1 ا سْمَعُوا الرِّسالَةَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ إلَيكُمْ يا بَني إسْرائِيلَ،

Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!

2 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «لا تَتَعَلَّمُوا طُرُقَ الأُمَمِ، وَلا تَرتَعِبُوا مِنْ عَلاماتِ السَّماءِ، كَما تَرتَعِبُ الأُمَمُ مِنها،

Yahweh says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.

3 ل أنَّ عاداتِ الأُمَمِ باطِلَةٌ. يَقطَعُ أحَدُهُمْ شَجَرَةً مِنَ الغابَةِ، وَيَعمَلُ نَحّاتٌ فِيها بِيَدَيهِ وَأدَواتِهِ.

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.

4 ي ُزَيِّنُها بِالفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ، وَيُثَبِّتُها بِمَسامِيرَ وَمَطارِقَ حَتَّى لا تَتَفَكَّكَ.

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

5 ا لأصنامُ خَرساءُ كَفَزّاعاتٍ فِي حَقلٍ مِنَ الخُضارِ. تُحمَلُ لأنَّهُا لا تَقدِرُ عَلَى المَشيِ. لا تَخافُوا مِنها، فَهيَ لا تَضُرُّ وَلا تَنفَعُ.»

They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak: they must be carried, because they can’t go. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”

6 ي ا اللهُ ، لا مَثِيلَ لَكَ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ، وَلا اسْمٌ كاسْمِكَ فِي العَظَمَةِ وَالقُوَّةِ.

There is no one like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might.

7 م َنْ لا يَخافُكَ، يا مَلِكَ الأُمَمِ؟ لأنَّ الخَوفَ يَلِيقُ بِكَ، لأنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ مِثلُكَ حَتَّى بَينَ حُكَماءِ الأُمَمِ وَكُلِّ مَمالِكِها.

Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.

8 ل َكِنَّهُمْ حَمقَى وَأغبِياءُ، وَقَدْ تَعَلَّمُوا أُمُوراً لا مَعنَى لَها، فَمُعَلِّمُهُمْ مِنْ خَشَبٍ!

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

9 و َالفِضَّةُ المُطرُوقَةُ تُجلَبُ مِنْ تَرشِيشَ، وَالذَّهَبُ مِنْ أُوفازَ. آلِهَتُهُمْ عَمَلُ الحِرَفِيِّينَ، عَمَلُ يَدَيِّ الصّائِغِ. وَثِيابُها مِنْ قُماشٍ بَنَفسَجِيٍّ وَأُرجُوانِيٌّ. كُلُّها عَمَلُ حِرَفِيِّينَ مَهَرَةٍ.

There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.

10 أ مّا اللهُ فَإلَهٌ حَقِيقِيٌّ، إنَّهُ الإلَهُ الحَيُّ وَالمَلِكُ الأبَدِيُّ. الأرْضُ تَهتَزُّ عِندَما يَغضَبُ، وَالأُمَمُ لا تَستَطِيعُ الصُّمُودَ أمامَ سَخَطِهِ.

But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.

11 ه َذا ما سَتَقُولُهُ لَهُمْ: «الآلِهَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَصنَعِ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ، سَتُبادُ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَمِنْ تَحتِ السَّماءِ.»

You shall say this to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

12 ف َهُوَ صانِعُ الأرْضِ بِقُوَّتِهِ، وَمُؤَسِّسُ العالَمِ بِحِكمَتِهِ، الَّذِي نَشَرَ السَّماواتِ بِمَعرِفَتِهِ.

He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

13 ح ِينَ يَرفَعُ صَوتَهُ، تَسمَعُهُ كَهَديرِ المِياهِ فِي السَّماءِ. يَرفَعُ السَّحابَ مِنْ أقصَى الأرْضِ، وَيُحْدِثُ البَرقَ لِلمَطَرِ، وَيُخرِجُ الرِّيحَ مِنْ مَخازِنِهِ.

when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.

14 ا لشّعبُ غَبِيٌّ وَجاهِلٌ. سَيَخجَلُ كُلَّ صائِغٍ مِنْ صَنَمِهِ، لأنَّ كُلَّ تِمثالٍ كاذِبٌ وَلا حَياةَ فِيهِ.

Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15 ا لأوثانُ باطِلَةٌ. مَصُوغاتٌ تَستَحِقُّ الاحتِقارَ. وَسَتُبادُ حِينَ يأتِيَ عِقابِي.

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16 أ مّا نَصِيبُ يَعقُوبَ فَلَيسَ كَهَذِهِ الأصنامِ، هُوَ اللهُ صانِعُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ. اخْتارَ عَشِيرَةَ إسْرائِيلَ لِتَكُونَ شَعبَهُ. يهوه القَدِيرُ اسْمُهُ. الدَّمارُ آت

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

17 ي ا ساكِنَةَ المَدِينَةِ الحَصِينَةِ، اجمَعِي حُزَمَكِ مِنَ الأرْضِ،

Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.

18 ل أنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: «سَأقذِفُ بِسُكّانِ الأرْضِ بَعِيداً هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ. وَسَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمُ الضِّيقَ وَالألَمَ، حَتَّى يَشعُرُوا.»

For Yahweh says, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

19 و َيلٌ لِي بِسَبَبِ انسِحاقِي، جُرحِي مُؤلِمٌ. فَقُلْتُ لِنَفسِي: «هَذا ألَمِي وَعَلَيَّ احتِمالُهُ.»

Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

20 خ َيمَتِي خَرِبَتْ، وَكُلُّ حِبالِها قُطِعَتْ. أولادِي تَرَكُونِي، وَلا يُوجَدُ أحَدٌ مِنهُمْ. لَمْ يُترَكْ أحَدٌ لِيَنصِبَ خَيمَتِي، أوْ لِيُقِيمَ سَتائِرَها.

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 ل أنَّ رُعاةَ إسْرائِيلَ حَمقَى، لا يَطلُبُونَ اللهَ. لِهَذا هُمْ بِلا حِكْمَةٍ، وَكُلُّ قَطِيعِهِمْ قَدْ تَبَدَّدَ.

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

22 ص َوتُ ضَجَّةٍ آتٍ. اضطِرابٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ الشَّمالِ، سَيُحَوِّلُ مُدُنَ يَهُوذا إلَى خَرابٍ، وَإلَى مَأوَىً لِبَناتِ آوَى.

The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.

23 ي ا اللهُ ، أنا أعرِفُ أنَّ الإنسانَ لا يُسَيطِرُ عِلَى حَياتِهِ، وَأنَّ البَشَرَ لا يَقدِرُونَ عَلى تَوجِيهِ خَطَواتِهِم.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

24 ي ا اللهُ ، أدِّبْنا، لَكِنْ بِعَدلِكَ لا بِغَضَبِكَ، حَتَّى لا تَجعَلَنا عَدَداً قَلِيلاً.

Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

25 ا سكُبْ غَضَبَكَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الّتِي لا تَعرِفُكَ، وَاسكُبْهُ عَلَى الشَّعبِ الَّذِي لا يُصَلِّي إلَيكَ، لأنَّ الأُمَمَ التَهَمَتْ يَعقُوبَ، التَهَمُوهُ وَأفنُوهُ، وَدَمَّرُوا أرْضَهُ.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.