1 I t is bad for me! For I am like those who pick fruit and gather grapes. There are no grapes to eat, or any of the early figs that I want so much.

وَيلٌ لِي! فَأنا كَمَنْ يَجْمَعُ ثَمَرَ الصَّيفِ بَعْدَ أنْ جُمِعَتِ الغَلَّةُ. نَفَدَتْ قُطُوفُ العِنَبِ، وَنَفسِي تَشتَهِي تِلْكَ الثِّمارَ النّاضِجَةَ،

2 T here is not a God-like person left in the land. There is no good person among men. All of them lie in wait to kill. Each one hunts the other with a net.

زالَ الأتقِياءُ مِنَ الأرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَبقَ مُستَقيمٌ واحِدٌ. جَمِيعُهُمْ يُخَطِّطُونَ لِلكَمائِنِ وَالقَتلِ، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ يُرِيدُ اصطِيادَ أخِيهِ.

3 B oth hands are very able in doing sinful things. The ruler and the judge ask for pay in secret to do what is wrong. The powerful man tells what he wants, and they all make plans together.

أيدِيهُمْ ناجِحَةٌ فِي عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ. الرُّؤساءُ وَالقُضاةُ يَطلُبُونَ رِشْوَةً، وَيُحَرِّفُونَ العَدْلَ. وَأصْحابُ النُّفُوذِ يَفرِضُونَ رَغَباتِهِمْ. وَيُنَفِّذُها لَهُمْ آخَرُونَ!

4 T he best of them is like a thistle. The most honest of them is like a thorn bush. The day you have a watchman, you will be punished. Then their trouble will come.

أفضَلُهُمْ كَالعَوسَجِ، وَأكثَرُهُمُ استِقامَةً أسوَأُ مِنَ سِياجِ الشَّوكِ. اقترابُ يُومُ الدَّينُونة يَقتَرِبُ يَومُ دَينُونَتِكَ اليَومُ الَّذِي تَنِبَّأ عَنهُ رُقَباؤُكَ لِعِقابِهِمْ، وَسَتَدُبُّ بِهِمُ الفَوضَى.

5 D o not trust a neighbor. Do not put trust in a friend. Be careful what you say even with her who lies in your arms.

حينَئِذٍ، لا تَثِقْ بِصاحِبٍ، وَلا تَتَّكِلْ عَلَى صَدِيقٍ. وَاحفَظْ أسرارَكَ حَتَّى أمامَ المَرأةِ الَّتِي تَعيشُ مَعَكَ.

6 F or a son does not honor his father. A daughter rises up against her mother. And a daughter-in-law turns against her mother-in-law. Those of a man’s own house hate him.

فَالابنُ يَحتَقِرُ أباهُ، وَالابنَةُ تَتَمَرَّدُ عَلَى أُمِّها، وَالكَنَّةُ تَقُومُ عَلَى حَماتِها، وَأعداءِ الإنْسانِ هُمْ أهلُ بَيتِهِ. اللهُ هُوَ المُخَلِّص

7 B ut as for me, I will watch for the Lord. I will wait for the God Who saves me. My God will hear me. The Lord Saves

سَأَتَرَّقَبُ مَجِيءَ اللهِ بِشَوقٍ، وَسَأنتَظِرُ اللهَ مُخَلِّصِي بِرَجاءٍ. سَيَسمَعُنِي إلَهِي حِينَ أطلُبُ عَونَهُ.

8 D o not have joy over me, you who hate me. When I fall, I will rise. Even though I am in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

لا تَشمَتْ بِي يا عَدُوِّي، مَعَ أنَّنِي سَقَطْتُ، إلّا أنَّنِي سَأقُومُ. مَعَ أنَّنِي الآنَ أجلِسُ فِي الظُّلمَةِ، إلّا أنَّ اللهَ سَيُعطِينِي نُوراً.

9 I will suffer under the Lord’s anger, because I have sinned against Him, until He speaks for me and does what is fair for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I will see His saving power.

عَلَيَّ أنْ أحتَمِلَ غَضَبَ اللهِ ، لِأنِّي أخطَأتُ إلَيهِ، إلَى أنْ يُقِيمَ دَعوايَ وَيُنصِفَنِي. سَيُخرِجُنِي إلَى النُّورِ، وَسَأراهُ يَعمَلُ ما هُوَ حَقٌّ وَعَدلٌ.

