Isaiah 47

1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

1 انْزِلِي وَاجْلِسِي عَلَى التُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا الْعَذْرَاءُ ابْنَةُ بَابِلَ. اجْلِسِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ مِنْ بَعْدُ النَّاعِمَةَ الْمُتَرَفِّهَةَ.

2 Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

2 خُذِي حَجَرَيِ الرَّحَى وَاطْحَنِي الدَّقِيقَ. اكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ، وَشَمِّرِي عَنِ الذَّيْلِ، وَاكْشِفِي عَنِ السَّاقِ، وَاعْبُرِي الأَنْهَارَ،

3 Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

3 فَيَظَلَّ عُرْيُكِ مَكْشُوفاً وَعَارُكِ ظَاهِراً، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ وَلا أَعْفُو عَنْ أَحَدٍ.

4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.

4 إِنَّ فَادِينَا، الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ اسْمُهُ، هُوَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

5 اجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَأَوْغِلِي فِي الظَّلامِ يَا ابْنَةَ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لأَنَّكِ لَنْ تُدْعَيْ بَعْدُ سَيِّدَةَ الْمَمَالِكِ.

6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

6 قَدْ سَخِطْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَنَجَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي. أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدَيْكِ، فَلَمْ تُبْدِي نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً بَلْ أَرْهَقْتِ الشَّيْخَ بِنِيرِكِ الثَّقِيلِ جِدّاً.

7 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

7 وَقُلْتِ: سَأَظَلُّ السَّيِّدَةَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تُفَكِّرِي بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي نَفْسِكِ وَلا تَأَمَّلْتِ بِمَا تَؤُولُ إِلَيْهِ.

8 So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

8 فَالآنَ اسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا الْمُتَرَفِّهَةُ الْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ، الْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَحْدِي وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي، لَنْ أَعْرِفَ التَّرَمُّلَ وَلَنْ أُثْكَلَ

9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

9 لِذَلِكَ سَتُبْتَلِينَ بِكِلا الأَمْرَيْنِ مَعاً فِي لَحْظَةٍ، فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِذْ تُثْكَلِينَ وَتَتَرَمَّلِينَ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ وَقُوَّةِ رُقَاكِ.

10 You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

10 قَدْ تَوَلَّتْكِ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ فِي شَرِّكِ، وَقُلْتِ: لَا يَرَانِي أَحَدٌ وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَكِ وَمَعْرِفَتَكِ أَضَلَّتَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي نَفْسِكِ: أَنَا وَحْدِي، وَلَيْسَ هُنَاكَ غَيْرِي.

11 But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

11 سَيَدْهَمُكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَدْرِينَ كَيْفَ تَدْفَعِينَهُ عَنْكِ، وَتُبَاغِتُكِ دَاهِيَةٌ تَعْجَزِينَ عَنِ التَّكْفِيرِ عَنْهَا، وَيُفَاجِئُكِ خَرَابٌ لَا تَتَوَقَّعِينَهُ.

12 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

12 تَشَبَّثِي بِرُقَاكِ وَكَثْرَةِ سِحْرِكِ الَّتِي تَعِبْتِ فِيهَا مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، فَقَدْ يُحَالِفُكِ النَّجَاحُ أَوْ تُثِيرِينَ الرُّعْبَ.

13 You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

13 لَقَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ طَلَبِ الْمَشُورَةِ، فَادْعِي الْمُنَجِّمِينَ وَالْفَلَكِيِّينَ لِيَكْشِفُوا لَكِ طَوَالِعَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ وَيُنْقِذُوكِ مِمَّا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ.

14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

14 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَصْبَحُوا كَالهَشِيمِ الَّذِي تَلْتَهِمُهُ النَّارُ عَاجِزِينَ عَنْ إِنْقَاذِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَإِنْقَاذِكِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الَّلَهَبِ المُحْرِقِ، فَلا هُوَ جَمْرٌ لِلاسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلا هِيَ نَارٌ لِلْجُلُوسِ حَوْلَهَا.

15 This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

15 هَكَذَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ وَتَاجَرُوا مَعَكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، قَدْ شَرَدَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِهِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُنْقِذُكِ.