Isaiah 28

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

وَيْلٌ لإِكْلِيلِ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ، وَلِلزَّهْرِ الذَّابِلِ، جَمَالِ بَهَائِهِ الَّذِي عَلَى رَأْسِ وَادِي سَمَائِنِ، الْمَضْرُوبِينَ بِالْخَمْرِ.

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

هُوَذَا شَدِيدٌ وَقَوِيٌّ لِلسَّيِّدِ كَانْهِيَالِ الْبَرَدِ، كَنَوْءٍ مُهْلِكٍ، كَسَيْلِ مِيَاهٍ غَزِيرَةٍ جَارِفَةٍ، قَدْ أَلْقَاهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ بِشِدَّةٍ.

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

بِالأَرْجُلِ يُدَاسُ إِكْلِيلُ فَخْرِ سُكَارَى أَفْرَايِمَ.

And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

وَيَكُونُ الزَّهْرُ الذَّابِلُ، جَمَالُ بَهَائِهِ الَّذِي عَلَى رَأْسِ وَادِي السَّمَائِنِ كَبَاكُورَةِ التِّينِ قَبْلَ الصَّيْفِ، الَّتِي يَرَاهَا النَّاظِرُ فَيَبْلَعُهَا وَهِيَ فِي يَدِهِ.

In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ إِكْلِيلَ جَمَال وَتَاجَ بَهَاءٍ لِبَقِيَّةِ شَعْبِهِ،

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

وَرُوحَ الْقَضَاءِ لِلْجَالِسِ لِلْقَضَاءِ، وَبَأْسًا لِلَّذِينَ يَرُدُّونَ الْحَرْبَ إِلَى الْبَابِ.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

وَلكِنَّ هؤُلاَءِ أَيْضًا ضَلُّوا بِالْخَمْرِ وَتَاهُوا بِالْمُسْكِرِ. الْكَاهِنُ وَالنَّبِيُّ تَرَنَّحَا بِالْمُسْكِرِ. ابْتَلَعَتْهُمَا الْخَمْرُ. تَاهَا مِنَ الْمُسْكِرِ، ضَلاَّ فِي الرُّؤْيَا، قَلِقَا فِي الْقَضَاءِ.

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ الْمَوَائِدِ امْتَلأَتْ قَيْئًا وَقَذَرًا. لَيْسَ مَكَانٌ.

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

«لِمَنْ يُعَلِّمُ مَعْرِفَةً، وَلِمَنْ يُفْهِمُ تَعْلِيمًا؟ أَلِلْمَفْطُومِينَ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ، لِلْمَفْصُولِينَ عَنِ الثُّدِيِّ؟

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

لأَنَّهُ أَمْرٌ عَلَى أَمْرٍ. أَمْرٌ عَلَى أَمْرٍ. فَرْضٌ عَلَى فَرْضٍ. فَرْضٌ عَلَى فَرْضٍ. هُنَا قَلِيلٌ هُنَاكَ قَلِيلٌ».

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

إِنَّهُ بِشَفَةٍ لَكْنَاءَ وَبِلِسَانٍ آخَرَ يُكَلِّمُ هذَا الشَّعْبَ،

To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هذِهِ هِيَ الرَّاحَةُ. أَرِيحُوا الرَّازِحَ، وَهذَا هُوَ السُّكُونُ». وَلكِنْ لَمْ يَشَاءُوا أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا.

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

فَكَانَ لَهُمْ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ: أَمْرًا عَلَى أَمْرٍ. أَمْرًا عَلَى أَمْرٍ. فَرْضًا عَلَى فَرْضٍ. فَرْضًا عَلَى فَرْضٍ. هُنَا قَلِيلاً هُنَاكَ قَلِيلاً، لِكَيْ يَذْهَبُوا وَيَسْقُطُوا إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ وَيَنْكَسِرُوا وَيُصَادُوا فَيُؤْخَذُوا.

