نَحَمْيَا 9

١ 1 وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱجْتَمَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ بِٱلصَّوْمِ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ مُسُوحٌ وَتُرَابٌ.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

٢ 2 وَٱنْفَصَلَ نَسْلُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ بَنِي ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ، وَوَقَفُوا وَٱعْتَرَفُوا بِخَطَايَاهُمْ وَذُنُوبِ آبَائِهِمْ.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

٣ 3 وَأَقَامُوا فِي مَكَانِهِمْ وَقَرَأُوا فِي سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ رُبْعَ ٱلنَّهَارِ، وَفِي ٱلرُّبْعِ ٱلْآخَرِ كَانُوا يَحْمَدُونَ وَيَسْجُدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

٤ 4 وَوَقَفَ عَلَى دَرَجِ ٱللَّاَوِيِّينَ: يَشُوعُ وَبَانِي وَقَدْمِيئِيلُ وَشَبَنْيَا وَبُنِّي وَشَرَبْيَا وَبَانِي وَكَنَانِي، وَصَرَخُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.

Then stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

٥ 5 وَقَالَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ: يَشُوعُ وَقَدْمِيئِيلُ وَبَانِي وَحَشَبْنِيَا وَشَرَبْيَا وَهُودِيَّا وَشَبَنْيَا وَفَتَحْيَا: «قُومُوا بَارِكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلْأَزَلِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَلْيَتَبَارَكِ ٱسْمُ جَلَالِكَ ٱلْمُتَعَالِي عَلَى كُلِّ بَرَكَةٍ وَتَسْبِيحٍ.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

٦ 6 أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَحْدَكَ. أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَسَمَاءَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَكُلَّ جُنْدِهَا، وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَكُلَّ مَا عَلَيْهَا، وَٱلْبِحَارَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا، وَأَنْتَ تُحْيِيهَا كُلَّهَا. وَجُنْدُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ لَكَ يَسْجُدُ.

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

٧ 7 أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتَ أَبْرَامَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُ مِنْ أُورِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَجَعَلْتَ ٱسْمَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

Thou art the LORD the God, who chose Abram, and broughtest him forth from Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

٨ 8 وَوَجَدْتَ قَلْبَهُ أَمِينًا أَمَامَكَ، وَقَطَعْتَ مَعَهُ ٱلْعَهْدَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ وَٱلْجِرْجَاشِيِّينَ وَتُعْطِيَهَا لِنَسْلِهِ. وَقَدْ أَنْجَزْتَ وَعْدَكَ لِأَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ.

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

٩ 9 وَرَأَيْتَ ذُلَّ آبَائِنَا فِي مِصْرَ، وَسَمِعْتَ صُرَاخَهُمْ عِنْدَ بَحْرِ سُوفٍ،

And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

١٠ 10 وَأَظْهَرْتَ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ عَلَى فَرْعَوْنَ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ شَعْبِ أَرْضِهِ، لِأَنَّكَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُمْ بَغَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَعَمِلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ ٱسْمًا كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

And didst show signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

١١ 11 وَفَلَقْتَ ٱلْيَمَّ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَعَبَرُوا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَحْرِ عَلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ، وَطَرَحْتَ مُطَارِدِيهِمْ فِي ٱلْأَعْمَاقِ كَحَجَرٍ فِي مِيَاهٍ قَوِيَّةٍ.

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

١٢ 12 وَهَدَيْتَهُمْ بِعَمُودِ سَحَابٍ نَهَارًا، وَبِعَمُودِ نَارٍ لَيْلًا لِتَضِيءَ لَهُمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي يَسِيرُونَ فِيهَا.

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

١٣ 13 وَنَزَلْتَ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَكَلَّمْتَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ أَحْكَامًا مُسْتَقِيمَةً وَشَرَائِعَ صَادِقَةً، فَرَائِضَ وَوَصَايَا صَالِحَةً.

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

١٤ 14 وَعَرَّفْتَهُمْ سَبْتَكَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ، وَأَمَرْتَهُمْ بِوَصَايَا وَفَرَائِضَ وَشَرَائِعَ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى عَبْدِكَ.

And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst command them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

١٥ 15 وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ خُبْزًا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ لِجُوعِهِمْ، وَأَخْرَجْتَ لَهُمْ مَاءً مِنَ ٱلصَّخْرَةِ لِعَطَشِهِمْ، وَقُلْتَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا وَيَرِثُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي رَفَعْتَ يَدَكَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا.

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst promise them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

١٦ 16 «وَلَكِنَّهُمْ بَغَوْا هُمْ وَآبَاؤُنَا، وَصَلَّبُوا رِقَابَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِوَصَايَاكَ،

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

١٧ 17 وَأَبَوْا ٱلِٱسْتِمَاعَ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا عَجَائِبَكَ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعْتَ مَعَهُمْ، وَصَلَّبُوا رِقَابَهُمْ. وَعِنْدَ تَمَرُّدِهِمْ أَقَامُوا رَئِيسًا لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى عُبُودِيَّتِهِمْ. وَأَنْتَ إِلَهٌ غَفُورٌ وَحَنَّانٌ وَرَحِيمٌ، طَوِيلُ ٱلرُّوحِ وَكَثِيرُ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ، فَلَمْ تَتْرُكْهُمْ.

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

١٨ 18 مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ عَمِلُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ عِجْلًا مَسْبُوكًا وَقَالُوا: هَذَا إِلَهُكَ ٱلَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَعَمِلُوا إِهَانَةً عَظِيمَةً.

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

١٩ 19 أَنْتَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ لَمْ تَتْرُكْهُمْ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَمْ يَزُلْ عَنْهُمْ عَمُودُ ٱلسَّحَابِ نَهَارًا لِهِدَايَتِهِمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَلَا عَمُودُ ٱلنَّارِ لَيْلًا لِيُضِيءَ لَهُمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي يَسِيرُونَ فِيهَا.

Yet thou in thy great mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

٢٠ 20 وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ رُوحَكَ ٱلصَّالِحَ لِتَعْلِيمِهِمْ، وَلَمْ تَمْنَعْ مَنَّكَ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ مَاءً لِعَطَشِهِمْ.

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

٢١ 21 وَعُلْتَهُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ فَلَمْ يَحْتَاجُوا. لَمْ تَبْلَ ثِيَابُهُمْ، وَلَمْ تَتَوَرَّمْ أَرْجُلُهُمْ.

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet swelled not.

٢٢ 22 وَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ مَمَالِكَ وَشُعُوبًا، وَفَرَّقْتَهُمْ إِلَى جِهَاتٍ، فَٱمْتَلَكُوا أَرْضَ سِيحُونَ، وَأَرْضَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ، وَأَرْضَ عُوجٍ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ.

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

٢٣ 23 وَأَكْثَرْتَ بَنِيهِمْ كَنُجُومِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَتَيْتَ بِهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي قُلْتَ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا وَيَرِثُوهَا.

Their children also didst multiply thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou didst promise to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

٢٤ 24 فَدَخَلَ ٱلْبَنُونَ وَوَرِثُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَأَخْضَعْتَ لَهُمْ سُكَّانَ أَرْضِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، وَدَفَعْتَهُمْ لِيَدِهِمْ مَعَ مُلُوكِهِمْ وَشُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَعْمَلُوا بِهِمْ حَسَبَ إِرَادَتِهِمْ.

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

٢٥ 25 وَأَخَذُوا مُدُنًا حَصِينَةً وَأَرْضًا سَمِينَةً، وَوَرِثُوا بُيُوتًا مَلآنَةً كُلَّ خَيْرٍ، وَآبَارًا مَحْفُورَةً وَكُرُومًا وَزَيْتُونًا وَأَشْجَارًا مُثْمِرَةً بِكَثْرَةٍ، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا وَسَمِنُوا وَتَلَذَّذُوا بِخَيْرِكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ.

And they took strong cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, dug wells, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

٢٦ 26 وَعَصَوْا وَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيْكَ، وَطَرَحُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ، وَقَتَلُوا أَنْبِيَاءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَرُدُّوهُمْ إِلَيْكَ، وَعَمِلُوا إِهَانَةً عَظِيمَةً.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

٢٧ 27 فَدَفَعْتَهُمْ لِيَدِ مُضَايِقِيهِمْ فَضَايَقُوهُمْ. وَفِي وَقْتِ ضِيقِهِمْ صَرَخُوا إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنْتَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ سَمِعْتَ، وَحَسَبَ مَرَاحِمِكَ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ مُخَلِّصِينَ خَلَّصُوهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ مُضَايِقِيهِمْ.

