Isaiah 40

1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

1 يَقُولُ إِلَهُكُمْ: «وَاسُوا، وَاسُوا شَعْبِي!

2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

2 طَيِّبُوا خَاطِرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَلِّغُوهَا أَنَّ أَيَّامَ مِحْنَتِهَا قَدِ انْتَهَتْ، وَإِثْمَهَا قَدْ غُفِرَ، وَتَلَقَّتْ مِنْ يَدِ الرَّبِّ ضِعْفَيْنِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَا ارْتَكَبَتْهُ مِنْ خَطَايَا».

3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

3 صَوْتٌ يَصْرُخُ وَيَقُولُ: «أَعِدُّوا فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ، وَأَقِيمُوا طَرِيقاً مُسْتَقِيماً لإِلَهِنَا.

4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

4 كُلُّ وَادٍ يَرْتَفِعُ، وَكُلُّ تَلٍّ يَنْخَفِضُ. وَتُمَهَّدُ كُلُّ أَرْضٍ مُعْوَجَّةٍ وتُعَبَّدُ كُلُّ بُقْعَةٍ وَعِرَةٍ

5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

5 وَيَتَجَلَّى مَجْدُ اللهِ، فَيُشَاهِدُهُ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، لأَنَّ فَمَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ».

6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

6 وَعِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ صَوْتٌ: «نَادِ بِرِسَالَةٍ». فَأَجَبْتُ: «أَيَّةُ رِسَالَةٍ؟» فَقَالَ: «كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ عُشْبٌ، وَكُلُّ بَهَائِهِ كَزَهْرِ الصَّحْرَاءِ.

7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

7 يَذْبُلُ الْعُشْبُ وَيَذْوِي الزَّهْرُ لأَنَّ نَفْخَةَ الرَّبِّ تَهُبُّ عَلَيْهِ. حَقّاً إِنَّ الشَّعْبَ عُشْبٌ.

8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

8 يَذْبُلُ الْعُشْبُ وَيَذْوِي الزَّهْرُ، أَمَّا كَلِمَةُ إِلَهِنَا فَتَثْبُتُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

9 Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

9 اصْعَدِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ شَامِخٍ يَا حَامِلَةَ الْبِشَارَةِ إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ. ارْفَعِي صَوْتَكِ بِقُوَّةٍ يَا مُبَشِّرَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. اهْتِفِي وَلا تَجْزَعِي. قُولِي لِمُدُنِ يَهُوذَا: هَا إِلَهُكُمْ قَادِمٌ

10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

10 بِقُدْرَتِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ، وَذِرَاعُهُ تَحْكُمُ لَهُ، وَهَا أُجْرَتُهُ مَعَهُ وَمُكَافَأَتُهُ أَمَامَهُ.

11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

11 يَرْعَى قَطِيعَهُ كَرَاعٍ، وَيَجْمَعُ الْحُمْلانَ بِذِرَاعِهِ، وَفِي أَحْضَانِهِ يَحْمِلُهَا وَيَقُودُ الْمُرْضِعَاتِ بِرِفْقٍ.

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

12 مَنْ كَالَ الْمِيَاهَ بِكَفِّهِ وَقَاسَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِالشِّبْرِ وَكَالَ تُرَابَ الأَرْضِ بِالْكَيْلِ وَوَزَنَ الْجِبَالَ بِقَبَّانٍ، وَالتِّلالَ بِمِيزَانٍ؟

13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

13 مَنْ أَرْشَدَ رُوحَ الرَّبِّ أَوْ كَانَ لَهُ مُشِيراً فَعَلَّمَهُ؟

14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

14 هَلْ طَلَبَ الرَّبُّ مَشُورَةً مِنْ أَحَدٍ؟ مَنْ عَلَّمَهُ طَرِيقَ الْعَدْلِ وَلَقَّنَهُ الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَأَرَاهُ سَبِيلَ الْفَهْمِ؟

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

15 إِنَّ الشُّعُوبَ كَنُقْطَةٍ مِنْ دَلْوٍ، وَكَغُبَارِ الْمِيزَانِ. يَرْفَعُ الْجَزَائِرَ وَكَأَنَّهَا ذَرَّةُ هَبَاءٍ.

