¹وحي من جهة بابل رآه اشعياء بن آموص

¹The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:

²اقيموا راية على جبل اقرع. ارفعوا صوتا اليهم. اشيروا باليد ليدخلوا ابواب العتاة.

²`On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.

³انا اوصيت مقدسي ودعوت ابطالي لاجل غضبي مفتخري عظمتي.

³I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.`

⁴صوت جمهور على الجبال شبه قوم كثيرين. صوت ضجيج ممالك امم مجتمعة. رب الجنود يعرض جيش الحرب.

⁴A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, Jehovah of Hosts inspecting a host of battle!

⁵يأتون من ارض بعيدة من اقصى السموات الرب وادوات سخطه ليخرب كل الارض

⁵They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.

⁶ولولوا لان يوم الرب قريب قادم كخراب من القادر على كل شيء.

⁶Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

⁷لذلك ترتخي كل الايادي ويذوب كل قلب انسان

⁷Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

⁸فيرتاعون. تاخذهم اوجاع ومخاض يتلوون كوالدة. يبهتون بعضهم الى بعض. وجوههم وجوه لهيب

⁸And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames — their faces!

⁹هوذا يوم الرب قادم قاسيا بسخط وحمو غضب ليجعل الارض خرابا ويبيد منها خطاتها.

⁹Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.

¹⁰فان نجوم السموات وجبابرتها لا تبرز نورها. تظلم الشمس عند طلوعها والقمر لا يلمع بضوءه.

¹⁰For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.

¹¹واعاقب المسكونة على شرها والمنافقين على اثمهم وابطل تعظم المستكبرين واضع تجبر العتاة.

¹¹And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

¹²واجعل الرجل اعز من الذهب الابريز والانسان اعز من ذهب اوفير.

¹²I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.

¹³لذلك ازلزل السموات وتتزعزع الارض من مكانها في سخط رب الجنود وفي يوم حمو غضبه.

¹³Therefore the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his anger.

¹⁴ويكونون كظبي طريد وكغنم بلا من يجمعها. يلتفتون كل واحد الى شعبه ويهربون كل واحد الى ارضه.

¹⁴And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people — they turn, And each unto his land — they flee.

¹⁵كل من وجد يطعن وكل من انحاش يسقط بالسيف.

¹⁵Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.

¹⁶وتحطم اطفالهم امام عيونهم وتنهب بيوتهم وتفضح نسائهم

¹⁶And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.

¹⁷هانذا اهيج عليهم الماديين الذين لا يعتدون بالفضة ولا يسرون بالذهب.

¹⁷Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.

¹⁸فتحطم القسي الفتيان ولا يرحمون ثمرة البطن. لا تشفق عيونهم على الاولاد.

¹⁸And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

¹⁹وتصير بابل بهاء الممالك وزينة فخر الكلدانيين كتقليب الله سدوم وعمورة.

¹⁹And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.

²⁰لا تعمر الى الابد ولا تسكن الى دور فدور ولا يخيم هناك اعرابي ولا يربض هناك رعاة.

²⁰She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.

²¹بل تربض هناك وحوش القفر ويملأ البوم بيوتهم وتسكن هناك بنات النعام وترقص هناك معز الوحش.

²¹And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.

²²وتصيح بنات آوى في قصورهم والذئاب في هياكل التنعم ووقتها قريب المجيء وايامها لا تطول

²²And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come [is] her time, And her days are not drawn out!