Therefore thou didst deliver them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou gavest them deliverers, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

٢٨ 28 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا ٱسْتَرَاحُوا رَجَعُوا إِلَى عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ قُدَّامَكَ، فَتَرَكْتَهُمْ بِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، فَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا وَصَرَخُوا إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنْتَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ سَمِعْتَ وَأَنْقَذْتَهُمْ حَسَبَ مَرَاحِمِكَ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ أَحْيَانًا كَثِيرَةً.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

٢٩ 29 وَأَشْهَدْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِتَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى شَرِيعَتِكَ، وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَبَغَوْا وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِوَصَايَاكَ وَأَخْطَأُوا ضِدَّ أَحْكَامِكَ، ٱلَّتِي إِذَا عَمِلَهَا إِنْسَانٌ يَحْيَا بِهَا. وَأَعْطَوْا كَتِفًا مُعَانِدَةً، وَصَلَّبُوا رِقَابَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا.

And didst testify against them, that thou mightest bring them again to thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man doeth, he shall live in them; ) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

٣٠ 30 فَٱحْتَمَلْتَهُمْ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً، وَأَشْهَدْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِرُوحِكَ عَنْ يَدِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ فَلَمْ يُصْغُوا، فَدَفَعْتَهُمْ لِيَدِ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي.

Yet many years didst thou forbear over them, and didst testify against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not listen: therefore thou gavest them into the hand of the people of the lands.

٣١ 31 وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ مَرَاحِمِكَ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ لَمْ تُفْنِهِمْ وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْهُمْ، لِأَنَّكَ إِلَهٌ حَنَّانٌ وَرَحِيمٌ.

Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

٣٢ 32 «وَٱلْآنَ يَا إِلَهَنَا، ٱلْإِلَهَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٱلْجَبَّارَ ٱلْمَخُوفَ، حَافِظَ ٱلْعَهْدِ وَٱلرَّحْمَةِ، لَا تَصْغُرْ لَدَيْكَ كُلُّ ٱلْمَشَقَّاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَصَابَتْنَا نَحْنُ وَمُلُوكَنَا وَرُؤَسَاءَنَا وَكَهَنَتَنَا وَأَنْبِيَاءَنَا وَآبَاءَنَا وَكُلَّ شَعْبِكَ، مِنْ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ أَشُّورَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

٣٣ 33 وَأَنْتَ بَارٌّ فِي كُلِّ مَا أَتَى عَلَيْنَا لِأَنَّكَ عَمِلْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ، وَنَحْنُ أَذْنَبْنَا.

But thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

٣٤ 34 وَمُلُوكُنَا وَرُؤَسَاؤُنَا وَكَهَنَتُنَا وَآبَاؤُنَا لَمْ يَعْمَلُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ، وَلَا أَصْغَوْا إِلَى وَصَايَاكَ وَشَهَادَاتِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَشْهَدْتَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ.

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies, with which thou didst testify against them.

٣٥ 35 وَهُمْ لَمْ يَعْبُدُوكَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِهِمْ وَفِي خَيْرِكَ ٱلْكَثِيرِ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ، وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْوَاسِعَةِ ٱلسَّمِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي جَعَلْتَهَا أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَرْجِعُوا عَنْ أَعْمَالِهِمِ ٱلرَّدِيَّةِ.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and rich land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

٣٦ 36 هَا نَحْنُ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَبِيدٌ، وَٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَ لِآبَائِنَا لِيَأْكُلُوا أَثْمَارَهَا وَخَيْرَهَا، هَا نَحْنُ عَبِيدٌ فِيهَا.

Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it:

٣٧ 37 وَغَلَّاتُهَا كَثِيرَةٌ لِلْمُلُوكِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا لِأَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا، وَهُمْ يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَى أَجْسَادِنَا وَعَلَى بَهَائِمِنَا حَسَبَ إِرَادَتِهِمْ، وَنَحْنُ فِي كَرْبٍ عَظِيمٍ.

And it yieldeth much increase to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

٣٨ 38 «وَمِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ نَحْنُ نَقْطَعُ مِيثَاقًا وَنَكْتُبُهُ. وَرُؤَسَاؤُنَا وَلَاوِيُّونَا وَكَهَنَتُنَا يَخْتِمُونَ».

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it.