1 و َفِي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الشَّهْرِ، اجتَمَعَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً لِيَصُومُوا لابِسِينَ الخَيشَ وَواضِعِينَ تُراباً عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads.

2 و َفَصَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ أنفُسَهُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ الغُرَباءِ، فَلَمْ يَختَلِطُوا بِهِمْ. وَوَقَفُوا فِي أماكِنِهِمْ وَاعتَرَفُوا للهِ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَذُنُوبِ آبائِهِمْ.

Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 و َوَقَفُوا فِي أماكِنِهِمْ وَقَرَأُوا كِتابَ شَرِيعَةِ إلَهِهِمْ ثَلاثَ ساعاتٍ. وَلِمُدَّةِ ثَلاثِ ساعاتٍ أُخْرَى اعتَرَفُوا بِخَطاياهُمْ وَعَبَدُوا إلَهَهُمْ.

And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one –fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.

4 ث ُمَّ وَقَفَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى الدَّرَجِ مَعَ بانِي وَقَدْمِيئِيلَ وَشَبَنْيا وَبُنِّيَّ وَشَرَبْيا وَبانِي وَكَنانِي وَصَرَخُوا بِصُوْتٍ عالٍ إلَى إلَهِهِمْ.

Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللّاوِيُّونَ – وَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَقَدْمِيئِيلُ وَبانِي وَحَشَبْنِيا وَشَرَبْيا وَهُودِيّا وَشَبَنْيا وَفَتَحْيا: «قِفُوا وَسَبِّحُوا إلَهَكَمْ! لِيُحْمَدْ مَجْدُ اسْمِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ أروَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ بَرَكَةٍ وَتَسْبِيحٍ.

And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: “Stand up and bless the Lord your God Forever and ever! “Blessed be Your glorious name, Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

6 أ نتَ وَحْدَكَ اللهُ ، خَلَقتَ السَّماءَ، وَالسَّماواتِ العُلْيا وَكُلَّ نُجُومِها، وَخَلَقْتَ الأرْضَ وَكُلَّ ما عَلَيها، وَالبِحارَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيها. وَأنتَ تُعطِي الحَياةَ لَها جَمِيعاً، وَنُجُومُ السَّماءِ تَسْجُدُ لَكَ،

You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.

7 أ نتَ اللهُ ، الإلَهُ الَّذِي اختارَ أبْرامَ، وَأخرَجَهُ مِنْ أُورِ الكِلْدانِيِّينَ، وَأسْماهُ إبْراهِيمَ.

“You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;

8 و َجَدْتَ قَلْبَهُ مُخلِصاً لَكَ، فَقَطَعْتَ مَعَهُ عَهْداً بِأنْ تُعطِيَهُ أرْضَ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَالحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَالفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَاليَبُوسِيِّينَ وَالجِرْجاشِيِّينَ، لِكَي تُعطِيَها لِأحفادِهِ. وَحَفِظْتَ وَعدَكَ لِأنَّكَ إلَهٌ أمِينٌ.

You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give the land of the Canaanites, The Hittites, the Amorites, The Perizzites, the Jebusites, And the Girgashites— To give it to his descendants. You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.

9 ر َأيتَ مُعاناةَ آبائِنا فِي مِصْرَ، وَسَمِعْتَ اسْتِغاثَتَهُمْ عِنْدَ البَحْرِ الأحمَرِ،

“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea.

10 و َصَنَعْتَ عَلاماتٍ وَعَجائِبَ ضِدَّ فِرعَوْنَ وَضِدَّ كُلِّ خُدّامِهِ وَشَعبِ أرْضِهِ، لِأنَّكَ عَرَفْتَ أنَّهُمْ عامَلُوا آباءَنا بِقَسْوَةٍ وَأشْهَرْتَ اسْمَكَ.

You showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants, And against all the people of his land. For You knew that they acted proudly against them. So You made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.

11 ش َقَقْتَ البَحْرَ أمامَهُمْ فَعَبَرُوا عَبْرَ البَحْرِ عَلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ. لَكِنَّكَ رَمَيتَ بِالَّذِينَ طارَدُوهُمْ فِي أعْماقِ البَحْرِ، كَحَجَرٍ يُرمَى فِي مِياهٍ عَنِيفَةٍ.

