1 اسمعي لي ايتها الجزائر واصغوا ايها الامم من بعيد. الرب من البطن دعاني من احشاء امي ذكر اسمي. | 1 Coasts and islands, listen to me, pay attention, distant peoples. Yahweh cal ed me when I was in thewomb, before my birth he had pronounced my name. |
2 وجعل فمي كسيف حاد. في ظل يده خبأني وجعلني سهما مبريا في كنانته اخفاني. | 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into asharpened arrow and concealed me in his quiver. |
3 وقال لي انت عبدي اسرائيل الذي به اتمجد. | 3 He said to me, 'Israel, you are my servant, through whom I shal manifest my glory.' |
4 اما انا فقلت عبثا تعبت باطلا وفارغا افنيت قدرتي. لكن حقي عند الرب وعملي عند الهي | 4 But I said, 'My toil has been futile, I have exhausted myself for nothing, to no purpose.' Yet al the whilemy cause was with Yahweh and my reward with my God. |
5 والآن قال الرب جابلي من البطن عبدا له لارجاع يعقوب اليه فينضم اليه اسرائيل فاتمجد في عيني الرب والهي يصير قوتي. | 5 And now Yahweh has spoken, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back tohim and to re-unite Israel to him;-I shal be honoured in Yahweh's eyes, and my God has been my strength.- |
6 فقال قليل ان تكون لي عبدا لاقامة اسباط يعقوب ورد محفوظي اسرائيل. فقد جعلتك نورا للامم لتكون خلاصي الى اقصى الارض. | 6 He said, 'It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back thesurvivors of Israel; I shal make you a light to the nations so that my salvation may reach the remotest parts ofearth.' |
7 هكذا قال الرب فادي اسرائيل قدوسه للمهان النفس لمكروه الامة لعبد المتسلطين. ينظر ملوك فيقومون. رؤساء فيسجدون. لاجل الرب الذي هو امين وقدوس اسرائيل الذي قد اختارك | 7 Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, to the one who is despised, detested by thenation, to the slave of despots: Kings wil stand up when they see, princes wil see and bow low, because ofYahweh who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you. |
8 هكذا قال الرب. في وقت القبول استجبتك وفي يوم الخلاص اعنتك. فاحفظك واجعلك عهدا للشعب لاقامة الارض لتمليك املاك البراري | 8 Thus says Yahweh: At the time of my favour I have answered you, on the day of salvation I havehelped you. I have formed you and have appointed you to be the covenant for a people, to restore the land, toreturn ravaged properties, |
9 قائلا للاسرى اخرجوا. للذين في الظلام اظهروا على الطريق يرعون وفي كل الهضاب مرعاهم. | 9 to say to prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roadwaythey will graze, and any bare height wil be their pasture. |
10 لا يجوعون ولا يعطشون ولا يضربهم حر ولا شمس لان الذي يرحمهم يهديهم والى ينابيع المياه يوردهم. | 10 They will never hunger or thirst, scorching wind and sun will never plague them; for he who pitiesthem wil lead them, wil guide them to springs of water. |
11 واجعل كل جبالي طريقا ومناهجي ترتفع. | 11 I shal turn all my mountains into a road and my highways wil be raised aloft. |
12 هؤلاء من بعيد يأتون وهؤلاء من الشمال ومن المغرب وهؤلاء من ارض سينيم. | 12 Look! Here they come from far away, look, these from the north and the west, those from the land ofSinim. |
13 ترنمي ايتها السموات وابتهجي ايتها الارض لتشد الجبال بالترنم لان الرب قد عزى شعبه وعلى بائسيه يترحم | 13 Shout for joy, you heavens; earth, exult! Mountains, break into joyful cries! For Yahweh has consoledhis people, is taking pity on his afflicted ones. |
14 وقالت صهيون قد تركني الرب وسيدي نسيني | 14 Zion was saying, 'Yahweh has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.' |
15 هل تنسى المرأة رضيعها فلا ترحم ابن بطنها. حتى هؤلاء ينسين وانا لا انساك. | 15 Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if thesewere to forget, I shal not forget you. |
16 هوذا على كفي نقشتك. اسوارك امامي دائما. | 16 Look, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands, your ramparts are ever before me. |
17 قد اسرع بنوك. هادموك ومخربوك منك يخرجون. | 17 Your rebuilders are hurrying, your destroyers and despoilers wil soon go away. |
18 ارفعي عينيك حواليك وانظري. كلهم قد اجتمعوا اتوا اليك. حيّ انا يقول الرب انك تلبسين كلهم كحلي وتتنطقين بهم كعروس. | 18 Raise your eyes and look around you: all are assembling, coming to you. By my life, declaresYahweh, you will put them al on like jewels, like a bride, you wil fasten them on. |
19 ان خربك وبراريك وارض خرابك انك تكونين الآن ضيقة على السكان ويتباعد مبتلعوك. | 19 For your desolate places and your ruins and your devastated country from now on wil be too crampedfor your inhabitants, and your devourers wil be far away. |
20 يقول ايضا في اذنيك بنو ثكلك. ضيق عليّ المكان وسعي لي لاسكن | 20 Once more they will say in your hearing, the children of whom you were bereft, 'The place is toocramped for me, make room for me to live.' |
21 فتقولين في قلبك من ولد لي هؤلاء وانا ثكلى وعاقر منفية ومطرودة. وهؤلاء من رباهم. هانذا كنت متروكة وحدي. هؤلاء اين كانوا | 21 Then you wil think to yourself, 'Who has borne me these? I was bereft and barren, exiled, turned outof my home; who has reared these? I was left all alone, so where have these come from?' |
22 هكذا قال السيد الرب ها اني ارفع الى الامم يدي والى الشعوب اقيم رايتي. فيأتون باولادك في الاحضان وبناتك على الاكتاف يحملن | 22 Thus says Lord Yahweh: Look, I am beckoning to the nations and hoisting a signal to the peoples:they will bring your sons in their arms and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. |
23 ويكون الملوك حاضنيك وسيداتهم مرضعاتك. بالوجوه الى الارض يسجدون لك ويلحسون غبار رجليك فتعلمين اني انا الرب الذي لا يخزى منتظروه | 23 Kings will be your foster-fathers and their princesses, your foster-mothers. They will fal prostratebefore you, faces to the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. And you wil know that I am Yahweh; those whohope in me wil not be disappointed. |
24 هل تسلب من الجبار غنيمة وهل يفلت سبي المنصور. | 24 Can the body be snatched from the warrior, can the tyrant's captive be set free? |
25 فانه هكذا قال الرب حتى سبي الجبار يسلب وغنيمة العاتي تفلت. وانا اخاصم مخاصمك واخلّص اولادك | 25 But thus says Yahweh: The warrior's captive wil indeed be snatched away and the tyrant's booty willindeed be set free; I myself shall fight those who fight you and I myself shal save your children. |
26 واطعم ظالميك لحم انفسهم ويسكرون بدمهم كما من سلاف فيعلم كل بشر اني انا الرب مخلّصك وفاديك عزيز يعقوب | 26 I shal make your oppressors eat their own flesh, they wil be as drunk on their own blood as on newwine. And al humanity wil know that I am Yahweh, your Saviour, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. |