Isaiah 43

1 But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

1 أَمَّا الآنَ، فَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ خَالِقُكَ يَا يَعْقُوبُ وَجَابِلُكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: «لا تَجْزَعْ لأَنِّي افْتَدَيْتُكَ، دَعَوْتُكَ بِاسْمِكَ. أَنْتَ لِي.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

2 إِذَا اجْتَزْتَ فِي وَسَطِ الْمِيَاهِ أَكُونُ مَعَكَ، وَإِنْ خُضْتَ الأَنْهَارَ لَا تَغْمُرُكَ. إِنْ عَبَرْتَ فِي النَّارِ لَا تَلْذَعُكَ. وَاللهِيبُ لَا يُحْرِقُكَ.

3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

3 لأَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُخَلِّصُكَ، قَدْ جَعَلْتُ مِصْرَ فِدْيَةً عَنْكَ وَكُوشَ وَسَبَأَ عِوَضاً عَنْكَ.

4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

4 إِذْ أَصْبَحْتَ كَرِيماً فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَعَزِيزاً وَمَحْبُوباً، فَقَدْ بَادَلْتُ أُنَاساً بِكَ، وَقَايَضْتُ أُمَماً عِوَضاً عَنْ حَيَاتِكَ.

5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

5 لَا تَجْزَعْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ. سَأَلِمُّ شَتَاتَ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَأَجْمَعُكَ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ.

6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

6 أَقُولُ لِلشِّمَالِ: أَطْلِقْهُمْ مِنْ عِقَالِكَ، وَللْجَنُوبِ لَا تَحْجِزْهُمْ. اجْمَعْ أَبْنَائِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَبَنَاتِي مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ،

7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

7 كُلَّ مَنْ يُدْعَى بِاسْمِي مِمَّنْ خَلَقْتُهُ لِمَجْدِي وَجَبَلْتُهُ وَصَنَعْتُهُ».

8 Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

8 أَخْرِجِ الشَّعْبَ الأَعْمَى وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ عُيُونٌ، وَالأَصَمَّ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ آذَانٌ.

9 All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

9 لِتَجْتَمِعِ الأُمَمُ بِأَسْرِهَا، وَلْتَحْتَشِدِ الشُّعُوبُ. مَنْ مِنْهُمْ يُنْبِئُ بِهَذَا، وَيُخْبِرُنَا بِالأُمُورِ السَّالِفَةِ؟ لِيُقَدِّمُوا شُهُودَهُمْ إِثْبَاتاً لِصِدْقِهِمْ، أَوْ لِيَسْمَعُوا وَيَقُولُوا: هَذَا صِدْقٌ.

10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

10 أَنْتُمْ شُهُودِي يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَعَبْدِي الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ، لِتَعْلَمُوا وَتُؤْمِنُوا بِي، وَتُدْرِكُوا أَنِّي أَنَا أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ، لَمْ يُوْجَدْ إِلَهٌ قَبْلِي وَلا يَكُونُ إِلَهٌ بَعْدِي.

11 I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

11 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ، وَلا مُخَلِّصَ غَيْرِي.

12 I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

12 إِنِّي أَنْبَأْتُ وَخَلَّصْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنَا، وَلَيْسَ إِلَهٌ غَرِيبٌ بَيْنَكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ شُهُودِي أَنِّي أَنَا اللهُ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

13 Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

13 مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ وَلَيْسَ مُنْقِذٌ مِنْ يَدِي. أَفْعَلُ وَمَنْ يُبْطِلُ عَمَلِي؟

14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

14 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكُمْ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَا أَنَا مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى بَابِلَ لأُحَطِّمَ الْمَغَالِيقَ، فَيُصْبِحُ الْبَابِلِيُّونَ فِي سُفُنِهِمِ الَّتِي يُبَاهُونَ بِها مَطْرُودِينَ هَارِبِينَ.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

15 أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ قُدُّوسُكُمْ خَالِقُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَلِكُكُمْ.

16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

16 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الصَّانِعُ فِي الْبَحْرِ طَرِيقاً، وَمَمَرّاً فِي اللُّجَجِ الْعَمِيقَةِ،

17 who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

17 الَّذِي يَسْتَدْرِجُ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْخُيُولَ وَالْجَيْشَ وَالْمُقَاتِلِينَ، فَيَسْقُطُونَ صَرْعَى جَمِيعاً وَلا يَقُومُونَ، وَيَخْمُدُونَ كَفَتِيلَةٍ وَيَنْطَفِئُونَ.

18 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

18 وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ الأُمُورَ السَّالِفَةَ وَلا تَعْتَبِرُونَ بِالأَحْدَاثِ الغَابِرَةِ

19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

19 انْظُرُوا، هَا أَنَا أُنْجِزُ أَمْراً جَدِيداً يَنْشَأُ الآنَ، أَلا تَعْرِفُونَهُ؟ أَشُقُّ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ طَرِيقاً، وَفِي الصَّحْرَاءِ أَنْهَاراً،

20 The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.

20 فَيُكْرِمُنِي وَحْشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ: الذِّئَابُ وَالنَّعَامُ لأَنِّي فَجَّرْتُ فِي الْقَفْرِ مَاءً، وَفِي الصَّحْرَاءِ أَنْهَاراً لأَسْقِيَ شَعْبِي الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُهُ،

21 The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

21 وَجَبَلْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي لِيُذِيعَ حَمْدِي.

22 But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

22 وَلَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَلْتَمِسْنِي يَا يَعْقُوبُ، بَلْ سَئِمْتَ مِنِّي يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ.

23 You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

23 لَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِشَاةٍ لِذَبِيحَةِ مُحْرَقَةٍ، وَلَمْ تُكْرِمْنِي بِقَرَابِينِكَ، مَعَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُثَقِّلْ عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْدِمَةٍ، وَلا أَرْهَقْتُكَ بِطَلَبِ اللُّبَانِ.

24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

24 لَمْ تَشْتَرِ لِي بَخُوراً ذَكِيَّ الرَّائِحَةِ، وَلَمْ تُشْبِعْنِي بِشَحْمِ ذَبَائِحِكَ. إِنَّمَا أَعْيَيْتَنِي بِثِقْلِ آثَامِكَ وَأَرْهَقْتَنِي بِذُنُوبِكَ.

25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

25 أَنَا، أَنَا هُوَ الْمَاحِي ذُنُوبَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَاتِي، وَخَطَايَاكَ لَنْ أَذْكُرَهَا.

26 Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

26 هَيَّا إِلَى الْمُحَاكَمَةِ، وَاعْرِضْ عَلَيَّ دَعْوَاكَ، لِتَتَبَرَّرَ

27 Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.

27 قَدْ أَخْطَأَ أَبُوكَ الأَوَّلُ، وَوُسَطَاؤُكَ عَصَوْا عَلَيَّ،

28 So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”

28 لِذَلِكَ أُدَنِّسُ عُظَمَاءَ مَقَادِسِي وَأَقْضِي عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالْهَلاكِ وَأَتْرُكُهُ عُرْضَةً لِلْخِزْيِ وَالْعَارِ.