And You divided the sea before them, So that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; And their persecutors You threw into the deep, As a stone into the mighty waters.

12 ق ُدْتَهُمْ بِسَحابَةٍ عَلَى شَكلِ عَمُودٍ نَهاراً، وَنارٍ عَلَى شَكلِ عَمُودٍ لَيلاً، لِتُنِيرَ لَهُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَسلُكُوا فِيها.

Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar, And by night with a pillar of fire, To give them light on the road Which they should travel.

13 ن َزَلْتَ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِيناءَ وَتَحَدَّثْتَ مَعَهُمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ. وَأعطَيتَهُمْ فَرائِضَكَ المُسْتَقِيمَةَ، وَشَرائِعَكَ الصَّحِيحَةَ، وَأوامِرَكَ وَوَصاياكَ الصّالِحَةَ.

“You came down also on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.

14 و َأعلَنْتَ لَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبْتِ المُخَصَّصِ لَكَ. وَأعطَيتَهُمْ وَصايا وَفَرائِضَ وَتَعلِيماً عَلَى فَمِ مُوسَى عَبْدِكَ.

You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your servant.

15 ج اعُوا فَأطعَمْتَهُمْ طَعاماً مِنَ السَّماءِ، وَعَطِشُوا فَأخرَجْتَ ماءً مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ وَسَقَيتَهُمْ. وَأمَرْتَهُمْ أنْ يَأْخُذُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَ بِأنْ تُعطِيَهُمْ إيّاها.

You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, And brought them water out of the rock for their thirst, And told them to go in to possess the land Which You had sworn to give them.

16 ل َكِنَّ آباءَنا تَكَبَّرُوا وَيَبَّسُوا رِقابَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعُوا إلَى وَصاياكَ.

“But they and our fathers acted proudly, Hardened their necks, And did not heed Your commandments.

17 ر َفَضُوا أنْ يُطِيعُوا، وَنَسَوْا الأشْياءَ العَظِيمَةَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَها بَينَهُمْ. صارُوا عَنِيدِينَ وَعَيَّنُوا قائِداً لِيُعِيدَهُمْ إلَى عُبُودِيَّتِهِمْ فِي مِصْرَ. «لَكِنَّكَ إلَهٌ غَفُورٌ، شَفُوقٌ وَرَحِيمٌ، طَوِيلُ الرُّوحِ وَمَملُوءٌ مَحَبَّةً، لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تَترُكْهُمْ.

They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders That You did among them. But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion They appointed a leader To return to their bondage. But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness, And did not forsake them.

18 ح َتَّى عِندَما سَبَكُوا لِأنفُسِهِمْ تِمثالاً لِعِجلٍ، وَقالُوا: ‹هَذا إلَهُنا الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ مِصْرَ!› أوْ عِندَما أهانُوكَ كَثِيراً.

“Even when they made a molded calf for themselves, And said, ‘This is your god That brought you up out of Egypt,’ And worked great provocations,

19 ل َكِنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ جِدّاً، فَلَمْ تَتَخَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فِي الصَّحراءِ. وَظَلَّ عَمُودُ السَّحابِ يَهدِيهِمْ فِي مَسِيرِهِمْ نَهاراً، وَعَمُودُ النّارِ يُنِيرُ لَهُمْ الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَسلُكُوا فِيها.

Yet in Your manifold mercies You did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, To lead them on the road; Nor the pillar of fire by night, To show them light, And the way they should go.

20 أ عطَيتَهُمْ رُوحَكَ الصّالِحَ لِتُعَلِّمَهُمْ وَتَجعَلَهُمْ حُكَماءَ. لَمْ تَحرِمْهُمْ مِنَ المَنِّ لِيَأْكُلُوا، وَوَفَّرْتَ لَهُمُ الماءَ لِيَشْرَبُوا.

You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, And did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And gave them water for their thirst.

