1 أ رسِلُوا حَمَلاً إلَى حاكِمِ الأرْضِ، مِنْ سالِعَ عَبرَ البَرِّيَّةِ إلَى جَبَلِ العَزِيزَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.

Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 ن ِساءُ مُوآبَ عَلَى مَعابِرِ نَهرِ أرنُونَ، تائِهاتٌ كَالطُّيُورِ المُرَفرِفَةِ، كَفِراخٍ سَقَطَتْ مِنَ العُشِّ.

For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.

3 ي َقُلْنَ: «هاتُوا نَصِيحَةً، اتَّخِذُوا قَراراً. فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ، اجعَلُوا ظِلَّكُمْ كَاللَّيلِ. خَبِّئُوا المَطرُودِينَ مِنَ الشَّعبِ، وَلا تَكشِفُوا لِلأعْداءِ عَنِ الهارِبِينَ طَلَباً لِلاحتِماءِ.»

Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

4 ل ِيَسكُنْ مُطرُودُو شَعبِ مُوآبَ بَينَكُمْ. كُونُوا مَلجأً لَهُمْ مِنَ المُهلِكِ. لأنَّهُ سَيُهزَمُ الحاكِمُ القاسِي، سَيَنتَهِي الخَرابُ، وَسَيَزُولُ المُضايِقُونَ مِنَ الأرْضِ.

Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

5 ث ُمَّ يُنَصَّبُ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٍ مُحِبٍّ، وَقاضٍ أمِينٌ مِنْ بَيتِ داوُدَ يَسعَى إلَى الإنصافِ. سَيَجلِسُ عَلَى العَرشِ، وَيُسارِعُ إلَى عَمَلِ الصَّوَابَ.

And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

6 س َمِعنا بِكِبرِياءِ مُوآبَ. شَعبُ مُوآبَ مُتَكَبِّرٌ. سَمِعنا عَنْ عَجرَفَتِهِ وَكِبرِيائِهِ وَتَشامُخِهِ. افتِخارُهُ بِلا مَعنَى.

We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

7 ف َليَبكِ شَعبُ مُوآبَ عَلَى مُوآبَ. لَنْ تأكُلُوا كَعكاً بِالزَّبِيبِ فِيما بَعدُ مِنْ قَرَيةِ قِيرَ حارِسَةَ، لأنَّها ضُرِبَتْ ضَرْبَةً شَدِيدَةً.

Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.

8 ك ُرُومُ حَشبُونَ وَسِبْمَةَ ذَبُلَتْ. كانَتْ عَناقِيدُ عِنَبِها تُسكِرُ رُؤَساءَ الأُمَمِ، وَقَدْ وَصَلَتْ كُرُومُهُمْ حَتَّى مَدِينَةِ جازَرَ. وَصَلَتْ إلَى الصَّحراءِ، وَامتَدَّتْ وَعَبَرَتِ البَحرَ. أُغنِيَةٌ حَزِينَةٌ عَلَى مُوآب

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

9 ل ِذَلِكَ أبكِي بُكاءَ سُكّانِ يَعْزِيرَ، لأجلِ كُرُومِ سِبْمَةَ، سَأُغَطِّيكِ بِالدُّمُوعِ يا حَشبُونُ وَيا ألْعالَةُ. لأنَّهُ لا يَعُودُ هُناكَ هُتافُ فَرَحٍ عَلَى قِطافِ ثَمَرِكِ وَحَصادِكِ.

Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen.

10 ز الَ الفَرَحُ مِنَ البَساتِينِ. التَّرنِيمُ وَالهُتافُ اختَفَيا مِنَ الكُرُومِ. لا أحَدَ يَعصُرُ نَبِيذاً فِي المَعاصِرِ، فَقَدْ أسكَتُّ فَرَحَ الحَصّادِينَ.

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.

11 ل ِهَذا يَئِنُّ قَلبِي عَلَى مُوآبَ كَقِيثارَةٍ، وَأعماقِي تَبكِي عَلَى قِيرَ حارِسَ.

Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

12 ع ِندَما يَأتِي شَعبُ مُوآبَ لِلعِبادَةِ، وَعِندَما يُتعِبُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ فِي أماكِنِ العِبادَةِ، وَعِندَما يَذهَبُونَ إلَى المَعابِدِ، لَنْ يَقدِرُوا عَلَى الصَّلاةِ.

And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

13 ه َذا هُوَ الكَلامُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ اللهُ عَلَى مُوآبَ مُنذُ زَمَنٍ.

This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past.

14 و َلَكِنِ الآنَ يَقُولُ اللهُ: «فِي ثَلاثِ سِنِينَ – كَما تُحسَبُ سَنَواتُ الأجِيرِ – تُحتَقَرُ كَرامَةُ مُوآبَ وَجَماهِيرُ شَعبِها. أمّا النّاجُونَ، فَسَيَكُونُونَ قَلائِلَ وَضُعَفاءَ.»

But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.