Jesaja 49 | الكتاب المقدس

عبد الرب

1 أنْصِتِي إِلَيَّ أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا شُعُوبَ الْبِلادِ الْبَعِيدَةِ: قَدْ دَعَانِي الرَّبُّ وَأَنَا مَازِلْتُ جَنِيناً، وَذَكَرَ اسْمِي وَأَنَا مَابَرِحْتُ فِي رَحِمِ أُمِّي.

2 جَعَلَ فَمِي كَسَيْفٍ قَاطِعٍ، وَوَارَانِي فِي ظِلِّ يَدَيْهِ؛ صَنَعَ مِنِّي سَهْماً مَسْنُوناً وَأَخْفَانِي فِي جُعْبَتِهِ،

3 وَقَالَ لِي: «أَنْتَ عَبْدِي إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّذِي بِهِ أَتَمَجَّدُ»

4 وَلَكِنَّنِي أَجَبْتُ: «لَقَدْ تَعِبْتُ بَاطِلاً. وَأَفْنَيْتُ قُوَّتِي سُدىً وَعَبَثاً. غَيْرَ أَنَّ حَقِّي مَحْفُوظٌ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ، وَمَكَافَأَتِي عِنْدَ إِلَهِي».

5 وَالآنَ قَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي كَوَّنَنِي فِي رَحِمِ أُمِّي لأَكُونَ لَهُ خَادِماً، حَتَّى أَرُدَّ ذُرِّيَّةَ يَعْقُوبَ إِلَيْهِ، فَيَجْتَمِعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ حَوْلَهُ، فَأَتَمَجَّدَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَيَكُونَ إِلَهِي قُوَّتِي:

6 لَكَمْ هُوَ يَسِيرٌ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي عَبْداً لِتَسْتَنْهِضَ أَسْبَاطَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَتَرُدَّ مَنْ نَجَّيْتُ مِنَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِذَلِكَ سَأَجْعَلُكَ نُوراً لِلأُمَمِ لِتَكُونَ خَلاصِي إِلَى أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ.

7 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ فَادِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُدُّوسُهُ لِمَنْ صَارَ مُحْتَقَراً وَمَرْذُولاً لَدَى الأُمَمِ وَعَبْداً لِلْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ: يَرَاكَ الْمُلُوكُ وَيَنْهَضُونَ، وَيَسْجُدُ لَكَ الرُّؤَسَاءُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الرَّبِّ الأَمِينِ، قُدُّوسِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ.

استعادة إسرائيل

8 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: «اسْتَجَبْتُكَ فِي وَقْتِ رِضًى، وَفِي يَوْمِ خَلاصِي أَعَنْتُكَ فَأَحْفَظُكَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَهْداً لِلشَّعْبِ لَتَسْتَرِدَّ الأَرْضَ وَتُوَرِّثَ الأَمْلاكَ الَّتِي دَاهَمَهَا الدَّمَارُ،

9 لِتَقُولَ لِلأَسْرَى: ’اخْرُجُوا‘ وَلِلَّذِينَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ ’اظْهَرُوا‘ فَيَرْعَوْنَ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ وَتُصْبِحُ الرَّوَابِي الْجَرْدَاءُ مَرَاعِيَ لَهُمْ.

10 لَا يَجُوعُونَ وَلا يَعْطَشُونَ، وَلا يُعْيِيهُمْ لَهِيبُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَلا لَفْحُ الشَّمْسِ، لأَنَّ رَاحِمَهُمْ يَهْدِيهِمْ وَيَقُودُهُمْ إِلَى يَنَابِيعِ الْمِيَاهِ.

11 وَأَجْعَلُ كُلَّ جِبَالِي سَبِيلاً، وَطُرُقِي تَرْتَفِعُ.

12 انْظُرُوا، هَا هُمْ يُقْبِلُونَ مِنْ دِيَارٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، هَؤُلاءِ مِنَ الشِّمَالِ وَالْغَرْبِ، وَهَؤُلاءِ مِنْ أَرْضِ سِينِيمَ».

13 فَاهْتِفِي فَرَحاً أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ، وَابْتَهِجِي أَيَّتُهَا الأَرْضُ، وَأَشِيدِي بِالتَّرْنِيمِ أَيَّتُهَا الْجِبَالُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ عَزَّى شَعْبَهُ وَرَأَفَ بِبَائِسِيهِ.

14 لَكِنَّ أَهْلَ صِهْيَوْنَ قَالُوا: «لَقَدْ أَهْمَلَنَا الرَّبُّ وَنَسِيَنَا».

15 «هَلْ تَنْسَى الْمَرْأَةُ رَضِيعَهَا وَلا تَرْحَمُ ابْنَ أَحْشَائِهَا؟ حَتَّى هَؤُلاءِ يَنْسَيْنَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلا أَنْسَاكُمْ.

