Isaiah 19

1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

1 نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ مِصْرَ: هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ قَادِمٌ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْكَبُ سَحَابَةً سَرِيعَةً، فَتَرْتَجِفُ أَوْثَانُ مِصْرَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَتَذُوبُ قُلُوبُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ.

2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

2 وَأُثِيرُ مِصْرِيِّينَ عَلَى مِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَتَحَارَبُونَ، وَيَقُومُ الْوَاحِدُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، وَالْمَدِينَةُ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْمَمْلَكَةُ عَلَى الْمَمْلَكَةِ،

3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

3 فَتَذُوبُ أَرْوَاحُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ، وَأُبْطِلُ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، فَيَسْأَلُونَ الأَوْثَانَ وَالسَّحَرَةَ وَأَصْحَابَ التَّوَابِعِ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ.

4 I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

4 وَأُسَلِّطُ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مَوْلىً قَاسياً، فَيَسُودُ مَلِكٌ عَنِيفٌ عَلَيْهِم. هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

5 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

5 وَتَنْضُبُ مِيَاهُ النِّيلِ وَتَجِفُّ الأَحْوَاضُ وَتَيْبَسُ.

6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

6 تُنْتِنُ الْقَنَوَاتُ، وَتَتَنَاقَصُ تَفَرُّعَاتُ النِّيلِ وَتَجِفُّ، وَيَتْلَفُ الْقَصَبُ وَالْبَرْدِيُّ.

7 The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

7 وَتَذْبُلُ النَّبَاتَاتُ عَلَى ضِفَافِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، وَالْحُقُولُ وَالْمَزْرُوعَاتُ كُلُّهَا تَجِفُّ، وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مُخْضَرَّةً.

8 Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

8 فَيَئِنُّ الصَّيَّادُونَ وَطَارِحُو الشُّصُوصِ فِي النِّيلِ وَيَنُوحُونَ وَيَتَحَسَّرُ الَّذِينَ يُلْقُونَ شِبَاكَهُمْ فِي الْمِيَاهِ.

9 The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

9 وَيَتَوَلَّى الْيَأْسُ قُلُوبَ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ الْكَتَّانَ الْمُمَشَّطَ، وَيَفْقِدُ حَائِكُو الْكَتَّانِ الْفَاخِرِ كُلَّ أَمَلٍ.

10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

10 وَيُسْحَقُ الرِّجَالُ، وَهُمْ أَعْمِدَةُ الأَرْضِ، وَيَكْتَئِبُ كُلُّ عَامِلٍ أَجِيرٍ.

11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

11 رُؤَسَاءُ صُوعَنَ حَمْقَى، وَمَشُورَاتُ أَحْكَمِ حُكَمَاءِ فِرْعَوْنَ غَبِيَّةٌ. كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ نَحْنُ مِنْ نَسْلِ حُكَمَاءَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ مُلُوكٍ قُدَامَى؟

12 Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

12 أَيْنَ حُكَمَاؤُكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُطْلِعُوكَ عَلَى مَا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ الْقْدِيرُ عَلَى مِصْرَ؟

13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

13 قَدْ حَمِقَ رُؤَسَاءُ صُوْعَنَ وَانْخَدَعَ أُمَرَاءُ نُوفَ وَأَضَلَّ مِصْرَ شُرَفَاءُ قَبَائِلِهَا

14 The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

14 جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ فِيهَا رُوحَ فَوْضَى، فَأَضَلُّوا مِصْرَ فِى كُلِّ تَصَرُّفَاتِهَا، حَتَّى تَرَنَّحَتْ كَتَرَنُّحِ السَّكْرَانِ فِي قَيْئِهِ.

15 There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.

15 فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِعُظَمَائِهَا أَوْ أَدْنِيَائِهَا مَا يَفْعَلُونَهُ فِيهَا.

16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

16 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَرْتَعِدُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ كَالنِّسَاءِ خَوْفاً مِنْ يَدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ الَّتِي يَهُزُّهَا فَوْقَهُمْ.

17 The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

17 وتَغْدُو أَرْضُ يَهُوذَا مَثَارَ رُعْبٍ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَعْتَرِيهَا الْفَزَعُ مِنْ ذِكْرِهَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ قَدْ قَضَى قَضَاءَهُ عَلَى مِصْرَ.

18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

18 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ خَمْسُ مُدُنٍ تَنْطِقُ بِلُغَةِ كَنْعَانَ، وَتَحْلِفُ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ، وَتُدْعَى إِحْدَاهَا مَدِينَةَ الشَّمْسِ.

19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

19 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُقَامُ مَذْبَحٌ لِلرَّبِّ فِي وَسَطِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ نُصُبٌ لِلرَّبِّ عِنْدَ تُخُومِهَا،

20 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

20 فَيَكُونُ عَلامَةً وَشَهَادَةً لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِالرَّبِّ مِنْ مُضَايِقِيهِمْ، فَيَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِمْ مُخَلِّصاً وَمُدَافِعاً يُنْقِذُهُمْ.

21 The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

21 فَيُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسَهُ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَعْبُدُونَهُ وَيُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبِيحَةً وَقَرَابِينَ وَيَنْذِرُونَ لِلرَّبِّ نُذُوراً وَيُوفُونَ بِها.

22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

22 وَيَضْرِبُ الرَّبُّ مِصْرَ؛ يَضْرِبُهَا وَيُبْرِئُهَا، فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهَا تَائِبِينَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ دُعَاءَهُمْ وَيَشْفِيهِمْ.

23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

23 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَمْتَدُّ طَرِيقٌ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَشُّورَ، وَمِنْ أَشُّورَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَيَعْبُدُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَالأَشُّورِيُّونَ الرَّبَّ مَعاً.

24 In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

24 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَالِثَ ثَلاثَةٍ مَعَ مِصْرَ وَأَشُّورَ، وَبَرَكَةً فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ،

25 The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”

25 فَيُبَارِكُهُمُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ قَائِلاً: «مُبَارَكٌ شَعْبِي مِصْرُ، وَصَنْعَةُ يَدِي أَشُّورُ، وَمِيرَاثِي إِسْرَائِيلُ».