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 «اِنْزِلِي وَٱجْلِسِي عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعَذْرَاءُ ٱبْنَةُ بَابِلَ. ٱجْلِسِي عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِلَا كُرْسِيٍّ يَا ٱبْنَةَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّكِ لَا تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ نَاعِمَةً وَمُتَرَفِّهَةً.

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

2 خُذِي ٱلرَّحَى وَٱطْحَنِي دَقِيقًا. ٱكْشِفِي نِقَابَكِ. شَمِّرِي ٱلذَّيْلَ. ٱكْشِفِي ٱلسَّاقَ. ٱعْبُرِي ٱلْأَنْهَارَ.

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

3 تَنْكَشِفُ عَوْرَتُكِ وَتُرَى مَعَارِيكِ. آخُذُ نَقْمَةً وَلَا أُصَالِحُ أَحَدًا».

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

4 فَادِينَا رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱسْمُهُ. 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 «ٱجْلِسِي صَامِتَةً وَٱدْخُلِي فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ يَا ٱبْنَةَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّكِ لَا تَعُودِينَ تُدْعَيْنَ سَيِّدَةَ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ.

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 «غَضِبْتُ عَلَى شَعْبِي. دَنَّسْتُ مِيرَاثِي وَدَفَعْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدِكِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَةً. عَلَى ٱلشَّيْخِ ثَقَّلْتِ نِيرَكِ جِدًّا.

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

7 وَقُلْتِ: إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ أَكُونُ سَيِّدَةً! حَتَّى لَمْ تَضَعِي هَذِهِ فِي قَلْبِكِ. لَمْ تَذْكُرِي آخِرَتَهَا.

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 فَٱلْآنَ ٱسْمَعِي هَذَا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْمُتَنَعِّمَةُ ٱلْجَالِسَةُ بِٱلطُّمَأْنِينَةِ، ٱلْقَائِلَةُ فِي قَلْبِهَا: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي. لَا أَقْعُدُ أَرْمَلَةً وَلَا أَعْرِفُ ٱلثَّكَلَ.

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 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ هَذَانِ ٱلِٱثْنَانِ بَغْتَةً فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ: ٱلثَّكَلُ وَٱلتَّرَمُّلُ. بِٱلتَّمَامِ قَدْ أَتَيَا عَلَيْكِ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ، مَعَ وُفُورِ رُقَاكِ جِدًّا.

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 وَأَنْتِ ٱطْمَأْنَنْتِ فِي شَرِّكِ. قُلْتِ: لَيْسَ مَنْ يَرَانِي. حِكْمَتُكِ وَمَعْرِفَتُكِ هُمَا أَفْتَنَاكِ، فَقُلْتِ فِي قَلْبِكِ: أَنَا وَلَيْسَ 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 فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ شَرٌّ لَا تَعْرِفِينَ فَجْرَهُ، وَتَقَعُ عَلَيْكِ مُصِيبَةٌ لَا تَقْدِرِينَ أَنْ تَصُدِّيهَا، وَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكِ بَغْتَةً تَهْلُكَةٌ لَا تَعْرِفِينَ بِهَا.

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 «قِفِي فِي رُقَاكِ وَفِي كَثْرَةِ سُحُورِكِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا تَعِبْتِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ، رُبَّمَا يُمْكِنُكِ أَنْ تَنْفَعِي، رُبَّمَا تُرْعِبِينَ.

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 قَدْ ضَعُفْتِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ مَشُورَاتِكِ. لِيَقِفْ قَاسِمُو ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلرَّاصِدُونَ ٱلنُّجُومَ، ٱلْمُعَرِّفُونَ عِنْدَ رُؤُوسِ ٱلشُّهُورِ، وَيُخَلِّصُوكِ 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 هَا إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ صَارُوا كَٱلْقَشِّ. أَحْرَقَتْهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ. لَا يُنَجُّونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللَّهِيبِ. لَيْسَ هُوَ جَمْرًا لِلِٱسْتِدْفَاءِ وَلَا نَارًا لِلْجُلُوسِ تُجَاهَهَا.

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 صَارَ لَكِ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعِبْتِ فِيهِمْ. تُجَّارُكِ مُنْذُ صِبَاكِ قَدْ شَرَدُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُخَلِّصُكِ.