Chapter 29

1“Ah, Ariel, Ariel, City where David camped! Add year to year, Let festivals come in their cycles!

HOY a-ree-EL a-ree-EL kir-YAT cha-NAH da-VID s'-FU sha-NAH al-sha-NAH cha-GIM yin-ko-PU

אה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃

2And I will harass Ariel, And there shall be sorrow and sighing. She shall be to Me like Ariel.

va-ha-tzi-KO-tee la-a-ri-EL, va-ha-YE-ta ta-a-nee-YAH va-a-nee-YAH, va-ha-YE-ta LEE ka-a-ri-EL

בוַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַאֲנִיָּה֙ וַאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃

3And I will camp against you round about; I will lay siege to you with a mound, And I will set up siegeworks against you.

v'-kha-NEE-tee kha-DUR a-LA-yikh v'-tzar-TEE a-LA-yikh mu-TZAV va-ha-ki-MO-tee a-LA-yikh m'-tzu-ROT

גוְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃

4And you shall speak from lower than the ground, Your speech shall be humbler than the sod; Your speech shall sound like a ghost's from the ground, Your voice shall chirp from the sod.

v'-sha-FAL-t'-meh-E-retz t'-da-BE-ri u-meh-a-FAR tish-KHAK im-ra-TEKH v'-ha-YA k'-OV meh-E-retz ko-LEKH u-meh-a-FAR im-ra-TEKH t'-tzaft-SEF

דוְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּמֵעָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָ֠ה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ וּמֵעָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃

5And like fine dust shall be The multitude of your strangers; And like flying chaff, The multitude of tyrants.” And suddenly, in an instant,

v'-ha-YA k'-a-VAK dak ha-MON za-RA-yikh u-k'-MOT o-VAYR ha-MON a-ree-TZEEM v'-ha-YA l'-pe-TA p'-TOm

הוְהָיָ֛ה כְּאָבָ֥ק דַּ֖ק הֲמ֣וֹן זָרָ֑יִךְ וּכְמֹ֤ץ עֹבֵר֙ הֲמ֣וֹן עָרִיצִ֔ים וְהָיָ֖ה לְפֶ֥תַע פִּתְאֹֽם׃

6She shall be remembered of the lord of Hosts With roaring, and shaking, and deafening noise, Storm, and tempest, and blaze of consuming Wre.

me-IM a-do-NAI t'-va-OT ti-pa-KED b'-RA-am u-v'-ra-ASH v'-KOL ga-DOL su-FAH u-s'-a-RAH v'-la-HAV AYSH o-KHE-la

ומֵעִ֨ם יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ תִּפָּקֵ֔ד בְּרַ֥עַם וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ וְק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל סוּפָה֙ וּסְעָרָ֔ה וְלַ֖הַב אֵ֥שׁ אוֹכֵלָֽה׃

7Then, like a dream, a vision of the night, Shall be the multitude of nations That war upon Ariel, And all her besiegers, and the siegeworks against her, And those who harass her.

v'-ha-YA ka-kha-LOM kha-ZON la-Y'-LA ha-MON kol ha-go-YIM ha-tzo-VEE-eem al a-ree-AYL v'-kol tzo-VE-ha u-m'-tzo-DA-ta v'-ha-m'-tzi-KEEM la-H

זוְהָיָ֗ה כַּֽחֲלוֹם֙ חֲז֣וֹן לַ֔יְלָה הֲמוֹן֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־אֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְכׇל־צֹבֶ֙יהָ֙ וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים לָֽהּ׃

8Like one who is hungry And dreams he is eating, But wakes to find himself empty; And like one who is thirsty And dreams he is drinking, But wakes to find himself faint And utterly parched— So shall be all the multitude of nations That war upon Mount Tzion.

v'-ha-YA ka-a-SHER ya-cha-LOM ha-RA-AYV v'-hi-NEH o-KHEL v'-he-KITZ v'-RAY-KAH naf-SHO v'-ka-a-SHER ya-cha-LOM ha-tza-MAY v'-hi-NEH sho-TEH v'-he-KITZ v'-hi-NEH a-YEF v'-naf-SHO sho-KE-kah, KEN yi-HE-yeh ha-MON kol ha-go-YIM ha-tzo-VEE-IM al ha-HAR tzi-YON.

חוְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַחֲלֹ֨ם הָרָעֵ֜ב וְהִנֵּ֣ה אוֹכֵ֗ל וְהֵקִיץ֮ וְרֵיקָ֣ה נַפְשׁוֹ֒ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַחֲלֹ֤ם הַצָּמֵא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שֹׁתֶ֔ה וְהֵקִיץ֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עָיֵ֔ף וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֗ה הֲמוֹן֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־הַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃

9Act stupid and be stupefied! Act blind and be blinded! (They are drunk, but not from wine, They stagger, but not from liquor.)

hit-ma-m'hu u-ta-ma-HU, hish-ta-a-sh'u va-SHO-u, sha-KH'ru v'-lo-yai-YIN, na-U v'-lo-SHE-khar

טהִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר׃

10For Hashem has spread over you A spirit of deep sleep, And has shut your eyes, the Neviim, And covered your heads, the seers;

ki-na-SAKH a-LE-khem a-do-NAI RU-akh tar-DE-ma va-ya-a-TZEIM et-ei-NEI-khem et ha-ne-vee-EEM v'-et-ra-SHEI-khem ha-KHO-zeem ki-SA

יכִּֽי־נָסַ֨ךְ עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם יְהֹוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה וַיְעַצֵּ֖ם אֶת־עֵינֵיכֶ֑ם אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים וְאֶת־רָאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם הַחֹזִ֖ים כִּסָּֽה׃

11So that all prophecy has been to you Like the words of a sealed document. If it is handed to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can't, because it is sealed”;

va-TE-hee LA-khem kha-ZOT ha-KOL k'-di-v'-RAY ha-SE-fer he-kha-TOOM, a-SHER yi-t'-NU o-TO el yo-DAY-a (ha-SE-fer) [SE-fer] lay-MOR: k'-RA na-ZEH, va-a-MAR, lo u-KHAL, kee kha-TOOM HU.

יאוַתְּהִ֨י לָכֶ֜ם חָז֣וּת הַכֹּ֗ל כְּדִבְרֵי֮ הַסֵּ֣פֶר הֶחָתוּם֒ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִתְּנ֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ אֶל־יוֹדֵ֥עַ (הספר) [סֵ֛פֶר] לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַר֙ לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל כִּ֥י חָת֖וּם הֽוּא׃

12and if the document is handed to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can't read.”

v'-ni-TAN ha-SE-fer al a-SHER lo ya-DA se-FER lay-MOR: k'-RA na-ZEH v'-a-MAR lo ya-DA-tee se-FER

יבוְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר׃

13My Lord said: Because that people has approached [Me] with its mouth And honored Me with its lips, But has kept its heart far from Me, And its worship of Me has been A commandment of men, learned by rote—

va-YO-mer a-do-NAI YA-an KEE ni-GASH ha-AM ha-ZEH b'-FEEV u-vis-fa-TAV ki-b'-DU-nee v'-li-BO ri-KHAK mi-ME-nee va-t'-HEE yir-a-TAM o-TEE mitz-VAT a-na-SHEEM m'-lu-ma-DAH

יגוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י יַ֚עַן כִּ֤י נִגַּשׁ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה בְּפִ֤יו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙ כִּבְּד֔וּנִי וְלִבּ֖וֹ רִחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי וַתְּהִ֤י יִרְאָתָם֙ אֹתִ֔י מִצְוַ֥ת אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְלֻמָּדָֽה׃

14Truly, I shall further baffle that people With bafflement upon bafflement; And the wisdom of its wise shall fail, And the prudence of its prudent shall vanish.

la-KHEN hin-NEE yo-SIF l'-haf-LEE et ha-aM ha-ZEH ha-fe-LAY va-fe-LAY va-o-VE-da khokh-MAT kha-KHA-mav u-vee-NAT ne-vo-NAV tis-ta-TAR

ידלָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֥י יוֹסִ֛ף לְהַפְלִ֥יא אֶת־הָעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה הַפְלֵ֣א וָפֶ֑לֶא וְאָֽבְדָה֙ חׇכְמַ֣ת חֲכָמָ֔יו וּבִינַ֥ת נְבֹנָ֖יו תִּסְתַּתָּֽר׃

15Ha! Those who would hide their plans Deep from Hashem! Who do their work in dark places And say, “Who sees us, who takes note of us?”

