Isaiah 17

1 This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

1 نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ دِمَشْقَ: «انْظُرُوا هَا دِمَشْقُ تَنْقَرِضُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْمُدُنِ وَتُصْبِحُ كَوْمَةَ أَنْقَاضٍ.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

2 تُهْجَرُ مُدُنُ عَرُوعِيرَ، وَتُصْبِحُ مَرَاعِيَ لِلْقُطْعَانِ، تَرْبِضُ فِيهَا وَلا أَحَدَ يُخِيفُهَا

3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

3 تَزُولُ الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُحَصَّنَةُ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَالْمُلْكُ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ، وَتُصْبِحُ بَقِيَّةُ أَرَامَ مُمَاثِلَةً لِمَجْدِ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الزَّائِلِ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

4 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَخْبُو مَجْدُ يَعْقُوبَ وَتَذُوبُ سَمَانَةُ بَدَنِهِ،

5 as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

5 فَتُصْبِحُ جَرْدَاءَ كَحَقْلٍ جَمَعَ الْحَصَّادُونَ زَرْعَهُ، أَوْ حَصَدَتْ ذِرَاعُهُ السَّنَابِلَ، أَوْ كَرَجُلٍ يَلْتَقِطُ السَّنَابِلَ فِي وَادِي رَفَايِمَ.

6 Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

6 وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ تَبْقَى فِيهِ خُصَاصَةٌ، كَزَيْتُونَةٍ نُفِضَتْ حَبَّاتُهَا، فَتَسَاقَطَتْ إِلّا حَبَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثاً ظَلَّتْ فِي رَأْسِ أَعْلَى غُصْنٍ، أَوْ أَرْبَعَ أَوْ خَمْسَ حَبَّاتٍ فِي الأَفْنَانِ الْمُثْمِرَةِ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

7 In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

7 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَرْنُو النَّاسُ إِلَى صَانِعِهِمْ وَيَلْتَفِتُونَ بِعُيُونِهِمْ إِلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

8 They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

8 وَلا يَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى الْمَذَابِحِ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْهَا أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَلا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى تَمَاثِيلِ السَّوَارِي وَالشُّمُوسِ، وَلا إِلَى مَذَابِحِ الْبَخُورِ صَنْعَةِ أَصَابِعِهِمْ.

9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

9 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تُصْبِحُ مُدُنُهُمُ الْمَنِيعَةُ مُقْفِرَةً كَمُدُنِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّتيِ هَجَرُوهَا هَرَباً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ فَأَصْبَحَتْ خَرَاباً.

10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

10 لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ نَسِيتُمْ إِلَهَ خَلاصِكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَذْكُرُوا صَخْرَةَ عِزِّكُمْ. لِذَلِكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَ غَرْساً مُبْهِجاً وَتَغْرِسُونَ زَرْعاً غَرِيباً،

11 though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

11 وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَ تَغْرِسُونَهُ تُنَمُّونَهُ، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ عِنْدَمَا تَزْرَعُونَهُ تَجْعَلُونَهُ يُزْهِرُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَصِيدَ لَا يَكُونُ مُنْتِجاً فِي يَوْمِ الضَّرْبَةِ الْمُهْلِكَةِ الَّتِي لَا بُرْءَ مِنْهَا.

12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

12 يَالَجَلَبَةِ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ يَضِجُّونَ كَبَحْرٍ عَجَّاجٍ! يَالَصَخَبِ الأُمَمِ! فَإِنَّهُمْ يَصْخَبُونَ كَعَجِيجِ لُجَجٍ غَامِرَةٍ.

13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

13 أُمَمٌ تَهْدِرُ كَهَدِيرِ الْمِيَاهِ، وَلَكِنْ حَالَمَا يَزْجُرُهَا الرَّبُّ تَهْرُبُ بَعِيداً، وَتَتَطَايَرُ كَمَا تَتَطَايَرُ عُصَافَةُ الْجِبَالِ أَمَامَ الرِّيحِ، أَوْ كَالْهَبَاءِ أَمَامَ الْعَاصِفَةِ.

14 In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

14 فِي الْمَسَاءِ يَطْغَى عَلَيْهِمْ رُعْبٌ، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ يَتَلاشَوْنَ. هَذَا هُوَ نَصِيبُ نَاهِبِينَا وَحَظُّ سَالِبِينَا.