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

لِذلِكَ اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ يَا رِجَالَ الْهُزْءِ، وُلاَةَ هذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

لأَنَّكُمْ قُلْتُمْ: «قَدْ عَقَدْنَا عَهْدًا مَعَ الْمَوْتِ، وَصَنَعْنَا مِيثَاقًا مَعَ الْهَاوِيَةِ. السَّوْطُ الْجَارِفُ إِذَا عَبَرَ لاَ يَأْتِينَا، لأَنَّنَا جَعَلْنَا الْكَذِبَ مَلْجَأَنَا، وَبِالْغِشِّ اسْتَتَرْنَا».

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: «هأَنَذَا أُؤَسِّسُ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ حَجَرًا، حَجَرَ امْتِحَانٍ، حَجَرَ زَاوِيَةٍ كَرِيمًا، أَسَاسًا مُؤَسَّسًا: مَنْ آمَنَ لاَ يَهْرُبُ.

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

وَأَجْعَلُ الْحَقَّ خَيْطًا وَالْعَدْلَ مِطْمَارًا، فَيَخْطَفُ الْبَرَدُ مَلْجَأَ الْكَذِبِ، وَيَجْرُفُ الْمَاءُ السِّتَارَةَ.

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

وَيُمْحَى عَهْدُكُمْ مَعَ الْمَوْتِ، وَلاَ يَثْبُتُ مِيثَاقُكُمْ مَعَ الْهَاوِيَةِ. السَّوْطُ الْجَارِفُ إِذَا عَبَرَ تَكُونُونَ لَهُ لِلدَّوْسِ.

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

كُلَّمَا عَبَرَ يَأْخُذُكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ يَعْبُرُ، فِي النَّهَارِ وَفِي اللَّيْلِ، وَيَكُونُ فَهْمُ الْخَبَرِ فَقَطِ انْزِعَاجًا».

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

لأَنَّ الْفِرَاشَ قَدْ قَصَرَ عَنِ التَّمَدُّدِ، وَالْغِطَاءَ ضَاقَ عَنِ الالْتِحَافِ.

For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

لأَنَّهُ كَمَا فِي جَبَلِ فَرَاصِيمَ يَقُومُ الرَّبُّ، وَكَمَا فِي الْوَطَاءِ عِنْدَ جِبْعُونَ يَسْخَطُ لِيَفْعَلَ فَعْلَهُ، فَعْلَهُ الْغَرِيبَ، وَلِيَعْمَلَ عَمَلَهُ، عَمَلَهُ الْغَرِيبَ.

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

فَالآنَ لاَ تَكُونُوا مُتَهَكِّمِينَ لِئَلاَّ تُشَدَّدَ رُبُطُكُمْ، لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ فَنَاءً قُضِيَ بِهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ السَّيِّدِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

اُصْغُوا وَاسْمَعُوا صَوْتِي. انْصُتُوا وَاسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي:

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

هَلْ يَحْرُثُ الْحَارِثُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لِيَزْرَعَ، وَيَشُقُّ أَرْضَهُ وَيُمَهِّدُهَا؟

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

أَلَيْسَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَوَّى وَجْهَهَا يَبْذُرُ الشُّونِيزَ وَيُذَرِّي الْكَمُّونَ، وَيَضَعُ الْحِنْطَةَ فِي أَتْلاَمٍ، وَالشَّعِيرَ فِي مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ، وَالْقَطَانِيَّ فِي حُدُودِهَا؟

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

فَيُرْشِدُهُ. بِالْحَقِّ يُعَلِّمُهُ إِلهُهُ.

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

إِنَّ الشُّونِيزَ لاَ يُدْرَسُ بِالنَّوْرَجِ، وَلاَ تُدَارُ بَكَرَةُ الْعَجَلَةِ عَلَى الْكَمُّونِ، بَلْ بِالْقَضِيبِ يُخْبَطُ الشُّونِيزُ، وَالْكَمُّونُ بِالْعَصَا.

Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

يُدَقُّ الْقَمْحُ لأَنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرُسُهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَيَسُوقُ بَكَرَةَ عَجَلَتِهِ وَخَيْلَهُ. لاَ يَسْحَقُهُ.

This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

هذَا أَيْضًا خَرَجَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ. عَجِيبُِ الرَّأْيِ عَظِيمُِ الْفَهْمِ.