16 انْظُرُوا هَا أَنَا قَدْ نَقَشْتُكِ يَا صِهْيَوْنُ عَلَى كَفِّي، وَأَسْوَارُكِ لَا تَبْرَحُ مِنْ أَمَامِي.

17 أَسْرَعَ إِلَيْكِ أَوْلادُكِ بَنَّاؤُوكِ، وَفَارَقَكِ هَادِمُوكِ وَمُخَرِّبُوكِ.

18 ارْفَعِي عَيْنَيْكِ وَتَلَفَّتِي حَوْلَكِ وَانْظُرِي، فَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ أَبْنَاؤُكِ وَتَوَافَدُوا إِلَيْكِ. حَيٌّ أَنَا»، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، «فَإِنَّكِ سَتَتَزَيَّنِينَ بِهِمْ كَالْحُلِيِّ وَتَتَقَلَّدِينَهُمْ كَعَرُوسٍ

19 وَتَعِجُّ أَرْضُكِ الْخَرِبَةُ وَدِيَارُكِ الْمُتَهَدِّمَةُ، وَمَنَاطِقُكِ الْمُدَمَّرَةُ بِالسُّكَّانِ حَتَّى تَضِيقَ بِهِمْ، وَيَبْتَعِدَ عَنْكِ مُبْتَلِعُوكِ.

20 وَيَقُولُ أَيْضاً فِي مَسَامِعِكِ بَنُوكِ الْمَوْلُودُونَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ ثُكْلِكِ: ’إِنَّ الْمَكَانَ أَضْيَقُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَنَا، فَأَفْسِحِي لَنَا حَتَّى نَسْكُنَ.‘

21 فَتَسْأَلِينَ نَفْسَكِ: ’مَنْ أَنْجَبَ لِي هَؤُلاءِ وَأَنَا ثَكْلَى وَعَاقِرٌ، مَنْفِيَّةٌ وَمَنْبُوذَةٌ؟ مَنْ رَبَّى لِي هَؤُلاءِ؟ فَقَدْ تُرِكْتُ وَحْدِي، أَمَّا هَؤُلاءِ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءُوا؟‘»

22 وَهَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: «هَا أَنَا أَرْفَعُ يَدِي إِلَى الأُمَمِ وَأَنْصِبُ رَايَتِي إِلَى الشُّعُوبِ، فَيَحْمِلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكِ فِي أَحْضَانِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِكِ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ.

23 يَكُونُ لَكِ الْمُلُوكُ آبَاءَ مُرَبِّينَ، وَمَلِكَاتُهُمْ مُرْضِعَاتٍ، يَنْحَنُونَ أَمَامَكِ بِوُجُوهٍ مُطْرِقَةٍ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، وَيَلْحَسُونَ تُرَابَ قَدَمَيْكِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ تُدْرِكِينَ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيَّ لَا يَخْزَى».

24 هَلْ تُسْلَبُ الْغَنِيمَةُ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِ الْجَبَّارِ؟ أَوْ يُفْلِتُ الأَسْرَى مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْغَالِبِ؟

25 «نَعَمْ سَبْيُ الْجَبَّارِ يُسْلَبُ مِنْهُ، وَتُسْتَرَدُّ الْغَنِيمَةُ مِنَ الْغَالِبِ، لأَنَّنِي أُخَاصِمُ مُخَاصِمِيكِ وَأُنْقِذُ أَبْنَاءَكِ،

26 وَأَجْعَلُ مُضْطَهِدِيكِ يَلْتَهِمُونَ لُحُومَ أَجْسَادِهِمْ، وَيَسْكَرُونَ بِدَمِهِمْ كَمَنْ يَشْرَبُ خَمْراً. عِنْدَئِذٍ يُدْرِكُ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ أَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ مُخَلِّصُكِ وَفَادِيكِ إِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَدِيرُ».

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New International Version

The servant of the Lord

1 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.

2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.

3 He said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendour.’

4 But I said, ‘I have laboured in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due to me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.’

5 And now the Lord says – he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am* honoured in the eyes of the Lord and my God has been my strength –

6 he says: ‘It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.’

7 This is what the Lord says – the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel – to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.’

Restoration of Israel

8 This is what the Lord says: ‘In the time of my favour I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,

9 to say to the captives, “Come out,” and to those in darkness, “Be free!” ‘They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.

10 They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

11 I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up.

12 See, they will come from afar – some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan.*’

13 Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

14 But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.’

15 ‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

17 Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.

18 Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.

19 ‘Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

20 The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, “This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.”

21 Then you will say in your heart, “Who bore me these? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. Who brought these up? I was left all alone, but these – where have they come from?” ’

22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips.

23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.’

24 Can plunder be taken from warriors, or captives be rescued from the fierce*?

25 But this is what the Lord says: ‘Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.

26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Saviour, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.’

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