1 G ive ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

استَمِعْ يا شَعبِي لِتَعلِيمِي. افتَحُوا آذانَكُمْ إلَى كَلامِي.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

سَأفتَحُ فَمِي بِمَثَلٍ. وَسَأنطِقُ بِألغازٍ قَدِيمَةٍ.

3 w hich we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

سَمِعْنا القِصَّةَ وَنَعْرِفُها جَيِّداً، وَقَدْ أخْبَرَنا آباؤُنا بِها.

4 W e will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

لَنْ نُخفِيها عَنِ أولادِنا، بَلْ سَنُخَبِّرُ الجِيلَ الآتِي بِأعمالِ اللهِ المَجِيدَةِ وَعَجائِبِهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها!

5 F or he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

قَطَعَ عَهداً مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ. وَضَعَ شَرِيعَةً فِي إسْرائِيلَ. أمَرَ آباءَنا بِأنْ يُعَلِّمُوها لِأبنائِهِمْ.

6 t hat the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

لِكَي تَعْرِفَ الأجْيالُ الآتِيَةُ بِهَذا العَهْدِ. فِي كُلِّ جِيلٍ يُولَدُ أبناءٌ، يَكْبَرُونَ وَيَنقُلُونَ القِصَصَ لِأبنائِهِمْ.

7 t hat they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

يَضَعُونَ مَصِيرَهُمْ فِي يَدِ اللهِ. لا يَنْسَوْنَ أعمالَهُ العَجِيبَةَ، وَيَتَّبِعُونَ وَصاياهُ.

8 a nd might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

لَنْ يَكُونُوا كَآبائِهِمْ جِيلاً مُتَمَرِّداً، جِيلاً لَمْ يُكَرِّسْ للهِ نَفسَهُ، وَلَمْ يَتَعَلَّمِ الإخلاصَ للهِ.

9 T he children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

ارتَدَّ بَنُو أفْرايِمَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، ارتِدادَ السِّهامِ فِي يَوْمِ الحَرْبِ.

10 T hey kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

لَمْ يَحفَظُوا عَهدَهُمْ مَعَ اللهِ. وَرَفَضُوا أنْ يَتبَعُوا وَصَاياهُ.

11 a nd forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

نَسُوا أعمالَهُ القَوِيَّةَ العَجِيبَةَ، وَمُعْجِزاتِهِ الَّتِي أراهُمْ إيّاها.

12 M arvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

صَنَعَ هَذِهِ الأعمالَ العَجِيبَةَ أمامَ آبائِهِمْ فِي حُقُولِ صُوعَنَ فِي مِصْرَ.

13 H e divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

شَطَرَ البَحرَ الأحمَرَ وَقادَهُمْ عَبرَهُ، وَالماءُ مُكَوَّمٌ كَجَبَلٍ عَلَى جانِبَيْهِمْ.

14 I n the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

ثُمَّ هَداهُمْ بِالسَّحابَةِ نَهاراً، وَبِنُورِ النّارِ لَيلاً.

15 H e clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

شَطَرَ الصَّخرَةَ فِي الصَّحراءِ، فَاندَفَعَ الماءُ كَما مِنْ بِئرٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

16 H e brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

فَتَدَفَّقَ جَدْوَلُ الماءُ مِنَ الصَّخرَةِ، وَجَرَى كَنَهرٍ.

17 A nd they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

لَكِنَّهُمْ ظَلُّوا يُخطِئُونَ وَيَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَى العَلِيِّ فِي تِلكَ الأرْضِ الجّافَةِ.

18 A nd they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

ثُمَّ عَزَمُوا عَلَى امتِحانِ اللهِ، فَطَلَبُوا طَعاماً لإشْباعِ شَهِيَّتِهِمْ.

19 Y ea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَى اللهِ وَقالُوا: «أيَستَطِيعُ اللهُ أنْ يُعِدَّ لَنا مائِدَةً فِي الصَّحراءِ؟

20 B ehold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

ها إنَّهُ ضَرَبَ الصَّخرَةَ، فَتَدَفَّقَ الماءُ وَمَلأ الوِديانَ. لَكِنْ هَلْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُوَّفِرَ لَحماً لِشَعبِهِ؟»

21 T herefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

لِذَلِكَ، حِينَ سَمِعَ اللهُ ، امتَلأَ غَضَباً. اشْتَعَلَتْ نارٌ عَلَى يَعقُوبَ. وَازدادَ غَضَبُهُ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

22 b ecause they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

لِأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ، وَلَمْ يَثِقُوا بِخَلاصِهِ.

23 t hough he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

ثُمَّ أمَرَ اللهُ السُّحُبَ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَانفَتَحَتِ السَّماواتُ.

24 a nd had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

فَأمطَرَ عَلَيهِمْ مَنّاً لِيَأكُلُوا. أعطاهُمْ خُبزَ السَّماءِ.

25 M an did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.

أكَلَ أُولَئِكَ البَشَرُ خُبزَ المَلائِكَةِ. أرسَلَ إلَيْهِمْ طَعاماً لإشباعِهِمْ.

26 H e caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

أثارَ اللهُ رِياحاً شَرقِيَّةً مِنَ السَّماءِ، وَساقَ رِياحَ الجَنُوبِ حَيثُ يُرِيدُ.

27 H e rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

أمطَرَتْ عَلَيهِمْ أيّاماً أسراباً مِنَ الطُّيُورِ بِعَدَدِ الرَّملِ وَالغُبارِ.

28 a nd he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

سَقَطَتِ الطُّيُورُ فِي وَسَطِ مُعَسكَرِهِمْ حَولَ خِيامِهِمْ.

29 S o they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

أكَلُوا كَثِيراً وَشَبِعُوا، أعْطاهُمْ ما اشْتَهُوهُ.

30 t hey were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

لَمْ يَضبُطُوا شَهِيَّتَهُمْ. أكَلُوها فَوراً دُونَ طَبْخٍ وَلَمْ يَشْكُرُوا اللهَ.

31 t he wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

فَنَزَلَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَيهِمْ، وَقَتَلَ حَتَّى أوفَرَهُمْ صِحَّةً، وَأذَلَّ حَتَّى خِيرَةَ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ.

32 F or all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

وَرُغْمَ هَذا كُلِّهِ، ظَلُّوا يُخطِئُونَ، وَلَمْ يُؤمِنُوا بِأعمالِهِ العَجِيبَةِ.

33 T herefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

بِالبُطلانِ انتَهَتْ أيّامُهُمْ، وَبِالخَوفِ وَالِارتِعادِ سَنَواتُهُمْ.

34 W hen he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

كُلَّما قَتَلَ اللهُ بَعضاً مِنهُمْ لَجَأتْ إلَيهِ بَقِيَّتُهُمْ. بِلَهفَةٍ كانُوا يَعُودُونَ إلَيهِ وَيَنتَظِرُونَهُ.

35 A nd they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

وَكانُوا يَتَذَكَّرُونَ أنَّ اللهَ هُوَ صَخرَتُهُمْ، وَأنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَفدِيهُمْ.

36 N evertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

حاوَلُوا أنْ يَخْدَعُوهُ بِكَلامِهِمْ، كَذَبُوا عَلَيهِ بِألسِنَتِهِمْ.

37 F or their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

لَمْ تَكُنْ قُلُوبُهُمْ صادِقَةً نَحوَهُ، وَلَمْ يُخلِصُوا لِعَهدِهِ.

38 B ut he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ غَفَرَ ذَنبَهُمْ لأجلِ مَحَبَّتِهِ وَلَمْ يُهلِكْهُمْ. هَكَذا هَدَّأَ غَضَبَهُ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ وَرَفَضَ أنْ يُهَيِّجَ غَيظَهُ.

39 F or he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

لَمْ يَنْسَ اللهُ أنَّهُمْ كَالرِّيحِ الَّتِي تَمُرُّ فَلا تَعُودُ.

40 H ow oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

كَثِيراً ما تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيهِ فِي الصَّحراءِ. وَأحزَنُوهُ فِي تِلكَ الأراضِي القاحِلَةِ.

41 Y ea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

وَمَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ امتَحَنُوا وَأحزَنُوا قُدُّوسَ إسْرائِيلَ.

42 T hey remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

لَمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوا قُوَّتَهُ حِينَ أنقَذَهُمْ مِنَ الضِّيقِ.

43 H ow he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

لَمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوا أنَّهُ أراهُمْ آياتٍ وَعَجائِبَ فِي حُقُولِ صُوعَنَ.

44 a nd had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

حَوَّلَ الماءَ إلَى دَمٍ فِي الأنهارِ، فَلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنِ المِصرِيُّونَ مِنَ الشُّرْبِ مِنْ جَداوِلِهِمْ.

45 H e sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

أرسَلَ الذُّبابَ فَنَهَشَهُمْ، وَالضَفادِعَ فَدَمَّرَتْهُمْ.

46 H e gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

أرسَلَ الجَنادِبَ وَالجَرادَ لِيَأكُلَ مَحاصِيلَهُمْ الَّتِي تَعِبُوا فِيها.

47 H e destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

قَضَى عَلَى كُرُومِهِمْ بِالبَرَدِ، وَعَلَى جُمَّيْزِهِمْ بِالصَّقِيعِ.

48 H e gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

قَتَلَ حَيَواناتِهِمْ بِحَبّاتِ البَرَدِ، وَقُطعَانَهُمْ بِالصَّواعِقِ.

49 H e cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

أظهَرَ غَضَبَهُ لِلمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَأرسَلَ مَلائِكَةَ الدَّمارِ عَلَيهِمْ.

50 H e made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

أطلَقَ لِغَضَبِهِ العَنانَ، فَلَمْ يَمْنَعِ المَوتَ عَنْهُمْ، وَأسلَمَهُمْ لِلوَباءِ.

51 a nd smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

صَرَعَ كُلَّ بِكرٍ لِلمَصرِيِّينَ، أهلَكَ بَوادِرَ القُوَّةِ فِي مَساكِنِ نَسلِ حامَ.

52 b ut made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

وَساقَ شَعبَهُ كَما يَسُوقُ الرّاعِي غَنَمَهُ، قَادَهُمْ في الصَّحْراءِ كَقَطيعٍ.

53 A nd he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

إلَى الأمانِ قادَهُمْ! لَمْ يَخشُوا أعْداءَهُمْ، لِأنَّ اللهَ أغرَقَهُمْ فِي البَحرِ الأحمَرِ.

54 A nd he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

ثُمَّ قادَهُمْ إلَى حَدِّ جَبَلِهِ المُقَدَّسِ، الجَبَلِ الَّذِي شَكَّلَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ.

55 H e cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

ثُمَّ طَرَدَ الشُّعُوبَ مِنَ الأرْضِ المُمتَدَّةِ أمامَهُمْ. وَخَصَّصّ لَهُمْ حِصَّتَهُمْ مِنَ الأرْضِ، مُسكِناً قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي مَساكِنِ أعدائِهِمْ.

56 Y et they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

لَكِنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَصُوهُ دائِماً وَامتَحَنُوا اللهَ العَلِيَّ، وَلَمْ يَحفَظُوا شَهاداتِهِ.

57 b ut turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

كَسِهامٍ مُرتَدَّةٍ مُتَقَلِّبَةٍ فِي الطَّيَرانِ، ارتَدُّوا وَهَجَرُوهُ كَآبائِهِمْ.

58 F or they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

أغضَبُوهُ بِمَعابِدِهِمِ العالِيَةِ، وَأثارُوا سَخَطَهُ بِأصنامِهِمْ.

59 W hen God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

سَمِعَ اللهُ هَذا فَغَضِبَ، وَرَفَضَ إسْرائِيلَ رَفضاً.

60 s o that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

هَدَمَ الخَيمَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ فِي شِيلُوهَ، حَيثُ كانَ يَسكُنُ بَينَ النّاسِ.

61 a nd delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

سَلَّمَ صُندُوقَ عَهدِهِ لِلغُرَباءِ، رَمْزَ قُوَّتِهِ وَمَجدِهِ.

62 H e gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

غَضِبَ عَلَى شَعبِهِ، وَعَيَّنَهُمْ لِلمَوتِ بِالسَّيفِ.

63 T he fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

التَهَمَتِ النّارُ الجُنُودَ المُدَرَّبِينَ، وَما غَنَّتِ العَذارَى أغانِيَ الفَرَحِ!

64 T heir priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

سَقَطَ الكَهَنَةُ بِالسَّيفِ. وَلَمْ تَتَمَكَّنِ الأرامِلُ مِنَ البُكاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ.

65 T hen the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

فَانتَفَضَ الرَّبُّ كَمُقاتِلٍ يَصحُو مِنَ الخَمرِ.

66 A nd he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

ضَرَبَ العَدُّوُّ وَرَدَّهُمْ إلَى الوَراءِ، فَأذَلَّهُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.

67 M oreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

ثُمَّ رَفَضَ اللهُ خَيمَةَ يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ قَبِيلَةَ أفْرايِمَ.

68 b ut chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

اختارَ عَشِيرَةَ يَهُوذا لِلْمُلْكِ، وَجَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّذِي اختارَهُ مَوقِعاً لِهَيكَلِهِ.

69 A nd he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

بَنَى مَقْدِسَهُ كِالجِبالِ، وَرَسَّخَ أساسَهُ كَالأرْضِ لِيَدُومَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

70 H e chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

اخْتارَ داوُدَ خادِمَهُ، وَأخَذَهُ مِنْ حَظائِرِ الغَنَمِ.

71 f rom following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ رَفَعَهُ أخَذَهُ لِيَرعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعبَهُ وَإسْرائِيلَ مُقتَناهُ.

72 S o he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

فَقادَهُمْ داوُدُ بِقَلبٍ نَقِيٍّ وَحِكمَةٍ بارِعَةٍ.