1 ا ستَمِعْ يا شَعبِي لِتَعلِيمِي. افتَحُوا آذانَكُمْ إلَى كَلامِي.

Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 س َأفتَحُ فَمِي بِمَثَلٍ. وَسَأنطِقُ بِألغازٍ قَدِيمَةٍ.

I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

3 س َمِعْنا القِصَّةَ وَنَعْرِفُها جَيِّداً، وَقَدْ أخْبَرَنا آباؤُنا بِها.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

4 ل َنْ نُخفِيها عَنِ أولادِنا، بَلْ سَنُخَبِّرُ الجِيلَ الآتِي بِأعمالِ اللهِ المَجِيدَةِ وَعَجائِبِهِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها!

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

5 ق َطَعَ عَهداً مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ. وَضَعَ شَرِيعَةً فِي إسْرائِيلَ. أمَرَ آباءَنا بِأنْ يُعَلِّمُوها لِأبنائِهِمْ.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;

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

that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

7 ي َضَعُونَ مَصِيرَهُمْ فِي يَدِ اللهِ. لا يَنْسَوْنَ أعمالَهُ العَجِيبَةَ، وَيَتَّبِعُونَ وَصاياهُ.

that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

8 ل َنْ يَكُونُوا كَآبائِهِمْ جِيلاً مُتَمَرِّداً، جِيلاً لَمْ يُكَرِّسْ للهِ نَفسَهُ، وَلَمْ يَتَعَلَّمِ الإخلاصَ للهِ.

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

9 ا رتَدَّ بَنُو أفْرايِمَ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، ارتِدادَ السِّهامِ فِي يَوْمِ الحَرْبِ.

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

10 ل َمْ يَحفَظُوا عَهدَهُمْ مَعَ اللهِ. وَرَفَضُوا أنْ يَتبَعُوا وَصَاياهُ.

They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.

11 ن َسُوا أعمالَهُ القَوِيَّةَ العَجِيبَةَ، وَمُعْجِزاتِهِ الَّتِي أراهُمْ إيّاها.

They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.

12 ص َنَعَ هَذِهِ الأعمالَ العَجِيبَةَ أمامَ آبائِهِمْ فِي حُقُولِ صُوعَنَ فِي مِصْرَ.

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 ش َطَرَ البَحرَ الأحمَرَ وَقادَهُمْ عَبرَهُ، وَالماءُ مُكَوَّمٌ كَجَبَلٍ عَلَى جانِبَيْهِمْ.

He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

14 ث ُمَّ هَداهُمْ بِالسَّحابَةِ نَهاراً، وَبِنُورِ النّارِ لَيلاً.

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

15 ش َطَرَ الصَّخرَةَ فِي الصَّحراءِ، فَاندَفَعَ الماءُ كَما مِنْ بِئرٍ عَظِيمَةٍ.

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

16 ف َتَدَفَّقَ جَدْوَلُ الماءُ مِنَ الصَّخرَةِ، وَجَرَى كَنَهرٍ.

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

17 ل َكِنَّهُمْ ظَلُّوا يُخطِئُونَ وَيَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَى العَلِيِّ فِي تِلكَ الأرْضِ الجّافَةِ.

Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

18 ث ُمَّ عَزَمُوا عَلَى امتِحانِ اللهِ، فَطَلَبُوا طَعاماً لإشْباعِ شَهِيَّتِهِمْ.

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

19 ت َكَلَّمُوا عَلَى اللهِ وَقالُوا: «أيَستَطِيعُ اللهُ أنْ يُعِدَّ لَنا مائِدَةً فِي الصَّحراءِ؟

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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

Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?”

21 ل ِذَلِكَ، حِينَ سَمِعَ اللهُ ، امتَلأَ غَضَباً. اشْتَعَلَتْ نارٌ عَلَى يَعقُوبَ. وَازدادَ غَضَبُهُ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ.

Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,

22 ل ِأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللهِ، وَلَمْ يَثِقُوا بِخَلاصِهِ.

because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.

23 ث ُمَّ أمَرَ اللهُ السُّحُبَ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَانفَتَحَتِ السَّماواتُ.

Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

24 ف َأمطَرَ عَلَيهِمْ مَنّاً لِيَأكُلُوا. أعطاهُمْ خُبزَ السَّماءِ.

