Isaiah 22

1 This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

1 نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: مَاذَا حَدَثَ حَتَّى إِنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً صَعِدْتُمْ إِلَى سُطُوحِ الْمَنَازِلِ؟

2 O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

2 أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الْمُمْتَلِئَةُ جَلَبَةً، الْعَجَّاجَةُ الْمَرِحَةُ، إِنَّ قَتْلاكِ لَيْسُوا قَتْلَى سَيْفٍ أَوْ صَرْعَى حَرْبٍ.

3 All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

3 قَدْ فَرَّ رُؤَسَاؤُكِ جَمِيعاً. أُسِرُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ مُقَاوَمَةٍ. وَسُبِيَ كُلُّ مَنْ عُثِرَ عَلَيْهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ هَرَبُوا بَعِيداً.

4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

4 لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ: «ابْتَعِدُوا عَنِّي لأَبْكِيَ بِمَرَارَةٍ، لَا تَتَكَبَّدُوا جَهْداً فِي تَعْزِيَتِي مِنْ أَجْلِ دَمَارِ ابْنَةِ شَعْبِي».

5 For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

5 لأَنَّ لِلسَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَوْماً يَبُثُّ فِيهِ الرُّعْبَ، وَالذِّلَّةَ، وَالْفَوْضَى. فِيهِ يَنْقُبُ أَهْلُهَا الأَسْوَارَ وَيَسْتَجِيروُنَ بِالْجِبَالِ.

6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

6 إِذْ أَنَّ عِيلامَ قَدْ حَمَلَتِ السِّهَامَ وَاجْتَمَعَتْ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ، وَقِيرَ جَرَّدَتِ الدُّرُوعَ،

7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

7 فَاكْتَظَّتْ خَيْرُ أَوْدِيَتِكِ بِالْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاصْطَفَّ الْفُرْسَانُ عِنْدَ الْبَوَّابَاتِ،

8 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

8 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هَتَكَ سِتْرَ يَهُوذَا. فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ سِلاحِ بَيْتِ الْغَابَةِ،

9 You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

9 وَتَجِدُونَ أَنَّ صُدُوعَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ، وَتَجْمَعُونَ الْمِيَاهَ مِنَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ السُّفْلَى،

10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

10 ثُمَّ تَعُدُّونَ بُيُوتَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَهْدِمُونَ بَعْضاً مِنْهَا لِتُحَصِّنُوا السُّورَ.

11 You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

11 وَتَبْنُونَ خَزَّاناً بَيْنَ السُّورَيْنِ لِتَخْزِينِ مَاءِ الْبِرْكَةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَأَبَهُوا لِبَانِيهَا، أَوْ تَكْتَرِثُوا لِمَنْ صَمَّمَهَا مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ.

12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

12 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَدْعُوكُمُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ لِلْبُكَاءِ وَالنَّوْحِ وَحَلْقِ الشَّعْرِ وَالتَّنَطُّقِ بِالْمُسُوحِ.

13 But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

13 وَلَكِنَّكُمُ انْهَمَكْتُمْ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالسُّرُورِ وَذَبْحِ الثِّيَرانِ وَتَضْحِيَةِ الْغَنَمِ وَأَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِنَأْكُلْ وَنَشْرَبْ لأَنَّنَا غَداً نَمُوتُ».

14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

14 فَقَالَ لِي الْقَدِيرُ: «لَنْ تُغْفَرَ لَكُمْ آثَامُكُمْ حَتَّى تَمُوتُوا».

15 This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

15 هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «تَوَجَّهْ إِلَى شَبْنَا رَئِيسِ دِيوَانِ الْقَصْرِ وَقُلْ لَهُ:

16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

16 مَالَكَ هُنَا، وَمَنْ لَكَ حَتَّى نَقَرْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ضَرِيحاً، أَيُّهَا النَّاقِرُ لَهُ قَبْراً فِي الأَعَالِي، وَالنَّاحِتُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَسْكَناً فِي الصَّخْرِ؟

17 Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

17 هَا الرَّبُّ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَطْرَحَكَ بِعُنْفٍ أَيُّهَا الْجَبَّارُ وَيُمْسِكَكَ بِقُوَّةٍ،

18 roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

18 وَيُلَوِّحَ بِكَ تَلْوِيحاً، وَيَقْذِفَكَ كَكُرَةٍ فِي أَرْضٍ وَاسِعَةٍ، فَتَمُوتُ هُنَاكَ، وَهُنَاكَ أَيْضاً تُطْرَحُ مَرْكَبَاتُ مَجْدِكَ يَا عَارَ بَيْتِ سَيِّدِكَ.

19 I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

19 وَأَطْرُدُكَ مِنْ مَنْصِبِكَ فَتُعْزَلُ مِنْ مَقَامِكَ.

20 On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

20 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَدْعُو عَبْدِي أَلْيَاقِيمَ بنَ حِلْقِيَّا،

21 I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

21 وَأَخْلَعُ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَكَ، وَأَشُدُّهُ بِمِنْطَقَتِكَ، وَأَعْهَدُ بِسُلْطَانِكَ إِلَى يَدِهِ، فَيُصْبِحُ أَباً لِكُلِّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَلِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا،

22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

22 وَأُعْطِيهِ السُّلْطَةَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ شَعْبِي، فَمَا يَأْمُرْ بِهِ يُطَعْ.

23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

23 وَأُرَسِّخُهُ كَوَتَدٍ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَمِينٍ، فَيُصْبِحُ عَرْشَ مَجْدٍ لِبَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

24 وَيَضَعُونَ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَجْدِ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ بِفُرُوعِهِ وَأُصُولِهِ، كُلَّ آنِيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ مِنْ آنِيَةِ الطُّسُوسِ إِلَى آنِيَةِ القَنَانِيِّ.

25 In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

25 وَلَكَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ يَقُولُ، فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَومِ يُقْتَلَعُ الْوَتَدُ الْمُتَرَسِّخُ بِإِحْكَامٍ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ الأَمِينِ وَيُسْتأْصَلُ وَيُطْرَحُ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَيَبِيدُ مَعَهُ كُلُّ الَّذِينَ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ».