Isaiah 66

1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

1 هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: السَّمَاءُ عَرْشِي وَالأَرْضُ مَوْطِئُ قَدَمَيَّ، فَأَيَّ بَيْتٍ تُشَيِّدُونَ لِي؟ وَأَيْنَ مَقَرُّ رَاحَتِي؟

2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

2 جَمِيعُ هَذِهِ صَنَعَتْهَا يَدِي فَوُجِدَتْ كُلُّهَا، لَكِنَّنِي أُسَرُّ بِالرَّجُلِ الْمُتَوَاضِعِ الْمُنْسَحِقِ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي يَرْتَعِدُ مِنْ كَلِمَتِي.

3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

3 إِنَّ مَنْ يَنْحَرُ ثَوْراً كَمَنْ يَقْتُلُ إِنْسَاناً، وَمَنْ يُقَرِّبُ حَمَلاً كَمَنْ يَكْسِرُ عُنُقَ كَلْبٍ، وَمَنْ يُصْعِدُ تَقْدِمَةَ حِنْطَةٍ كَمَنْ يُقَدِّمُ دَمَ خِنْزِيرٍ، وَمَنْ يُحْرِقُ بَخُوراً كَمَنْ يُبَارِكُ وَثَناً، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ آثَرُوا طُرُقَهُمْ، وَاسْتَطَابَتْ نُفُوسُهُمْ أَرْجَاسَهُمْ.

4 So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

4 لِهَذَا أَنَا أَيْضاً أَخْتَارُ بَلايَاهُمْ لَهُمْ وَأُوْقِعُ بِهِمِ الْمَخَاوِفَ، لأَنِّي عِنْدَمَا دَعَوْتُ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا، وَحِينَ تَكَلَّمْتُ لَمْ يُصْغُوا، إِنَّمَا ارْتَكَبُوا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ وَاخْتَارُوا مَا لَا أُسَرُّ بِهِ.

5 You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

5 اسْمَعُوا قَوْلَ الرَّبِّ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْتَعِدُونَ مِنْ كَلامِهِ: يَسْخَرُ مِنْكُمْ إخْوَتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ يَكْرَهُونَكُمْ وَيَنْبِذُونَكُمْ لأَنَّكُمْ تَخَافُونَ اسْمِي قَائِلِينَ: لِيَتَمَجَّدِ الرَّبُّ حَتَّى نَشْهَدَ فَرَحَكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَخْزَوْنَ.

6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

6 اسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ جَلَبَةٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، صَوْتاً مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ، صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ يُجَازِي أَعْدَاءَهُ.

7 “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

7 شَعْبِي مِثْلُ امْرَأَةٍ وَلَدَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَمَخَّضَ، وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَاسِيَ مِنَ الطَّلْقِ أَنْجَبَتْ ذَكَراً.

8 Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

8 مَنْ سَمِعَ مِثْلَ هَذَا، وَمَنْ رَأَى نَظِيرَهُ؟ أَتُوْلَدُ بِلادٌ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ؟ أَمْ تُخْلَقُ أُمَّةٌ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً؟ فَمَا إِنْ تَمَخَّضَتْ صِهْيَوْنُ حَتَّى أَنْجَبَتْ أَبْنَاءَهَا.

9 Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.

9 يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ أُمْخِضُ وَلا أُوَلِّدُ؟ هَلْ أُغْلِقُ الرَّحِمَ وَأَنَا الْمُوَلِّدُ؟

10 Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

10 تَهَلَّلُوا مَعَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَافْرَحُوا لَهَا يَا كُلَّ مُحِبِّيهَا، ابْتَهِجُوا مَعَهَا بِفَرَحٍ يَا جَمِيعَ النَّائِحِينَ عَلَيْهَا.

11 so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

11 لِكَيْ تَرْضَعُوا وَتَشْبَعُوا مِنْ ثَدْيِ تَعْزِيَاتِهَا، وَلِكَيْ تَحْلِبُوا بِوَفْرَةٍ وَتَتَلَذَّذُوا مِنْ دِرَّةِ مَجْدِهَا.

12 For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

12 لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أُسْبِغُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَيْرَ كَنَهْرٍ، وَأُجْرِي إِلَيْهَا ثَرْوَةَ الأُمَمِ كَسَيْلٍ مُتَدَفِّقٍ، فَتَرْضَعُونَ، وَتُحْمَلُونَ فِي الْحِضْنِ، وَعَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهَا تُدَلَّلُونَ.

13 As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

13 وَأُعَزِّيكُمْ كَمَنْ تُعَزِّيه أُمُّهُ، وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ تُعَزَّوْنَ.

14 When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

14 وَتَشْهَدُونَ فَتُسَرُّ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَتَزْدَهِرُ عِظَامُكُمْ كَالْعُشْبِ، فَتُصبِحُ يَدُ الرَّبِّ مَعْرُوفَةً عِنْدَ عَبِيدِهِ، وَيَنْصَبُّ غَضَبُهُ عَلَى أَعْدَاِئهِ.

15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

15 لأَنَّهُ هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ مُقْبِلٌ بِنَارٍ، وَمَرْكَبَاتُهُ كَالْعَاصِفَةِ، لِيَسْكُبَ غَضَبَهُ بِسَخَطٍ، وَزَجْرَهُ بِلَهِيبِ نَارٍ.

16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

16 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُعَاقِبُ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ بِنَارِهِ وَسَيْفِهِ، وَيَكْثُرُ قَتْلَى الرَّبِّ.

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.

17 وَالَّذِينَ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ وَيَتَقَدَّسُونَ وَيَقْصِدُونَ إِلَى الْحَدَائِقِ حَيْثُ يَعْبُدُونَ وَثَناً قَائِماً وَرَاءَ أَشْجَارِهَا، وَيَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَالْفِئْرَانِ، وَكُلَّ اللُّحُومِ الْمُحَرَّمَةِ، مَصِيرُهُمُ الْهَلاكُ.

18 “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

18 وَلأَنِّي عَالِمٌ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ وَأَفْكَارِهِمْ فَأَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ آتِيَ لأَجْمَعَ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَالأَلْسِنَةِ، فَيَتَوَافَدُونَ وَيَرَوْنَ مَجْدِي

19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

19 وَأَجْعَلُ بَيْنَهُمْ آيَةً وَأَبْعَثُ بَعْضَ النَّاجِينَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى الأُمَمِ: إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، وَفُولَ، وَلُودَ، الْمَهَرَةِ فِي رَمْيِ السِّهَامِ، وَإِلَى تُوبَالَ وَيَاوَانَ وَإِلَى الْجَزَائِرِ الْبَعِيدَةِ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا بِشُهْرَتِي أَوْ يَرَوْا مَجْدِي، فَيُذِيعُونَ مَجْدِي بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

20 And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”

20 وَيُحْضِرُونَ جَميِعَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ مِنْ سَائِرِ الأُمَمِ، تَقْدِمَةً لِلرَّبِّ، عَلَى مُتُونِ الْجِيَادِ، وَفِي الْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَالْهَوَادِجِ، وَعَلَى ظُهُورِ الْبِغَالِ وَأَسْنِمَةِ الْجِمَالِ، إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، كَمَا يُحْضِرُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ تَقْدِمَةَ الْحِنْطَةِ فِي آنِيَةٍ طَاهِرَةٍ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ

21 “And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

21 وَمِنْهُمْ أَصْطَفِي كَهَنَةً وَلاوِيِّينَ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

22 لأَنَّهُ كَمَا تَدُومُ أَمَامِي السَّمَاوَاتُ الْجَدِيدَةُ وَالأَرْضُ الْجَدِيدَةُ الَّتِي أَنَا أَصْنَعُهَا هَكَذَا تَدُومُ ذُرِّيَّتُكُمْ وَذِكْرُكُمْ.

23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

23 وَيَأْتِي مِنْ رَأْسِ شَهْرٍ إِلَى رَأْسِ شَهْرٍ، وِمِنْ سَبْتٍ إِلَى سَبْتٍ كُلُّ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ لِيَعْبُدُونِي،

24 “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

24 ثُمَّ يَمْضُونَ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ جُثَثِ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ، لأَنَّ دُودَهُمْ لَا يَمُوتُ وَنَارَهُمْ لَا تَخْمَدُ. وَيَكُونُونَ مَثَارَ اشْمِئْزَازِ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ.