Isaiah 31 31 Isaiah Oracles about the nations Arabic Literal Text 1 GLT وَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَنْزِلُونَ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِلْمَعُونَةِ، وَيَسْتَنِدُونَ عَلَى ٱلْخَيْلِ وَيَتَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ لِأَنَّهَا كَثِيرَةٌ، وَعَلَى ٱلْفُرْسَانِ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَقْوِيَاءُ جِدًّا، وَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَا يَطْلُبُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ. BSB BSB: Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
2 GLT وَهُوَ أَيْضًا حَكِيمٌ وَيَأْتِي بِٱلشَّرِّ وَلَا يَرْجِعُ بِكَلَامِهِ، وَيَقُومُ عَلَى بَيْتِ فَاعِلِي ٱلشَّرِّ وَعَلَى مَعُونَةِ فَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ. BSB BSB: Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
3 GLT وَأَمَّا ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ فَهُمْ أُنَاسٌ لَا آلِهَةٌ، وَخَيْلُهُمْ جَسَدٌ لَا رُوحٌ. وَٱلرَّبُّ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ فَيَعْثُرُ ٱلْمُعِينُ، وَيَسْقُطُ ٱلْمُعَانُ وَيَفْنَيَانِ كِلَاهُمَا مَعًا. BSB BSB: But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
4 GLT لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ لِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «كَمَا يَهِرُّ فَوْقَ فَرِيسَتِهِ ٱلْأَسَدُ وَٱلشِّبْلُ ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى عَلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ ٱلرُّعَاةِ وَهُوَ لَا يَرْتَاعُ مِنْ صَوْتِهِمْ وَلَا يَتَذَلَّلُ لِجُمْهُورِهِمْ، هَكَذَا يَنْزِلُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ لِلْمُحَارَبَةِ عَنْ جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَعَنْ أَكَمَتِهَا. BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
5 GLT كَطُيُورٍ مُرِفَّةٍ هَكَذَا يُحَامِي رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ. يُحَامِي فَيُنْقِذُ. يَعْفُو فَيُنَجِّي». BSB BSB: Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
6 GLT اِرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱلَّذِي ٱرْتَدَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْهُ مُتَعَمِّقِينَ. BSB BSB: Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
7 GLT لِأَنْ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَرْفُضُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَوْثَانَ فِضَّتِهِ وَأَوْثَانَ ذَهَبِهِ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَتْهَا لَكُمْ أَيْدِيكُمْ خَطِيئَةً. BSB BSB: For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
8 GLT وَيَسْقُطُ أَشُّورُ بِسَيْفِ غَيْرِ رَجُلٍ، وَسَيْفُ غَيْرِ إِنْسَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُ، فَيَهْرُبُ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَيَكُونُ مُخْتَارُوهُ تَحْتَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ. BSB BSB: “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
9 GLT وَصَخْرُهُ مِنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ يَزُولُ، وَمِنَ ٱلرَّايَةِ يَرْتَعِبُ رُؤَسَاؤُهُ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي لَهُ نَارٌ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، وَلَهُ تَنُّورٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. BSB BSB: Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
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