10 T hen the one who hated me will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look on her, and she will be crushed under foot like mud in the streets.

سَيَرَى أعدائِي ذَلِكَ، وَسَيُغَطِّيهُمُ الخِزيُ. سَأتَفَرَّسُ بِالَّذِينَ كانُوا يَقُولُونَ لِي: «أينَ إلَهُكَ ؟» وَالآنَ، سَيَدُوسُهُمُ النّاسُ كَالطِّينِ فِي الشَّوارِعِ.

11 I t will be a day for building your walls. At that time your land will be made larger.

يَومُ إعادَةِ بِناءِ أسوارِكِ قادِمٌ. سَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ اليَومَ يَوماً تَمتَدُّ فِيهِ حُدُودُكِ.

12 I n that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, from Egypt to the Euphrates River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَأتِي شَعبُكِ إلَيكِ مَنْ كُلِّ مَكانٍ. مِنْ أشُّورَ إلَى مِصْرَ، وَمِنْ مِصْرَ إلَى نَهرِ الفُراتِ. مِنَ البَحرِ إلَى البَحرِ، وَمِنَ الجَبَلِ إلَى الجَبَلِ.

13 T he earth will be laid waste because of its people and the things they have done. The Lord’s Loving-Kindness for Israel

وَلَكِنَّ الأرْضَ الَّتِي خارِجَكِ سَتَخرُبُ، بِسَبَبِ سُكّانِها، بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها.

14 S hepherd Your people with Your power. Take care of Your chosen flock which lives by itself in the woods, in a field of much fruit. Let them eat in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago.

يا اللهُ، ارْعَ شَعبَكَ بِعَصاكَ، فَهُمْ غَنَمُكَ. يَسكُنُونَ وَحدَهُمْ فِي الغاباتِ، وَسَطَ أرْضٍ خَصبَةٍ. فَاجعَلْهُمْ يَرعَوْنَ فِي باشانَ وَجِلْعادَ، كَما كانُوا فِي الماضِي.

15 “ As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show you powerful works.”

أرِنا عَجائِبَ يا اللهُ، كَما فَعَلْتَ حِينَ خَرَجنا مِنْ مِصْرَ.

16 N ations will see and be ashamed of all their power. They will put their hands on their mouths, and will not be able to hear with their ears.

فَلتَنظُرِ الأُمَمُ إلَى تِلكَ العَجائِبَ، وَلْيَخجَلُوا مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ. لِيَضَعُوا أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَى أفواهِهِمْ، وَلْتُصْبِحْ آذانُهُمْ صَمّاءَ.

17 T hey will eat the dust like a snake, like animals that move along the ground. They will come out of their strong-places shaking with fear. They will come in much fear to the Lord our God, and they will be afraid of You.

لِيَلحَسُوا التُّرابَ كَالثُّعْبانِ، وَكَزَواحِفِ الأرْضِ. لِيَأتُوا مُرتَجِفِينَ مِنْ حُصُونِهِمْ إلَى إلَهِنا. لِيَرتَعِبُوا وَيَخافُوا مِنْكَ.

18 W ho is a God like You, Who forgives sin and the wrong-doing of Your chosen people who are left? He does not stay angry forever because He is happy to show loving-kindness.

مَنْ هُوَ إلَهٌ مِثلُكَ؟ أنتَ تَغفِرُ الشُّرُورَ. أنتَ تَعفُو عَنْ مَعصِيَةِ النّاجِينَ مِنْ شَعبِكَ. لأنَّ اللهَ لَنْ يَظَلَّ غاضِباً إلَى الأبَدِ، بَلْ يُرِيدُ أنْ يَرحَمَ.

19 H e will again have loving-pity on us. He will crush our sins under foot. Yes, You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.

سَيَعُودُ وَيَرحَمُنا. وَيَدُوسُ آثامَنا، وَيُلقِي فِي أعماقِ البَحْرِ جَمِيعَ خَطايانا.

20 Y ou will be true to Jacob and show loving-kindness to Abraham, as You promised our fathers in days long ago.

سَتُظهِرُ أمانَتَكَ لِيَعقُوبَ، وَرَحمَتَكَ لإبراهِيمَ، كَما أقسَمتَ لِآبائِنا مُنذُ القَدِيمِ.