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| 1 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ بَرِّيَّةِ الْبَحْرِ: كَزَوَابعَ فِي الْجَنُوبِ عَاصِفَةٍ، يَأْتِي مِنَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ مِنْ أَرْضٍ مَخُوفَةٍ. | 1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. |
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| 2 قَدْ أُعْلِنَتْ لِي رُؤْيَا قَاسِيَةٌ: النَّاهِبُ نَاهِبًا وَالْمُخْرِبُ مُخْرِبًا. اِصْعَدِي يَا عِيلاَمُ. حَاصِرِي يَا مَادِي. قَدْ أَبْطَلْتُ كُلَّ أَنِينِهَا. | 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
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| 3 لِذلِكَ امْتَلأَتْ حَقْوَايَ وَجَعًا، وَأَخَذَنِي مَخَاضٌ كَمَخَاضِ الْوَالِدَةِ. تَلَوَّيْتُ حَتَّى لاَ أَسْمَعُ. اَنْدَهَشْتُ حَتَّى لاَ أَنْظُرُ. | 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. |
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| 4 تَاهَ قَلْبِي. بَغَتَنِي رُعْبٌ. لَيْلَةُ لَذَّتِي جَعَلَهَا لِي رِعْدَةً. | 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
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| 5 يُرَتِّبُونَ الْمَائِدَةَ، يَحْرُسُونَ الْحِرَاسَةَ، يَأْكُلُونَ. يَشْرَبُونَ - قُومُوا أَيُّهَا الرُّؤَسَاءُ امْسَحُوا الْمِجَنَّ! | 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
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| 6 لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ لِي السَّيِّدُ: «اذْهَبْ أَقِمِ الْحَارِسَ. لِيُخْبِرْ بِمَا يَرَى». | 6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. |
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| 7 فَرَأَى رُكَّابًا أَزْوَاجَ فُرْسَانٍ. رُكَّابَ حَمِيرٍ. رُكَّابَ جِمَال. فَأَصْغَى إِصْغَاءً شَدِيدًا، | 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: |
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| 8 ثُمَّ صَرَخَ كَأَسَدٍ: «أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ، أَنَا قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْمَرْصَدِ دَائِمًا فِي النَّهَارِ، وَأَنَا وَاقِفٌ عَلَى الْمَحْرَسِ كُلَّ اللَّيَالِي. | 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: |
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| 9 وَهُوَذَا رُكَّابٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ. أَزْوَاجٌ مِنَ الْفُرْسَانِ». فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «سَقَطَتْ، سَقَطَتْ بَابِلُ، وَجَمِيعُ تَمَاثِيلِ آلِهَتِهَا الْمَنْحُوتَةِ كَسَّرَهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ». | 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. |
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10 يَا دِيَاسَتِي وَبَنِي بَيْدَرِي. مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَبِّ الْجُنُودِ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.  | 10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. |
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| 11 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ دُومَةَ: صَرَخَ إِلَيَّ صَارِخٌ مِنْ سَعِيرَ: «يَا حَارِسُ، مَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ؟ يَا حَارِسُ، مَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ؟» | 11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
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| 12 قَالَ الْحَارِسُ: «أَتَى صَبَاحٌ وَأَيْضًا لَيْلٌ. إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ فَاطْلُبُوا. ارْجِعُوا، تَعَالَوْا». | 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. |
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| 13 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ بِلاَدِ الْعَرَبِ: فِي الْوَعْرِ فِي بِلاَدِ الْعَرَبِ تَبِيتِينَ، يَا قَوَافِلَ الدَّدَانِيِّينَ. | 13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. |
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| 14 هَاتُوا مَاءً لِمُلاَقَاةِ الْعَطْشَانِ، يَا سُكَّانَ أَرْضِ تَيْمَاءَ. وَافُوا الْهَارِبَ بِخُبْزِهِ. | 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. |
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| 15 فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِ السُّيُوفِ قَدْ هَرَبُوا. مِنْ أَمَامِ السَّيْفِ الْمَسْلُولِ، وَمِنْ أَمَامِ الْقَوْسِ الْمَشْدُودَةِ، وَمِنْ أَمَامِ شِدَّةِ الْحَرْبِ. | 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
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| 16 فَإِنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ لِيَ السَّيِّدُ: «فِي مُدَّةِ سَنَةٍ كَسَنَةِ الأَجِيرِ يَفْنَى كُلُّ مَجْدِ قِيدَارَ، | 16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: |
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| 17 وَبَقِيَّةُ عَدَدِ قِسِيِّ أَبْطَالِ بَنِي قِيدَارَ تَقِلُّ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ». | 17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. |
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