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

Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela 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 a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

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

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

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, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler 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 in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting 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; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

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

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are 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 heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone 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 bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest 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 plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

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

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

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 it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

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

This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

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 the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.