Isaiah 19

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NAV — Ketab El Hayat (NAV)

Verse 1

A prophecy against Egypt:

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ مِصْرَ: هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ قَادِمٌ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْكَبُ سَحَابَةً سَرِيعَةً، فَتَرْتَجِفُ أَوْثَانُ مِصْرَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَتَذُوبُ قُلُوبُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ.

Verse 2

“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.

وَأُثِيرُ مِصْرِيِّينَ عَلَى مِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَتَحَارَبُونَ، وَيَقُومُ الْوَاحِدُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ، وَالْمَدِينَةُ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْمَمْلَكَةُ عَلَى الْمَمْلَكَةِ،

Verse 3

The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will bring their plans to nothing;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.

فَتَذُوبُ أَرْوَاحُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ، وَأُبْطِلُ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، فَيَسْأَلُونَ الأَوْثَانَ وَالسَّحَرَةَ وَأَصْحَابَ التَّوَابِعِ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ.

Verse 4

I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

وَأُسَلِّطُ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مَوْلىً قَاسياً، فَيَسُودُ مَلِكٌ عَنِيفٌ عَلَيْهِم. هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ.

Verse 5

The waters of the river will dry up,
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

وَتَنْضُبُ مِيَاهُ النِّيلِ وَتَجِفُّ الأَحْوَاضُ وَتَيْبَسُ.

Verse 6

The canals will stink;
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
The reeds and rushes will wither,

تُنْتِنُ الْقَنَوَاتُ، وَتَتَنَاقَصُ تَفَرُّعَاتُ النِّيلِ وَتَجِفُّ، وَيَتْلَفُ الْقَصَبُ وَالْبَرْدِيُّ.

Verse 7

    also the plants along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

وَتَذْبُلُ النَّبَاتَاتُ عَلَى ضِفَافِ نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، وَالْحُقُولُ وَالْمَزْرُوعَاتُ كُلُّهَا تَجِفُّ، وَكَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مُخْضَرَّةً.

Verse 8

The fishermen will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.

فَيَئِنُّ الصَّيَّادُونَ وَطَارِحُو الشُّصُوصِ فِي النِّيلِ وَيَنُوحُونَ وَيَتَحَسَّرُ الَّذِينَ يُلْقُونَ شِبَاكَهُمْ فِي الْمِيَاهِ.

Verse 9

Those who work with combed flax will despair,
the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

وَيَتَوَلَّى الْيَأْسُ قُلُوبَ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ الْكَتَّانَ الْمُمَشَّطَ، وَيَفْقِدُ حَائِكُو الْكَتَّانِ الْفَاخِرِ كُلَّ أَمَلٍ.

Verse 10

The workers in cloth will be dejected,
and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

وَيُسْحَقُ الرِّجَالُ، وَهُمْ أَعْمِدَةُ الأَرْضِ، وَيَكْتَئِبُ كُلُّ عَامِلٍ أَجِيرٍ.

Verse 11

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

رُؤَسَاءُ صُوعَنَ حَمْقَى، وَمَشُورَاتُ أَحْكَمِ حُكَمَاءِ فِرْعَوْنَ غَبِيَّةٌ. كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ نَحْنُ مِنْ نَسْلِ حُكَمَاءَ، وَأَبْنَاءُ مُلُوكٍ قُدَامَى؟

Verse 12

Where are your wise men now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned against Egypt.

أَيْنَ حُكَمَاؤُكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ لِيُطْلِعُوكَ عَلَى مَا قَضَى بِهِ الرَّبُّ الْقْدِيرُ عَلَى مِصْرَ؟

Verse 13

The officials of Zoan have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis are deceived;
the cornerstones of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.

قَدْ حَمِقَ رُؤَسَاءُ صُوْعَنَ وَانْخَدَعَ أُمَرَاءُ نُوفَ وَأَضَلَّ مِصْرَ شُرَفَاءُ قَبَائِلِهَا

Verse 14

The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ فِيهَا رُوحَ فَوْضَى، فَأَضَلُّوا مِصْرَ فِى كُلِّ تَصَرُّفَاتِهَا، حَتَّى تَرَنَّحَتْ كَتَرَنُّحِ السَّكْرَانِ فِي قَيْئِهِ.

Verse 15

There is nothing Egypt can do—
head or tail, palm branch or reed.

فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِعُظَمَائِهَا أَوْ أَدْنِيَائِهَا مَا يَفْعَلُونَهُ فِيهَا.

Verse 16

In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the Lord Almighty raises against them.

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَرْتَعِدُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ كَالنِّسَاءِ خَوْفاً مِنْ يَدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ الَّتِي يَهُزُّهَا فَوْقَهُمْ.

Verse 17

And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them.

وتَغْدُو أَرْضُ يَهُوذَا مَثَارَ رُعْبٍ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ فَيَعْتَرِيهَا الْفَزَعُ مِنْ ذِكْرِهَا لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ قَدْ قَضَى قَضَاءَهُ عَلَى مِصْرَ.

Verse 18

In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.^[a]

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ خَمْسُ مُدُنٍ تَنْطِقُ بِلُغَةِ كَنْعَانَ، وَتَحْلِفُ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ، وَتُدْعَى إِحْدَاهَا مَدِينَةَ الشَّمْسِ.

Verse 19

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border.

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يُقَامُ مَذْبَحٌ لِلرَّبِّ فِي وَسَطِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ نُصُبٌ لِلرَّبِّ عِنْدَ تُخُومِهَا،

Verse 20

It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.

فَيَكُونُ عَلامَةً وَشَهَادَةً لِلرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَسْتَغِيثُونَ بِالرَّبِّ مِنْ مُضَايِقِيهِمْ، فَيَبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِمْ مُخَلِّصاً وَمُدَافِعاً يُنْقِذُهُمْ.

Verse 21

So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the Lord. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.

فَيُعْلِنُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسَهُ لِلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَعْبُدُونَهُ وَيُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبِيحَةً وَقَرَابِينَ وَيَنْذِرُونَ لِلرَّبِّ نُذُوراً وَيُوفُونَ بِها.

Verse 22

The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

وَيَضْرِبُ الرَّبُّ مِصْرَ؛ يَضْرِبُهَا وَيُبْرِئُهَا، فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهَا تَائِبِينَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فَيَسْتَجِيبُ دُعَاءَهُمْ وَيَشْفِيهِمْ.

Verse 23

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَمْتَدُّ طَرِيقٌ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى أَشُّورَ، وَمِنْ أَشُّورَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَيَعْبُدُ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَالأَشُّورِيُّونَ الرَّبَّ مَعاً.

Verse 24

In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing^[b] on the earth.

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَكُونُ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَالِثَ ثَلاثَةٍ مَعَ مِصْرَ وَأَشُّورَ، وَبَرَكَةً فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ،

Verse 25

The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.”

فَيُبَارِكُهُمُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ قَائِلاً: «مُبَارَكٌ شَعْبِي مِصْرُ، وَصَنْعَةُ يَدِي أَشُّورُ، وَمِيرَاثِي إِسْرَائِيلُ».