1 ل َيتَكَ تَشُقُّ السَّماواتِ وَتَنزِلُ! حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَهتَزُّ الجِبالُ أمامَكَ.

Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—

2 ك َالنّارِ الَّتِي تُشعِلُ الشُّجَيراتِ الجافَّةَ، كَالنّارِ الَّتِي تَجعَلُ الماءَ يَغلِي، انزِلْ لِتَجعَلَ اسْمَكَ مَعرُوفاً لَدَى أعدائِكَ، وَلِتَرتَجِفَ الأُمَمُ خَوفاً عِندَ حُضُورِكَ.

As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

3 ع ِندَما صَنَعتَ أُمُوراً عَظِيمَةً لَمْ نَتَوَقَّعها، نَزَلْتَ فَاهتَزَّتِ الجِبالُ أمامَكَ.

When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence.

4 ل َمْ يَسمَعْ أحَدٌ مِنَ القَدِيمِ جِدّاً، وَلَمْ تَسمَعْ أُذُنٌ، وَلَمْ تَرَ عَينٌ إلَهاً غَيرَكَ يَعمَلُ لِلَّذِينَ يَنتَظِرُونَهُ.

For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

5 ج ِئتَ لِلِقاءِ الَّذِينَ يَفرَحُونَ بِعَمَلِ الصَّلاحِ، الَّذِينَ يَذكُرُونَكَ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ. حِينَ كُنتَ غاضِباً بِسَبِبِ خَطايانا، حَتَّى فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ كانَ مِنَ المُمكِنِ أنْ نَخلُصَ.

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.

6 ص ِرنا كُلُّنا كَشَيءٍ نَجِسٍ، وَكُلُّ أعمالِنا الصّالِحَةِ كَثَوبٍ وَسِخٍ. كُلُّنا ذَبُلْنا وَسَقَطنا كَوَرَقَةٍ، وَخَطايانا حَمَلَتْنا كَالرِّيحِ بَعِيداً.

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

7 ل َيسَ مَنْ يَدعُو بِاسْمِكَ، أوْ يَتَمَسَّكُ بِكَ. لأنَّكَ سَتَرتَ وَجهَكَ عَنّا، وَأذَبْتَنا بِسَبَبِ خَطِيَّتِنا.

And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.

8 ل َكِنَّكَ أبُونا يا اللهُ ، نَحنُ الطِّينُ وَأنْتَ الفَخّارِيُّ، وَكُلُّنا عَمَلُ يَدِكَ.

But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

9 ل ا تَغضَبْ يا اللهُ كَثِيراً، وَلا تَذكُرْ إثمَنا إلَى الأبَدِ. إنَّما كُلُّنا شَعبُكَ.

Do not be furious, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!

10 م ُدُنُكَ المُقَدَّسَةُ صارَتْ بَرِّيَّةً. صِهْيَوْنُ صارَتْ بَرِّيَّةً، وَالقُدسُ مَكاناً مَهجُوراً.

Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 ه َيكَلُنا المُقَدَّسُ الجَمِيلُ حَيثُ سَبَّحَكَ آباؤُنا احتَرَقَ بِالنّارِ، وَكُلُّ الأشياءِ الثَّمِينَةِ الَّتِي نَمتَلِكُها خَرِبَتْ.

Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12 أ بَعْدَ هَذا كُلِّهِ تَمتَنِعُ عَنْ مُساعَدَتِنا يا اللهُ ؟ هَلْ سَتَلزَمُ الصَّمتَ وَتُعاقِبُنا بِقَسوَةٍ؟

Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord ? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?