21 ا عتَنَيتَ بِهِمْ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فَلَمْ يَنقُصْهُمْ شَيءٌ. مَلابِسُهُمْ لَمْ تَهْتَرِئْ، وَأقْدامُهُمْ لَمْ تَتَوَرَّمْ.

Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; They lacked nothing; Their clothes did not wear out And their feet did not swell.

22 أ عطَيتَهُمْ بِلاداً وَشُعُوباً لِيَحكُمُوها وَجَعَلْتَ البِلادَ البَعِيدَةَ حُدُوداً لَهُمْ أخَذُوا أرْضَ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ وَامتَلَكُوا أرْضَ عُوجَ مَلِكِ باشانَ.

“Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations, And divided them into districts. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, The land of the king of Heshbon, And the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 ك َثَّرْتَ نَسلَهُمْ، فَصارُوا كَنُجُومِ السَّماءِ. أحضَرْتَهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي طَلَبْتَ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ أنْ يَدخُلُوها وَيَمْتَلِكُوها.

You also multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, And brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers To go in and possess.

24 و َدَخَلَ أولادُهُمْ، وَامْتَلَكُوا الأرْضَ. وَهَزَمْتَ أعداءَهُمْ سُكّانَ الأرْضِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ أمامَهُمْ، وَجَعَلْتَهُمْ يُخضِعُونَ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَشُعُوبَ تِلْكَ البِلادِ، وَيَتَحَكَّمُونَ بِهِمْ كَما يَشاءُونَ.

So the people went in And possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, The Canaanites, And gave them into their hands, With their kings And the people of the land, That they might do with them as they wished.

25 ا سْتَولَوا عَلَى مَدُنٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ، وَأرْضٍ خَصِيبَةٍ. أخَذُوا بُيُوتاً مَليئَةً بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ حَسَنٍ: وآباراً مَحفُورَةً وَكُرُوماً وَأشْجارَ زَيتُونٍ، وَأشْجارَ فاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةً. فَأكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا وَسَمِنُوا، وَتَلَذَّذُوا بِخَيرِكَ العَظِيمِ وَصَلاحِكَ.

And they took strong cities and a rich land, And possessed houses full of all goods, Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves, And fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and grew fat, And delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

26 ل َكِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْكَ وَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيكَ، وَرَمُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ خَلْفَ ظُهُورِهِمْ قَتَلُوا أنبِياءَكَ الَّذِينَ أنذَرُوهُمْ لِكَي يَعُودُوا إلَيكَ تائِبِينَ. وَأهانُوكَ إهاناتٍ بالِغَةً.

“Nevertheless they were disobedient And rebelled against You, Cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets, who testified against them To turn them to Yourself; And they worked great provocations.

27 و َلِهَذا جَعَلْتَ أعداءَهُمْ يَهزِمُونَهُمْ وَيَقْسُونَ عَلَيهِمْ. تَضايَقُوا وَصَرَخُوا إلَيكَ لِتُساعِدَهُمْ، فَسَمِعْتَهُمْ وَأًنْتَ فِي السَّماءِ. وَأرْسَلْتَ إلَيْهِمْ مُنقِذِينَ خَلَّصُوهُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ أعدائِهِمْ، لِأنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ.

Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, Who oppressed them; And in the time of their trouble, When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; And according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them From the hand of their enemies.

28 ل َكِنْ حالَما أرَحْتَهُمْ مِنْ أعدائِهِمْ فَعَلُوا ثانِيَةً ما لا يُرْضِيكَ، فَتَرَكْتَ أعداءَهُمْ يَتَجَبَّرُونَ بِهِمْ. فَحَكَمُوهُمْ، لَكِنْ عِندَما صَرَخُوا إلَيكَ ثانِيَةً، سَمِعْتَهُمْ وَأنْتَ فِي السَّماءِ وَأنقَذْتَهُمْ كَثِيراً بِسَبَبِ رَحمَتِكَ.

“But after they had rest, They again did evil before You. Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies, So that they had dominion over them; Yet when they returned and cried out to You, You heard from heaven; And many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,

29 أ نذَرْتَهُمْ لِكَي يَعُودُوا إلَى شَرِيعَتِكَ. فَتَمَرَّدُوا وَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا وَصاياكَ، بَلْ أساءُوا إلَى شَرِيعَتِكَ الَّتِي تُحيِي مَنْ يَحفَظُها. لَمْ يُبالُوا بِسَبِبِ عِنادِهِمْ، وَيَبَّسُوا رِقابَهَمْ فَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا.

And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, ‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear.

30 « صَبَرْتَ عَلَيهِمْ سَنَواتٍ طَوِيلَةً، وَأنذَرْتَهُمْ بِواسِطَةِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِرُوحِكَ. لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، فَجَعَلْتَ شُعُوباً أُخْرَى تَتَحَكَّمُ بِهِمْ.

Yet for many years You had patience with them, And testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not listen; Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31 « لَكِنَّكَ لَمْ تَقْضِ عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً بِسَبِبِ رَحمَتِكَ. وَلَمْ تَتَخَلَّ عَنهُمْ لِأنَّكَ إلَهٌ رَحِيمٌ وَحَنّانٌ.

Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are God, gracious and merciful.

32 و َالآنَ يا إلَهَنا، أيُّها الإلَهُ الجَبّارُ الجَلِيلُ الَّذِي يَحفَظُ عَهْدَهُ بِإخلاصٍ وَمَحَبَّةٍ، لا تَسْتَهِنْ بِالمَتاعِبِ وَالضِّيقاتِ الَّتِي لاحَقَتْنا لاحَقَتْ مُلُوكَنا وَكَهَنَتَنا وَأنبِياءَنا وَآباءَنا وَكُلَّ شَعبِكَ مُنْذُ أيّامِ مُلُوكِ أشُّورَ، حَتَّى هَذا اليَوْمَ.

“Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

33 ك ُنْتَ عادِلاً دائِماً فِي كُلِّ ما حَصَلَ لَنا، لِأنَّكَ كُنْتَ مُخلِصاً فِي ما فَعَلْتَ، بَينَما نَحنُ أخطَأْنا.

However You are just in all that has befallen us; For You have dealt faithfully, But we have done wickedly.

34 ل َمْ يَحفَظْ مُلُوكُنا وَقادَتُنا وَكَهَنَتُنا وَآباؤُنا شَرِيعَتَكَ. وَلَمْ يَهتَمُّوا بِوَصاياكَ وَتَحذِيراتِكَ لَهُمْ.

Neither our kings nor our princes, Our priests nor our fathers, Have kept Your law, Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies, With which You testified against them.

35 و َعِنْدَما كانُوا فِي الأرْضِ الفَسِيحَةِ وَالخَصِيبَةِ وَالخَيْراتِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لَهُمْ، لَمْ يَعْبُدُوكَ وَلَمْ يَترُكُوا أعمالَهُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةَ.

For they have not served You in their kingdom, Or in the many good things that You gave them, Or in the large and rich land which You set before them; Nor did they turn from their wicked works.

36 ا نظُرْ ما نَحنُ فِيهِ مِنْ ذُلٍّ. فَنَحنُ عَبِيدٌ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لِآبائِنا لِيَأْكُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِها وَطَيِّباتِها.

“Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our fathers, To eat its fruit and its bounty, Here we are, servants in it!

37 و َها هُوَ خَيرُ الأرْضِ وَحَصادُها يَذْهَبُ إلَى المَلِكِ الَّذِي حَكَّمْتَهُ عَلَينا بِسَبَبِ خَطايانا. إنَّهُمْ يَتَحَكَّمُونَ بِنا وَبِأجسادِنا وَمَواشِينا كَما يَحلُو لَهُمْ، وَنَحنُ مُتَضايِقُونَ جِدّاً.

And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us, Because of our sins; Also they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle At their pleasure; And we are in great distress.

38 « وَعَلَى الرُّغمِ مِنْ كُلِّ هَذا، فَإنَّنا نَكْتُبُ لَكَ وَعْداً عَلَيهِ خَتْمٌ يَحْمِلُ أسْماءَ القادَةِ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ وَالكَهَنَةِ.»

“And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it. ”