HOY ha-ma-a-MI-KEEM me-a-do-NAI las-TIR ay-TZA, va-HA-ya b'-ma-KHA-shakh ma-a-SE-hem va-YO-mer-U, mee ro-E-nu u-mee yo-D'-e-nu

טוה֛וֹי הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽיְהֹוָ֖ה לַסְתִּ֣ר עֵצָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י רֹאֵ֖נוּ וּמִ֥י יֹֽדְעֵֽנוּ׃

16How perverse of you! Should the potter be accounted as the clay? Should what is made say of its Maker, “He did not make me,” And what is formed say of Him who formed it, “He did not understand”?

ha-f'-KHEM im-k'-KHO-mer ha-YO-tser ye-KHA-shev, ki yo-MAR ma-a-SEH l'-o-SE-hu lo a-SA-nee, v'-ye-TSER a-MAR l'-yo-t'-RO lo he-VEEN

טזהַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔נִי וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃

17Surely, in a little while, Lebanon will be transformed into farm land, And farm land accounted as mere brush.

ha-LO-od m'-AT miz-AR v'-SHAV l'-va-NON la-KAR-mel v'-ha-KAR-mel la-YA-ar ye-KHA-shev

יזהֲלוֹא־עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְשָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃

18In that day, the deaf shall hear even written words, And the eyes of the blind shall see Even in darkness and obscurity.

v'-sha-MU va-YOM-ha-HU ha-KHER-shim div-RAY-se-FER u-m'-OFEL u-m'-KHO-shekh ay-NAY i-VE-rim tir-E-nah

יחוְשָׁמְע֧וּ בַיּוֹם־הַה֛וּא הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים דִּבְרֵי־סֵ֑פֶר וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֵינֵ֥י עִוְרִ֖ים תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃

19Then the humble shall have increasing joy through Hashem, And the neediest of men shall exult In the Holy One of Yisrael.

v'-ya-SE-fu a-na-VEEM ba-do-NAI sim-KHA, v'-ev-yo-NAY a-DAM b'-k'-DOSH yis-ra-AYL ya-GI-lu

יטוְיָסְפ֧וּ עֲנָוִ֛ים בַּֽיהֹוָ֖ה שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם בִּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יָגִֽילוּ׃

20For the tyrant shall be no more, The scoffer shall cease to be; And those diligent for evil shall be wiped out,

ki-a-FES a-RITS v'-ka-LAH LETS v'-nikh-re-TU kol-SHO-k'-DEI a-VEN

ככִּי־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כׇּל־שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן׃

21Who cause men to lose their lawsuits, Laying a snare for the arbiter at the gate, And wronging by falsehood Him who was in the right.

ma-cha-tee-EI a-DAM b'-da-VAR, v'-la-mo-KHEE-akh ba-SHA-ar y'-ko-SHU-n, va-ya-TU va-TO-hu tza-DEEK.

כאמַחֲטִיאֵ֤י אָדָם֙ בְּדָבָ֔ר וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ בַּשַּׁ֖עַר יְקֹשׁ֑וּן וַיַּטּ֥וּ בַתֹּ֖הוּ צַדִּֽיק׃

22Assuredly, thus said Hashem to the House of Yaakov, Who redeemed Avraham: No more shall Yaakov be shamed, No longer his face grow pale.

la-KHEN ko-AM a-MAR a-do-NAI el beit ya-a-KOV a-SHER pa-DAH et a-vra-HAM, lo a-TAH ye-VOSH ya-a-KOV, v'-lo a-TAH pa-NAV ye-khe-va-RO.

כבלָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּדָ֖ה אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לֹֽא־עַתָּ֤ה יֵבוֹשׁ֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְלֹ֥א עַתָּ֖ה פָּנָ֥יו יֶֽחֱוָֽרוּ׃

23For when he—that is, his children—behold what My hands have wrought in his midst, they will hallow My name. Men will hallow the Holy One of Yaakov And stand in awe of the God of Yisrael.

ki vi-r'-o-TO y'-la-DAV ma-a-SEH ya-DAI b'-kir-BO yak-di-SHU sh'-MI, v'-hik-di-SHU et-k'-DO-sh ya-a-KOV v'-et e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL ya-a-ri-TZU

כגכִּ֣י בִ֠רְאֹת֠וֹ יְלָדָ֞יו מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֛י בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ שְׁמִ֑י וְהִקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־קְד֣וֹשׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃

24And the confused shall acquire insight And grumblers accept instruction.

v'-ya-d'-U to-EI-ru-akh bi-NAH v'-ro-g'-NEEM yil-m'-DU-le-KHAKH. (S)

כדוְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