Isaiah 49

1 Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

1 أنْصِتِي إِلَيَّ أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا شُعُوبَ الْبِلادِ الْبَعِيدَةِ: قَدْ دَعَانِي الرَّبُّ وَأَنَا مَازِلْتُ جَنِيناً، وَذَكَرَ اسْمِي وَأَنَا مَابَرِحْتُ فِي رَحِمِ أُمِّي.

2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

2 جَعَلَ فَمِي كَسَيْفٍ قَاطِعٍ، وَوَارَانِي فِي ظِلِّ يَدَيْهِ؛ صَنَعَ مِنِّي سَهْماً مَسْنُوناً وَأَخْفَانِي فِي جُعْبَتِهِ،

3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

3 وَقَالَ لِي: «أَنْتَ عَبْدِي إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّذِي بِهِ أَتَمَجَّدُ»

4 But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

4 وَلَكِنَّنِي أَجَبْتُ: «لَقَدْ تَعِبْتُ بَاطِلاً. وَأَفْنَيْتُ قُوَّتِي سُدىً وَعَبَثاً. غَيْرَ أَنَّ حَقِّي مَحْفُوظٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ، وَمَكَافَأَتِي عِنْدَ إِلَهِي».

5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

5 وَالآنَ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي رَحِمِ أُمِّي لأَكُونَ لَهُ خَادِماً، حَتَّى أَرُدَّ ذُرِّيَّةَ يَعْقُوبَ إِلَيْهِ، فَيَجْتَمِعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَوْلَهُ، فَأَتَمَجَّدَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَيَكُونَ إِلَهِي قُوَّتِي:

6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

6 لَكَمْ هُوَ يَسِيرٌ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي عَبْداً لِتَسْتَنْهِضَ أَسْبَاطَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَتَرُدَّ مَنْ نَجَّيْتُ مِنَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَأَجْعَلُكَ نُوراً لِلأُمَمِ لِتَكُونَ خَلاصِي إِلَى أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ.

7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

7 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ فَادِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُدُّوسُهُ لِمَنْ صَارَ مُحْتَقَراً وَمَرْذُولاً لَدَى الأُمَمِ وَعَبْداً لِلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ: يَرَاكَ الْمُلُوكُ وَيَنْهَضُونَ، وَيَسْجُدُ لَكَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الرَّبِّ الأَمِينِ، قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ.

8 This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

8 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: «اسْتَجَبْتُكَ فِي وَقْتِ رِضًى، وَفِي يَوْمِ خَلاصِي أَعَنْتُكَ فَأَحْفَظُكَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَهْداً لِلشَّعْبِ لَتَسْتَرِدَّ الأَرْضَ وَتُوَرِّثَ الأَمْلاكَ الَّتِي دَاهَمَهَا الدَّمَارُ،

9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

9 لِتَقُولَ لِلأَسْرَى:’اخْرُجُوا‘ وَلِلَّذِينَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ’اظْهَرُوا‘ فَيَرْعَوْنَ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ وَتُصْبِحُ الرَّوَابِي الْجَرْدَاءُ مَرَاعِيَ لَهُمْ.

10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

10 لَا يَجُوعُونَ وَلا يَعْطَشُونَ، وَلا يُعْيِيهُمْ لَهِيبُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَلا لَفْحُ الشَّمْسِ، لأَنَّ رَاحِمَهُمْ يَهْدِيهِمْ وَيَقُودُهُمْ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ الْمِيَاهِ.

11 I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

11 وَأَجْعَلُ كُلَّ جِبَالِي سَبِيلاً، وَطُرُقِي تَرْتَفِعُ.

12 Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”

12 انْظُرُوا، هَا هُمْ يُقْبِلُونَ مِنْ دِيَارٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، هَؤُلاءِ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ وَالْغَرْبِ، وَهَؤُلاءِ مِنْ أَرْضِ سِينِيمَ».

13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

13 فَاهْتِفِي فَرَحاً أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ، وَابْتَهِجِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ، وَأَشِيدِي بِالتَّرْنِيمِ أَيَّتُهَا الْجِبَالُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ عَزَّى شَعْبَهُ وَرَأَفَ بِبَائِسِيهِ.