He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.

25 أ كَلَ أُولَئِكَ البَشَرُ خُبزَ المَلائِكَةِ. أرسَلَ إلَيْهِمْ طَعاماً لإشباعِهِمْ.

Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.

26 أ ثارَ اللهُ رِياحاً شَرقِيَّةً مِنَ السَّماءِ، وَساقَ رِياحَ الجَنُوبِ حَيثُ يُرِيدُ.

He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

27 أ مطَرَتْ عَلَيهِمْ أيّاماً أسراباً مِنَ الطُّيُورِ بِعَدَدِ الرَّملِ وَالغُبارِ.

He rained also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

28 س َقَطَتِ الطُّيُورُ فِي وَسَطِ مُعَسكَرِهِمْ حَولَ خِيامِهِمْ.

He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.

29 أ كَلُوا كَثِيراً وَشَبِعُوا، أعْطاهُمْ ما اشْتَهُوهُ.

So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.

30 ل َمْ يَضبُطُوا شَهِيَّتَهُمْ. أكَلُوها فَوراً دُونَ طَبْخٍ وَلَمْ يَشْكُرُوا اللهَ.

They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

31 ف َنَزَلَ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَيهِمْ، وَقَتَلَ حَتَّى أوفَرَهُمْ صِحَّةً، وَأذَلَّ حَتَّى خِيرَةَ جُنُودِ إسْرائِيلَ.

when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel.

32 و َرُغْمَ هَذا كُلِّهِ، ظَلُّوا يُخطِئُونَ، وَلَمْ يُؤمِنُوا بِأعمالِهِ العَجِيبَةِ.

For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

33 ب ِالبُطلانِ انتَهَتْ أيّامُهُمْ، وَبِالخَوفِ وَالِارتِعادِ سَنَواتُهُمْ.

Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

34 ك ُلَّما قَتَلَ اللهُ بَعضاً مِنهُمْ لَجَأتْ إلَيهِ بَقِيَّتُهُمْ. بِلَهفَةٍ كانُوا يَعُودُونَ إلَيهِ وَيَنتَظِرُونَهُ.

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

35 و َكانُوا يَتَذَكَّرُونَ أنَّ اللهَ هُوَ صَخرَتُهُمْ، وَأنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ هُوَ الَّذِي يَفدِيهُمْ.

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.

36 ح اوَلُوا أنْ يَخْدَعُوهُ بِكَلامِهِمْ، كَذَبُوا عَلَيهِ بِألسِنَتِهِمْ.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

37 ل َمْ تَكُنْ قُلُوبُهُمْ صادِقَةً نَحوَهُ، وَلَمْ يُخلِصُوا لِعَهدِهِ.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

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

But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

39 ل َمْ يَنْسَ اللهُ أنَّهُمْ كَالرِّيحِ الَّتِي تَمُرُّ فَلا تَعُودُ.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

40 ك َثِيراً ما تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيهِ فِي الصَّحراءِ. وَأحزَنُوهُ فِي تِلكَ الأراضِي القاحِلَةِ.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

41 و َمَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ امتَحَنُوا وَأحزَنُوا قُدُّوسَ إسْرائِيلَ.

They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 ل َمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوا قُوَّتَهُ حِينَ أنقَذَهُمْ مِنَ الضِّيقِ.

They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

43 ل َمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوا أنَّهُ أراهُمْ آياتٍ وَعَجائِبَ فِي حُقُولِ صُوعَنَ.

how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,

44 ح َوَّلَ الماءَ إلَى دَمٍ فِي الأنهارِ، فَلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنِ المِصرِيُّونَ مِنَ الشُّرْبِ مِنْ جَداوِلِهِمْ.

he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.

45 أ رسَلَ الذُّبابَ فَنَهَشَهُمْ، وَالضَفادِعَ فَدَمَّرَتْهُمْ.

He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 أ رسَلَ الجَنادِبَ وَالجَرادَ لِيَأكُلَ مَحاصِيلَهُمْ الَّتِي تَعِبُوا فِيها.

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

47 ق َضَى عَلَى كُرُومِهِمْ بِالبَرَدِ، وَعَلَى جُمَّيْزِهِمْ بِالصَّقِيعِ.

He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.

48 ق َتَلَ حَيَواناتِهِمْ بِحَبّاتِ البَرَدِ، وَقُطعَانَهُمْ بِالصَّواعِقِ.

He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

49 أ ظهَرَ غَضَبَهُ لِلمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَأرسَلَ مَلائِكَةَ الدَّمارِ عَلَيهِمْ.

He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.

50 أ طلَقَ لِغَضَبِهِ العَنانَ، فَلَمْ يَمْنَعِ المَوتَ عَنْهُمْ، وَأسلَمَهُمْ لِلوَباءِ.

He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

51 ص َرَعَ كُلَّ بِكرٍ لِلمَصرِيِّينَ، أهلَكَ بَوادِرَ القُوَّةِ فِي مَساكِنِ نَسلِ حامَ.

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

52 و َساقَ شَعبَهُ كَما يَسُوقُ الرّاعِي غَنَمَهُ، قَادَهُمْ في الصَّحْراءِ كَقَطيعٍ.

But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 إ لَى الأمانِ قادَهُمْ! لَمْ يَخشُوا أعْداءَهُمْ، لِأنَّ اللهَ أغرَقَهُمْ فِي البَحرِ الأحمَرِ.

He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 ث ُمَّ قادَهُمْ إلَى حَدِّ جَبَلِهِ المُقَدَّسِ، الجَبَلِ الَّذِي شَكَّلَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ.

He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.

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

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 ل َكِنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَصُوهُ دائِماً وَامتَحَنُوا اللهَ العَلِيَّ، وَلَمْ يَحفَظُوا شَهاداتِهِ.

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies;

57 ك َسِهامٍ مُرتَدَّةٍ مُتَقَلِّبَةٍ فِي الطَّيَرانِ، ارتَدُّوا وَهَجَرُوهُ كَآبائِهِمْ.

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

58 أ غضَبُوهُ بِمَعابِدِهِمِ العالِيَةِ، وَأثارُوا سَخَطَهُ بِأصنامِهِمْ.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

59 س َمِعَ اللهُ هَذا فَغَضِبَ، وَرَفَضَ إسْرائِيلَ رَفضاً.

When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;

60 ه َدَمَ الخَيمَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ فِي شِيلُوهَ، حَيثُ كانَ يَسكُنُ بَينَ النّاسِ.

So that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

61 س َلَّمَ صُندُوقَ عَهدِهِ لِلغُرَباءِ، رَمْزَ قُوَّتِهِ وَمَجدِهِ.

and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

62 غ َضِبَ عَلَى شَعبِهِ، وَعَيَّنَهُمْ لِلمَوتِ بِالسَّيفِ.

He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.

63 ا لتَهَمَتِ النّارُ الجُنُودَ المُدَرَّبِينَ، وَما غَنَّتِ العَذارَى أغانِيَ الفَرَحِ!

Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.

64 س َقَطَ الكَهَنَةُ بِالسَّيفِ. وَلَمْ تَتَمَكَّنِ الأرامِلُ مِنَ البُكاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.

65 ف َانتَفَضَ الرَّبُّ كَمُقاتِلٍ يَصحُو مِنَ الخَمرِ.

Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

66 ض َرَبَ العَدُّوُّ وَرَدَّهُمْ إلَى الوَراءِ، فَأذَلَّهُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.

He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

67 ث ُمَّ رَفَضَ اللهُ خَيمَةَ يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ يَخْتَرْ قَبِيلَةَ أفْرايِمَ.

Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

68 ا ختارَ عَشِيرَةَ يَهُوذا لِلْمُلْكِ، وَجَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ الَّذِي اختارَهُ مَوقِعاً لِهَيكَلِهِ.

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

69 ب َنَى مَقْدِسَهُ كِالجِبالِ، وَرَسَّخَ أساسَهُ كَالأرْضِ لِيَدُومَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

70 ا خْتارَ داوُدَ خادِمَهُ، وَأخَذَهُ مِنْ حَظائِرِ الغَنَمِ.

He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 و َبَعْدَ أنْ رَفَعَهُ أخَذَهُ لِيَرعَى يَعْقُوبَ شَعبَهُ وَإسْرائِيلَ مُقتَناهُ.

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

72 ف َقادَهُمْ داوُدُ بِقَلبٍ نَقِيٍّ وَحِكمَةٍ بارِعَةٍ.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.