16 Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

16 لُبْنَانُ بِأَسْرِهِ لَا يَكْفِي أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلْوَقُودِ، وَحَيَوَانُهُ لَا يَكْفِي لِذَبِيحَةِ مُحْرَقَةٍ.

17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

17 جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ لَا تُحْسَبُ لَدَيْهِ شَيْئاً، وَهِي فِي عَيْنَيْهِ عَدَمٌ وَخَوَاءٌ.

18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

18 بِمَنْ تُشَبِّهُونَ اللهَ وَبِمَنْ تُقَارِنُونَهُ؟

19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

19 إِنْ كَانَ تِمْثَالاً فَالتِّمْثَالُ يَصُوغُهُ الصَّانِعُ وَيُغَشِّيهِ الصَّائِغُ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَيَسْبِكُ لَهُ سَلاسِلَ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.

20 One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

20 أَمَّا الْفَقِيرُ فَإِنَّهُ يَخْتَارُ قِطْعَةَ خَشَبٍ لَا تُنْخَرُ، وَيَلْتَمِسُ صَانِعاً حَاذِقاً يَنْحَتُ لَهُ مِنْهَا صَنَماً ثَابِتاً.

21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

21 أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا؟ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا؟ أَلَمْ يَبْلُغْكُمْ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ؟ أَلَمْ تَفْهَمُوا مِنْ إِرْسَاءِ أُسُسِ الأَرْضِ؟

22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

22 إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْجَالِسُ عَلَى كُرَةِ الأَرْضِ وَسُكَّانُهَا كَالْجَرَادِ. هُوَ الْبَاسِطُ السَّمَاوَاتِ كَسُرَادَقَ، وَيَنْشُرُهَا كَخَيْمَةٍ لِلسُّكْنَى،

23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

23 يَجْعَلُ الْعُظَمَاءَ كَالْعَدَمِ، وَالْحُكَّامَ كَلا شَيْءٍ.

24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

24 فَمَا كَادُوا يُغْرَسُونَ وَيُزْرَعُونَ وَيَتَأَصَّلُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ حَتَّى نَفَخَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَذَوَوْا وَعَصَفَتْ بِهِمْ زَوْبَعَةٌ كَالتِّبْنِ.

25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

25 فَبِمَنْ إِذاً تُقَارِنُونَنِي فَأَكُونَ نَظِيرَهُ؟ يَقُولُ الْقُدُّوسُ.

26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

26 ارْفَعُوا عُيُونَكُمْ إِلَى الْعَلاءِ وَانْظُرُوا. مَنْ خَلَقَ هَذِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يُبْرِزُ كَوَاكِبَهَا بِمَجْمُوعَاتٍ وَيَدْعُوهَا بِأَسْمَاءَ؟ إِنَّ وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا لَا تُفْقَدُ لأَنَّهُ يُحَافِظُ عَلَيْهَا بِعَظَمَةِ قُدْرَتِهِ، وَلأَنَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَّةِ.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?

27 فَكَيْفَ تَجْرُؤُ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ أَنْ تَقُولَ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَا يَرَى مِحْنَتِي وَطَرِيقِي خَافِيَةٌ عَلَيْهِ؟

28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

28 أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُوا؟ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا؟ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ إِلَهٌ سَرْمَدِيٌّ وَخَالِقُ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ. لَا يَهِنُ وَلا يَخُورُ، وَفَهْمُهُ لَا يُسْتَقْصَى.

29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

29 يَهِبُ الْمَنْهُوكَ قُوَّةً وَيَمْنَحُ الضَّعِيفَ قُدْرَةً عَظِيمَةً.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

30 إِنَّ الشَّبِيبَةَ يَنَالُهَا الإِعْيَاءُ وَالإِرْهَاقُ، وَالْفِتْيَانُ يَتَعَثَّرُونَ أَشَدَّ تَعَثُّرٍ،

31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

31 أَمَّا الرَّاجُونَ الرَّبَّ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُجَدِّدُونَ قُوَّتَهُمْ، وَيُحَلِّقُونَ بِأَجْنِحَةِ النُّسُورِ. يَرْكُضُونَ وَلا يُعْيُونَ. يَمْشُونَ وَلا يَتْعَبُونَ.