1 ¶ The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

الأبرارُ يَمُوتُونَ، وَلا أحَدَ يَهْتَمُّ. لِذَلِكَ سَيُجْمَعُ الأُمَناءُ وَلا أحَدَ يَفْهَمُ لِماذا. إنَّهُمْ يُجْمَعُونَ لأنَّ الكارِثَةَ آتِيَةٌ.

2 H e shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

أمّا السّالِكُونَ بِالاستِقامَةِ، فَيَسكُنُونَ السَّلامَ، وَيَستَرِيحُونَ عَلَى فِراشِهِمْ.

3 ¶ But come here, ye sons of the sorceress, generation of the adulterer and the whore.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «يا أولادَ السّاحِراتِ، قِفُوا أمامِي! يا نَسلَ الفاسِقَةِ وَالزّانِيَةِ،

4 A gainst whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious sons, a lying seed of transgression,

بِمَنْ تَسْخَرُونَ؟ وَعَلَى مَنْ تَفتَحُونَ أفْواهَكَمْ وَتُخرِجُونَ ألسِنَتَكُمْ؟ ألَستُمْ أولاداً عُصاةً وَنَسلاً كاذِباً؟

5 i nflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

أنتُمْ تَتَحَرَّقُونَ تَوْقاً إلَى أوْثانِكُمْ تَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ. تَذبَحُونَ أطفالاً فِي الأودِيَةِ وَبَينَ شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ.

6 A mong the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even unto them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a present. Should I not avenge these things?

نَصِيبُكِ هُوَ بَينَ حِجارَةِ الوادِي المَلساءِ، هِيَ حِصَّتُكِ مِنَ الأرْضِ. سَكَبْتِ لَها خَمْراً، وَأحضَرتِ لَها تَقدِمَةً مِنَ الحُبُوبِ. فَهَلْ أُسَرُّ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ؟

7 U pon the lofty and high mountain thou hast set thy bed: even there thou didst go up to offer sacrifice.

وَضَعتِ سَرِيرَكِ عَلَى جَبَلٍ مُرتَفِعٍ شامِخٍ. وَصَعِدْتِ إلَى هُناكَ لِتُقَدِّمِي ذَبائِحِ.

8 B ehind the doors also and the posts thou hast set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed and made thee a covenant with them; thou didst love their bed wherever thou didst see it.

وَراءَ البابِ وَعَلَى قَوائِمِهِ خَبَّأتِ تَذْكارَكِ، لأنَّكِ تَعَرَّيتِ لِغَيرِي، وَوَسَّعتِ سَرِيرَكِ. قَطَعتِ مَعَهُمْ عَهداً. أحبَبتِ أسِرَّتَهُمْ، وَنَظَرتِ إلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ عُراةٌ.

9 A nd thou didst go to the king with ointment and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

سافَرتِ إلَى مُولِكَ بِزَيتٍ كَثِيرٍ، وَكَثَّرْتِ عُطُورَكِ. أرسَلْتِ رُسُلَكِ إلَى أماكِنَ بَعِيدَةٍ لِتَجِدِي مُحِبِّينَ، وَنَزَلتِ حَتَّى إلَى الهاوِيَةِ.» سَعيُ إسْرائِيلَ وَراءَ الأوثان

10 T hou became wearied in the multitude of thy ways; yet thou didst not say, There is no remedy: thou hast found that which thou wast searching for; therefore thou repented not.

أنهَكَكِ تُجوالُكِ الكَثِيرُ. لَكِنَّكِ لَمْ تَقُولِي: «هَذا عَبَثٌ!» وَتَجَدَّدَتْ قُوَّتُكِ وَلَمْ تَضعُفِي.

11 A nd of whom hast thou reverenced or feared? Why dost thou lie; that thou hast not remembered me, nor have I come to thy thought? Have I not held my peace even of old, and thou hast never feared me?

مِمَّنْ خِفتِ وَارتَعَبْتِ حَتَّى كَذَبْتِ؟ قَدْ تَجاهَلْتِنِي وَنَسِيتِنِي، وَأنا صَمَتُّ وَأغلَقْتُ عَينَيَّ. فَأنتِ لا تَخافِينَ مِنِّي.

12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

أنا لا أُنكِرُ بِرَّكِ وَأعمالَكِ، لَكِنَّها لَنْ تَنفَعَكِ!

13 ¶ When thou criest, let thy companions deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness.

عِندَما تَصرُخِينَ، فَلتُخَلِّصْكِ أوثانُكِ الَّتِي جَمَعتِها. سَتَحمِلُها الرِّيحُ كُلَّها، وَنَفخَةُ هَواءٍ سَتُطَيِّرُها. أمّا مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيَّ فَسَيَمتَلِكُ الأرْضَ، وَيُعطَى جَبَلِيَ المُقَدَّسَ. خَلاصُ اللهِ لِشَعبِه

14 A nd shall say, Clear away, clear away, level the way, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.

أعِدُّوا، جَهِّزُوا الطَّرِيقَ. أزِيلُوا العَثَراتِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ شَعبِيَ.

15 F or thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is The Holy One; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ العَلِيُّ العَظِيمُ، الحَيُّ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَاسمُهُ هُوَ القُدُّوسُ: «نَعَمْ أنا أسكُنُ فِي أعلَى وَأقدَسِ مَكانٍ، وَمَعَ المُنسَحِقِينَ وَالمُتَواضِعِينَ فِي أرواحِهِمْ أيضاً، لأُعطِيَ حَياةً جَدِيدَةً لِرُوحِ المُتَواضِعِينَ وَلِقَلبِ المُنسَحِقِينَ.

16 F or I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for by me is the spirit covered by the body, and I have made the souls.

لأنِّي لَنْ أُخاصِمَكُمْ دائِماً، وَلَنْ أغضَبَ إلَى الأبَدِ. لأنَّ رُوحَ الإنسانِ، وَالنُّفُوسَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتُها، تَخُورُ أمامِي.

17 ¶ For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth and smote him: I hid my face and was wroth, and he went on rebelliously in the way of his heart.

رَأيتُ طَمَعَهُمْ وَإثمَهُمْ فَغَضِبْتُ، ضَرَبْتُهُمْ وَابتَعَدْتُ عَنهُمْ فِي غَضَبِي. لَكِنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَرجِعُونَ إلَى خَطاياهُمْ.

18 I have seen his ways and will heal him: I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

رَأيْتُ طُرُقَهُمْ، وَسَأشفِيهُمْ، سَأقُودُهُمْ وَأُعَزِّيهُمْ، وَسَأضَعُ تَسبِيحِي عَلَى شِفاهِهِمْ.

19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off and to him that is near, said the LORD; and healed him.

سَلامٌ، سَلامٌ لِلبَعِيدِ وَلِلقَرِيبِ، وَسَأشفِيهِمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

20 B ut the wicked are like the sea in tempest, that cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

أمّا الأشرارُ فَكالبَحرِ الهائِجِ الَّذِي لا يَهْدَأُ، فَمِياهُهُ تُحَرِّكُ الطِّينَ فِيهِ.

21 T here is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked.

قالَ إلَهِي: «لا سَلامَ لِلأشرارِ.»