Isaiah 13

1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

1 رُؤْيَا إِشَعْيَاءَ بْنِ آمُوصَ بِشَأْنِ بَابِلَ:

2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

2 انْصُبُوا رَايَةً فَوْقَ جَبَلٍ أَجْرَدَ. اصْرُخُوا فِيهِمْ. لَوِّحُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ الْعُظَمَاءِ.

3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

3 إِنِّي أَمَرْتُ مُقَدَّسِيَّ وَاسْتَدْعَيْتُ جَبَابِرَتِي الْمُفْتَخِرِينَ بِعَظَمَتِي لِيُنَفِّذُوا عِقَابَ غَضَبِي.

4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

4 هَا جَلَبَةٌ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ مِثْلُ صَوْتِ أَقْوَامٍ غَفِيرَةٍ. صَوْتُ صَخَبِ مَمَالِكِ أُمَمٍ مُجْتَمِعَةٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَسْتَعْرِضُ جُنُودَ الْقِتَالِ.

5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.

5 يُقْبِلُونَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ نَائِيَةٍ، مِنْ أَقْصَى السَّمَاوَاتِ. هُمْ جُنُودُ الرَّبِّ وَأَسْلِحَةُ سَخَطِهِ لِتَدْمِيرِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا.

6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

6 وَلْوِلُوا، فَإِنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ بَاتَ وَشِيكاً قَادِماً مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ مُحَمَّلاً بِالدَّمَارِ.

7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

7 لِذَلِكَ تَرْتَخِي كُلُّ يَدٍ، وَيَذُوبُ قَلْبُ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ.

8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

8 يَنْتَابُهُمُ الْفَزَعُ، وَتَأْخُذُهُمْ أَوْجَاعٌ وَمَخَاضٌ، يَتَلَوَّوْنَ كَوَالِدَةٍ تُقَاسِي مِنْ آلامِ الْمَخَاضِ. وَيُحَمْلِقُ بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ مَبْهُوتِينَ بِوُجُوهٍ مُلْتَهِبَةٍ.

9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

9 هَا هُوَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ آتٍ مُفْعَماً بِالْقَسْوَةِ وَالسَّخَطِ وَالْغَضَبِ الْعَنِيفِ، لِيَجْعَلَ الأَرْضَ خَرَاباً وَيُبِيدَ مِنْهَا الْخُطَاةَ.

10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

10 فَإِنَّ نُجُومَ السَّمَاءِ وَكَوَاكِبَهَا لَا تُشْرِقُ بِنُورِهَا، وَالشَّمْسَ تُظْلِمُ عِنْدَ بُزُوغِهَا، وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يُشِعُّ بِضَوْئِهِ.

11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

11 وَأُعَاقِبُ الْعَالَمَ عَلَى شَرِّهِ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ عَلَى آثَامِهِمْ، وَأَضَعُ حَدّاً لِصَلَفِ الْمُتَغَطْرِسِينَ وَأُذِلُّ كِبْرِيَاءَ الْعُتَاةِ،

12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

12 فَيُصْبِحُ الرِّجَالُ لِقِلَّةِ عَدَدِهِمْ أَنْدَرَ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ وَأَعَزَّ مِنْ ذَهَبِ أُوفِيرَ.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

13 وَأُزَلْزِلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَتَتَزَعْزَعُ الأَرْضُ فِي مَوْضِعِهَا مِنْ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي يَوْمِ احْتِدَامِ سَخَطِهِ.

14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

14 وَتُوَلِّي جُيُوشُ بَابِلَ الأَدْبَارَ حَتَّى يَنْهَكَهَا التَّعَبُ، عَائِدِينَ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ غَزَالٌ مُطَارَدٌ أَوْ غَنَمٌ لَا رَاعِيَ لَهَا.

15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

15 كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْسَرْ يُطْعَنْ، وَمَنْ يُقْبَضْ عَلَيْهِ يُصْرَعْ بِالسَّيْفِ،

16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

16 وَيُمَزَّقْ أَطْفَالُهُمْ عَلَى مَرْأىً مِنْهُمْ، وَتُنْهَبْ بُيُوتُهُمْ، وَتُغْتَصَبْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ.

17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

17 هَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَادِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَكْتَرِثُونَ لِلْفِضَّةِ وَلا يُسَرُّونَ بِالذَّهَبِ،

18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

18 تُمَزِّقُ قِسِيُّهُمُ الْفِتْيَانَ وَلا يَرْحَمُونَ الأَوْلادَ أَوِ الرُّضَّعَ.

19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

19 أَمَّا بَابِلُ، مَجْدُ الْمَمَالِكِ وَبَهَاءُ وَفَخْرُ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، فَتُصْبِحُ كَسَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ اللَّتَيْنِ قَلَبَهُمَا اللهُ.

20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

20 لَا يُسْكَنُ فِيهَا، وَلا تُعْمَرُ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى جِيلٍ، لَا يَنْصِبُ فِيهَا بَدَوِيٌّ خَيْمَتَهُ، وَلا يُرْبِضُ فِيهَا رَاعٍ قُطْعَانَهُ.

21 But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

21 إِنَّمَا تَأْوِي إِلَيْهَا وُحُوشُ الْقَفْرِ وَتَعِجُّ بُيُوتُ خَرَائِبِهَا بِالْبُومِ، وَتَلْجَأُ إِلَيْهَا بَنَاتُ النَّعَامِ، وَتَتَوَاثَبُ فِيهَا الْمَاعِزُ الْبَرِّيَّةُ،

22 Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

22 وَتَتَعَاوَى الضِّبَاعُ بَيْنَ أَبْرَاجِهَا، وَبَنَاتُ آوَى بَيْنَ قُصُورِهَا الْفَخْمَةِ. إِنَّ وَقْتَ عِقَابِهَا بَاتَ وَشِيكاً، وَأَيَّامَهَا لَنْ تَطُولَ!