَلَ عَلَيْهَا قُلُوبَنَا وَنَعْرِفَ آخِرَتَهَا، أَوْ أَعْلِمُونَا الْمُسْتَقْبِلاَتِ.

Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

أَخْبِرُوا بِالآتِيَاتِ فِيمَا بَعْدُ فَنَعْرِفَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ، وَافْعَلُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ شَرًّا فَنَلْتَفِتَ وَنَنْظُرَ مَعًا.

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

هَا أَنْتُمْ مِنْ لاَ شَيْءٍ، وَعَمَلُكُمْ مِنَ الْعَدَمِ. رِجْسٌ هُوَ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُكُمْ.

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

«قَدْ أَنْهَضْتُهُ مِنَ الشَّمَالِ فَأَتَى. مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي. يَأْتِي عَلَى الْوُلاَةِ كَمَا عَلَى الْمِلاَطِ، وَكَخَزَّافٍ يَدُوسُ الطِّينَ.

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

مَنْ أَخْبَرَ مِنَ الْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ، وَمِنْ قَبْل حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ؟ لاَ مُخْبِرٌ وَلاَ مُسْمِعٌ وَلاَ سَامِعٌ أَقْوَالَكُمْ.

Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

أَنَا أَوَّلاً قُلْتُ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: هَا! هَا هُمْ. وَلأُورُشَلِيمَ جَعَلْتُ مُبَشِّرًا.

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

وَنَظَرْتُ فَلَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ، وَمِنْ هؤُلاَءِ فَلَيْسَ مُشِيرٌ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَهُمْ فَيَرُدُّونَ كَلِمَةً.

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

هَا كُلُّهُمْ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالُهُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَمَسْبُوكَاتُهُمْ رِيحٌ وَخَلاَءٌ.

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.