14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

14 لَكِنَّ أَهْلَ صِهْيَوْنَ قَالُوا: «لَقَدْ أَهْمَلَنَا الرَّبُّ وَنَسِيَنَا».

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

15 «هَلْ تَنْسَى الْمَرْأَةُ رَضِيعَهَا وَلا تَرْحَمُ ابْنَ أَحْشَائِهَا؟ حَتَّى هَؤُلاءِ يَنْسَيْنَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلا أَنْسَاكُمْ.

16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

16 انْظُرُوا هَا أَنَا قَدْ نَقَشْتُكِ يَا صِهْيَوْنُ عَلَى كَفِّي، وَأَسْوَارُكِ لَا تَبْرَحُ مِنْ أَمَامِي.

17 Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

17 أَسْرَعَ إِلَيْكِ أَوْلادُكِ بَنَّاؤُوكِ، وَفَارَقَكِ هَادِمُوكِ وَمُخَرِّبُوكِ.

18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

18 ارْفَعِي عَيْنَيْكِ وَتَلَفَّتِي حَوْلَكِ وَانْظُرِي، فَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ أَبْنَاؤُكِ وَتَوَافَدُوا إِلَيْكِ. حَيٌّ أَنَا»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «فَإِنَّكِ سَتَتَزَيَّنِينَ بِهِمْ كَالْحُلِيِّ وَتَتَقَلَّدِينَهُمْ كَعَرُوسٍ

19 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

19 وَتَعِجُّ أَرْضُكِ الْخَرِبَةُ وَدِيَارُكِ الْمُتَهَدِّمَةُ، وَمَنَاطِقُكِ الْمُدَمَّرَةُ بِالسُّكَّانِ حَتَّى تَضِيقَ بِهِمْ، وَيَبْتَعِدَ عَنْكِ مُبْتَلِعُوكِ.

20 Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

20 وَيَقُولُ أَيْضاً فِي مَسَامِعِكِ بَنُوكِ الْمَوْلُودُونَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ ثُكْلِكِ:’إِنَّ الْمَكَانَ أَضْيَقُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَنَا، فَأَفْسِحِي لَنَا حَتَّى نَسْكُنَ.‘

21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

21 فَتَسْأَلِينَ نَفْسَكِ:’مَنْ أَنْجَبَ لِي هَؤُلاءِ وَأَنَا ثَكْلَى وَعَاقِرٌ، مَنْفِيَّةٌ وَمَنْبُوذَةٌ؟ مَنْ رَبَّى لِي هَؤُلاءِ؟ فَقَدْ تُرِكْتُ وَحْدِي، أَمَّا هَؤُلاءِ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا؟‘»

22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

22 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أَرْفَعُ يَدِي إِلَى الأُمَمِ وَأَنْصِبُ رَايَتِي إِلَى الشُّعُوبِ، فَيَحْمِلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكِ فِي أَحْضَانِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِكِ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ.

23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

23 يَكُونُ لَكِ الْمُلُوكُ آبَاءَ مُرَبِّينَ، وَمَلِكَاتُهُمْ مُرْضِعَاتٍ، يَنْحَنُونَ أَمَامَكِ بِوُجُوهٍ مُطْرِقَةٍ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَيَلْحَسُونَ تُرَابَ قَدَمَيْكِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ تُدْرِكِينَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيَّ لَا يَخْزَى».

24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

24 هَلْ تُسْلَبُ الْغَنِيمَةُ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِ الْجَبَّارِ؟ أَوْ يُفْلِتُ الأَسْرَى مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْغَالِبِ؟

25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

25 «نَعَمْ سَبْيُ الْجَبَّارِ يُسْلَبُ مِنْهُ، وَتُسْتَرَدُّ الْغَنِيمَةُ مِنَ الْغَالِبِ، لأَنَّنِي أُخَاصِمُ مُخَاصِمِيكِ وَأُنْقِذُ أَبْنَاءَكِ،

26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

26 وَأَجْعَلُ مُضْطَهِدِيكِ يَلْتَهِمُونَ لُحُومَ أَجْسَادِهِمْ، وَيَسْكَرُونَ بِدَمِهِمْ كَمَنْ يَشْرَبُ خَمْراً. عِنْدَئِذٍ يُدْرِكُ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ مُخَلِّصُكِ وَفَادِيكِ إِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَدِيرُ».