Isaiah 44

1 But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

1 أَمَّا الآنَ فَاسْمَعْ يَا يَعْقُوبُ عَبْدِي، وَيَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ.

2 This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

2 أَنَا خَالِقُكُمْ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ وَمُعِينُكُمْ، لَا تَخَفْ يَا عَبْدِي يَعْقُوبُ وَلا تَجْزَعِي يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا.

3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

3 لأَنِّي سَأَسْكُبُ مَاءً عَلَى الأَرْضِ الْظَّمْأَى، وَأُجْرِي السُّيُولَ عَلَى التُّرْبَةِ الْيَابِسَةِ، وَأَفِيضُ بِرُوحِي عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِكَ، وَبَرَكَاتِي عَلَى نَسْلِكَ.

4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

4 فَيَنْبُتُونَ بَيْنَ الْعُشْبِ مُزْهِرِينَ كَالْصَّفْصَافِ عِنْدَ مَجَارِي الْمِيَاهِ.

5 One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

5 وَيَقُولُونَ بِمِلْءِ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ: «أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ. أَنَا ابْنُ يَعْقُوبَ». وَيَكْتُبُ عَلَى يَدِهِ اسْمَ اللهِ، وَبِاسْمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُلَقَّبُ.

6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

6 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفَادِيهِ: «أَنَا هُوَ الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ، وَلا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي.

7 Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

7 مَنْ مِثْلِي فَلْيُخْبِرْ بِذَلِكِ، وَيُعْلِنْهُ وَيَعْرِضْ أَمَامِي أَحْدَاثَ الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ مُنْذُ أَنْ أَنْشَأْتُ شَعْبِي الْقَدِيمَ، وَمَا سَيَجِيءُ بِهِ الْغَدُ، وَلْيَكْشِفْ عَنْ حَوَادِثِ الزَّمَنِ الْمُقْبِلِ.

8 Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

8 لَا تَجْزَعُوا وَلا تَفْزَعُوا، أَلَمْ أُخْبِرْكُمْ بِهَذَا وَأُنْبِئْكُمْ بِهِ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ؟ أَنْتُمْ شُهُودِي. هَلْ هُنَاكَ إِلْهٌ غَيْرِي؟ هَلْ هُنَاكَ صَخْرَةٌ أُخْرَى لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِوُجُودِهَا؟»

9 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

9 كُلُّ صَانِعِي التَّمَاثِيلِ لَا جَدْوَى مِنْهُمْ، وَمُشْتَهَيَاتُهُمْ لَا طَائِلَ مِنْهَا. وَهُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَيْهَا أَنَّهَا لَا تُبْصِرُ وَلا تَعْلَمُ لِكَيْ يَخْزَوْا.

10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

10 مَنْ يُصَوِّرُ صَنَماً أَوْ يَسْبِكُ تِمْثَالاً لَا تُرْتَجَى مِنْهُ فَائِدَةٌ؟

11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

11 هَذَا وَأَمْثَالُهُ يَلْحَقُ بِهِمِ الْعَارُ لأَنَّ الصُّنَّاعَ لَيْسُوا سِوَى بَشَرٍ. فَلْيَجْتَمِعُوا إِذاً وَيَمْثُلُوا أَمَامِي، فَيَنْتَابَهُمْ رُعْبٌ وَيَخْزَوْا مَعاً.

12 The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

12 يَصْنَعُ الْحَدَّادُ فَأْساً بَعْدَ أَنْ يُقَلِّبَهَا فِي جَمَرَاتِ الْكُورِ وَيَطْرُقَهَا، وَيُشَكِّلَهَا بِذِرَاعِهِ الْقَوِيَّةِ. لَا يَعْبَأُ بِالْجُوعِ وَلا بِنُضُوبِ قُوَّتِهِ، وَلا بِالْعَطَشِ وَالإِعْيَاءِ.

13 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.

13 ثُمَّ يَأْتِي نَجَّارٌ فَيَتَنَاوَلُ قِطْعَةَ خَشَبٍ وَيَمُدُّ عَلَيْهَا الْخَيْطَ وَيُعَلِّمُهَا وَيُنَعِّمُهَا وَيَحْفُرُ عَلَيْهَا بِالبِرْكَارِ صُورَةَ إِنْسَانٍ سَاحِرِ الْجَمَالِ لِيَنْصُبَهُ صَنَماً فِي مَنْزِلٍ.

14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

14 يَقْطَعُ شَجَرَةَ أَرْزٍ أَوْ يَخْتَارُ سِنْدِيَاناً أَوْ بَلُّوطاً. يَتْرُكُهَا تَنْمُو بَيْنَ أَشْجَارِ الْغَابَةِ. أَوْ يَزْرَعُ شَجَرَةَ صَنُوبَرٍ فَيُنْمِيهَا الْمَطَرُ.

15 It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

15 ثُمَّ تُصْبِحُ وَقُوداً لِنِيرَانِ النَّاسِ: يَأْخُذُ بَعْضاً مِنْهَا لِيُدْفِئَ نَفْسَهُ، أَوْ يُوْقِدَهُ لِيَخْبِزَ خُبْزَهُ، أَوْ يَنْحَتَ مِنْهُ إِلَهاً يَعْبُدُهُ، يَصْنَعُ مِنْهُ تِمْثَالاً يَخُرُّ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِداً.

16 He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

16 يُوْقِدُ نِصْفَهُ فِي النَّارِ وَعَلَى نِصْفِهِ الآخَرِ يَأْكُلُ لَحْماً، يَشْوِي شِوَاءً وَيَشْبَعُ، وَيُدْفِئُ نَفْسَهُ قَائِلاً: آهِ، أَنَا مُسْتَدْفِئٌ، وَأَرَى نَاراً.

17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

17 وَيَصْنَعُ مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْهُ إِلَهاً، صَنَماً يَخُرُّ أَمَامَهُ سَاجِداً مُبْتَهِلاً إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: أَنْقِذْنِي. أَنْتَ إِلَهِي.

18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

18 إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ وَلا يُدْرِكُونَ، إِذْ غُشِيَ عَلَى عُيُونِهِمْ فَلا يُبْصِرُونَ، وَأُغْلِقَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلا يَفْهَمُونَ.

19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

19 لَيْسَ مِنْ مُتَأَمِّلٍ أَوْ ذِي مَعْرِفَةٍ أَوْ إِدْرَاكٍ يَقُولُ: قَدْ أَحْرَقْتُ نِصْفَ الشَّجْرَةِ بِالنَّارِ وَخَبَزْتُ خُبْزِي عَلَى جَمْرَاتِهَا، شَوَيْتُ لَحْماً عَلَيْهَا وَأَكَلْتُهُ. أَفَأَصْنَعُ مِنْ بَقِيَّتِهَا رِجْساً وَأَسْجُدُ أَمَامَ قِطْعَةِ خَشَبٍ؟

20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

20 لَكَأَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ الرَّمَادَ! يَجْرِي وَرَاءَ سَرَابٍ وَيعْجَزُ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ نَفْسِهِ أَوْ الاعْتِرَافِ أَنَّ الصَّنَمَ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُهُ بِيَدِهِ هُوَ مَحْضُ ضَلالٍ!

21 Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.

21 اذْكُرْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ يَا يَعْقُوبُ، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، قَدْ جَبَلْتُكَ فَأَنْتَ عَبْدِي، وَأَنَا لَا أَنْسَاكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ.

22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

22 قَدْ مَحَوْتُ كَغَيْمَةٍ عَابِرَةٍ ذُنُوبَكَ، وَكَسَحَابَةٍ خَطَايَاكَ. ارْجِعْ تَائِباً إِلَيَّ لأَنِّي قَدْ فَدَيْتُكَ.

23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

23 تَرَنَّمِي أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَنْجَزَ فِعْلَهُ. اهْتِفِي يَا أَعْمَاقَ الأَرْضِ، وَتَفَجَّرِي غِنَاءً يَا جِبَالُ وَيَا غَابَاتُ وَكُلُّ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ شَجَرٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ افْتَدَى يَعْقُوبَ وَتَمَجَّدَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

24 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ وَجَابِلُكَ مِنَ الرَّحْمِ: «أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ صَانِعُ كُلِّ الأَشْيَاءِ، الَّذِي نَشَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَبَسَطَ الأَرْضَ بِنَفْسِهِ. مَنْ كَانَ مَعِي حِينَذَاكَ؟

25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

25 يَكْشِفُ نِفَاقَ الْمُخَادِعِينَ، وَيَفْضَحُ حُمْقَ الْعَرَّافِينَ، وَيُبْطِلُ مَشُورَةَ الْحُكَمَاءِ تَسْفِيهاً لِعِلْمِهِمْ.

26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

26 أَنَا هُوَ مُتَمِّمُ كَلامِ عَبْدِهِ، وَمُحَقِّقُ مَشُورَةِ رُسُلِهِ، الْقَائِلُ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ: لابُدَّ أَنْ تَعُودَ عَامِرَةً وَعَنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا: لابُدَّ أَنْ تُبْنَى، وَأَنَا أُعِيدُ تَشْيِيدَ خِرَبِهَا.

27 who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

27 الْقَائِلُ لِلُّجَّةِ: جِفِّي وَأَنَا أُنَشِّفُ أَنْهَارَكِ.

28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

28 الْقَائِلُ عَنْ كُورُشَ: هُوَ رَاعِيَّ الَّذِي يُلَبِّي كُلَّ رَغْبَاتِي وَالْقَائِلُ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ: لابُدَّ أَنْ تُبْنَى وَعَنِ الْهَيْكَلِ: لابُدَّ أَنْ يُؤَسَّسَ».